Snooker: Rewind! He-Man Muscles in on Johnson's Finest Hour

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He may have once conquered the world of snooker but when Joe Johnson sat down to watch his video of his 1986 Crucible final triumph he was confronted with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe instead.

Johnson won the 1986 world snooker championship as a 150-1 outsider, beating then world number 1 Steve Davis 18-12 in the final.

He recorded the television coverage of his greatest hour but when he dug out the VHS tape years later, he was in for a shock.

"It was for my eldest daughter," Johnson told Thursday's Daily Mail.

"It was years after I'd won, I'd never thought to watch it back but her and her boyfriend wanted to see it so I said I'd find the tape.

"The tape goes in and we are all sat around. We could watch the last couple of frames and the presentation, do it as a family, you know? Quite nice.

"Then on it comes, He-Man: Masters of the Universe. Where's my snooker?

"Wind on, it's still not there. It's gone. One of the boys had taped over the whole thing. Thanks, boys."

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