Darren Kenneth Matthews (May 10, 1968), is an English semi-retired professional wrestler and color commentator currently signed to WWE as the General Manager of WWE's developmental program WWE NXT under the ring name William Regal. He is also known for his time in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Steven Regal. Having started his career wrestling on the carnival circuit in England, Matthews moved on to wrestle around the world in countries such as Germany and South Africa, before being called up to World Championship Wrestling in 1993. In 2000, after leaving WCW, Matthews joined the World Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Entertainment and now just WWE), where he became commissioner. In 2008 he also served as General Manager of Raw while at the same time being the