Ed Leslie

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Age

Movies

106

Born: April 21, 1957
From: Tampa, Florida, USA

Biography

Edward Harrison Leslie is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in WWE 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 WWE World Tag Team Champion. Edward Leslie began his career at the side of Hulk Hogan 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 entered the WWF as a heel 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 an 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. Leslie made news headlines on February 8, 2004 for causing an anthrax scare at one of Boston's MBTA stations, Downtown Crossing, where he was working at the time. He had been found to be in possession of a white powder, which turned out to be cocaine. He promptly checked into a drug rehabilitation facility after admitting that the cocaine found at the station was his. As a result, no charges were filed against him. 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.

Works

106 films

Mr. Nanny

19935.1

Santa with Muscles

19963.6

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

1990

Rodman Downunder

2006

WWE Hottest Matches

1990

McCinsey's Island

19984.7

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

20067.9

WWE WrestleMania IV

19887.2

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

19895.8

The Ultimate Weapon

19983.5

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

1994

WWE Survivor Series 1988

19888.2

Thunder in Paradise

19935.8

JCW Legends and Icons

2011

WWE WrestleMania IX

19936.1

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

1987

WWE WrestleMania VI

19908.4

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

1995

WrestleMania II

19866.4

WWE WrestleMania III

19877.3

WWF Summer Flashback!

199710.0

WWE Survivor Series 1987

19878.4

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1985

Wrestling with Trump

20264.0

WCW Bash at the Beach 1998

19988.5

WWE Survivor Series 1989

19897.8

WWE SummerSlam 1989

19896.7

More Saturday Night's Main Event

1989

WCW Road Wild 1998

19987.7

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

19957.0

Thunder in Paradise 2

19947.2

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

1994

WCW The Great American Bash 1998

19988.0

WrestleMania

19856.6

WCW Spring Stampede 1998

199810.0

Thunder in Paradise 3

19956.9

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake

1988

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

20097.5

WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle

20255.2

Tag Team Champions

1986

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

1989

WCW World War 3 1995

1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

19906.1

WWE SuperTape: Volume 2

1990

WWE WrestleFest

19885.0

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

198710.0

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

1988

The Hulkster Hulk Hogan

1985

WCW Starrcade 1994

19947.0

WCW Hog Wild 1996

19967.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1995

19957.0

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993

1993

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85

1985

Ultimate Death Match 2

20100.8

WCW Uncensored 1996

19964.5

WCW/nWo Superstar Series - nWo 4 Life

1999

WCW World War 3 1998

19988.0

WWE The Big Event

19868.0

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

19947.0

WCW Slamboree 1995

1995

The Best of the WWF: volume 7

1986

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

1986

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

198610.0

Best of the WWF Volume 3

1985

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88

1988

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

1987

The Best of the WWF: volume 11

1987

WWE WrestleMania V

19897.3

The Best of the WWF: volume 5

1986

The Best of the WWF: volume 12

1987

The Best of the WWF: volume 4

1985

The British Bulldogs

19864.0

The History Of WrestleMania

1994

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88

1988

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

1993

WWE Hall of Fame 2019

20198.7

The WWF's Amazing Managers

1985

WCW Uncensored 1998

199810.0

WWF Hulkamania 2

1987

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

1984

The Best of the WWF: volume 19

1989

The Best of the WWF: volume 14

1987

WCW Slamboree 1996

1996

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

1987

AWA Super Sunday

19837.5

Hulkamania 6

199110.0

The Best of the WWF: volume 10

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85

1985

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

1988

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85

1985

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87

1987

Wrestling Tough Guys

1990

WWE Crunch Classic

1992

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '85

1985

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

1986

WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

1984

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89

1989

WWE WrestleFest '90

1990

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84

1984

WCW SuperBrawl V

1995

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

1987

Timeline The History of WWE – 1989 – As Told By Brutus Beefcake

2013