Edward Leslie
Edward Harrison Leslie Jr. (born the April 21st 1957) is a American all-in wrestler , more known under the name of boxing ring Brutus " The Barber" Beefcake with WWF. He worked later with WCW with various types of names.
Career
Beginnings
Edward Leslie began its career at the sides from Hulk Hogan in 1976-77. At that time, the latter were really like brothers, alternating Terry and ED Boulder , or Hulk and Dizzy Hogan . For this reason he said himself during years in the tradition of wrestling that Hogan and Leslie were brothers, but there are no real family ties between the two men.Leslie briefly catché in the territory of Bill Watts' Mid-South before fighting sporadically in 1980 and 1982 with the WWF before it becomes known under the name of Brutus Beefcake. According to a true interview carried out in 2000, its first match was with Ron Slinker against OX Baker and Eric the Red.
WWF
Leslie entered to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a heel under the name of Brutus Beefcake fine 1984 with like managing " Luscious" Johnny Valiant. As an all-in wrestler solo, it competed with David Sammartino and Hulk Hogan, which wanted to take its revenge on Beefcake after him and Valiant wounded its protected Hillbilly Jim.Later in 1985, it made team with Greg " The Hammer" Valentine and they gained the Tag TEAM Championship of US Express train and became known like " Dream Team". They carried the belts for eight month, before perdres vis-a-vis the British Bulldogs with WrestleMania 2.
The team separated with WrestleMania III. In spite of a victory over the Rougeau Brothers (Raymond and Jacques Rougeau) in Pay Per View, the team had a disagreement when Beefcake left the boxing ring while Valentine and Valiant from went away with Dino Bravo. This gave impulse to Beefcake which, after being itself made cut the hair by Adrian Adonis in a match with six little time before WrestleMania, became face. Later this night, he saw himself allotting the Surnom " The Barber" after the match of Roddy Piper against Adonis. Adonis lost the match, and the stipulation said that it due to shave the head. Beefcake entered on the boxing ring and started to cut blond hair of Adonis.
Thereafter it started to bring back shears with him at the time of its entry. It cut the hair of its adversaries (after having them KB with a taken sleep put) by using scissors and a shaver. With each time it made a success of its catch of the sleep, it followed a step to the neighborhoods of the boxing ring, " coupant" its fingers as of the scissors to indicate what was going to arrive, referring its actions like " strutting and cutting". It jettait then handles of hair in the public.
In babyface, it competed with its former partner Greg Valentine, her former manager Johnny Valiant (who at the end of their competition was completely bald person because of Beefcake), The Honky Tonk Man, Ron Bass, Randy Savage (it was Beefcage which allotted the nickname " to him; Scary Sherri" , then to manage of Savage Sensational Sherri) and Mr. Perfect.
With WrestleMania VI , Beefcake became the first nobody to beat Mr. Perfect, putting fine thus at the long period invincibility of Perfect.
In 1990, a fatal accident of Paralysie put it out of action. It helped a friend paralyzed to rise when the driver of the boat pressed by error on the alarm signal, thus sending the knees of paralyzed directly in the face of Leslie. Its face due being repaired with metal plates following an surgical operation, putting in pause its career at the WWF during nearly two years. He had seen himself given by certain fans the nickname: The Man With No Face ( the Man without face ). It made some appearances end 1991/début 1992 a short interview called " To bore Shop."
To facilitate its return in wrestling, it carried a mask and randomly attacked heels while intervening in their matches. Thus it was caught some with a heel from time to time, gave him blows of balls, and from went away. He forever have match in this character and never saw himself allotted a name besides. It is often known as that the character was to be called " The Mariner" , but the fans by affections prefer it Run-In Man.
Its wound was used for a Storyline at the beginning of 1993, when the match of return of Leslie was completed on an attack of Money Inc., which (kayfabe) tested réagraver its wounds with the face. This made that to manage it Jimmy Hart turned the face and that Hulk Hogan turned over to the WWF, training a team with Leslie (a good friend in the true life). The Mega-Maniacs , as they were called, were opposed to Money Inc. at the time of WrestleMania IX with a special mask of protecion carried by Leslie, supposed especially built by NASA. Hogan and Leslie took their revenge but lost by disqualification. Little time after it disappeared from the programs from the WWF, reappearing one year later with Hogan with WCW.
WCW
The WCW was obliged to give to Leslie a different name since the name Brutus Beefcake became a Registered trademark of the WWF. Firstly, it was called Brother Bruti , making small appearances with the WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan, which had just arrived at the WCW. In Halloween Havoc, after the victory of Hogan in a match out of cage vis-a-vis Ric Sense of smell, Brutus was revealed as being the person who attacked Hogan before her defense for the title against Flair with Clash Off The Champions XXVIII. Leslie thus became The Butcher . The competition between the two was with its paroxism with Starrcade 1994 then abandoned for lack of interest of the fans.After this, Leslie reappeared in a series of gimmicks and different nicknames, while becoming initially one supposed amnesic of the name of Man with No Name . It off made then party of the Dungeon Doom of Kevin Sullivan as a The Zodiac , a character with a face painted in black and white which only said, " Yes, not, yes, not! "
In 1996, Leslie competed with Diamond Dallas Page, this time as a The Booty Man . It was accompanied by old the manager by Page (and woman in the true life) Kimberly Page, which was done called " Booty Babe." Its character was simply that of a man who shook his naked buttocks at the time of his entry on the boxing ring. This did not last a long time. When the NWo started, Booty Man wanted to join it but received a bottage of buttocks of Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan.
The last gimmick of Leslie to the WCW was that of the guard of body of Hollywood Hogan, The Disciple , which helped Hogan to gain matches in 1998 illegally. It was irreconaissable at the beginning with a beard, sunglasses, and clothing nWo but its identity was revealed by Roddy Piper during its competition with Hogan. The Disciple was later " kidnappé" by The Ultimate Warrior during the short passage of Warrior to the WCW and its competition with Hogan. After being itself made " washed the cerveau" by Warrior, he retournat against Hogan and was single the other member (at the sides his to kidnap) one Warrior nation.
Reprocess
Leslie is currently leading of Planet Fitness of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and lives with his wife, Barbara, her daughter and her puppy in a small town. Again Christian, it belongs to the group of the Christians of wrestling, World Impact Wrestling. It launched also a school of wrestling and makes an appearance with the first show of the Pro Wrestling Syndicate to Garfield, New Jersey the June 24th 2007. It also appeared with several show with Memphis, of which that of Ultimate Clash off the Legends of 2007.
Annecdotes
- It was to gain title WWF Intercontinental twice, each time in SummerSlam, but could not fight because of wounds. Its substitutes, The Ultimate Warrior and Kerry Von Erich, gained the title.
Facts catchesques
- Taken completion and favorite
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Managers
- * Miss Elizabeth
- * The Booty Babe
- * Jimmy Binder
- * The Booty Babe
Prize list
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Regional
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Pro Wrestling It
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World Wrestling Federation
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Other titles
Bonds
- Profiles on WWE.com
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