William Regal Wants Wrestlers To Getting Dropped on Their Heads During Matches

Former WWE and WCW wrestler and current WWE Vice President of Global Talent Development William Regal reflected earlier today on Twitter about his concerns with wrestlers getting dropped on their heads during their matches. Regal brought up his own past history with neck issues in his wrestling career as a warning for the future well-being of wrestlers.

While Regal did not specifically name anyone for the reason for making his comments, it quickly lead to online speculation of him directly talking in response to Kyle Fletcher and Jamie Hayter’s matches at Saturday’s AEW Worlds End 2025 event over both of them being involved in scary looking spots involving them landing on their heads and necks.

“I stay off here but was alerted to something to day that has alarmed me. I don’t read any comments so don’t waste your time trying to argue or justify your very wrong opinions on this,” he wrote. I broke my neck twice,9/93 in ring and a car wreck in ‘97 and stupidly never told anyone. And I was taught properly how to bridge and not land on the top of my head. It’s a skill that maybe 99.9 % of people don’t know or will ever learn anymore. I kept going somehow but knew all the tricks that again people don’t learn now and watch film and just copy.

After Misawa San passed from his neck problems I thought it would stop this nonsense but it’s got worse and whenever I talk to people about them doing it it’s “well it doesn’t hurt….” Believe me it will. I have people close to me now, Bryan being one, who is suffering daily like myself from his neck. It’s a daily misery and sleep and every other aspect of your life is more than hard. Although people use the term tough about me you’ll never hear me say that as I’m not and don’t think I am or have ever been. Money and whatever nonsense fame is supposed to be is not worth the pain or supposed two evening glory you get from these ridiculous moves dropping yourself on your head. The vast majority of fans don’t know the difference between a vertical suplex and a brainbuster and that’s a far tamer move than many I see now.”
“I’m 57 and become less relevant every day but fame has never been my thing so most of you doing this STUPID stuff are not going to listen to me but hopefully a few do,” he continued. “Stop it now if you want a decent quality of life after Wrestling because that part of your life will be over before you know it and wrestling done right is hard enough but broken necks or death are not something you should think is tough or cool. It’s idiotic thinking.”

I stay off here but was alerted to something to day that has alarmed me. I don’t read any comments so don’t waste your time trying to argue or justify your very wrong opinions on this. I broke my neck twice,9/93 in ring and a car wreck in ‘97 and stupidly never told anyone. And I… pic.twitter.com/BHxtPm6rjM

— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) December 28, 2025