10 superstars who still need to be in the WWE Hall of Fame

William Regal

While William Regal may not have seemed like the quintessential professional wrestler, there are few names more respected in the industry than him. Always one to give his all and to respect the business, Regal won many championships over the years in both WCW and WWE before becoming a respected announcer, and he’s now the general manager of NXT.

After working internationally early in his career, Regal (then using Steve or Steven) got his big break in WCW, going on to win the World Television Championship on four separate occasions. While he never reached main-event status, he did play a big part in the development of WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg, which actually ended up costing him his job but yet may have been the best thing to ever happen to him. On an episode of Monday Nitro during Goldberg’s big streak, Regal was booked to lose to Goldberg decisively and quickly, as most Goldberg matches went. However, Regal was essentially Goldberg’s most competitive opponent, catching him off guard with shoot-style moves, which Regal claims he was told to do. While he did lose like was booked, reports were that Regal had gone off-script and making Goldberg unhappy as a result, a big no-no at the time.

After a horrible first run with WWE in 1998 and 1999, Regal returned to WCW for a short time before heading back to WWE in 2000. He had a great run at that time, and was a part of big storylines in the midcard level with the likes of Edge, Jeff Hardy and a number of other future WWE Hall of Famers. Over the next decade, Regal would win the Hardcore Championship five times, the European Championship four times, the tag team titles four times, the Intercontinental Championship twice and was also the 2008 King of the Ring. That’s a Hall of Fame career.