8 Most Underrated Talkers In Wrestling Today

8. Karl Anderson

It's a crying shame that Karl Anderson doesn't get more chance to showcase his mic skills in WWE. While AJ Styles is so often the member of The OC to take centre-stage and talk the talk, Machine Gun is left as a background player who has little to do.

The thing is, Anderson is a damn fine talker and massively entertaining when afforded the chance to do more than just be Styles' lackey. As shown by his time in New Japan Pro Wrestling, this Good Brother can mix it up from serious, to silly, to anything in between.

Even if you're not familiar with Anderson's pre-WWE work, just a quick glance at his social media channels is enough to instantly convince you that this is somebody who has a fantastic sense of timing, and who is a natural entertainer.

Considering how utterly horrendous the recent WWE product has been, the company could do far worse than let somebody like Karl Anderson off the leash a little. But hey, let's just put Seth Rollins out there on Raw to bungle this way through an ill-conceived, overly-scripted promo for 15 minutes, right?

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.

Posted On: 23rd Nov 2019

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