Ed Leslie

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.

Filmography (118 Appearances)

WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle

WWE's Most Wanted Treasures

Dark Side of the Ring

WWE Hall of Fame 2019

The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness

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

The Eric Andre Show

JCW Legends and Icons

Ultimate Death Match 2

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

Rodman Downunder

WCW/nWo Superstar Series - nWo 4 Life

WCW World War 3 1998

WCW Road Wild 1998

WCW Bash at the Beach 1998

WCW The Great American Bash 1998

The Ultimate Weapon

WCW Spring Stampede 1998

WCW Uncensored 1998

McCinsey's Island

WWF Summer Flashback!

Santa with Muscles

WCW Hog Wild 1996

WCW Slamboree 1996

WCW Uncensored 1996

WCW World War 3 1995

WCW Halloween Havoc 1995

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

WCW Monday Nitro

Thunder in Paradise 3

WCW Slamboree 1995

WCW SuperBrawl V

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

WCW Starrcade 1994

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

Thunder in Paradise 2

Thunder in Paradise

The History Of WrestleMania

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

Thunder in Paradise

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1993

WWE WrestleMania IX

Mr. Nanny

Raw

WWE Crunch Classic

Hulkamania 6

WWE Hottest Matches

Wrestling Tough Guys

WWE SuperTape: Volume 2

WWE WrestleFest '90

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Survivor Series 1989

WWE SummerSlam 1989

The Best of the WWF: volume 20

The Best of the WWF: volume 19

More Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89

WWE Royal Rumble 1989

WWE Survivor Series 1988

WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88

The Best of the WWF: volume 17

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88

WWE WrestleFest

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88

WWE WrestleMania IV

Clash of the Champions

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

The Best of the WWF: volume 14

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87

WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show

The Best of the WWF: volume 12

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

The Best of the WWF: volume 11

WWF Hulkamania 2

WWE WrestleMania III

The Best of the WWF: volume 10

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

The British Bulldogs

The Best of the WWF: volume 9

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWE The Big Event

The Best of the WWF: volume 7

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

WrestleMania II

Tag Team Champions

The Best of the WWF: volume 5

The WWF's Amazing Managers

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '85

The Best of the WWF: volume 4

Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85

WrestleMania

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

Best of the WWF Volume 3

The Hulkster Hulk Hogan

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

Tuesday Night Titans

AWA Super Sunday

USWA Championship Wrestling

WWE Old School

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