As previously reported Dick Slater has passed away. William Regal shared his thoughts about Slater and related a story about watching him cut a promo. View the tweets below.
Very sad to hear of the passing of Dick Slater. A great Pro and foe when we were in WCW together.
— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) October 18, 2018
Dirty Dick Slater, Bunkhouse Buck with Colonel Robert Parker and for a time Terry Funk were my favorite group to watch or wrestle when I was in WCW. People who normally boo’d them loved them beating up the snobby English team that I was apart of.
— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) October 18, 2018
I was fortunate enough to be stood in the back of a tiny studio at the CNN center in Atlanta when @TheGeneOkerlund interviewed them and they went off on 5 min rambling tale about a milk maid and a goat in a barn in https://t.co/0nwj0GO1HW never made the air!!
— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) October 18, 2018
I would love that piece of footage to show up somewhere as we all ended up crying with laughter after this magnificently discrasful tale that would make a sailor blush.
— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) October 18, 2018
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