Regal Warns Wrestlers on High-Risk Neck Moves

Professional wrestler William Regal issued a stark warning on social media Sunday about the dangers of high-risk neck maneuvers in the ring, drawing responses from across the industry, including a supportive message from All Elite Wrestling star Kenny Omega.

In a detailed post, Regal, who serves as WWE's vice president of global talent development, shared his personal experiences with severe neck injuries. He described breaking his neck twice, once during a match and again in a car accident, despite having been trained to avoid landing directly on the top of his head. Regal urged current performers to abandon such moves immediately if they value their long-term health, emphasizing that wrestling's physical toll is already immense without courting broken necks or worse. "Stop it now if you want a decent quality of life after wrestling because that part of your life will be over before you know it and wrestling done right is hard enough but broken necks or death are not something you should think is tough or cool," Regal wrote. "It's idiotic thinking."

The post appeared to stem from a recent incident at AEW's Worlds End pay-per-view event on Saturday, where Kyle Fletcher landed...