Ed Leslie

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Ed Leslie

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Birthday
Apr 21, 1957 (68 years old)

Ed Leslie

Known For

Biography: Shawn Michaels
1h 26m
DOLBY
Movie 2021

Biography: Shawn Michaels

Chronicles the wild life of one of WWE's greatest performers...

WWF Summer Flashback!
59min
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Movie 1997

WWF Summer Flashback!

Summer Flashback! was a USA Network Special that aired July...

Thunder in Paradise
22 Episodes
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TV Show 1994

Thunder in Paradise

Thunder in Paradise was a one-hour action-adventure TV series from...

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
29min
DOLBY
Movie 1987

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

Bob Uecker hosted this show in the mid to late...

WrestleMania 2
3h 1m
DOLBY
Movie 1986

WrestleMania 2

Emanating from New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, WrestleMania 2...

WrestleMania
1h 54m
DOLBY
Movie 1985

WrestleMania

WrestleMania, sequentially known as WrestleMania I, was a 1985 professional...

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
28min
DOLBY
Movie 1985

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

Here is the legendary Bob Uecker hamming it up, commentating...

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.