Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake Full Shoot Interview 2 Hours | WSI #61🎤

[@sirlancenotalot2765]

I’m not into Pro Wrestling (well I was as a kid in the 80s) but I’m addicted to watching shoot interviews of Pro Wrestlers from back in the day. These guys lived the life of real life cartoons and the stories are legendary.

[@mikeywillard28]

When I was kid I met Brutas at a Christmas Eve party in Mass, being born in 02 didn’t really know who he was but my dad knowing how big of a wrestling fan I am urged me to ask for his autograph(he told me a little background info on him) so I asked him and he immediately stopped looked at me and said “sure one second kid” went out to his car and signed a headshot photo for me. Still have it to this day and will always remember the kindness he showed me being a young wrestling fan. Always a supporter of BRUTAS THE BARBER BEEFCAKE!!!!

[@countquackula8539]

Brutus seemed like a very easy and chill interview. Unlike some wrestlers who are afraid to speak out about events that happened decades ago.

[@jaw-knee-5]

I will never forgive HBK for just destroying this man's workplace window like that.

[@Arayig1982]

Sid was more destruction as it was the last at barbershop.

[@randybradley4151]

Don't blame HBK. Blame Marty for standing there. It was his head that did the damage.

[@bold810]

The idea of Big Boss Man getting max baked in a BMW makes me laugh my ass off, and now I'm going to roll a green joint. 🎉

[@mikeyyls2044]

Any memories of England? "Yes of course I remember driving down the autobahn." Ohh man not even 5 minutes in and it's already gold. This guy is the definition of a legend!

[@TheDaveKrueger]

I was going to say this!! Asks about England and gets a German drug story 😂🤣

[@brainhakker7133]

Too bad he didn't start by asking about Corny-Assed Necklaces :-)

[@AngloCelt88]

He's the definition of a "tool"

[@doesitmatter9085]

You have to remember that he had a pretty traumatic head injury. He even mentioned in his book what it's done to his memory.

[@donc7354]

Beefcake always one of my favorites! That goofy male stripper dance he did with Johnny V was just flat out hilarious. Great interview and hope he comes on again.

[@greense65]

I still laugh just at the name. Just grabbed hold of an archetype and went all in.

[@mitchellandrews1015]

What a difference with these guys who keep their hair and stay in shape. Brutus looks phenomenal, better than ever.

[@Rjensen2]

You don't actually think that's his real hair, do you? 😂😂😂

[@allandouglas5775]

Beefcake is the GOAT

[@kevinkelly1529]

This was very good! ... more entertaining than I was anticipating, aside from some sound quality problems. Good job Ed and James.

[@JuanJohn-Raytheon]

"I got off the drugs 30 years ago" His shoot interview with Kayfabe commentaries in 2013, would beg to differ.

[@toddmorrissey8372]

He was TWISTED in that interview. Pilled out of his brain.

[@markhaynes6518]

Great job fellow mancunian. Be nice to see this channel gain more views. How on earth he affords these legends still leaves me scratching my head. Give the fella some of that manscape money 💷...

[@troyb1278]

Good to see this guy.....took me right back to the late 80s just like that lol

[@GlassTarantulah]

Great interview!! He's even packing the Grass Garden Sheers aka Hair Cutting Scissors!

[@raptorcouch9253]

Jesus my man’s looking more like Brutus “The Barber” Eatscake nowadays.

[@GunzNGearz]

My money says meds or he just doesn't GAF anymore and eats cake

[@canadiens5]

Brutus Needs a Bra Beefcake

[@toddmorrissey8372]

​@@GunzNGearzboth probably. His Kayfabe commentary in 2013 he was pilled outta his head. Prescription downers make you bloat and put on sloppy weight like this. When I was hooked on benzos and catapres and elavil, I gained 70lbs. Soon as I stopped, it fell right off of me.

[@phylliskumi4355]

It is called life. Also, Brutus almost died in the early 90s so he might be taking meds for pain caused to his face. Remember he had a total facial reconstruction.

[@toddmorrissey8372]

@@phylliskumi4355 you're definitely excusing what is clearly an unhealthy lifestyle that Brutus is living. Based on interviews I've seen with him he is CLEARLY taking some type of Xanax/sedative/opiate(maybe) pills. The guy slurs practically every word out of his mouth. All of those meds can "bloat" you when abused and if you combine that with poor eating, it's a recipe(no pun intended) for looking the way he does. Look at Hogan. I can't stand the guy, but he's had MANY more serious surgeries than Beefcake(25+ on his back/spine alone) and was taking very heavy duty prescription drugs. He still maintains his appearance.

[@GunzNGearz]

Brutti!!!! Ive heard ol brutti is a blast to hang out with

[@horizontoday7874]

Yea, u’ll get a “blast” alright!

[@trumpstriggerfinger]

i usta work the window at wendys off 275 and bears in Tampa in the early 90s an brutus usta come through in a little yellow porsche convertible...he was far to big for the car....lol

[@2strong2cool]

Really like Brutus, thanks for putting this up James.

[@mitchellandrews1015]

Brutus looks great he could probably come back and wrestle the younger guys tomorrow and draw big houses

[@bold810]

I'd pay to see him wrassle Honky Tonk Man one last time. 🎉

[@undertakerfanz628]

Brutus the F in Barber beefcake

[@canadiens5]

Hey James, next time you talk to Brutus, ask him about the time he bailed on a promoter in Canada for CWE. He took off home before the tour was over.

[@The_Newfoundland_Dragon]

God love ya for another one James man. Props to the " hotbox" reference. Classic..

[@0utsiderkrypt0w54]

All legends when we were kids, no internet, no streaming and no online videogames.

[@countquackula8539]

No KZbin to watch your videos.

[@zoltanz288]

we always say no this and no that but what we really need to be saying is what we did instead of internet.

[@0utsiderkrypt0w54]

The internet has taken over, you can watch "old" wrestling via streaming, heck you can watch a lot of wrestling stuff on KZbin. When we were young only cable TV existed and those pesky regions.@@zoltanz288

[@Daoloth]

I was always a bigger fan of him when teamed with VAlentine for Dream TEam. They should have been Champions longer. I liked how he wore those things on his arms with the animal print. I thought of him when decided to wear Skeleton Opera Gloves when doing a character hehe. The other part was I saw Female wearing these Skeleton Gloves when doing Alexa Bliss. I remember when he wore that hockey mask. I was always fan of Zeus Tiny Liston from 1st and Ten. Great in Santa Slay the Goldberg Dark Comedy movie. He tells the Hogan breaking leg. That jet sky thing was good story. Ultimate Warrior had great body hehe. I'm glad to hear that did well as matches were linked to movie. Good in Friday. He got Barber Character Over heh :).

[@shawnsuth9830]

Well at least Brutus is still alive. 🤷‍♂️

[@jayizzett]

Awesome

[@telvanni8926]

My man Brutus

[@brainhakker7133]

That's Brute-Eye

[@bullettoothjosh]

Gotta love an Andre shit story.

[@shaneparry]

Beautiful greg 😂😂

[@CujoKelly]

Has he ever talked about what was supposed to happen with that masked gimmick he had in WWF in early 90s, I think he only appeared twice as that, but curious what the plans were.

[@robertcsatlos6869]

The mask wasn't a gimmick he had his entire face crushed by a parasailor. The mask was for protection to his freshly constructed titanium face

[@CujoKelly]

@@robertcsatlos6869 okay but he clearly wasn't playing The Barber and the announcers never referred to him as Ed Leslie, so what would you call it?

[@mattyjory3630]

Run-in-Man?

[@doesitmatter9085]

​@@CujoKelly It's talked about in his book. The gimmick was never given a proper name. It was an experiment to see if he would be able to return to the ring. If it worked, it would be revealed to be Beefcake, and he and Valentine would reform The Dream Team around Wrestlemania 7. However, other wrestlers voiced discomfort with this as they feared re-injuring him, so it was dropped, and they did The Barber Shop instead.

[@justinbrutcher1579]

Saw an interview with Honky where he said Brutus was never in the plans to get the belt and the Warrior replacing him was a work. He wasn't upset dropping the title to Warrior cause he could just say that the belt still belongs to him and he wasn't supposed to wrestle the Warrior and all that so he could save his heat. So he didn't mind.

[@BJSWRESTLINGTOYROOM]

26mins in....tell me about chris adams.. " he was a great guy, we had a great bunch of guys, rip oliver, stan the man, curt hennig, loved the territory. great story on adams

[@_sabathia_5929]

His gimmick got over because hair vs hair matches where huge back in the day. Looser where a dress Gain the services of a manager for a month I quit match “retire” Strap match “leather strap with a cow bell tied on Some used this as a gimmick to the ring Stan Hanson and Terry Bradshaw Gimmicks where a big deal

[@mitchellandrews1015]

Poor beefcake go on any podcast and they talk about ed Leslie as though he doesn’t have an ounce of talent as though he never drew a dime, as though he did what he did achieved what he did because he had a friend in high places They really humiliate him all his peers, management, ask anyone, beefcake is useless they say. They talk about him as though he were the scum of the earth. And I mean everyone! I thought he was pretty good though he headlined starcade mania with perfect took on Zeus hosted Hbk come out party, money inc at mania. Don’t get those jobs without a great act, and huge drawing power. He was a hairdresser who wrestled. That’s money

[@doesitmatter9085]

That's just today's podcasters like Conrad "Mark for Himself" Thompson who simply repeat the popular opinions of the intent wrestling community and take Meltzer 's word as unimpeachable gossip. Most people who worked alongside Beefer don't have anything bad to say about him, except Ric Flair. Jake Roberts and Ted DiBiase both spoke positively of him on their podcasts. Just a bunch of marks who never took a bump in the ring and drone on about "muh work rate".

[@networkdude1332]

I love that tattoo ‘fear no evil, It is insane that Vince had these guys working the way they did, and refused to give them proper health coverage and retirements or to even say they were employees. That is just evil in my opinion It seems like Vince is finally getting what he deserves.

[@DrShawnStipich]

💙

[@bold810]

Our best to the missus, Brutus 🎉

[@kevinkelly1529]

😂 ... from you AND Greg The Hammer Valentine. 😅😂

[@karaitejudaism8618]

I was with him up until he started talking about Warrior.... HE COULDN'T SCRAPE THE DOG S*** OFF HIS SHOES LET ALONE PRETEND HE WAS BETTER THAN WARRIOR.

[@TheRealEdFreak]

Is Brutus still mad at Marty for diving through his storefront window?

[@Realistic316]

Beefcake worked for the MBTA in Boston

[@telvanni8926]

He got fired for causing an Anthrax scare by leaving behind a mysterious white powder. ...Stil, he's very underrated. Def. should've been IC champ.

[@fingersTitan]

@@telvanni8926 101 Better IC Champs around at that time. Tito, Rick Martel, Bret, Bossman, Superfly (Not knowing the person he'd be at the end), Jake the snake, Haku to name a few.. All the way down to Danny Davis, Virgil and the old granny in the front row...

[@smeagolbeagle2316]

@@fingersTitan Sometimes, just sometimes we base their popularity on not the person's in-ring ability, but how OVER they are and their merch sales.

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@smeagolbeagle2316 exactly gen xers werent like the beta male soy boy fans of today crying because someone they think has good work rate isnt being pushed lol or white knighting for female wrestlers lol

[@fingersTitan]

@@smeagolbeagle2316 I'm 44 and grew up in that era.. He was over for a short time and teaming with Hogan and I cared not for either of them.. I didn't like Hogans eyes nor ways.. Same as this liar.. He was never over in WCW.. Even at his highest.. He was never IC material.. His work wasn't good in ring and he didn't have great matches.. Making him IC Champ would of taken the belt backwards with who was holding it in 89. Rick Rude and Warrior.. Huge step backwards..

[@Difrentstyles]

Brutus just can't p days

[@NateNizzle]

Brutus straight up lied. He and Greg Valentine never worked against the Rockers. Brutus and Greg split up at Wrestlemania 3. The Rockers didn't come in until after that.

[@chrissherrill790]

Ask him about the gay affair with Hogan

[@anthonydelgrosso4818]

Linda's mom came down the steps and seen some blonde giving bj to beefcake!lol I think it's true because how could u mistake hogan bold blonde head for chick

[@randybradley4151]

Hogan didn't go to New York in 1988.

[@markl5998]

He meant to say 1978

[@PK-ne8hk]

Never heard of growing 2 inches in height from working out. He was horrible ran on valentine to do 3/4 of match

[@thebigbosfetti1585]

BIG BEEFER..

[@victormorales4940]

Brutus is the biggest Warrior hater!!!!

[@phylliskumi4355]

Really? Bigger than DiBiase? I doubt it.

[@AngloCelt88]

Can't wait to hear how many lies Dizzy is going to tell during this.

[@CeeMigoLoCo]

You lost me at "Colored Guy".. Wtf Beef Cake?!?! 🖕🏾😂

[@toddmorrissey8372]

Please. You CANNOT be surprised, with this guy? Riding Hogan's dick like he does.

[@countquackula8539]

He didn't use the N word. And why do you care?

[@kevinkelly1529]

😂🤣😂 I loved hearing "colored-guy" again. It's so nice that old, innocent people can use old, innocent terms, and don't need to pussyfoot around all of the modern Human Resources baloney and wokeism.

[@doesitmatter9085]

​@@countquackula8539 he's emotionally fragile and scared of words

[@nathanwanner..44]

He has not aged well... BROTHER

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

Brutus… you were 6’2. Quit giving billed heights now.

[@canadiantraveller281]

How about 1500 matches and not 5000 ? Lol....they all exaggerate the numbers so bad. Go to the wrestling database of matches, pretty sure they are not missing 3500 of your matches, Fruity Bruity.

[@ronhaggerty6209]

drugs suck

[@gromeisterb6117]

yes no yes no yes no

[@chocolateface4885]

Hahahahahah

[@stuartday1330]

This dude doesn't look like a real person

[@WrestlingStarTrekGuy]

He's now Brutus " the Big Eater of" Beefcake

[@countquackula8539]

As you get older your metabolism slows down.

[@filthiestfish]

What a load of bollocks. He didn't wrestle for 2 and a half years out of those 10 years, so his story about wrestling 500 times in a year is grossly exaggerated.