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. In 1996, Collins won the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship while working in Japan for Michinoku Pro. He made two tours with the Japanese promotion and worked with the likes of Great Sasuke, Dick Togo, Gran Hamada, Tiger Mask and Funaki. 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 4 February. 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 wrestled what was billed as his last match on British soil on 10 October 2013 at GL1 Gloucester Leisure Centre for Superstars of Wrestling. He made his retirement match in Germany for European Wrestling Promotion as he wrestled in the main event against Lance Storm. Two months later, Collins returned to in ring competition. Throughout 2014, Collins owned and operated his own wrestling school in Sutterton, Lincolnshire. Throughout 2015, Collins worked regularly across England for HEW, WAW and All Star. In 1 September 2017 Collins worked for the American promotion Chikara in their King of Trios event which took place in