William Regal is really likeable.
Danhausen has captured the imagination of many fans in an age where it is incredibly difficult to get a comedy gimmick over. Despite losing to Tony Nese in seconds on AEW Dynamite last Wednesday, he still received an incredible pop once he and Hook shook hands. Danhausen has interacted with quite a few members of the AEW roster including William Regal – who he successfully cursed.
Speaking with Bleacher Report’s Chris Mueller, Regal talked about why he had no problem putting over a comedy wrestler and recalled working with Vito in WWE:
“Mr. McMahon brought me into his office once to work with Vito in a dress. And he said, ‘Darren, can you work with this fella? Because I’ve given him this character and nobody else will be able to get it over as you can.’ If you go back and watch, it was me that was supposedly this tough guy getting my head stuck up his dress, selling it for him getting up. If he was on with anyone else, it wasn’t working as well. I did the same with Santino, to make sure his stuff worked well. And I helped him with a lot of stuff, he’ll tell you this. But you’ve got to have the right people with you to put the stuff over.”
William Regal to Bleacher Report
Regal would also go into detail why he was happy to put over Danhausen:
“So, Danhausen is just another person. I go out there and I’m happy to put his stuff over because I know I can get it back if I need it. I’ll put it over and I’ll make it because that’s my job. I’m a professional and my job is to sell the other person I’m on with, because if I do that and they do that for me, then it works. If you work for New Japan, and I have, everybody looks back at the ‘everybody is killing each other days.’ But when you’re on the road, there’s a lot of humorous stuff going on. They have Yano now who does this stuff. It’s always been there, if 1000 guys are doing the comedy at the moment, I’m happy to put it over.”
William Regal to Bleacher Report
What do you make of Regal’s comments regarding Danhausen and his willingness to put over a comedy gimmick? Let us know in the comments and on our social media pages.
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