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Edward Harrison "Ed" Leslie (born
April 21, 1957) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in
the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
He later worked for World Championship Wrestling under a variety of names,
mainly as "The Disciple" of real-life best friend Hulk Hogan. He is a former WWF
World Tag Team Champion.
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Statistics
Ring name(s) Eddie Golden[1]
Ed Boulder[1]
Eddie Hogan[1]
Dizzy Hogan[1][1]
Baron Beefcake[1]
Brutus Beefcake[1]
Brother Bruti[1]
Brute Force[1]
The Butcher[1]
The Man With No Name[1]
Zodiac[1]
The Booty Man[1]
E. Harrison Leslie
The Disciple[1]
The Clipsmaster
Stuart "Beefcake" Healey
The Masked Man
Billed height 6 ft. 3 in. (191 cm)
Billed weight 273 lb. (124 kg)
Born April 21, 1957 (1957-04-21)
(age 52)
Tampa, Florida[1]
Resides Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Billed from San Francisco,
California[1]
Parts Unknown
Trained by Hulk Hogan[1]
Ivan Koloff[1]
Debut 1977[1]
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Career
Early
days
Edward Leslie began his career at
the side of Hulk Hogan in the 1976-1977 time frame.[1] At the time, the two were
billed as brothers; Ed was known as either Ed Boulder or Dizzy Hogan, to match
Terry's Terry Boulder and Hulk Hogan. Because of this, for many years, it was a
part of pro wrestling lore that Hogan and Leslie actually were brothers, but
there is no real family relation between the men.
Leslie wrestled briefly in Bill
Watts' Mid-South territory and also wrestled sporadically between 1980 and '82
in the WWF before he became known as Brutus Beefcake. According to a shoot
interview conducted in 2000, his first match was with Ron Slinker against Ox
Baker and Eric the Red.
World
Wrestling Federation
Leslie entered the World Wrestling
Federation (WWF) as a heel under the ring name Brutus Beefcake in late 1984 with
manager "Luscious" Johnny Valiant. As a singles competitor, he would feud with
David Sammartino and Hulk Hogan, who sought revenge on Beefcake after he and
Valiant injured Hogan's protege Hillbilly Jim.
Later in 1985, he teamed with Greg
"The Hammer" Valentine and won the Tag Team Championship from The US Express
with the pair known as "The Dream Team". They held the titles for eight months,
losing to the British Bulldogs at WrestleMania 2.[2]
The team would break up at
WrestleMania III. Despite a win over the Rougeau Brothers at the pay-per-view,
the team had a falling-out when Beefcake was left in the ring while Valentine
and Valiant left with Dino Bravo.[3] This provided the impetus for Beefcake --
along with having had his hair cut by Adrian Adonis in a six-man match shortly
before WrestleMania -- to turn face. Later that night, he acquired the nickname
"The Barber" after Rowdy Roddy Piper's match against Adonis. Adonis lost the
match, and it was stipulated he would have to have his head shaved. Beefcake
entered the ring and began to clip away at Adonis' blond locks.
Thereafter, following a trend
started by World Class wrestlers Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez, Beefcake
started bringing garden shears with him to the ring (with the handles taped to
resemble barber poles). He would cut off the hair of his opponents (after
knocking them out with a sleeper hold) using scissors or an electric razor. He
would follow a successful sleeper hold with a strut around the ring, "snipping"
his fingers like a scissors to indicate what was about to happen, referring to
his actions as "Cutting and Strutting". He would then proceed to throw handfuls
of hair into the air to the delight of the crowd.
As a face, he would feud with his
former partner Greg Valentine, his former manager Johnny Valiant (who by the end
of their feud was completely bald thanks to Beefcake), The Honky Tonk Man, Ron
Bass, Randy Savage (it was Beefcake who coined the nickname "Scary Sherri" for
Savage's then manager Sensational Sherri), and Mr. Perfect. At WrestleMania VI,
Beefcake was the first person to pin Mr. Perfect in a televised match, thus
ending Perfect's lengthy undefeated streak in most fans' eyes.[4]
He was scheduled to win the WWF
Intercontinental title twice, each time at SummerSlam, but unable to wrestle due
to injury (in kayfabe the first time, legitimately the second time). His
replacements, The Ultimate Warrior and Kerry Von Erich, went on to win the
title.
In 1990, a near-fatal parasailing
accident put Leslie out of action. He was helping his parasailer friend prepare
for takeoff when the driver of the boat mistakenly took a cue to take off,
sending the would-be-parasailer's bare feet directly into Leslie's face. His
face had to be surgically repaired with metal plates and screws,[1] putting his
WWF career on hiatus for nearly two years. It also gave him an infamous nickname
among some fans in later years: The Man With No Face. In early 1991, to
facilitate his return to wrestling, he was put in a mask and randomly attacked
heels, notably Rick Martel and Earthquake, by running in on their matches. He
would hit the heel a few times, headbutt him, and escape. He never wrestled a
match in this persona and was never given a name. It is often said that the
persona would have been called The Mariner; it is affectionately called "Fur
Face" or the "Run-In Man" by fans. He began making appearances as Brutus
Beefcake again in late 1991/early 1992 in his interview segment called "The
Barber Shop."
His injury was used in an angle in
early 1993, when Beefcake's comeback match ended in him being attacked by Money
Incorporated, who kayfabe tried to aggravate his facial injuries. This resulted
in manager Jimmy Hart turning face and Hulk Hogan returning to the WWF, forming
a tag team with Beefcake -- their real-life friendship was mentioned. The
Mega-Maniacs, as they were called, squared off against Money Inc. at
WrestleMania IX with Beefcake wearing a special protective face mask, supposedly
constructed by NASA.[citation needed] Hogan and Beefcake got their revenge but
lost via disqualification.[5] Shortly afterwards he dropped out of the picture
in the WWF, resurfacing a year later alongside Hogan in World Championship
Wrestling.
World
Championship Wrestling
Since the name Brutus Beefcake was
trademarked by the WWF, WCW was forced to give Leslie a different ring name. At
first, he was only referred to as Brother Bruti (pronounced: BREW-tie, which was
WWF announcer Gorilla Monsoon's longtime faux Latin shorthand for Leslie's
former ring name), making short appearances with WCW World Heavyweight Champion
Hulk Hogan, who had just arrived in WCW.[1] At Halloween Havoc 1994, following
Hogan's cage match victory over Ric Flair, Bruti was revealed as the mystery
assailant who attacked Hogan just before his title defense against Flair at
Clash of the Champions XXVIII. Leslie was subsequently billed as The Butcher.
The feud between these two culminated in a WCW World Heavyweight title match at
Starrcade 1994.
After this, Leslie reappeared in a
series of different gimmicks and ring names, first as the supposedly amnesic The
Man with No Name. He went on to be part of Kevin Sullivan's Dungeon of Doom as
The Zodiac, a character with black and white face paint who would only say,
"Yes, no, yes, no!"
In 1996, Leslie feuded with Diamond
Dallas Page, this time as The Booty Man. He was accompanied by Page's ex-valet
(and then real-life wife) Kimberly Page, whom he referred to as his "Booty
Babe." His gimmick was that of a man infatuated with his own–seemingly
bare–buttocks, shaking them on the way to the ring and during matches.
Emphasizing this, his signature move at the time was a high knee, pronounced
hiney. This, too, did not last long. When the nWo started, Booty Man attempted
to join and promptly received a beatdown from Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and
Hollywood Hogan.
Leslie's last WCW gimmick was the
bodyguard of Hollywood Hogan, The Disciple, who would help Hogan illegally in
many matches throughout 1998. He was almost unrecognizable at first with a full
beard, dark sunglasses, and nWo-styled biker attire but whose identity was
revealed by Rowdy Roddy Piper during his feud with Hogan. The Disciple was later
kidnapped by The Warrior during Warrior's feud with Hogan. After being
brainwashed by Warrior, he turned on Hogan and was the only other member
(alongside his kidnapper) of the One Warrior Nation.
Semi-Retirement
Leslie until recently had been
working as a manager at Planet Fitness in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, but is now
onto other things. He lives with his wife, Barbara, and his daughter, Alana, in
Winchester, Massachusetts. Now a born again Christian, he is a part of the
Christian wrestling group, World Impact Wrestling. He has also started a
wrestling school.[6] He also made an appearance at Pro Wrestling Syndicate's
debut show in Garfield, New Jersey on June 24, 2007.[7] He has appeared at
several Memphis wrestling shows, including the 2007 Ultimate Clash of the
Legends. On July 28, 2007, Beefcake competed for the IAW World Heavyweight
Championship at Clash at the Cove 9 against Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and
Brian Costello. Beefcake and Valentine lost due to countout while they were
brawling outside the ring. However, they returned to the ring to attack Costello
and the ringside announcer announced the return of The Dream Team. He appeared
at a WFX event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In retirement he has become good
friends with actors Ted Danson and Emilio Estevez, the latter of whom is
purportedly training to become a pro wrestler.[citation needed] Leslie has a
trading card featured of him in the 2008 Donruss Americana trading card set
under his nickname "Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake." As of 2/09 he is slated to
make appearances with Top Rope Promotions in New England.
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake made a
return to the ring for Jay Repsel's DREAMWAVE Wrestling in LaSalle, Illinois at
"Immortality" on June 6, 2009. He faced "Legendary" Dan Lawrence and was
victorious. On July 10, 2009, Beefcake and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine revived
The Dream Team for a Windy City Pro Wrestling show at the Toyota Center in
Bridgeview, Illinois. The duo faced another former WWF team, The Nasty Boys.
After a brief battle, members of WCPW came out to the ring, resulting in a
double-disqualification. The WCPW wrestlers had been harassing the former WWF
stars for being washed-up has-beens. Beefcake, Valentine, Knobbs, and Sags were
far from that.
On July 24th, 2009, Leslie competed
in "Celebrity Boxing 10" in suburban Philadelphia. He lost in the first round to
local competitive eater Bill "El Wingador" Simmons.
In
wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
Apocalypse (Seated three-quarter
facelock jawbreaker)[1] - 1998
Running high knee strike[1]
Sleeper hold[1]
Atomic drop
Delayed vertical suplex
Managers
Johnny Valiant
Miss Elizabeth
The Booty Babe
Jimmy Hart
Championships and accomplishments
Southeastern Championship Wrestling
NWA Southeastern Tag Team
Championship (3 times) - with Ken Lucas (2) and Robert Fuller (1)
World Wrestling Federation
WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- with Greg Valentine
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 173 of the 500
best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
PWI ranked him # 94 of the 100 best
tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Greg Valentine in 2003.
Personal life
Leslie made news headlines on
February 8, 2004 for causing an anthrax scare at one of Boston's MBTA stations,
Downtown Crossing, where he was working at the time. He had been found to be in
possession of a white powder, which turned out to be cocaine. He promptly
checked into a drug rehabilitation facility after admitting that the cocaine
found at the station was his. As a result, no charges were filed against him.[8]
Leslie married a woman named
Kirsten Georgi on July 1, 1987; the couple divorced in 1991. His second marriage
is to Barbara McGondel on October 1, 1994. Together, they have one daughter
named Alana.[9] Leslie is a coach on the reality television show Hulk Hogan's
Celebrity Championship Wrestling.
On November 23, 2008, World
Wrestling Entertainment's legal team sent Leslie a cease-and-desist letter
requesting that he stop using his recognizable Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake ring
name. WWE claims they own the trademark to the name and said Leslie stopped
using it when he worked for World Championship Wrestling during the 1990s.
References
1.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s
t u v w x y z Leslie Profile at OWW
2.
^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of
Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 85. 2007.
3.
^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of
Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 85-86. 2007.
4.
^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of
Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 88. 2007.
5.
^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of
Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 91. 2007.
6.
^ Beefcake Wrestling School Website.
7.
^ PWS Official Site
8.
^ "Beefcake busted in Boston" SLAM
Sports.
9.
^ There, he spends the bulk of his time
with his wife Barbie, and 10-year-old daughter Alana, who happens to be an
equestrian in training.
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