As a technical wrestler, Balls Mahoney leaves a lot to be desired. Put a chair in his hands and that changes everything. Similar to others on the list like Abdullah The Butcher, Mick Foley and Sabu, Balls is somebody who does brutally violent things to his opponents, his partners, and to himself. The nickname of The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freak isn't the smoothest of monikers when it comes to rolling off the tongue, but it sums up Balls Mahoney perfectly. If ever there was a case of 'does exactly as it says on the tin', this is it. In fact, the nickname itself was often used to refer to Balls and on/off partner Axl Rotten. Whether teaming or not, the pair had a similar style and both loved to wield chairs at opponents on a regular basis. A match with Balls Mahoney, not matter what card it's on or where it's positioned on that card, near-enough always guarantees a chair shot for whoever is unlucky enough to be in the ring with him. And we're not talking chairshots that aim for the meatier parts of the back. When Balls swings a chair, he connects hard and brutally with his opponent. Many a concussion have been the result of a Balls chairshot, and he's the type of extreme style of wrestler that is seemingly becoming a thing of the past these days. For the sake of wrestlers' health, that's likely a good thing.
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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 and Presenter, 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 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 and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.
