10 Wrestlers Who Were Given Way Too Many Chances

by Andrew Soucek

1. Ed Leslie

Brutus Beefcake, The Booty Man
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Ed Leslie had a couple of successful years in the business, but he seems to have mainly hung on so long because of his relationship with Hulk Hogan.

Leslie joined the WWF as Brutus Beefcake. Along with Greg Valentine, they were in the entertaining tag team The Dream Team. After that, he was a successful mid-carder when he adopted “The Barber” moniker and started cutting his opponents hair. It was a fun gimmick that is remembered fondly.

However, he was overpushed on occasion, and when Hogan left for WCW, he decided to join him,and get overpushed again. Once there, he couldn't be a barber, so it was one lousy gimmick after the next for the former Brutus. Somehow each one of them was absolutely ridiculous: Brother Bruti, The Butcher, The Man With No Name, The Booty Man, The Zodiac, and finally, The Disciple, basically a guy who stood behind Hogan in the nWo and never wrestled. It was perhaps the cushiest gig in all of wrestling in the late '90s.

Amazingly, when Hogan was gone from WCW, Leslie found his way out too. He was fine as a hairstylist, but every opportunity after that was one bad cut after the next.

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