Ed Leslie

Edward Harrison Leslie is an American semiretired 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 reallife 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 19761977 time frame At the time the two were billed as brothers Ed was known as either Ed Boulder or Dizzy Hogan to match Terrys 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 Hogans protege Hillbilly Jim Brutus got some cheap heat when he would come uninvited to ringside during Tony Atlass 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 US Express when Beefcake rubbed Valiants lit cigar in Windhams 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 midcard status Leslie made news headlines on February 8 2004 for causing an anthrax scare at one of Bostons 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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D.O.B: 1957-04-21
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, USA
Profession: Acting

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