DANNY 'boy' COLLINS

Born: February 21st

In: Bristol, England

Lives: Yorkshire

Professional Since: 1983

Trained by: Roy Harley & Stan Osbourne

First Pro Match: vs. Adrian Finch

In: Bristol

Date: 23/9/83

Titles Held: British Heavy-Middleweight (Taken from 'Rollerball' Rocco) 1990, World Middleweight (Taken from Owen Hart) 1991

Favourite Move: Anything high-flying

Most Respected Wrestler: Dave 'Fit' Finlay

Biggest Influence on career: Alan Dennison

Other details: Danny 'Boy' Collins has been one of the best, if not the best star of British Wrestling in the last twenty years. His pioneering backwards somersaults from the top-rope heralded a completely new style to British Professional Wrestling, which has earned him loyal fans all over Europe. Despite having a kidney removed during the mid-Eighties, Collins still managed to bounce back on to the television screens without showing a sign of ring-rust. He is truly one of the greatest British wrestlers of our time.

©J.Smeed 1998