WITH his hair dyed purple this time, Peter Wright rolled back the years at Ally Pally to deliver a knockout blow at the World Darts Championship.
Snakebite destroyed current world champion Luke Humphries to advance to the quarter-finals.
Peter Wright recorded a famous victory at Ally PallyRex
Snakebite Wright saw of world champion Luke Humphries in a spectacularRex
Wright’s signature hairdo is created by hairdresser wife, JoanneSolent News & Photo Agency
It was vintage Wright, 54, who had a bit of needle with the world No1 beforehand who accused him of trying to play mind games.
However, the pair embraced after Sunday night’s match – proving there was lots of respect there, and the veteran two-time world champ shed a tear after his famous victory.
Over the years, Wright has garnered plenty of attention for his wacky outfits and famous mohawk.
It’s a look that’s been cultivated by his hairdresser wife, Joanne – who spends two hours a day creating his hairstyle.
Wright, who has earned £3million in prize money also has his finances managed by his missus.
Incredibly, the millionaire is handed a £212 pay packet per week!
Origins of his hairstyle
Although it’s Joanne who puts in the hard craft, with extra hold hairspray, to keep that mohawk in place – it was his daughter who put the idea in place to dye it different colours.
In an interview in 2013, Wright revealed: “It’s down to my daughter because she’s the one who has all different colour hair and I thought ‘I’ll try that’.
“No other dart players have tried it and it just stuck.
“I class it as going to war with my war paint on ready for battle.”
In an interview with The Times in 2018, he added: “If I was playing again I did not want to be that typical European player, looking grumpy, playing and going home.
“I wanted to find something and I got it in the outfits and the crazy hair. I think the players who whinge about me are jealous.
“Phil Taylor said to me, ‘I wished I’d thought of that years ago — it’s brilliant’.”
Dye another day
Hair stylist Joanne runs her own salon, Medusa Hair in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Before he faced Michael Van Gerwen back in 2020, Wright enjoyed a few hours of practice before enjoying some downtime.
While he psyched himself up, his missus got to work on his famous thatch, trimming it before spicing it up with colour to match his outfit that year.
“It takes about two hours every day after practice in my chilling out time,” he revealed.
“I sit there chilling, and my wife Jo does my hair.”
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Normally, the war paint of choice features a snake, a tribute to his famous moniker, which incidentally is his favourite drink.
Usually, it takes around two hours. But there was one time it took much longer.
And when he got a bit bored, and started moving around, Joanne had a subtle way of keeping him still while she was working.
“The longest time was 4.5 hours. If you move, she gives you a tap on your head, I can not move,” he revealed to RTL 7 Darts.
Jo is also in charge when it comes to selecting the style.
“Nine times out of ten I let Joanne do what she wants, she is the boss,” he added.
Joanne manages the purse strings too
Wright also joked that Jo is the ‘richest manager in darts’ after revealing that she looks after his finances – and gives him a budget of just £212 a week.
He revealed to SunSport: “Me? Lavish purchases? No, I don’t get to!
“I was at a preview night when asked the question. Michael van Gerwen’s bought a Rolls Royce or something like that and Michael Smith had bought something else and Gezzy had bought this and that.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
1994 – Dennis Priestley
1995 – Phil Taylor
1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
2003 – John Part
2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – John Part (2)
2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
2011 – Adrian Lewis
2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
2014 – Michael van Gerwen
2015 – Gary Anderson
2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 – Rob Cross
2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 – Peter Wright
2021 – Gerwyn Price
2022 – Peter Wright (2)
2023 – Michael Smith
2024 – Luke Humphries
Most World Titles
14 – Phil Taylor
3 – Michael van Gerwen
2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries
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During a successful career Wright has earned £3m in prize money from dartsGetty
“I get my £212-per-week and just like playing my darts and trying to win trophies.
“While Jo is the richest manager in darts!”
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