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Professional wrestler best known for becoming WWF World Tag Team Champion in 1985. He is a member of the XWF and LPW Hall of Fame.

He was born Edward Harrison Leslie and began wrestling in 1977.

He appeared as a coach on the reality series “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling.”

He has a daughter named Alana and married Melissa DeGloria Caruso in 2013.

He famously feuded with Diamond Dallas Page.

Edward Harrison Leslie (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. He later worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under a variety of names.

Leslie began his career at the side of Terry Bollea in 1977. At the time, the two were billed as brothers. Leslie was Ed Boulder when Bollea wrestled as “Terry Boulder”, and Dizzy Hogan when Bollea became “Hulk Hogan”. In later years this created confusion among fans, many of whom actually believed that Leslie and Bollea were real life brothers.

Leslie briefly wrestled in Bill Watts’ Mid-South territory and in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1980. In a 2000 shoot interview, he recalled his first match was a tag match with Ron Slinker, against Ox Baker and Eric the Red.

Leslie rejoined the WWF as a heel named Brutus Beefcake in late 1984, managed by “Luscious” Johnny Valiant. Introduced in a vignette that portrayed him as a male stripper, Beefcake was a vain character who dressed in outlandish outfits. As a singles wrestler, he feuded with David Sammartino whom he fought to a double DQ at the inaugural WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden, and WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. Hogan sought revenge on Beefcake after he and Valiant injured Hogan’s protégé, Hillbilly Jim (at a show in San Diego in February 1985), Hillbilly had appeared in Hogan’s corner for a match between Hogan and Beefcake.

In the summer of 1985, Beefcake began teaming with Greg “The Hammer” Valentine. They became known as The Dream Team. They soon began challenging The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham) for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Initially, the U.S. Express successfully met these challenges but, at the August 24 show in the Philadelphia Spectrum, The Dream Team won the title after Beefcake rubbed Valiant’s lit cigar into Windham’s eye. They defended the belts for eight months, primarily from a reformed U.S. Express (Dan Spivey replaced the departed Windham) and The British Bulldogs. At WrestleMania 2, in Rosemont, Illinois, The Dream Team lost the title to The British Bulldogs. They were unsuccessful in rematches for the title and soon dropped to mid-card status.

Leslie married Kirsten Georgi on July 1, 1987. They divorced in 1991. He has a daughter, Alana, with Barbara McGondel.

Beefcake also feuded with “Outlaw” Ron Bass in 1988, beginning when Bass attacked him after a match on Superstars of Wrestling, lacerating his head with a spur. As a result, the injured Beefcake missed his scheduled Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship match against The Honky Tonk Man at the first SummerSlam event on August 29. He ultimately defeated Bass in a grudge match on Saturday Night Main Event.

Beefcake then feuded with Randy Savage during 1989. On “The Brother Love Show” (an interview segment on WWF Superstars of Wrestling), Beefcake called Savage’s new manager, Sensational Sherri, “Scary Sherri,” and an angered Savage attacked him and, with the help of Sherri, humiliated him with a haircut. Eventually, the feud became intertwined with one between Hulk Hogan and Zeus (based around the movie No Holds Barred). Hogan was simultaneously involved in his own feud with Savage over the WWF World Heavyweight Title. During his match against Savage, Beefcake was assaulted by Zeus. At SummerSlam, Hogan and Beefcake with their manager, Miss Elizabeth teamed to defeat Savage and Zeus. The rivalry resumed when, on December 27, No Holds Barred was shown as part of a pay-per-view special called “No Holds Barred: The Movie-The Match.” In the match portion of the show (taped two weeks earlier in Nashville, Tennessee), Hogan and Beefcake defeated Savage and Zeus in a steel cage match.

In July 1990, a serious parasailing accident put Leslie out of action. 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 bare feet hard into Leslie’s face, crushing his facial skeleton. Over 100 feet of wire and 32 screws were required to construct a new face. Leslie lost his nasal cavity, jaw, and had no ability to breathe on his own. Leslie’s wrestling career was put on hold for almost two years.

During the spring and summer of 1990, Beefcake was involved in the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship tournament and, along with opponent Dino Bravo, were counted-out in the first round.

Leslie returned as Brutus Beefcake in a special appearance on the April 23, 1991 episode of WWF Prime Time Wrestling, and then as a full-time regular in the summer of 1991, hosting an interview segment called “The Barber Shop.” The Rockers split up on The Barber Shop when Shawn Michaels superkicked partner Marty Jannetty and threw him through a plate glass window; this turned Michaels heel and began his singles run to stardom. The final Barber Shop segment took place in February 1992. Newly turned heel Sid Justice attacked Beefcake and destroyed the set, building heat for his feud with Hulk Hogan. After this, Beefcake disappeared once again.

For a short time in early 1991, a masked character played by Leslie appeared on TV. The character would run in during matches and attack various heels (notably Rick Martel, Dino Bravo and Earthquake). He would run in on their matches, punch them a few times, throw a headbutt and immediately retreat. He never wrestled a match and was never given an official name. Dave Meltzer at this time reported that most wrestlers were against his return due to concerns about the safety of his returning to the ring and their ability to have quality matches while avoiding further injuring him.

WrestleMania IX was Leslie’s final wrestling appearance on WWF television, although he remained active on the house show circuit. He teamed with Hogan in multiple matches against Money Inc. in June 1993, winning by disqualification. He also defeated Masa Saito on May 3 in Fukuoka, Japan. Following a final tour of Europe from July 9 to August 6, (defeating Terry Taylor in eight straight matches), Leslie left the WWF.

In early 1993, Beefcake once again returned to the WWF, appearing on Monday Night Raw. Beefcake’s facial injury was used in an angle with Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster). In what was billed as Beefcake’s “comeback match”, he defeated DiBiase on Raw by disqualification when DiBiase and Schyster double-teamed him. Schyster then tried to reinjure Beefcake, hitting him with a steel briefcase. Longtime heel manager (and manager of Money Inc). Jimmy Hart turned face by trying to stop his team from hurting Beefcake, and Hulk Hogan returned to the WWF after a one-year hiatus. Hogan and Beefcake teamed for the first time since December 1989, as The Mega-Maniacs, with Hart as their manager. The Mega-Maniacs (with Beefcake wearing a protective facemask) challenged Money Inc. for the Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania IX. and, though gaining some revenge, lost via disqualification.

In 1994, Leslie debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). At first, he only made short appearances with Hulk Hogan, who referred to him as Brother Bruti (as he did when they were WWF tag team partners in 1989 and 1993). At that year’s Halloween Havoc, following Hogan’s cage match victory over Ric Flair, Leslie was revealed as the masked man who had attacked Hogan just before his title match with Flair at Clash of the Champions XXVIII. Leslie subsequently became The Butcher, and formed The Three Faces of Fear with Kevin Sullivan and Avalanche. The Butcher-Hogan feud culminated in a WCW World Heavyweight title match at Starrcade, which The Butcher lost.

After leaving WWF, Beefcake wrestle for a few appearances in New Japan Pro Wrestling. On April 16, 1994 Beefcake defeated Nailz for the WWWA Heavyweight Title. Then on April 13, 1996 he defeated Jim Neidhart for IPWA. He lost to his former tag partner Greg Valentine on May 31, 1997 for Wrestling International Pro.

Leslie held nine titles throughout his career, and is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Greg Valentine. He also competed for major singles titles on pay-per-view and television, headlining the Starrcade 1994, in a match against then-WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan as well challenging then-Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man at WrestleMania IV.

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. Leslie rejoined Sullivan in his new stable The Dungeon of Doom, as The Zodiac, a character wearing black and white face paint and only ever saying, “Yes, no, yes, no!” The Dungeon of Doom feuded with Hogan for most of the remainder of 1995. Hogan eventually turned Zodiac against his stablemates by revealing him as a mole.

The Booty Man, like Leslie’s other WCW gimmicks, did not last long. 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. Leslie then left WCW in December 1996.

The Disciple was abducted by The Warrior during Warrior’s feud with Hogan, and was later seen hanging from his feet backstage. After being brainwashed by The Warrior, he turned on Hogan and became the second member of Warrior’s One Warrior Nation. After Warrior left WCW, The Disciple’s push largely diminished and he spent the remainder of his time in WCW as a jobber. His last WCW PPV match was the World War 3 battle royal on November 22, 1998. In his final televised match, aired on the November 6, 1999 WCW Worldwide, he wore attire much like he did in his early WWF days as Brutus Beefcake (though still under the Disciple ring name) as he lost to Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

In the final segment of the February 23, 1998 edition of Monday Nitro, Leslie returned as The Disciple, the bodyguard of Hollywood Hogan. He was almost unrecognizable at first, with a full beard, sunglasses, and nWo-styled biker attire. His true identity was later revealed onscreen by Roddy Piper, during his feud with Hogan. The Disciple accompanied Hogan to the ring for his matches, and would often be called on to assist in beating down an opponent, often using his new finishing move, “The Apocalypse”. After Hogan became the WCW World Heavyweight Champion in April, these beatdowns often included the title belt itself, which The Disciple would drape over his shoulder before performing The Apocalypse, driving its centerplate into the victim’s face on the way down.

On June 30, 2000 he lost to The Barbarian in a hardcore match for i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling in Australia.

In May 2000, Beefcake wrestled for the Extreme Wrestling Federation, in a match against Rex Diamond.

In February 2004, Leslie caused an anthrax scare at one of Boston’s MBTA stations, Downtown Crossing, where he was working at the time. He had left a bag of cocaine in his booth, which a subway rider spotted and assumed to be anthrax. The building was evacuated as a precaution. Leslie checked into a drug rehabilitation facility after admitting that the cocaine was his.

After retiring, Leslie became part of the Christian wrestling group, World Impact Wrestling. He also started a wrestling school. He 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 January 26, 2008, Leslie was inducted into the XWF Hall of Fame by Jack Blaze. After it became the LPW Hall of Fame, Blaze honored Beefcake again, on March 26, 2010, in Wheeling, West Virginia.

On January 26, 2008, Leslie was inducted into the XWF Hall of Fame by Jack Blaze. After it became the LPW Hall of Fame, Blaze honored Beefcake again, on March 26, 2010, in Wheeling, West Virginia.

On July 24, 2009, Leslie competed in “Celebrity Boxing 10” in Philadelphia, losing in the first round to local competitive eater Bill Simmons.

On August 28, 2010, Beefcake wrestled for Dynamic Wrestling Alliance, based in Middletown, Ohio. In June 2016, Beefcake wrestled three dates in Montana for Big Time Wrestling.

On November 7, 2013, Leslie appeared at Toronto City Hall with a pair of shears and a submarine sandwich, claiming mayor Rob Ford “needed an intervention” in the wake of a high-profile crack cocaine scandal. Leslie offered to be Ford’s “angel of mercy”, saying “Maybe if he gets his body right, he will be able to get his mind right”. Security escorted him from the property. The day before, fellow wrestler The Iron Sheik also tried to visit Ford, and challenge him to an arm-wrestling match.

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