Ed Leslie
Acting
Born 1957-04-21
Tampa, Florida, USA
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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.
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Acting
58 credits
Raw
WWF Superstars
USWA Championship Wrestling
WWF Wrestling Challenge
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Dark Side of the Ring
The Eric Andre Show
Clash of the Champions
WWE Old School
Tuesday Night Titans
Hulk Hogan: Real American
WCW Monday Nitro
Thunder in Paradise
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness
Mr. Nanny
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
Santa with Muscles
Rodman Downunder
WWE Hottest Matches
WWE WrestleMania IV
WWE WrestleMania IX
McCinsey's Island
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE WrestleMania III
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Thunder in Paradise
WWE WrestleMania VI
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
Wrestling with Trump
Thunder in Paradise 2
WrestleMania II
The Ultimate Weapon
Thunder in Paradise 3
WrestleMania IX: Becoming a Spectacle
WWE SummerSlam 1989
WCW Spring Stampede 1998
WWE Survivor Series 1988
WrestleMania
WWF Summer Flashback!
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
WCW Road Wild 1998
WWE The Big Event
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
WWE Survivor Series 1989
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE SuperTape: Volume 2
Ultimate Death Match 2
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
The Best of the WWF: volume 19
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
WCW Uncensored 1996
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