William Regal reportedly “finalizing a new deal” to make his WWE return

As previously noted, it’s believed that William Regal was written off AEW television and will be returning to WWE in the near future. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com provided the following update regarding Regal…

“PWInsider.com is told that he is finalizing a new deal with WWE and is currently expected to officially start after the New Year. As we previously reported, he is returning for a backstage role.”

During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com said the following regarding Regal…

“I believe there’s going to be something on Wednesday’s show where there will be something addressing certain things. That story is supposed to keep going in some way. But he is going back to WWE. That’s just the deal. I’ve had so many different people tell me so many different stories. The primary source story was that his contract was short-term. The WWE side says that he had an out.”

“The closest thing to what I would say is official would be he signed a short-term deal. Others say he had an out or Tony gave him an out. Whatever it was, I certainly know that when he signed it was a 3-year deal supposedly and nine months now it’s over. It sounds weird.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)