After a match, he would strut around the ring, "snipping" his fingers like scissors to indicate he was about to cut his defeated opponent's hair. Thereafter, Beefcake started bringing garden shears (with the handles taped to resemble barber poles) to the ring, and using a sleeper hold (hitherto a speciality of both Piper and Adonis, used heavily by both in their WrestleMania III match) as his finishing move. Beefcake undertook this task and earned the nickname "The Barber".
Per match stipulations, Adonis would have his head shaved. In the immediate next match on the show, Beefcake helped Roddy Piper to defeat Adrian Adonis, reviving Piper after Adonis had rendered him unconscious. This provided the impetus for Beefcake to turn face. After defeating The Rougeau Brothers at the pay-per-view, the team had an argument and Beefcake was left in the ring while Valentine and Valiant left with Dino Bravo. The Dream Team broke up at WrestleMania III. They were unsuccessful in rematches for the title and soon dropped to mid-card status. At WrestleMania 2, in Rosemont, Illinois, The Dream Team lost the title to The British Bulldogs. Express ( Dan Spivey replaced the departed Windham) and The British Bulldogs. They defended the belts for eight months, primarily from a reformed U.S. Express successfully met these challenges but, at the August 24 show in the Philadelphia Spectrum, The Dream Team won the titles after Beefcake rubbed Valiant's lit cigar into Windham's eye. Express ( Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham) for the WWF Tag Team Championship. In the summer of 1985, Beefcake began teaming with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. Hogan sought revenge on Beefcake after he and Valiant injured Hogan's protégé, Hillbilly Jim (at a show in San Diego in February 1985), Hillbilly had appeared in Hogan's corner for a match between Hogan and Beefcake. As a singles wrestler, he feuded with David Sammartino whom he fought to a double DQ at the inaugural WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden, and WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. Introduced in a vignette that portrayed him as a male stripper, Beefcake was a vain character who dressed in outlandish outfits. Leslie rejoined the WWF as a heel named Brutus Beefcake in late 1984, managed by "Luscious" Johnny Valiant. In a 2000 shoot interview, he recalled his first match was a tag match with Ron Slinker, against Ox Baker and Eric the Red.
Leslie briefly wrestled in Bill Watts' Mid-South territory and in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1980. In later years this created confusion among fans, many of whom actually believed that Leslie and Bollea were real life brothers. Leslie was Ed Boulder when Bollea wrestled as "Terry Boulder", and Dizzy Hogan when Bollea became "Hulk Hogan". At the time, the two were billed as brothers. Leslie began his career at the side of Terry Bollea in 1977.
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Professional wrestling career Early career (1977–1984) 1.4.1 Three Faces of Fear and various gimmicks.Leslie was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2019 by Hogan. He also competed for major singles titles on pay-per-view and television, headlining the Starrcade 1994, in a match against then- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. Leslie held nine titles throughout his career, and is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Greg Valentine.
He later worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under a wide variety of names. Edward Harrison Leslie (born April 21, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Brutus " The Barber" Beefcake.
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