Darren Matthews
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
137
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-05-10 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Codsall, United Kingdom
Darren Matthews
Biography
Darren Kenneth Matthews is an English professional wrestler, author and color commentator currently signed to WWE under the ring name William Regal. He is also known for his time in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Steven Regal. Having started his career wrestling on a rare surviving carnival booth in England, Matthews moved on to wrestle for national-level promotions on the British wrestling circuit, including on UK television. He then progressed to touring around the world, in countries such as Germany and South Africa, before being called up to World Championship Wrestling in 1993. In 2000, after leaving WCW, Matthews joined the World Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Entertainment and now just WWE), where he became commissioner. More recently he has been General Manager of Raw, the 2008 King of the Ring and was briefly the official match coordinator for NXT Redemption in 2011. He is currently a color commentator on NXT. He's also known for being the first wrestler to beat CM Punk by submission. Matthews has achieved considerable championship success in professional wrestling, although he has never been a world champion. Throughout his career, he has won more than 60 titles worldwide, including four in WCW and 15 in WWE. He has overcome multiple drug problems as well as a major heart defect during his career, and he has written an autobiography.
Known For
Raw
Raw
Raw
WWE NXT
WWE NXT
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE Superstars
WWE Main Event
WWE ECW
WCW Saturday Night
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
AEW Unrestricted
Saturday Night's Main Event
Hey! (EW)
WWE InVasion
WWE Tough Enough
WCW Beach Blast 1993
WWE Confidential
Dark Side of the Ring
WWE: Macho Man - The Randy Savage Story
WWE No Way Out 2003
Countdown to WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland
WWE Rebellion 2000
WWE Survivor Series 1998
WWE Insurrextion 2002
WWE Survivor Series 2009
NXT TakeOver 36
WWE SummerSlam 2006
WWE Insurrextion 2001
WWE Backlash 2001
WWE Backlash 2005
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door
WWE Wrestlemania X8
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
WCW Monday Nitro
WWE SummerSlam 2009
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
NXT TakeOver: WarGames
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2022
NXT Takeover: Orlando
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
WWE No Mercy 2006
The JBL and Cole Show
AEW All Out
WCW Slamboree 1996
WWE Unforgiven 2002
WWE Survivor Series 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
WWE No Mercy 2007
NXT TakeOver: The End
WCW Slamboree 1994
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2009
WWE Judgment Day 2001
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
WCW Starrcade 1993
WWE Breaking Point 2009
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
WCW Battle Bowl
WCW World War 3 1996
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
WCW World War 3 1995
WCW World War 3 1997
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
AEW Double or Nothing
WCW Starrcade 1995
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Trail of the Spider
WWE Unforgiven 2004
AEW Revolution
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Ruthless Aggression
WWE Table For 3
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
WCW SuperBrawl IV
The Destruction of The Shield
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
WWE Armageddon 2005
WWE Armageddon 2002
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
ECW One Night Stand 2005
NXT ArRIVAL
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
CM Punk: Best in the World
The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1
WWE: The Ladder Match
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
WCW The Great American Bash 1995
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
WWE Armageddon 2006
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
WWE Armageddon 2000
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
WWE No Mercy 2000
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
WWE No Way Out 2002
AEW Full Gear
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
WWE Survivor Series 2000
WWE Vengeance 2001
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVII
WWE No Way Out 2001
WWE Over The Limit 2012
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
WWE WrestleMania 22
Video Diaries
WWE Rebellion 2001
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WCW Spring Stampede 1994
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
WWE Vengeance 2002
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
WWE Survivor Series 2001
WWF: Before They Were Superstars
NXT Halloween Havoc 2024
WWE: 30 Years of Survivor Series
WCW Slamboree 1997
WWE: The New & Improved DX
WCW Spring Stampede 1997
NXT Takeover: Toronto
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
WWE NXT Homecoming
WCW Uncensored 1996
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Countdown to WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
NJPW Summer Struggle 1994 - Day 8
