John Pollock (journalist)

John Pollock is a Canadian sports reporter best known for his work on Fight Network Radio, Live Audio Wrestling and founding the website POST Wrestling. He has also produced the acclaimed documentary Bret Hart: Survival of the Hitman about professional wrestler Bret Hart.

Early life

Pollock was born in Toronto.^[1]

Career

Pollock began his career as a professional wrestling and combat sports reporter with the Fight Network for their radio show The LAW with co-host Wai-Ting.^[2] After the show was cancelled in 2017,^[3] due to financial issues from the parent company Anthem,^[4][5] the two of them created their own website POSTWrestling where they report on news and feature podcasts.^[6][7]

Pollock also produced the 2010 documentary film Bret Hart: Survival of the Hitman which is about Canadian professional wrestler Bret Hart who is Pollock's favorite wrestler, the film is about Hart's return to the wrestling industry after 10 years of isolation.^[8] In 2019 he also produced and starred in the audio documentary Owen Hart's Final Day.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Personal life

Pollock is friendly with former wrestling referee Jimmy Korderas and helped him get work on The Fight Network.^[13]

References

1. Thom Loverro; The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling - page: 251
2. Nason, Josh (September 9, 2016). "John Pollock on CM Punk's UFC Debut & Grading The WWE Brand Split". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
3. Jeremy Thomas (October 30, 2017). "Anthem Media Putting Live Audio Wrestling Show on Hiatus, New Format Coming". 411Mania. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
4. David Bixenspan (January 11, 2017). "Impact Wrestling Ruins Everything: Losses Lead to Journalist Layoffs". Deadspin. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
5. Adam Martin (October 31, 2017). "Rockstar Spud departs Impact Wrestling, Anthem makes more cuts". WrestleView. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
6. Antonio Thomas (April 20, 2019). "Post Wrestling's John Pollock On Toronto Sports, WrestleMania". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
7. Staff (December 27, 2018). "How John Pollock Talks Straight About Professional Wrestling". Grammarly. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
8. James Caldwell (March 23, 2010). "Watch the complete "Survival of the Hitman" documentary". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
9. "20 years after his death, the pro wrestling world remembers Owen Hart". 23 May 2019.
10. "AEW lets Dustin and Cody Rhodes finish what they started".
11. "Guest column: Owen Hart's death still haunts 20 years later".
12. "Various: Owen Hart Documentary, Mick Foley on 24/7 Championship Lackluster Debut, Indies".
13. Kordeas, Jim; The Three Count: My Life in Stripes As a WWE Referee

Further reading

• Chris Charlton; Eggshells: Pro Wrestling in the Tokyo Dome, 2018

External links

• Website