William Regal was written off AEW programming during Wednesday’s Dynamite episode when World Heavyweight Champion MJF attacked him. Bryan Danielson rushed to Regal’s aid, and Regal was stretchered out. This was after Regal turned on Jon Moxley by costing him the title by helping MJF win it from him at Full Gear.
As previously reported, Regal is expected to leave AEW and return to WWE, where there have been rumblings in WWE that he’ll be working in a backstage role. For details on how Regal can get out of his AEW deal to return to WWE, click here.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that there were a couple of other plans to write Regal out of AEW that were scrapped.
“There were different ideas debated, including one favored by a number of key people, although all ideas were that MJF would end up as champion. Others were also for Regal to turn with him on Moxley and then be turned back to set up MJF vs. Danielson to set up his leaving.
Others were not so heavily involving Regal although they still felt they needed to write him out. There were different explanations of how to end up in the same direction, with MJF as champion, Danielson as the next major contender, and Regal out of the picture.”
