However, ever since news of the book broke, Hulk Hogan and his legal team have been involved in a dispute with Beefcake over certain intimate details regarding Hogan potentially being exposed in the book. [22] He has appeared at several Memphis wrestling shows, including the 2007 Ultimate Clash of the Legends. Security escorted him from the property when it became apparent that Leslie was attempting to promote a brand of submarine sandwiches. Beefcake only tasted WWE gold once but played a role in seven of the first nine WrestleManias. He also stated that the wrestlers didn't want to inflict any more injuries while also being concerned over the lack of quality matches getting paired with Brutus Beefcake. He Co-Held the WWF Tag-Team Titles with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in 1986. He even inevitably ended up feuding with his best friend, Hulk Hogan. Watch WrestleMania and other WWE Premium Live Events on Flow. Hogan was dead set on finding help for Beefcake and he did in the form of a doctor in the Bahamas, who specialized in human growth hormone. "The whole time, Hulk is kicking me under the table," said Brutus. Lanny Poffo was Randy Savage's real-life brother and was never informed that Beefcake was going to cut his hair. 5 Things You Didn't Know About Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. I was also going through a bad divorce and my parents had just died, so that was a really dark time. I was also going through a bad divorce and my parents had just died, so that was a really dark time. He looks like a bloated warlock corpse. Now were all Hall of Famers.. BEHOLD THE BARBER. [10] Thereafter, Beefcake started bringing garden shears (with the handles taped to resemble barber poles) to the ring, and using a sleeper hold (hitherto a specialty of both Piper and Adonis, used heavily by both in their WrestleMania III match) as his finishing move. As he did (using either his shears or an electric razor) he would throw handfuls of hair into the air for the amusement of his fans. World's sexiest swimmer Andreea Dragoi leaves fans 'obsessed' with new look, Spiranac switches sports and drives fans wild by nearly popping out of top, Cavinder twins show off outrageous gym gains in tiny outfits, Stephen A. calls out McNutt as he claims 'you're dressed for nightlife', 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Hulk Hogan's former tag partner Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake is having health problems, The Hall of Famer is suffering health issues with his wife asking fans to pray for him, The Rock visits WWE training centre with his daughter Simone Johnson. Shortly after the nWo formed a sycophant like Beefcake did what a sycophant would alwas do. Sports Illustrated has learned that Beefcake is the final member of the WWE Hall of Fame . [11] He ultimately defeated Bass in a hair versus hair match at Saturday Night's Main Event XIX. My 41 years in the ring were an honor and a privilege, and Im so happy to be joining the WWE Hall of Fame.. Perfect" Hennig to become the Intercontinental Champion at SummerSlam 1990. After coming out on top of a feud with former partner Valentine and ex-manager Valiant, Beefcake feuded with Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man. Hogan eventually turned Zodiac against his stablemates by revealing him as a mole. 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[14] Leslie returned as Brutus Beefcake in a special appearance on the April 23, 1991, episode of Prime Time Wrestling, and then as a full-time regular in the summer of 1991, hosting an interview segment called "The Barber Shop. The most famous moment of that run occurred when Shawn Michaels superkicked Marty Jannetty then threw him through a barbershop window. Im sorry, man. Brutus the Barber Beefcake kinda fucking sucks.". The Barber was a decent wrestler at best who let's be honest, kept getting jobs because of his friend Hulky. Follow him on Twitter @JustinBarrasso. Edward Harrison Leslie[4] (born April 21, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. First responders at the scene immediately knew something was amiss, as Beefcake's entire face had collapsed due to the impact of the accident. The two became known as The Dream Team; but, like any good dream, the run didn't last forever, as the two broke up shortly after their WrestleMania III match against The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers. "He basically told me to trust him, and that it was going to be ok. I still can't believe the guy main evented Starcade in 94. :no And it worked big time.. He later worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under a variety of names, mainly as "The Disciple" of real-life best friend Hulk Hogan. On August 28, 2010, Beefcake wrestled for Dynamic Wrestling Alliance, based in Middletown, Ohio. The heels are the ring generals and direct the matches, so I learned ring psychology and how to make a crowd respond. Initially, the U.S. Express successfully met these challenges but, on August 24 in the Philadelphia Spectrum, Dream Team defeated US Express to win the Tag Team Championship. Former WWE Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys lived up to their name by besmirching the air in the presence of the wondrous Miss Elizabeth, an act that would wind up costing the tag team $10,000, according to Brutus Beefcake. Happy Birthday Terry! Reflecting back on my career, its been such an honor.. Savage's brother Lanny Poffo played the lower . [15] On June 30, 2000, he lost to The Barbarian in a hardcore match for i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling in Australia. But Beefcake reappeared in the very next match, a Hair vs. Hair affair between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Adorable Adrian Adonis, and he helped Piper secure the victoryas well as lent a hand in cutting Adonis hair. Following the match, tensions finally came to a head with Beefcake not liking what was happening and the official booting of Brutus from the team. In July of 1990, Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake was involved in a near-fatal parasailing accident. Leslie held nine titles throughout his career, and is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Greg Valentine. No matter the role, whether it was as a villain, barber, or talk show host, Leslie embraced every chance. ', Megabyte Ronnie Still Wants To Be Involved In Wrestling, Might Be Too Big To Be A Manager, Alex Coughlin Recalls Best Advice He's Been Given By Katsuyori Shibata, Yota Tsuji Officially Joins Los Ingobernables De Japon Ahead Of NJPW Dominion, Cagematch Introduces 'Ratings Moratorium' To Combat 'Rampant Tribalism' And 'Reactionism', Pretty Deadly And Theory Make A Winning Team, Garcia Confronts Shibata | WWE SD x AEW Recap, WWE NXT Level Up Results (6/2): Kelani Jordan vs. Kiana James, Quincy Elliott In Action, And More, AEW House Rules Results From Tupelo, MS (6/2): Darby Allin, Toni Storm, And More In Action. After a match, he would strut around the ring, "snipping" his fingers like scissors to indicate he was about to cut his defeated opponent's hair. The Mega-Maniacs (with Beefcake wearing a protective facemask) challenged Money Inc. for the Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania IX. Looking back over a long and successful career, the legend told WWE.com that he has fond memories of his time as Brutus Beefcake, but also remembers a time when even he wasn't ready to get behind the unusual moniker. "Following several more years of prominence, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake retired from wrestling and returned to his home outside of Boston. In a recent interview, Beefcake talked about working with Zeus in a tag team match and how they laid the foundation for celebrity matches: The main event of SummerSlam 1989 was the beginning of celebrity matches in WWE for generations to come. It was one of the last lines uttered by the title character of his play "Julius Caesar.". Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake are presently involved in a legal dispute over the latters new tell-all book. "After a long and tedious period of rehabilitation, Beefcake finally returned to full strength, and wrote a fairy-tale ending to a near tragic tale when he competed alongside his friend and partner Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania IX in Las Vegas. Related: Dolph Ziggler's Brother & 6 Other Wrestling Siblings You Didn't Know About. After wrestling a few matches for WWE in early WWE, Brutus Beefcake left the company and continued his active in-ring elsewhere. Still, Beefcake yearned to get back in the ring and compete. "We were sitting in a meeting when somebody suggested I use the name 'Baron Beefcake,' wear a top hat, carry a cane, and have long tuxedo tails. I took life one day at a time. WCW still decided to change things up by having a reunion between Hogan and his former best friend. RELATED: Every Gimmick Of Brutus Beefcake's Career, Ranked Worst To Best. I had the support of people in the WWE, and I had a good friend in the Hulkster. According to Beefcake, he was scheduled to win the Intercontinental Championship gold against The Honky Tonk Man at SummerSlam 1988; however, the WWE decided to put the gold around another man's waist instead. Axel Bhrmann/CC-BY-2.. Even after The Warrior's untimely death in 2014, Beefcake still harbored resentment. Sports Illustrated has learned that Beefcake is the final member of the WWE Hall of FameClass of 2019, tobe inducted in a ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday. But we brought Brutus the Barber Beefcake to England to do one spot. Hogan was the guy who said I should put guys to sleep with the sleeper and then cut their hair. They said it couldn't be done, but God gave me the strength to keep going, and I did. When the nWo started, he attempted to join by wearing an nWo shirt and presenting a birthday cake to Hollywood Hogan after the latter won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at WCW Hog Wild, but was instead attacked by Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Hogan. [30], "Edward Leslie" redirects here. Somehow, The Booty Man was the best WCW could do. In 1994, Leslie debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After it became the LPW Hall of Fame, Blaze honored Beefcake again, on March 26, 2010, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He then had a feud with Randy Savage during 1989. The two then exchanged shots via social media. He took me to his home, fed me, took me to the gym everyday and stayed with me until I was back to 100 percent. Its a tough way to learn, but there were people like Ivan Koloff and Mr. Wrestling who took a real interest in trying to help me.. However, it didn't go as smoothly as his run with WWE. Besides that, I kind of respect Brutus the Barber Beefcake because he made a lot of money in this business. Hollywood has its character actors like the Lon Cheney and Jim Carrey - they can often immerse themselves in make up and humor and still be recognized for their roles despite copious amounts of makeup. Vince McMahon was a bit of a hair aficionado himself and went to such great lengths to care for his own hair that he entrusted a celebrity hairstylist named Sal Fedora. He later worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under a wide variety of names.[3][1]. I fought and survived, and learned a lot about respecting the business in the process. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake may not be someone that modern wrestling fans know much about, but someone like him deserves all the recognition considering he's a WWE Hall of Fame. But Beefcake's greatest accomplishment may have been his defiant return to the ring in 1991 . The Butcher continued wrestling for some time after The Three Faces of Fear broke up in May 1995, then became amnesic, as The Man with No Name. "A team of doctors performed an operation that had never been done before on a living person, much less one that would later get up and walk away. The two formed a tag team, the Boulder Brothers, with Leslie wrestling as Ed Boulder and Bollea as Terry Boulder. When Leslie returned to the company almost a year later, he hosted the The Barber Shop interview segment. Still, Beefcake yearned to get back in the ring and compete. Does he have a story of his own apart from Hulk Hogan's lofty shadow? Your login session has expired. Beefcake metamorphosized into a tag team specialist and even captured the WWE Tag Team Championships with Greg "the Hammer" Valentine. Responders had to pry Beefcakes mouth open, just so the former WWE Tag Team Champion could breathe. His wife, Missy Leslie, took to Facebook to inform fans that Beefcake has a blood pressure reading of 170/110 with shortness of breath and a headache. To complete the subscription process, please click the link in the email we just sent you. During this time, Beefcake also feuded with David Sammartino whom he fought to a double disqualification at the inaugural WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden. First they were the Boulder brothers, Terry and Ed. [7] He was helping his parasailer friend prepare for takeoff, when the driver of the boat mistook a cue to take off and pulled the friend's knees hard into Leslie's face, crushing his facial skeleton. With Jesse Barr, Tommy Billington, Adolph Bresciano, Ion Croitoru. In June 2016, Beefcake made appearances in Montana for the Big Time Wrestling event. Edward Harrison "Ed" Leslie (April 21, 1957) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Brutus The Barber Beefcake. He told 97.1 The Ticket that The Ultimate Warrior turned into an egomaniac and into someone that started believing his own hype. Brutus Beefcakes co-author Kenny Casanova spoke to The Wrestling Estate; asserting that the dispute between Hogan and Beefcake is legitimate and not part of any pro-wrestling storyline. They defended the belts for eight months, primarily against The American Express (Dan Spivey and Mike Rotunda), Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, The Hillbillies (Uncle Elmer and Hillbilly Jim), and The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith). Ali is a lifelong fan of professional wrestling fan. Leslie, in fact, would be so closely linked to his best friend that he would go on to wrestle as Dizzy Hogan and claim to be Hogan's brother. Photo by Paul Warner/Getty Images. [citation needed] Leslie's wrestling career was put on hold for almost two years. 0. Sign up for Peacock to watch. When he's not with his family, Brutus can be spotted at Planet Fitness, one of the largest gyms in New England. STARDOM NEW BLOOD 9 Results (6/2/23): Tag Titles, Future of Stardom Title Defended. On Monday morning, WWE announced that the Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake would be inducted into this year's Hall of Fame class. PS. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event and the worlds best TV and movies, With his imposing steel shears, colorful outfits, wide eyes and contagious smile, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake became one of the most beloved Superstars in WWE history. Tell-All book and survived, and that it was as is brutus the barber'' beefcake still alive mole be! A barbershop window, Tommy Billington, Adolph Bresciano, Ion Croitoru the Barber because... Becoming the Barber '' Beefcake was involved in a hair vs the Booty Man was the WCW! 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