Edward Leslie
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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.
in the 1976-1977 time frame. 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.
Leslie wrestled briefly in Bill Watts
's Mid-South territory and also wrestled sporadically between 1980 and 1982 in the World Wrestling Federation (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
.
under the ring name
Brutus Beefcake in late 1984 with manager "Luscious" Johnny Valiant
. Beefcake debuted as a vain individual who dressed in outlandish outfits. As a singles competitor, he feuded with David Sammartino
and Hulk Hogan, the latter who sought revenge on Beefcake after he and Valiant injured Hogan's protege Hillbilly Jim
. Brutus got some "cheap heat" when he would come uninvited to ringside during Tony Atlas's matches.
During the summer of 1985, Beefcake began teaming with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
, and became known as "The Dream Team
". The Dream Team began challenging The US Express
(Mike Rotundo
and Barry Windham
) for the Tag Team Championship. Initially, the US Express fought off their challengers, but the Dream Team soon gained momentum, and at a August 24, 1985, show at the Philadelphia Spectrum, the Dream Team won the tag team titles from the U.S. Express when Beefcake rubbed Valiant’s lit cigar in Windham’s eye. The Dream Team held the titles for eight months, with their primary challengers being a reformed US Express (with Dan Spivey
replacing the departed Windham) and British Bulldogs
. At WrestleMania 2
in Rosemont, Illinois
, the British Bulldogs defeated the Dream Team to win the tag team titles. The Dream Team failed to regain the titles and soon reverted to mid-card status.
The Dream Team broke 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
. 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, and using a sleeper hold as his finishing maneuver. After each match, he would strut around the ring, "snipping" his fingers like a scissors to indicate that he was about to cut the hair of his defeated opponent. As he cut the hair — using either his shears or an electric razor — he would throw handfuls of hair into the air to the delight of the crowd; usually, the recipient of these haircuts were jobbers, who either wore wigs or had ponytails attached to their head.
After gaining the upper hand in a feud with former partner Valentine and ex-manager Johnny Valiant (who by the end of their feud was completely bald, thanks to Beefcake), Beefcake's next big feud was against Intercontinental Champion
The Honky Tonk Man
. Started at WrestleMania IV
and extending through summer of 1988, Beefcake vowed to not only win the title but, after putting Honky to sleep, cut his ducktail
hair. Beefcake never won the title, since Honky managed to get himself disqualified in most of his matches; since the title could not change hands on a disqualification, Honky kept the title. Often, Honky had assistance from a mysterious woman named Peggy Sue; while Sherri Martel
sometimes played the role, more often than not, "Peggy Sue" was Jimmy Hart
dressed in drag; Beefcake countered with a "woman" of his own: "Georgina" (George "The Animal" Steele
in drag). The feud concluded at WrestleMania IV
, where Beefcake won the match through disqualification after interference by Jimmy Hart, but Honky retained the title. However, Beefcake got his revenge by cutting Jimmy Hart's hair following the match.
A brief feud with "Outlaw" Ron Bass
took up most of the rest of 1988, and was instigated when Bass attacked Beefcake during a match aired on Superstars of Wrestling
; the attack caused Beefcake to miss his scheduled Intercontinental championship
match against the Honky Tonk Man at the first SummerSlam
event on August 29. Beefcake ultimately gained revenge on Bass.
His next major feud was with Randy "Macho Man" Savage during 1989, and heated up when Beefcake cut a promo on "The Brother Love Show
" (an interview segment on WWF Superstars of Wrestling), calling Savage's new manager, Sensational Sherri
, "Scary Sherri," and an angered Savage attacked Beefcake. Eventually, the feud crossed paths with a feud between his now on-screen friend Hogan and Hogan's rival, Zeus
, who were embroiled in a dispute over billing in the motion picture No Holds Barred
; Hogan, the WWF World Champion
, was simultaneously involved in a feud with Savage over the title, while Beefcake's involvement began when he was brutally attacked by Zeus (during Beefcake's match against Savage). At the 1989 SummerSlam
, Hogan and Beefcake teamed to defeat Savage and Zeus. The tag team rivalry resumed when No Holds Barred was aired December 27, 1989, as part of a pay-per-view
special called "No Holds Barred: The Movie-The Match." In the match portion of the pay-per-view special (taped two weeks earlier in Nashville, Tennessee
), Hogan and Beefcake defeated Savage and Zeus in a steel cage match.
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.
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, delivering a devastating, near-fatal blow which destroyed his face. His face had to be surgically repaired with over 100 metal plates, allowing every bone in his face to heal and putting his WWF career on hiatus for nearly two years. The accident marked one of the few times the WWF broke kayfabe
during the promotion's pre-Attitude era
, as a real-life — and potentially life-threatening — injury had to be accurately explained to the audience.
In early 1991, to facilitate his return to wrestling, Leslie was put in a mask and randomly attacked heels, notably Rick Martel
, Dino Bravo 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.
Leslie returned under his Brutus Beefcake persona in the summer of 1991, in an short-lived interview segment called "The Barber Shop." The most notable segment involved the split of the tag team The Rockers
, where Shawn Michaels
superkicked Marty Jannetty
and threw him through a (kayfabe) plate glass window; this turned Michaels heel and began his run toward superstardom. The final "Barber Shop" segment took place in February 1992, when newly-turned heel Sid Justice
attacked Beefcake and destroyed the set, to advance Sid's building feud with Hogan.
In early 1993, Beefcake's injury was used in an angle with Ted DiBiase
and Irwin R. Schyster
, who had formed the tag team Money Inc.
In what was billed as Beefcake's "comeback match" (the February 1 match from New York City was his first since 1990), Beefcake defeated DiBiase by disqualification when DiBiase and Schyster began double-teaming Beefcake. The two then tried to "aggravate" Beefcake's injuries when Schyster hit Beefcake with his steel briefcase. This match facilitated a face turn for longtime-heel manager Jimmy Hart
– Hart, the manager of Money Inc., had unsuccessfully tried to stop his team from hurting Beefcake – and Hogan's return to the WWF (after Hogan had taken a year's hiatus). Hogan and Beefcake, teaming for the first time since December 1989, formed a tag team called The Mega-Maniacs
, choosing Hart as their manager. The Mega-Maniacs wrestled Money Inc. at WrestleMania IX
, with Beefcake wearing a special protective face mask. Hogan and Beefcake got their revenge but lost via disqualification.
Shortly after WrestleMania IX, Leslie dropped out of the picture in the WWF.
. Since the name Brutus Beefcake was trademark
ed by the WWF, WCW was forced to give Leslie a different ring name. At first, only made short appearances with Hulk Hogan, who referred to Leslie as "Brother Bruti"(a name Hogan had previously used in WWF promos to refer to Beefcake when they were tag team partners in 1989 and 1993, Beefcake having previously been referred to as "Bruti" by WWF commentator Gorilla Monsoon
amongst others.) At Halloween Havoc in 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 (Actually, It was Arn Anderson
who wore the mask at The Clash of The Champions). Leslie was subsequently billed as The Butcher and was placed in the 3 Faces of Fear
stable with Kevin Sullivan
and Avalanche
. The feud between these two culminated in a WCW World Heavyweight title match at Starrcade.
Leslie continued to wrestle as The Butcher for some time after the 3 Faces of Fear broke up in January 1995, then began wrestling under various gimmicks for the remainder of the year. His first saw Leslie as the supposedly amnesic
The Man with No Name. He later rejoined Kevin Sullivan as part of his stable Dungeon of Doom
. Leslie became known as The Zodiac, a character with black and white face paint who would only say, "Yes, no, yes, no!" He and the rest of the stable feuded with Hogan for most of the remainder of 1995, but Hogan eventually turned Zodiac against the Dungeon of Doom by revealing him as a planted mole.
After leaving the Dungeon of Doom Leslie became "The Booty Man", and 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 (a play on the word hiney, a slang term for buttocks). He was accompanied to the ring by Kimberly Page
, who became known as The Booty Babe, and began a feud with Diamond Dallas Page
(who was, at the time, Kimberly's real-life husband and who had recently lost her as a valet
in a match with Johnny B. Badd
; he had been feuding with Badd at the time, but Badd left the company to sign with the WWF and Leslie was added in his place).
This, like Leslie's other gimmicks since he joined WCW, 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 then vanished from WCW and was not seen again for nearly two years.
Leslie's last WCW gimmick was the bodyguard of Hollywood Hogan, The Disciple, who would help Hogan illegally in many matches throughout 1998. Debuting early that year, he was almost unrecognizable at first with a full beard
, dark sunglasses
, and nWo-styled biker
attire in a moniker seemingly inspired by the WWF's Disciples of Apocalypse
; however, his identity was revealed by Rowdy Roddy Piper during his feud with Hogan. He would always accompany Hogan to the ring for his matches and would often be called on to assist Hogan in beating down an opponent, often using his new finishing maneuver which was dubbed "The Apocalypse
". Leslie often used Hogan's WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt while performing the move, draping it over his shoulder and causing the center gold plate to hit the wrestler's jaw on the recoil. The Disciple was later kidnapped by The Warrior
during Warrior's feud with Hogan, being seen hanging by his feet backstage. After being brainwashed by Warrior, he turned on Hogan and was the only other member (alongside his kidnapper) of the One Warrior Nation. After Warrior left WCW Leslie's role was largely diminished; although he was employed by the company for several more months his only appearances were either on WCW WorldWide or WCW Saturday Night wrestling against jobbers. He was no longer with WCW by June 1999.
In the Summer of 2001, along with fellow professional wrestler John Quinlan, Leslie wrestled for numerous independent promotions
throughout the Northeastern United States
.
After retiring, he was a part of the Christian wrestling group, World Impact Wrestling. He has also started a wrestling school. He also made an appearance at Pro Wrestling Syndicate's debut show in Garfield, New Jersey
on June 24, 2007. 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. They, however, 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.
On January 26, 2008- Leslie was the first inductee into the XWF Hall of Fame of 2008 by Jack Blaze at XWF Over the Edge 2008 in Moundsville, WV- once the company folded, it soon became LPW (Legends Pro Wrestling), where Blaze once again honored Leslie on March 26, 2010 at LPW March Madness 2010 on March 26, 2010.
The Dream Team made their tag team return to semi-national television in October 2009 for Pro Wrestling Ohio. The team faced off against The Clash for the PWO Tag Team Championships. Beefcake ended up almost winning the belt single-handedly, as Valentine was injured in the days leading up to the contest. However, after a "dusty finish" The Clash retained.
Leslie was a coach on the reality television
show Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
. On July 24, 2009, Leslie competed in "Celebrity Boxing 10
" in suburban Philadelphia. He lost in the first round to local competitive eater Bill "El Wingador" Simmons
.
He was part of the Hulkamania Let The Battle Begin Tour in late 2009 which toured throughout Australia, including Perth and Sydney.
On July 31, 2010 at the Brockton Rox
game, Leslie fought in All-Star Wrestling night match at Campanelli Stadium
with Tito Santana
in Brockton, Massachusetts
On August 28, 2010 Beefcake made his Debut for Dynamic Wrestling Alliance Based in Middletown, OH.
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.
Leslie married Kirsten Georgi on July 1, 1987; the couple divorced in 1991. His second marriage was to Barbara McGondel on October 1, 1994. Together, they have one daughter named Alana.
Leslie also worked as a manager at Planet Fitness in Tewksbury, Massachusetts
. He became a born again Christian.
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professional wrestler
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, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation
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under the ring name
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Brutus The Barber Beefcake. He later worked for World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
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under a variety of names, mainly as "The Disciple" of real-life best friend Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
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. He is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion.
Early days
Edward Leslie began his career at the side of Hulk HoganHulk Hogan
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in the 1976-1977 time frame. 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.
Leslie wrestled briefly in Bill Watts
Bill Watts
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's Mid-South territory and also wrestled sporadically between 1980 and 1982 in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) before he became known as Brutus Beefcake. According to a shoot interview conducted in 2000, his first match was with Ron Slinker
Ron Slinker
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against Ox Baker
Ox Baker
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and Eric the Red
Ib Solvang Hansen
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.
1984–1990
Leslie entered the WWF as a heelHeel (professional wrestling)
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under the ring name
Ring name
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Brutus Beefcake in late 1984 with manager "Luscious" Johnny Valiant
John L. Sullivan (wrestler)
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. Beefcake debuted as a vain individual who dressed in outlandish outfits. As a singles competitor, he feuded with David Sammartino
David Sammartino
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and Hulk Hogan, the latter who sought revenge on Beefcake after he and Valiant injured Hogan's protege Hillbilly Jim
Hillbilly Jim
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. Brutus got some "cheap heat" when he would come uninvited to ringside during Tony Atlas's matches.
During the summer of 1985, Beefcake began teaming with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Greg Valentine
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, and became known as "The Dream Team
The Dream Team (professional wrestling)
The Dream Team was a World Wrestling Federation tag team from 1985 to March 29, 1987 consisting of Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine managed by ”Lucious” Johnny Valiant...
". The Dream Team began challenging The US Express
U.S. Express
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(Mike Rotundo
Mike Rotunda
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and Barry Windham
Barry Windham
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) for the Tag Team Championship. Initially, the US Express fought off their challengers, but the Dream Team soon gained momentum, and at a August 24, 1985, show at the Philadelphia Spectrum, the Dream Team won the tag team titles from the U.S. Express when Beefcake rubbed Valiant’s lit cigar in Windham’s eye. The Dream Team held the titles for eight months, with their primary challengers being a reformed US Express (with Dan Spivey
Dan Spivey
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replacing the departed Windham) and British Bulldogs
British Bulldogs
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. At WrestleMania 2
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in Rosemont, Illinois
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, the British Bulldogs defeated the Dream Team to win the tag team titles. The Dream Team failed to regain the titles and soon reverted to mid-card status.
The Dream Team broke up at WrestleMania III
WrestleMania III
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. Despite a win over the Rougeau Brothers at the pay-per-view
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, the team had a falling-out when Beefcake was left in the ring while Valentine and Valiant left with Dino Bravo
Dino Bravo
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. This provided the impetus for Beefcake—along with having had his hair cut by Adrian Adonis
Adrian Adonis
Keith A. Franke was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Adorable" Adrian Adonis.-Career:Franke trained under Fred Atkins and debuted in 1974, wrestling under his own name...
in a six-man match shortly before WrestleMania—to turn face
Face (professional wrestling)
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. Later that night, he acquired the nickname
Nickname
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"The Barber" after Rowdy Roddy Piper's
Roddy Piper
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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
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wrestlers Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez
Gino Hernandez
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, Beefcake started bringing garden shears with him to the ring, with the handles taped to resemble barber poles, and using a sleeper hold as his finishing maneuver. After each match, he would strut around the ring, "snipping" his fingers like a scissors to indicate that he was about to cut the hair of his defeated opponent. As he cut the hair — using either his shears or an electric razor — he would throw handfuls of hair into the air to the delight of the crowd; usually, the recipient of these haircuts were jobbers, who either wore wigs or had ponytails attached to their head.
After gaining the upper hand in a feud with former partner Valentine and ex-manager Johnny Valiant (who by the end of their feud was completely bald, thanks to Beefcake), Beefcake's next big feud was against Intercontinental Champion
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The Honky Tonk Man
The Honky Tonk Man
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. Started at WrestleMania IV
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and extending through summer of 1988, Beefcake vowed to not only win the title but, after putting Honky to sleep, cut his ducktail
Duck's Ass
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hair. Beefcake never won the title, since Honky managed to get himself disqualified in most of his matches; since the title could not change hands on a disqualification, Honky kept the title. Often, Honky had assistance from a mysterious woman named Peggy Sue; while Sherri Martel
Sherri Martel
Sherri Schrull was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by her ring names, Sherri Martel and Sensational Sherri....
sometimes played the role, more often than not, "Peggy Sue" was Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Hart
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dressed in drag; Beefcake countered with a "woman" of his own: "Georgina" (George "The Animal" Steele
George Steele
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in drag). The feud concluded at WrestleMania IV
WrestleMania IV
WrestleMania IV was the fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It took place on March 27, 1988 at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey....
, where Beefcake won the match through disqualification after interference by Jimmy Hart, but Honky retained the title. However, Beefcake got his revenge by cutting Jimmy Hart's hair following the match.
A brief feud with "Outlaw" Ron Bass
Ronald Herd
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took up most of the rest of 1988, and was instigated when Bass attacked Beefcake during a match aired on Superstars of Wrestling
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; the attack caused Beefcake to miss his scheduled Intercontinental championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship
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match against the Honky Tonk Man at the first SummerSlam
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event on August 29. Beefcake ultimately gained revenge on Bass.
His next major feud was with Randy "Macho Man" Savage during 1989, and heated up when Beefcake cut a promo on "The Brother Love Show
Bruce Prichard
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" (an interview segment on WWF Superstars of Wrestling), calling Savage's new manager, Sensational Sherri
Sherri Martel
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, "Scary Sherri," and an angered Savage attacked Beefcake. Eventually, the feud crossed paths with a feud between his now on-screen friend Hogan and Hogan's rival, Zeus
Tom Lister, Jr.
-World Wrestling Federation :Lister appeared in the 1989 wrestling movie No Holds Barred, which was financed by the World Wrestling Federation and starred Hulk Hogan. Lister's role was Zeus, a brutal monster heel....
, who were embroiled in a dispute over billing in the motion picture No Holds Barred
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; Hogan, the WWF World Champion
WWE Championship
The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963...
, was simultaneously involved in a feud with Savage over the title, while Beefcake's involvement began when he was brutally attacked by Zeus (during Beefcake's match against Savage). At the 1989 SummerSlam
SummerSlam (1989)
SummerSlam was the second annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It took place on August 28, 1989 in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey....
, Hogan and Beefcake teamed to defeat Savage and Zeus. The tag team rivalry resumed when No Holds Barred was aired December 27, 1989, as part of a pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
special called "No Holds Barred: The Movie-The Match." In the match portion of the pay-per-view special (taped two weeks earlier in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
), Hogan and Beefcake defeated Savage and Zeus in a steel cage match.
At WrestleMania VI
WrestleMania VI
WrestleMania VI was the World Wrestling Federation's sixth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event and the first to be held outside of the U.S...
, Beefcake was the first person to pin Mr. Perfect
Curt Hennig
Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig , also known by the ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler, manager and color commentator who worked for, among other promotions, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , the American Wrestling Association , World Championship Wrestling and the World...
in a televised match, thus ending Perfect's lengthy undefeated streak in most fans' eyes.
Parasailing accident and return (1990–1993)
In 1990, a serious parasailingParasailing
Parasailing, also known as parascending, or "parakiting" is a recreational kiting activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle while attached to a specially designed canopy wing that reminds one of a parachute, known as a parasail wing...
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, delivering a devastating, near-fatal blow which destroyed his face. His face had to be surgically repaired with over 100 metal plates, allowing every bone in his face to heal and putting his WWF career on hiatus for nearly two years. The accident marked one of the few times the WWF broke kayfabe
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...
during the promotion's pre-Attitude era
The Attitude Era
The Attitude Era was a period in World Wrestling Federation and professional wrestling history that began as a direct result of the Monday Night Wars, a television ratings conflict between the WWF and longtime rival promotion World Championship Wrestling that lasted from 1995 to 2001...
, as a real-life — and potentially life-threatening — injury had to be accurately explained to the audience.
In early 1991, to facilitate his return to wrestling, Leslie was put in a mask and randomly attacked heels, notably Rick Martel
Rick Martel
Richard Vigneault is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1980 and 1995 under the ring name Rick Martel...
, Dino Bravo and Earthquake
John Tenta
John Anthony Tenta was a Canadian professional wrestler known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake and later Golga, and in World Championship Wrestling as Avalanche and The Shark.-Early life:John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia...
, 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.
Leslie returned under his Brutus Beefcake persona in the summer of 1991, in an short-lived interview segment called "The Barber Shop." The most notable segment involved the split of the tag team The Rockers
The Rockers
The Rockers were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty that teamed from 1985 to 1992. The team worked for Central States Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, Continental Wrestling Federation, Continental Wrestling Association and the World...
, where Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American television host and retired professional wrestler. He presents the Outdoor Channel show MacMillan River Adventures, and is currently signed to WWE, where he has served in an ambassadorial role since December...
superkicked Marty Jannetty
Marty Jannetty
Frederick Marty Jannetty is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as part of tag team The Rockers with partner Shawn Michaels, and later as a singles competitor. While in the WWF, he became a one time Intercontinental Champion and a one time...
and threw him through a (kayfabe) plate glass window; this turned Michaels heel and began his run toward superstardom. The final "Barber Shop" segment took place in February 1992, when newly-turned heel Sid Justice
Sid Eudy
Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy is an American professional wrestler, best known as Sid Vicious in World Championship Wrestling, and as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid in the World Wrestling Federation...
attacked Beefcake and destroyed the set, to advance Sid's building feud with Hogan.
In early 1993, Beefcake's injury was used in an angle with Ted DiBiase
Ted DiBiase
Theodore Marvin "Ted" DiBiase, Sr. is a retired professional wrestler, manager, ordained minister and color commentator. DiBiase achieved championship success in a number of wrestling promotions, holding thirty titles during his professional wrestling career...
and Irwin R. Schyster
Mike Rotunda
Lawrence Michael "Mike" Rotunda is a former American professional wrestler, perhaps best known under the name Irwin R. Schyster or I.R.S. for short. He is currently signed with WWE working as a road agent and making occasional appearances on WWE shows as Irwin R...
, who had formed the tag team Money Inc.
Money Inc.
Money Inc. was a heel professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation from February 1992 to August 1993. The team consisted of "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster . They held the WWF Tag Team Championship three times, defeating the Legion of Doom, The Natural...
In what was billed as Beefcake's "comeback match" (the February 1 match from New York City was his first since 1990), Beefcake defeated DiBiase by disqualification when DiBiase and Schyster began double-teaming Beefcake. The two then tried to "aggravate" Beefcake's injuries when Schyster hit Beefcake with his steel briefcase. This match facilitated a face turn for longtime-heel manager Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Hart
James "Jimmy" Ray Hart is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South." He has managed many professional...
– Hart, the manager of Money Inc., had unsuccessfully tried to stop his team from hurting Beefcake – and Hogan's return to the WWF (after Hogan had taken a year's hiatus). Hogan and Beefcake, teaming for the first time since December 1989, formed a tag team called The Mega-Maniacs
The Mega-Maniacs
The Mega-Maniacs was the World Wrestling Federation tag team of Hulk Hogan & Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake that had two distinct runs as a team, one in 1989 and another one in 1993.-History:...
, choosing Hart as their manager. The Mega-Maniacs wrestled Money Inc. at WrestleMania IX
WrestleMania IX
WrestleMania IX was the ninth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. The event took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 4, 1993 and was the first WrestleMania event held outdoors...
, with Beefcake wearing a special protective face mask. Hogan and Beefcake got their revenge but lost via disqualification.
Shortly after WrestleMania IX, Leslie dropped out of the picture in the WWF.
World Championship Wrestling
A year later he resurfaced alongside Hogan in World Championship WrestlingWorld Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
. Since the name Brutus Beefcake was trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
ed by the WWF, WCW was forced to give Leslie a different ring name. At first, only made short appearances with Hulk Hogan, who referred to Leslie as "Brother Bruti"(a name Hogan had previously used in WWF promos to refer to Beefcake when they were tag team partners in 1989 and 1993, Beefcake having previously been referred to as "Bruti" by WWF commentator Gorilla Monsoon
Gorilla Monsoon
Robert James "Gino" Marella , better known by his ring name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play announcer, and booker...
amongst others.) At Halloween Havoc in 1994, following Hogan's cage match victory over Ric Flair
Ric Flair
Richard Morgan Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is one of the most well-known professional wrestlers in the world....
, Bruti was revealed as the mystery assailant who attacked Hogan just before his title defense against Flair at Clash of the Champions XXVIII (Actually, It was Arn Anderson
Arn Anderson
Martin Anthony Lunde better known by his ring name Arn Anderson, is a former American professional wrestler and author. His career has been highlighted by his alliances with Ric Flair and various members of the wrestling stable, The Four Horsemen, in the NWA/WCW...
who wore the mask at The Clash of The Champions). Leslie was subsequently billed as The Butcher and was placed in the 3 Faces of Fear
3 Faces of Fear
The 3 Faces of Fear were a professional wrestling stable existing in World Championship Wrestling from late 1994 to early 1995. Composed of Kevin Sullivan, The Butcher and Avalanche , the group fought against Hulk Hogan.-Origins:When Hulk Hogan signed with WCW in June 1994, he soon got a huge fan...
stable with Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)
Kevin Francis Sullivan is an American professional wrestler and booker, perhaps best known for his role in WCW as "The Taskmaster" and his leading of the "Dungeon of Doom".-Early career:...
and Avalanche
John Tenta
John Anthony Tenta was a Canadian professional wrestler known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake and later Golga, and in World Championship Wrestling as Avalanche and The Shark.-Early life:John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia...
. The feud between these two culminated in a WCW World Heavyweight title match at Starrcade.
Leslie continued to wrestle as The Butcher for some time after the 3 Faces of Fear broke up in January 1995, then began wrestling under various gimmicks for the remainder of the year. His first saw Leslie as the supposedly amnesic
Amnesia
Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...
The Man with No Name. He later rejoined Kevin Sullivan as part of his stable Dungeon of Doom
Dungeon of Doom
The Dungeon of Doom was the name of a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling that existed from 1995 to 1997.-Origin:...
. Leslie became known as The Zodiac, a character with black and white face paint who would only say, "Yes, no, yes, no!" He and the rest of the stable feuded with Hogan for most of the remainder of 1995, but Hogan eventually turned Zodiac against the Dungeon of Doom by revealing him as a planted mole.
After leaving the Dungeon of Doom Leslie became "The Booty Man", and 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 (a play on the word hiney, a slang term for buttocks). He was accompanied to the ring by Kimberly Page
Kimberly Page
Kimberly Lynn Bacon is an American former actress and valet for ex-husband Diamond Dallas Page, during which she was known by the ring name Kimberly Page...
, who became known as The Booty Babe, and began a feud with Diamond Dallas Page
Diamond Dallas Page
Dallas Page , better known by his ring name "Diamond" Dallas Page , is an American retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor and actor...
(who was, at the time, Kimberly's real-life husband and who had recently lost her as a valet
Manager (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
in a match with Johnny B. Badd
Marc Mero
Marc Mero is an American retired amateur boxer and professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as Marc Mero and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Johnny B. Badd...
; he had been feuding with Badd at the time, but Badd left the company to sign with the WWF and Leslie was added in his place).
This, like Leslie's other gimmicks since he joined WCW, did not last long. When the nWo
New World Order (professional wrestling)
The New World Order was a professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled for World Championship Wrestling . The group later appeared in the World Wrestling Federation after the purchase of WCW by the WWF...
started, Booty Man attempted to join and promptly received a beatdown from Scott Hall
Scott Hall
Scott Hall is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation in the early and mid 1990s under the ring name Razor Ramon, as well as for his period in the mid 1990s and early 2000s with World Championship Wrestling under his real name...
, Kevin Nash
Kevin Nash
Kevin Scott Nash is an American professional wrestler and actor. As of 2011, Nash is signed to a five year contract with WWE under their WWE Legends program and appears as part of their Raw brand roster...
, and Hollywood Hogan. Leslie then vanished from WCW and was not seen again for nearly two years.
Leslie's last WCW gimmick was the bodyguard of Hollywood Hogan, The Disciple, who would help Hogan illegally in many matches throughout 1998. Debuting early that year, he was almost unrecognizable at first with a full beard
Beard
A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, cheeks and neck of human beings. Usually, only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism may develop a beard...
, dark sunglasses
Sunglasses
Sunglasses or sun glasses are a form of protective eyewear designed primarily to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from damaging or discomforting the eyes. They can sometimes also function as a visual aid, as variously termed spectacles or glasses exist, featuring lenses that...
, and nWo-styled biker
Motorcycling
Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle. A variety of subcultures and lifestyles have been built up around motorcycling.-Benefits:Robert M. Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was a paean celebrating motorcycling...
attire in a moniker seemingly inspired by the WWF's Disciples of Apocalypse
Disciples of Apocalypse
The Disciples of Apocalypse were a biker-themed professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1990s. The group came together from the demise of the Nation of Domination stable in June 1997 and consisted of four main members: Crush, Chainz, Skull and...
; however, his identity was revealed by Rowdy Roddy Piper during his feud with Hogan. He would always accompany Hogan to the ring for his matches and would often be called on to assist Hogan in beating down an opponent, often using his new finishing maneuver which was dubbed "The Apocalypse
Stunner (professional wrestling)
A stunner is a common term in professional wrestling referring to the seated three-quarter facelock jawbreaker maneuver, predominantly used by Stone Cold Steve Austin and named for his Stone Cold Stunner finisher...
". Leslie often used Hogan's WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt while performing the move, draping it over his shoulder and causing the center gold plate to hit the wrestler's jaw on the recoil. The Disciple was later kidnapped by The Warrior
Warrior (wrestler)
Also see Warrior .Warrior is an American retired professional wrestler who notably performed under the ring names The Ultimate Warrior and Warrior...
during Warrior's feud with Hogan, being seen hanging by his feet backstage. After being brainwashed by Warrior, he turned on Hogan and was the only other member (alongside his kidnapper) of the One Warrior Nation. After Warrior left WCW Leslie's role was largely diminished; although he was employed by the company for several more months his only appearances were either on WCW WorldWide or WCW Saturday Night wrestling against jobbers. He was no longer with WCW by June 1999.
Semi-retirement
In May 2000, he appeared with the Extreme Wrestling Federation in a match against Rex Diamond.In the Summer of 2001, along with fellow professional wrestler John Quinlan, Leslie wrestled for numerous independent promotions
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
throughout the Northeastern United States
Northeastern United States
The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau.-Composition:The region comprises nine states: the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont; and the Mid-Atlantic states of New...
.
After retiring, he was a part of the Christian wrestling group, World Impact Wrestling. He has also started a wrestling school. He also made an appearance at Pro Wrestling Syndicate's debut show in Garfield, New Jersey
Garfield, New Jersey
Garfield is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 30,487.When the area that is now Garfield was first developed in 1873, it was known as East Passaic. In 1881, the community's name was changed to Garfield in honor of...
on June 24, 2007. 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
Brian Costello
Brian Costello is a musician, live talk show host and writer living in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Born in Florida, he moved to Chicago in 1997 to pursue his interest in music...
. Beefcake and Valentine lost due to countout while they were brawling outside the ring. They, however, 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.
On January 26, 2008- Leslie was the first inductee into the XWF Hall of Fame of 2008 by Jack Blaze at XWF Over the Edge 2008 in Moundsville, WV- once the company folded, it soon became LPW (Legends Pro Wrestling), where Blaze once again honored Leslie on March 26, 2010 at LPW March Madness 2010 on March 26, 2010.
The Dream Team made their tag team return to semi-national television in October 2009 for Pro Wrestling Ohio. The team faced off against The Clash for the PWO Tag Team Championships. Beefcake ended up almost winning the belt single-handedly, as Valentine was injured in the days leading up to the contest. However, after a "dusty finish" The Clash retained.
Leslie was a coach on the reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling was an American reality television program broadcast on CMT that aired for eight episodes in 2008. The first episode aired on October 18, 2008. In Australia, the show premiered in July 2009 on the FOX8 channel. FOX8 is a subscription TV channel...
. On July 24, 2009, Leslie competed in "Celebrity Boxing 10
Celebrity Boxing
Celebrity Boxing was a FOX television show, in which celebrities whose careers and/or notoriety had diminished were pitted against each other in exhibition boxing matches. The contestants wore headgear during the fights, which were scheduled for three rounds apiece...
" in suburban Philadelphia. He lost in the first round to local competitive eater Bill "El Wingador" Simmons
Bill Simmons
William J. "Bill" Simmons III is a sports columnist, author, and podcaster. He currently writes columns and hosts podcasts for Grantland.com, which is affiliated with ESPN.com. He is a former writer for ESPN The Magazine and Jimmy Kimmel Live!...
.
He was part of the Hulkamania Let The Battle Begin Tour in late 2009 which toured throughout Australia, including Perth and Sydney.
On July 31, 2010 at the Brockton Rox
Brockton Rox
The Brockton Rox were a professional baseball team based in Brockton, Massachusetts, in the United States. The Rox were a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. From the 2002 season to 2011, the Rox played their home...
game, Leslie fought in All-Star Wrestling night match at Campanelli Stadium
Campanelli Stadium
Campanelli Stadium is a stadium in Brockton, Massachusetts. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Brockton Rox Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball independent minor league baseball team...
with Tito Santana
Tito Santana
Merced Solis better known by his ring name Tito Santana, is an American professional wrestler whose heyday spanned from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, though he continues to appear on the independent circuit. He is best known from his time in the World Wrestling Federation...
in Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton, Massachusetts
Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 93,810 in the 2010 Census. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County...
On August 28, 2010 Beefcake made his Debut for Dynamic Wrestling Alliance Based in Middletown, OH.
Personal life
Leslie made news headlines on February 8, 2004 for causing an anthraxAnthrax
Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals...
scare at one of Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
's MBTA
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the...
stations, Downtown Crossing
Downtown Crossing (MBTA station)
Downtown Crossing Station of the MBTA, located at the corner of Washington Street and Summer Street and the corner of Chauncey Street and Summer Street in Boston, is the main transfer point between the Orange Line and the Red Line....
, 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
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
. 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.
Leslie married Kirsten Georgi on July 1, 1987; the couple divorced in 1991. His second marriage was to Barbara McGondel on October 1, 1994. Together, they have one daughter named Alana.
Leslie also worked as a manager at Planet Fitness in Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Tewksbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,961 at the 2010 census.- History :Tewksbury was first settled in 1637 and was officially incorporated in 1734 from Billerica. Like Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, it is named after the town of Tewkesbury,...
. He became a born again Christian.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Apocalypse (Sitout three-quarter facelock jawbreakerStunner (professional wrestling)A stunner is a common term in professional wrestling referring to the seated three-quarter facelock jawbreaker maneuver, predominantly used by Stone Cold Steve Austin and named for his Stone Cold Stunner finisher...
) – as, The Disciple - The Barber's Chair (Sleeper hold)
- Apocalypse (Sitout three-quarter facelock jawbreaker
- Signature moves
- Back suplex
- Full nelson slam
- Running high knee
- ManagersManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
- Johnny ValiantJohn L. Sullivan (wrestler)John L. Sullivan is a retired professional wrestler better known as Johnny Valiant. He competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation , which became the World Wrestling Federation during his time with the promotion. He won the World Tag Team Championship two times...
- Miss ElizabethMiss ElizabethElizabeth Ann Hulette , best known as Miss Elizabeth, was an American professional wrestling manager. She gained international fame from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation, and the mid-1990s in World Championship Wrestling in her role as the manager to the late...
- The Booty BabeKimberly PageKimberly Lynn Bacon is an American former actress and valet for ex-husband Diamond Dallas Page, during which she was known by the ring name Kimberly Page...
- Jimmy HartJimmy HartJames "Jimmy" Ray Hart is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South." He has managed many professional...
- Johnny Valiant
- Entrance themes
- "Struttin' and a Cuttin'" by Jimmy HartJimmy HartJames "Jimmy" Ray Hart is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling under his nickname "The Mouth of the South." He has managed many professional...
and JJ Maguire (WWF) - "Haircut" by Jimmy Hart and JJ Maguire (WWF)
- "March of Death" from the Chappell Recorded Music Library (WCW; as Zodiac)
- "Big Brother Booty" by Jimmy Hart and JJ Maguire (WCW; as The Booty Man)
- "Rockhouse" from the Focus Music Library (WCW; as The Disciple and part of the nWoNWONWO may refer to:*Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research, a scientific research organisation in the Netherlands*New World Order...
) - "Short But Thick" by BRg Music Works (WCW; as The Disciple)
- "Jungle Express" by Abaco Music (WCW; as The Disciple)
- "Struttin' and a Cuttin'" by Jimmy Hart
Championships and accomplishments
- Brew City Wrestling
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 Time) - with Greg ValentineGreg ValentineJohn Wisniski, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.-Training:...
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 Time) - with Greg Valentine
- Championship Wrestling International
- CWI Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
- Southeastern Championship WrestlingContinental Championship WrestlingContinental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based out of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1974 until 1988 and Dothan, Alabama from 1978 to 1990, managed by Ron Fuller. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods, it changed name to the Continental Wrestling Federation...
- NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Ken Lucas (2), and Robert FullerRobert FullerRobert Welch is a professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.-Career:...
(1)
- NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Ken Lucas (2), and Robert Fuller
- Legends Pro Wrestling
- XWF/LPW Hall of Fame Inductee- Class 2008 & 2010
- Maple State Wrestling/Slam All-Star Wrestling
- MSW/SAW Tag Team Championship (1 Time) - with Shane Williams
- World Wide Wrestling AllianceWorld Wide Wrestling AllianceThe World Wide Wrestling Alliance , formerly known as NWA Ohio, is a defunct American professional wrestling promotion. However, NWA Ohio Owner & Promoter Dave Nelson's claim of owership of the WWWA name is disputed.-History:...
- WWWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Greg ValentineGreg ValentineJohn Wisniski, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.-Training:...
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Greg Valentine
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him # 75 of the 500 top singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995.
- 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 ValentineGreg ValentineJohn Wisniski, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.-Training:...
in 2003.
Lucha de Apuesta record
| Wager | Winner | Loser | Location | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hair | Brutus Beefcake | Ron Bass Ronald Herd Ronald Heard is a former American professional wrestler, best known under the name Ron Bass. His gimmick was a Texan cowboy who entered World Wrestling Federation rings to the sound of a bullwhip.-Career:... |
Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
Hair vs. Hair match at Saturday Night's Main Event http://www.softwolves.pp.se/wrestling/wwf/1988 |
External links
- WWE.com - Catching up with Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. By Brett Hoffman: February 28, 2007