The Beginner's Guide To British Wrestling

[David Mantell]

As a rising star in the mid 1980s, Danny Collins just had to have some of his drive sucked away by big Daddy. Here however he gets to quite nicely shine against two jouneyman brute heels.

The good guys have a red/gold colour code, Daddy's sequin hat matching Danny's lamé jacket. Stuart's black singlet shows him as a heel like Bobby Heenan, late 80s Andre, Cyanide Sid Cooper and Billy Catanzaro circa 1971.  Each heel takes turns to be Daddies and thrown out so in comes Danny..Stuart tastes a dropkick and two armdrags.  He strikes a forearm and snapmare but Danny rolls right up, gets a go behind into reverse leapfrog, goes over and catches the Pretty Boy with a ground position dropkick, then scoots through his legs to score a second one. The crowd are delighted to see the bald bully get humiliated.  Stuart rallies with a snapmare and two bodychecks despite Danny diving under on the second. But Danny comes back with a sunset flip into reverse leg nelson and only Prat's intervention prevents an early first fall.  Prat uses the csame neck drop on top rope that Colonel  Brody used on Owen Hart in 1991 on the French thread and 5e Bull tags in.  He gets stomps, elbows a whip into back elbow and a PowerSlam but is so slow with the cover - definitely NOT continuous motion- that the pin attempt is disallowed.  Unperturbed, Prat gets another back elbow and an ove4 th3 knee backbreaker.  But Danny somersaults out of a second backbreaker attempt to tag Daddy who gives both villains his usual.  They end up at ringside with a rare for ITV out of the ring brawl as Daddy bodychecks Pratt.  Meanwhile back in the ring Collins faces Stuart. He tries a flying tackle, doesn't get the momentum but deftly switches tona legdive then a very high-looking side folding press.  Stuart kicks out so it doesn't matter that referee Peter Szacacs (brother of Tibor) is only just getting back.  Stuart gets a concealed illegal shot to the eyes and a snapmare attempt which Danny reverses into one of his own then a Legdrop which IS continuous motion.  Stuart gets a rear hammerlock but Collins chops both heels and an annoyed Bull comes in,but Daddy chases off both heels.  Collins gets a posting, back flip, go behind and yet another side folding press.  Third time is the charm, h3 gets the opening fall!

Second Fall.  Danny comes off the ropes but completely misses a flying tackle.  Stuart gets his throat drop on the top rope from earlier and Bull officially tags in on Danny. He gets an elbow, knee and PowerSlam. Dann6bgets the tag but the ref is distracted by the heels slow tag.  So they work Danny some more in their corner and Bull gets a kneelift and public warning and Danny  tags Daddy who throws Bull Prat out for a KNOCKOUT.

Danny handled most of the match and actually handles himself skillfully with two bigger men.  A dark horse of a match.

[David Mantell]

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