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, Jamie Hayer, 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.
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The second night of Ring of Honors Glory by Honor V saw Bryan Danielson partake in what could very well be the absolutely best match of his career. The trouble here, though, is that the career of the American Dragon has featured so many high class, top drawer matches, it really is hard to pick an all-time best. That said, his match with KENTA in September 2006 is certainly in the conversation in fact, its right up there at the top of the list when it comes to that particular conversation. These days, KENTA is known as Hideo Itami in NXT. Whilst hes been impressive at times, his run in WWEs developmental territory has failed to quite hit the heights that many were hoping, and obviously a large part of that is down to the superstars current injury status. Make no mistake about it, though, this is a guy who is one of the best in the world. Whilst part of NOAH, KENTA saw himself challenging for Bryan Danielsons ROH Championship in 06. What followed was one of the greatest matches you could ever see. With the Champion nursing several injuries, KENTA absolutely destroyed him in the first half of the match, strategically taking his opponent apart before Danielson decided to go balls-to-the-wall and eventually, somehow, come out on top. Not only is this match one of the greatest matches, moments and matching up of opponents in the last 15 years, its also right up there in terms of performance as one of the very best moments of Bryans career.