Spring of 1986 in "The Big Apple" - Dorking.

Dave "Fit" Finlay - a diabolical, angry Irish heel. As has been mentioned before, he now works for WWE as angry Irish babyface Finlay - the bleached blonde with the midget sidekick and the soapy storyline over who is the midget's real father.

Before this bout Finlay laid his baddie cards on the table with an angle. Paula brought a large picture of Big Daddy into the ring, defaced it with a marker pen and then Finlay dropkicked the hell out of it. It was nice to see them doing angles by 1986 but when the payoff would be a one-sided farce of a match you wonder why they bothered.

Alan Kilby - always a popular chap because he never did anything even remotely naughty. He was also the only deaf wrestler on the circuit.

I'm afraid the closest we get in this short contest is Finlay kissing what looks like a member of the Village People but who is actually his good lady wife.

Fought under special rules - no rounds, just 20 minutes of action. Two falls, two submissions or a knockout to decide the winner. Kilby got a fall inside 30 seconds but it was ruled out due to Finlay's foot being on the ropes. Controversy from the outset. We never got a replay of the questionable call so it was probably just done because Kilby was losing and they wanted him to look good. They traded forearm smashes for a while before Kilby fell out of the ring and got his foot caught in the ropes. This was enough to finish his knee off for good. Finlay slapped on a submission hold and it was 1-0 to the Irish.

The ref checked Kilby out and found he was in too much pain to continue. The bout was called off and the crowd were not happy. But unhappy in a good way. Unhappy in a way which meant they - however many hundred they were still drawing in 1986 - would pay to see a rematch.

Evil is now 6-5 ahead with this controversial victory.

We were still in the infamous hiatus when this went out in April 1986. Watching this and other bouts from around this period, the wrestling promoters were better at reinventing their product than the Doctor Who office were. Yes there was still the spectre of wrestling's past looming over everything but there was a freshness, an increase in pace and a willingness to try slightly different things which sadly eluded JNT and Saward in the confused period that was 1986.