Brutus Beefcake | |
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Beefcake in 2010
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Birth name | Edward Harrison Leslie |
Born |
Tampa, Florida, United States |
April 21, 1957
Residence | Tampa, Florida, United States |
Spouse(s) |
Kirsten Georgi (m. 1987; div. 1991) Barbara McGondel (divorced) Melissa Caruso (m. 2013) |
Children | 1 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Baron Beefcake Big Brother Booty The Booty Man Brother Bruti Brute Force Brutus Beefcake The Butcher The Clipmaster The Disciple Dizzy Hogan Ed Boulder Eddie Hogan The Mariner The Man With No Name The Zodiac The Zodiac Man |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Billed weight | 274 lb (124 kg) |
Billed from |
San Francisco, California The Land of Yin and Yang Parts Unknown |
Trained by |
Hulk Hogan Ivan Koloff |
Debut | 1977 |
Edward Harrison "Ed" Leslie (born April 21, 1957) is an American semi-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 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 1994 edition of WCW's premier annual event, Starrcade, in a match against then-WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan as well challenging then-Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man at WrestleMania IV. He also defended the WWF World Tag Team Championship with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and manager "Lucious" Johnny V as a member of The Dream Team against the Captain Lou Albano and Ozzy Osbourne led British Bulldogs at WrestleMania II where they main evented the Chicago portion of the event.