Danny Boy Collins Danny ' Boy ' Collins is an English professional wrestler . Noted for his agile , gymnastic style in the ring , he has toured successfully across Europe and held British , European and World ( European version ) titles in five different weight divisions . Career . Collins made his professional debut in 1983 against Adrian Finch before going on to be a regular star of ITV ' s World of Sport programme . Despite losing his TV debut to veteran heel " Crybaby " Jim Breaks , Collins would come back in 1984 to defeat Breaks first in an elimination tournament final , then in a £500 - per - fall challenge , before finally capturing Breaks ' British Welterweight Title . The following year , Collins would capture the European Welterweight Championship from visiting champion Jorg Chenok ( billed as Baron Von Chenok ) in a match screened on ITV during World Of Sport ' s special 1985 FA Cup Final edition . As a result of this victory , Danny would tour France and northern Spain extensively during the late 1980s for local promoter Roger Delaporte . Collins was also a frequent tag team partner of Big Daddy as well as teaming with his younger brother Pete Collins . He continued to have a successful wrestling career in the United Kingdom and across Europe despite an operation to have his kidney removed in the mid - 1980s , using a high - flying style in his matches that was unusual for British wrestling at the time . He further developed the cartwheel escape from an arm lever first invented by Dynamite Kid in the mid - 1970s - itself an advance on the traditional roll on the mat to untwist an arm lever . After ITV ' s coverage of wrestling ended in 1988 , he achieved even greater success , moving to All Star Wrestling , where he defeated Dave " Fit " Finlay to win the British Heavy - Middleweight Championship in 1989 . Although he controversially lost the title by disqualification to Richie Brooks in Croydon in 1990 , he would soon regain the belt that same year . In 1991 , he defeated Owen Hart for the vacant World Middleweight Championship and would continue to claim the title until 1995 when he moved still further up the weights . Around late 1994 / early 1995 , Collins became a heel after a ( kayfabe ) falling out with Robbie Brookside and Doc Dean . Rebranded ' Dirty ' Dan Collins , in 1996 he defeated Alan Kilby to become British Light - Heavyweight Champion , but lost the title back to Kilby in 1997 . He also teamed with fellow heel Drew McDonald , particularly for Otto Wanz ' s CWA in Germany and Austria . By the end of the 1990s , he had reverted to being a blue eye but his brother Peter was still a devout heel , known by then as ' Mr Vain ' Pete Collins . This led to a lengthy feud between the two . Collins ' career slowed down to near - inactivity around 2000 due to accumulated back injuries , but he still appears sporadically on the British wrestling scene . In 2007 , he launched a major comeback tour with All Star Wrestling , frequently working as a tag team with Dean Allmark . In October 2008 he lost to Germany ' s Christian " Ecki " Eckstein at GL1 Gloucester Leisure Centre . Collins took part in Wrestling Rampage 2012 at GL1 Gloucester Leisure Centre on February 4 . He teamed up with Matt Jarrett to face Skull Murphy ( Peter Northey ) and ' Blondie ' Bob Barrett . As of 2012 , Collins became a regular trainer at the WAW Academy in Norwich and a regular member of the roster for WAW as a heel allied with The Midas Stable . In March 2012 he won the WAW World Heavyweight Championship . On 24 March 2013 Danny ' Boy ' Collins made his first appearance for Best of British Wrestling at their Ipswich Invasion show where he defeated ex ECW & Current Ring of Honor star Steve Corino 2 Falls to 1 . Collins will wrestle his last professional bout in October 2013 at GL1 Gloucester Leisure Centre for Superstars Of Wrestling .