A lot of negative things can be said about Hulk Hogan (and often are) but one thing that cant be denied is his loyalty to those he calls friends. While a great thing for said friends, its not always a positive for the wrestling audience, as its subjected us to extended exposure of Hulkster cronies such as Brutus Beefcake and The Nasty Boys. Beefcake in particular has benefited from his friendship with Hulk for his entire career, and would probably have been out of the business years before otherwise. When he first joined WCW in 1994, Beefcake was referred to as Brother Bruti, but he turned on Hogan in short order and adopted the moniker The Butcher, joining up with Kevin Sullivan and the aforementioned Avalanche. A bout of amnesia turned him into The Man With No Name, before he settled on The Zodiac, a black and white facepainted member of the Dungeon of Doom who would continuously shout No! Yes! No! Yes!, proving that Daniel Bryan owes all his success to the genius of Ed Leslie. The Zodiac returned in yet another gimmick, this time as that of the rectum-infatuated Booty Man. This character was fascinated with his own arse, and wore pants reminiscent of Princes that gave the illusion of exposed buttocks. To get even more cheeky, his finishing move was the high knee. Get it? High kneehiney. Oh, those wacky WCW bookers. The only positive one can say about this gimmick is that it kept Kimberly Page on our TV screens as The Booty Babe.
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