The spring 1981 in lovely comely Croydon.

Pat Roach though only because he wasn't from down sarf and his opponent was. He hadn't yet become famous as an actor so the fans were so-so about him. Once "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" hit ITV in 1983 he was just about the most popular wrestler in Britain, something which entirely suited one of the nicest guys in the business.

Pete Roberts from Chatham, also known as the "Super Destroyer". In my humble opinion he does not look like a super destroyer. Even with a lightning bolt across his chest.

For some reason Roach had this man in his corner rather than the traditional Dale Martin helper with own towel and bucket. His name is "Dave Dynamite" and with his blonde hair, blonde moustache and fondness for wearing little vests which show off his muscles he might perhaps be thought a tad camp.

It was a pretty physical match with them alternating between uppercuts and chops to fill the time between submission holds. The ring looked tiny with a giant like Roach in it. Heaven knows how they managed to work a match in what looks like a ring the size of a double bed. Pat could probably have stood in the middle and touched all four sides without moving.

Neither man worked the bout as a bad guy so there was none of that for the audience to get into. Instead we had a pretty even contest considering - as Kent Walton told us a hundred times - Roberts was giving up nearly five stone. It is always odd to see just how close their presentation was to that of a genuine sport. Your modern WWE forbids commentators from using the names of moves for fear of confusing the audience. Back in the day we had Kent Walton giving us lots of facts and suddenly it isn't odd at all that so many people wondered if this stuff was legit.

Anyhoo, Roberts got the first fall, Roach got the second (rather easily I think - Roberts had fought his way out of stickier jams than that) and in the end Roach hit one too many big moves and the ref stopped the contest.

One lone voice shouted "Ooh - you are a brute" when Roach applied a nasty looking arm hold.

It's now 5-4 to the goodies as Roach may have been booed (lightly) by the audience but he wasn't a heel and at no point did he work as one.

This was broadcast during the long nine month gap between Tom Baker's demise and Peter Davison's debut. I'm surprised Pat Roach never appeared in Doctor Who. During the series' obsession with celebrities, Roach would've been ideal casting as a baddie of some kind. He would have made a far less embarrassing Nord than we ended up with.