Brutus Beefcake Full Shoot Interview

BRUTUS "THE BARBER" BEEFCAKE FULL SHOOT INTERVIEW
Former WWE tag team champion and "Megamaniac" partner of Hulk Hogan Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake full GNW shoot interview. In the interview he discusses his long time friendship with Hulk Hogan, his time in WWE, WCW, Florida Championship Wrestling, Mid South wrestling and the AWA. Plues he gives thoughts on many wrestlers such as Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Jerry The King Lawler, The Ultimate Warrior and much more!
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[@peterisnardi1197]

Brutus...Beefcake(!?!?) turned the British Bulldogs into a good tag-team???

[@jcp1977]

+Peter Isnardi Wrong The Hart Foundation turned The British Bulldogs into a good-tag team way before they beat Brutus and the Hammer at Mania 2

[@peterisnardi1197]

I'm sorry...I was taken aback by Brutus' coke-fueled, brain damaged idiocy...

[@jem10702]

+Peter Isnardi lol it's not his 7 dollars walmart T-shirt he has on? haa

[@wezdeedaydot]

Hearts gave bulldogs more exposure, it was Dynamite that schooled Bret up at stampede wrestling. Bret says himself he learned an awful lot from Tom on psychology and show making. IM a huge heart fan, extended family too. A huge Bulldogs fan (from the UK i should be) Road Warriors L-O-D fan, even stieners as ability not thr baby face personages.....preferred heal Scot without the "Im your big bad booty daddy!" sounded so gay everytime he said it nowadays a MEME would pop up on screen n say "pause"

[@randybradley4151]

@@pusanghalaw Billington is not now in a wheelchair. Where did you hear this at?

[@cultofspoons4853]

Great interview. He gets a lot of bad press, but he still DID the job and drew the crowds in. A great gimmick and a fun wrestler to watch. I love all those guys from the 80s/90s.

[@paulietv2162]

Yeah, I was watching some WWF from 88 recently and I couldn't believe how much he was over with that barber gimmick.

[@KipSpoonerComedy]

taking a shot of 1800 everytime he says "Hogan" and I'm only 5 minutes in and have already beat my wife, puked on a cop, and entered rehab.

[@jamieslauenwhite3440]

hold this dub.. W

[@TheArchersTungsten]

Lmao

[@chakrazoo]

Those Haircut matches were great to watch as a kid :D

[@arthursousa2805]

I literally own a barbershop and became a barber because of this guy ...then hired him to come to the grand opening of my barber shop....true story

[@liquidgeorge]

Was there much cutting' and struttin', and hangin' and bangin', brother?

[@arthursousa2805]

@@liquidgeorge it was one of the craziest nights of my life....dude drank a case n a 12 pk before he went into the ring

[@spellmanpat8233]

man I saw beefcake wrestle at so many house shows in my hometown of buffalo ny at the old BUFFALO memorial auditorium and the Niagara falls civic and convention center I also seen him live at wrestlemania six give Mr perfect his first loss great memories!!

[@justinbrutcher1579]

As a kid I loved Brutus the Barber Beefcake. As an adult I have heard all the stories of him riding Hogan's coattails his whole career and thought I was dumb as a kid to like him. To hear that their relationship goes back to when he was just a scrawny kid, that all the other kids picked on, causing him to turn to Hogan for acceptance and a little protection makes me realize I was right as a kid to like and wrong as an adult to judge him without knowing the whole story. This interview shows me he is a nice person with almost a sadness about him that he doesn't deserve.

[@arpegio88]

I'm only 2:23 minutes into this shoot and already have a feeling most of it will be about Hogan.

[@LiamH81]

Ha ha not wrong

[@thomasjbromberg6197]

Hogan and beefcake taking turns shaving each others back lmao

[@kellytennant9348]

Great interview!

[@Hard1ified]

Thanks Hannibal - I've enjoyed this interview, very much. He looks fit and ready for action still!

[@farseerflore9512]

Yes! No! Yes! No! No! Yes!

[@user-eg4bw6dw1h]

Just awesome!

[@libertarian500]

He looks like he's being interviewed inside a prison or maybe inside a highschool lunch room, lol

[@TheHannibalTV]

Hockey arena dressing room

[@SurfCityVideo]

Why people be hating on Brutus? He's just struttin" & cuttin".

[@teach2loud]

Another great interview THE HANNIBAL TV! Beefcake was the first or one of the first heels I started to route for.

[@jerryz9983]

Just got done cleaning my keyboard when beefcake said HBK stole outfit ideas from him. I spit my coffee everywhere...

[@dtraversodt]

The Rockers outfits were borrowed heavily from Beefcake.... Plus look at how Shawn carried himself as a Rocker before he turned on Jannetty in the Barbershop compared to his HBK persona...minus the chaps , he might as well been managed by Eddie

[@blazed420dayz3]

Brutus Beefcake, Ric Flair, Hulk, undertaker were all my favorites

[@ed911detroit]

Good interview, my first memories of Brutus Beefcake in the WWF/WWE was his matches & feud with David Sammartino. Like to hear what he have to say about David Sammartino and his MGR. Johnny Valiant when he first started in the WWF/WWE.

[@daleholbert3111]

My hulkster's back and you're going to be in trouble hey now hey now my hulkster's back

[@johnj.2486]

Brutus certainly paid his dues! Not all "skittles and beer" is the wrestling business.

[@DRZ23501ST]

Did you notice in the HOF when he was booed when he said he ended mr perfect streak . Butus the fucking barber beefcake .

[@larryfisher8332]

This guy has the worst memory. At one point he says. "I'll never forget this, the last night in the territory, what's he name, what's his name?"

[@kirbypoohbear]

One of ur best interview Hannibal.....ur the man! 😎👍 .........the next interview u should do with should be..... Scott Hall or Mr. McMahon

[@sensai8805]

so underrated. he was probably better than Hogan but didn't have the IT Factor.

[@Joseph-lz5er]

I had no idea The Disciple's real name is Brutus Beefcake.Very interesting indeed!

[@guydagostino4216]

So he went from 6 foot 165 to 6 foot 4 250 pounds? I didn't know steroids made you taller.

[@13thcentury]

Random kid in the background running lol

[@kelso120]

dose Hogan pay him to talk about him all the time? beefcake is a mess.

[@TheHannibalTV]

+kelso120 Actually him and Hogan are in a fight right now stemming from Beefcake's new wife not getting along with Hogan.

[@kelso120]

+THE HANNIBAL TV didn't know there was trouble in a paradise, beefcake must be livid.

[@baberuth2863]

+THE HANNIBAL TV don't belive internet rumors I don't. heard him and hulk were gay, its not true

[@dallaslockrey2492]

+kelso120 I'm 6 mins in and so far I've heard how Hogan got into wrestling. lol jesus

[@SmokeyMcpot21716]

Didnt he get caught up selling bootleg Hogan autographs and merch??

[@MrAce-lm8es]

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Earthquake on the Superstars Of Wrestling. A Mystery Man shows up...and HELPS Valentine and attacked Earthquake. That man was Brutus "The Avenger" Beefcake.

[@daleholbert3111]

That was difficult to sit through that entire interview and barely be entertained or find it interesting while this guy had an ego on him I like the Beefcake as a kid but that phase got over quickly all I got to say is Hogan's boy for life

[@ByrneMJames]

Auld Dizzy Hogan there went from 6'1" to 6'4" in the space of a sentence. Gwan the Diz. In fairness I loved him as a kid. But I thought that Hacksaw left the building site and got a job in the barbers.

[@steezbrox]

Is that the only room they had to record this interview in?

[@67metal1]

Yeah well you all can say what you want , beefcake was helped by hogan , BUT EVERYONE NEEDS HELP ... and hogan was helped by stallone so ...

[@dtraversodt]

And HBK and Jannetty were helped by Beefcake. Look at the way they all dressed and HBK's persona borrowed heavily from Beefcake

[@jstuplayer2282]

Hilarious! He continues by saying Ric Flair should be bringing everybody up instead of putting others down to make himself look good. He goes on saying how it is so wrong to put others down just to make yourself look good. He says this after he went on a jealous rant thrashing the Ultimate Warrior, discrediting him, and ridiculously saying he was a bigger star than the Warrior. LMFAO!

[@jstuplayer2282]

No doubt Beefcake was over in the late 80s/early 90s. However, he was not even close to being as over as the Ultimate Warrior. Plus, Beefcake rode Hogan's coattails.

[@YardPimp]

He is such a cool dude. I like that I can send him a basic message on Twitter and he actually responds. That means a lot, to me anyway. Great guy!!!!

[@markfreeman485]

This guy admitted to Hogan bringing him in multiple places then bitches about Flair saying so after he just did earlier in the interview that killed it for me

[@cobrakai84]

warrior IC run wasnt a last minute decision, was planned months ahead..

[@TheArchersTungsten]

I heard warrior get booed when he first started even heard shoots where wrestlers said he got booed at first then he started getting over and getting cheered after doing the same matches for months.

[@maxililianadamalexdyhr9700]

is here paul salute u orndorff

[@smokeyarmstrong8292]

"Greg and I started the era where people started cheering for the bad guys...people loved us!!!" Nope. I checked with 1985. People thought you sucked back then, too.

[@ChristopherNeeme]

+Andrew Hippert Well...it depended who they faced. If it was The Bulldogs or The Killer Bees, no, they were not cheered. If it was The Sheik & Volkoff or say Lanny Poffo & Tony Garea, yeah, they were cheered a fair bit. I first became a wrestling fan in early 1986. The Dream Team had a very flashy look and they were the best choice the WWF had as their "Rock & Wrestling" MTV era tag champs. Check out the "Land of 1000 Dances" music video when they were the tag champs & you can see that their look makes them stand out.

[@TheArchersTungsten]

Damn everyone hates on brother Bruti

[@LiamH81]

Even this is all about hulk Hogan

[@mikemoore7939]

Its almost every question he redirects the answers towards hulk hogan

[@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind]

I guess if you're best friends with a culture icon and most recognizable wrestler it makes sense

[@capacola262743]

glad to see someone finally tell the truth about ultimate douche warrior! hahaha.

[@kennyconner3840]

why is it the only thing I can remember about him is shutting down the Boston Subway cuz they thought he had Anthrax but it was just a cocaine

[@dallaslockrey2492]

"the Bulldogs were green, and we turned them into a good tag team" That almost made me puke. How can you possibly say something so historically inaccurate? How could you possibly think nobody has heard of Stampede Wrestling and the light years they were ahead of anything, mat wise, that was happening in the WWF?

[@bradr3541]

+Mark Mullins Also didn't help the bulldogs they were always on drugs and playing high school pranks in the locker room causing serious tension (like when one of the pranks ended up with one of the bulldogs spitting out their teeth from a punch due to such pranks)

[@mayhemron]

I think its pretty clear. that he would nt of been anywhere without hulk Hogan . He knows it but...that's why he talks about him so much I did love watching him when I was a kid no mater how he became what he did ..I think Hulk Hogan had a bigger part of what wrestling became them people give him credit for ...

[@markdp1983]

So he was tight with Hogan. So what... Those that remember his 1st WWF run in '84/'85 know that it was never mentioned. Bruti' got over on his own. With Luscious Johnny V in his corner. he had a good look and was reasonable worker...

[@richiegross895]

I cant believe Brutus didnt get the Honor and respect that he deserves to get into The Hall of Fame of Wrestlers !!!!!! When he paved the road to world wide wrestling,,,!!!!!!!!!!!

[@garrycoop7024]

I remember beefcake was Kk but not a top 10 super star of that generation. ..more of hogans fuck buddy...Thanks for the upload hannibal. .

[@cliffordlevy3918]

***** i don't know what Kk means. but i do know when i see a good comment

[@a.s.a.psmif-n-remington4663]

lmao....call'em "Brutus the knobb buffer beefeater"!

[@garrycoop7024]

Fire Tornado hi.....kk. ..means ok.

[@stndrds79]

Yea no one respects him in the business

[@garrycoop7024]

Whys that mate...not really a fan. Was more warrior and demolition

[@kerpal321]

some people give hogan shit for taking care of his friends, but doesnt that just make him a good guy

[@TheRealPatrickP]

What did HBK take from Hogan ?

[@BriggsStratton11]

Where was this filmed?

[@TheHannibalTV]

+BriggsStratton11 earl Armstrong Arena, Ottawa ON Canada.

[@BriggsStratton11]

+THE HANNIBAL TV ok thanks. I saw him 14 days earlier (May 16, 2015) in Fargo, ND. it was a hockey arena, too, so I thought it might have been the same event.

[@PaulKillsEmAll6944]

I'm here to see the record for most lies in a shoot interview

[@j-mo2453]

So I get going from 165 to 250. But 6’ to 6’-4”? How’d he get taller? What am I missing? Lol

[@MrAce-lm8es]

Fun Fact: The Mystery Man that attacked Earthquake for 3 weeks in a row, just before WrestleMania VII, was none other than Brutus "The Avenger" Beefcake (Unofficial name I gave him). He wore a mask because he was recovering from a parasailing accident. He saved former partner Greg Valentine more than twice.

[@spurgear]

Nice lies, liar

[@thomasjbromberg6197]

I also heard from piper beefcake stole all of hulks jewerly

[@stndrds79]

Recently ric flairs podcast Ric said the same thing lol

[@jgana123]

WAS AT WM6, SEVENTH GRADE, MY 13 BIRTHDAY GIFT, AND IM FROM PHILLY, TO TORONTO, IN MY SECTION IN THE SKYDOME, PEOPLE WERE BOOING THE WARRIOR, I WASNT, WARRIOR IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES, BUT PEOPLE WERE CHEERING THE WARRIOR AS WELL, PEOPLE WERE BOOING HULK, AND CHEERING HIM, IT WAS 50/50. AS FAR AS THE DREAM TEAM, THEY WERE OVER, BIG TIME, THEY WERE COOL, THEY STOOD OUT, JOHNNY V AS THIER MANAGER, I LIKED THAT BEEFCAKE, YOU COULD TELL HE WAS GONNA BE A SINGLES WRESTLER DOWN THE ROAD, HE GOT A HUGE POP AT THE SKYDOME, THEN, HE HAD THAT ACCIDENT, AND JUST WAS NEVER THE SAME, TURNED INTO HOGANS FLUNKY, AND I COULDNT STAND HIM, RIP WARRIOR, RIP RANDY SAVAGE, AND STILL A HULKAMANIC!

[@St_AngusYoung]

THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR RAMBLING STORY!!!!!!!!!

[@chadpugh1490]

This guy knew he would be interviewed right? You'd think he'd gone over some of these stories in his head first. Or write some stuff down to jog his MEMORY. Uh uh what was it? What was his name? Where was I? Where am I? Who am I?

[@dtraversodt]

True Hall of Fame wrestler and person...now I love DDP, but I wish Eddie had a similar "against all odds" storyline vs the NWO first in his Butcher gimmick and later in his Disciple look breaking away from the NWO and beating Hogan at least once in his otherwise entertaining career. To me, without his wrestling attire and flamboyance , there would not be the Rockers and later HBK

[@ordetschmorthree8614]

11:50 Worst liar .... ever.

[@mikemoore7939]

He does have a big man crush on hogan

[@daveynwa7376]

i help mates out at our families company, nothing wrong with helping friends out even if hulk hogan did , cant see the problem

[@segaboy9894]

Wait... did he just say he went from 6'1" to 6'4"?? I'm not so sure.

[@dtraversodt]

Well, some wrestlers like Hogan were billed as 6'8" when in actuality he is only 6'4"

[@sensai8805]

@@dtraversodt Hogan is now 6'2" on a good day

[@dtraversodt]

@@sensai8805 that short? As we get older do we shrink?

[@sensai8805]

@@dtraversodt could be the 13 back surgeries

[@dtraversodt]

@@sensai8805 makes sense

[@penguin44ca]

Wow. The worst audio. Who thought this was good place to interview? I can't listen to it

[@tonyc7301]

Good interview but the crap about Beefcock and Valentine schooling the Bulldogs is the most ludicrous shit I have ever heard. Davey and Dynamite were two of the top 10 wrestlers in the world at the time, with Dynamite possibly being number one. And yes, as far as their ages they were young, but the Bulldogs already had 8 to 10 years of ring experience each by the time they locked up with the Dream Team. Also, the Bulldogs were ridiculously popular and the title change made sense. Brutus has said some stupid crap in the past but this is the craziest.

[@allandouglas5775]

beefcake was great.who cares if he friends with hogan. everyone has freinds.beefcake was a top face b4 he did anything with hogan.

[@wezdeedaydot]

u did earn and deserved your spot by sweating blood, u took a gimmick that would end the career of 90% of wrestlers and built a huge character and drew money....all being said Rick was right....many wrestlers had huge skill, great workers, talkers and potential for persona development but politics had them looked over. U and three other equally skilled tallent, also sweated blood n paid there dues didnt have an advocate like hulk. He suggests ten times "brutus will fit there....Brutus can interfere there". Other workers would get one chance to make a homerun or its over for them unless mid card match may catch the crowd n build momentum organically. Brutus had his name pitched for ten existing angles until vince realised my top star isnt gonna shut up until i give his friend a shot n Brutus mess's it up!!!! The gimmick to end Hulks pushing n Brutus will have got his shot n it failed n vince can then say "sorry Hulk, Brutus, we gave it a shot n it hasnt worked out but give me your number Brutus n when the crowd forget, we'll call u!". LMFAO P.S. "U MADE BULLDOGS?" fuck no, wrestling skill was 20 times your ability (greg was a better wrestler than u) ok they wasnt good on the stick but people accepted that with them being English, Dynamite was a pioneer in cruiser-weight division. The tag belts didnt die after they won them from u, your angle died, that means so did your relavence then your paycheck went. They entered a programme with the hearts which led to a great back and forth angle/programme which gave the title substance/credence/value and prestige to a level never seen before with the fast paced, highly technical, high flying and acrobatic yet stiff style tag champs never really was. Japanese strong style was similar, it looked believable coz a lot of the shots were stiff "potatoes" lol. Greg was the name and u brutus was the new mold of body built archetype vince saw for the future. U slagged warrior off for his in ring skill, u was no Ricky the dragon steamboat! Warrior put more into his entrance then u did your whole match, which as a child, he ran down that isle, around that ring, climbed the steps, shook those ropes n burst through my T.V.....ending with me putting on one of my sisters hair pieces n running round my house pumping my arms up n down. at 8yr old i never noticed he had 4 moves n could hardly do them but i didnt n dont care, warrior was a force of energy, Bulldogs was a force of stregnth, flair was a force of arrogance n Brutus was a force of camp barber with a rainbow colored outfits??? Dont say u made people u didnt while disgarding the FACT Hulk made u!!!! SORRY THIS SHIT WAS SO LONG

[@jetgold]

hold on folks, ed Leslie ak the brutus the barber. is a very ok person out side the ring. it is his old pal terry that is not respected. they liked the money they made when hogan was on top. now behinde the scene brutus is a good guy, he was never like hogan back stabbjng holding others back. he was a top star back then, and has been some what busy on the indies. but in no way shape or form is he like hogan. yes their great long time friends. any how it is a shame some older wrestlers will get painted with the shame brush as hogan.

[@jasoncutshaw5708]

He and Hogan can marry each other now...lmao

[@stndrds79]

Lol

[@BasilFomeen]

Good looking? Huh? Wutchya say?

[@SmithCommaBenjamin]

Hogan gets mentioned less than 60 seconds in...

[@shadowman2192]

Does this guy have any fans at all? It seems like in all of his interviews everybody just trashes him.

[@TheHannibalTV]

He does as we have seen at GNW events over the 10 years or so we have used him however he has his share of haters on the internet for sure. I doubt many of the internet haters would talk like that to his face. He's overall a good guy in my experience with him and he definitely helped us out a lot in the early days of GNW!

[@spurgear]

Wrestling Bios is his number 1 fan

[@ordetschmorthree8614]

Used to love this guys in-ring character when I was a kid but (intellectually speaking) I'm convinced Beefcake is possibly the biggest meathead-moron I've ever heard interviewed. At around 1:00:20 (in response to Flair's disparaging comments that Hogan made Beefcake) Beefcakes saying that you should try to elevate all wrestlers around you rather than trying make a better rep for yourself by burying other wrestlers with negative comments. A fine philosophy one might think, except that approximately just FOUR minutes prior to this Beefcake was burying the Ultimate Warrior, saying he couldn't work, would blow up in the ring, couldn't cut a coherent promo, and couldn't get over with the fans and that and that Vince McMahon basically just gave the guy an undeserved pushed to the top 56:30. It's disappointing when you finally get to see the man behind the character.

[@stephanelauzon15]

am I the only one who does NOT listen to the rumours these men were on and entertaining when we watched them they were on and in my opinion job very well done these men have lives outside the ring I have loads of respect for these men and I still enjoy watching them again

[@JustRaggy]

Brutus trained the bulldogs eh ?

[@TheHannibalTVFightAndUFOVideos]

Just Raggy I seem to recall that the Bulldogs were training in England by Ted Bently at the age of 14 and learning shoot submission holds as well. Unfortunately I was pressed for time and had to rush this interview a bit, otherwise I would have asked more follow up questions to that.

[@JustRaggy]

Devon Nicholson I Have to be honest here, The bulldogs were far better wrestlers than Brutus, I Like Brutus though, Thanks .

[@ronmartinez3341]

warrior got boood? Don't really remember that Lmao

[@arochelle9074]

Brutus Fruitcake

[@ronmartinez3341]

uhh

[@pantherhd1]

Who the Hell Brutus Beefcake only gay maybe

[@xcanarsiex299]

painful how delusional he is

[@deelux5519]

Beefcake is incredibly full of shit and delusional. But he's right about one thing Warrior couldn't work. That's why Warrior didn't draw as champion and Hulk Hogan did. Hogan could work....and what that REALLY means is he can tell an entertaining story between bells in the ring, which a wrestler NEEDS to be able to do. Warrior could not do that to save his life.

[@stephanelauzon15]

What ever the rumors that brutus got in because of Hogan so what who wouldnt and I happened to like this guy too thanks Ed aka Brutus ever in the Ottawa area look me up

[@cajunasian71]

They should have not called this the "BRUTUS "THE BARBER" BEEFCAKE FULL SHOOT INTERVIEW" but rather the '"BRUTUS "THE BARBER" BEEFCAKE TALKS ABOUT HULK HOGAN and he was there too INTERVIEW". While I appreciate that Hulk looked out for his buddies, it is sad that Brutus could not parlay this extended 'rub' or 'hand out' into a career that was worth noting. Well... at least he brushed against greatness and made some $.

[@PaulDavies4]

Lower to mid card wrestler that got lucky due to his friendship with Hogan. Saying anything different is fooling yourself.

[@fillycheesefl]

Beefcake for 2017 HOF! NOT!!!

[@ronmartinez3341]

warrior got boood? Don't really remember that Lmao

[@dallaslockrey2492]

+Ron martinez I do. I was there. The video release is over dubbed big time. That and Duggan got booed against Dino Bravo as well