1. Brutus Beefcake
While all of Hulk Hogan’s various friends most certainly appreciate the effect his presence had on their careers, none of the others on this list come anywhere near Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake in terms of owing everything they own to the power of Hulkamania.
Beefcake was a better wrestler than he is generally given credit for, although that is somewhat of a moot point, as the real issue is the fact one would be hard-pressed to find an instance of the real Ed Leslie ever managing to hold down a job without Hogan first getting said employment for him.
The careers of Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan are inexorably connected, as the two trained together in Florida, and taking things a step further, the first several wrestling names Beefcake used were all references to Hogan’s names at the time. Hogan started as Terry Boulder, so Beefcake was Ed Boulder.
Terry Boulder became Hulk Hogan, so Ed Boulder became Dizzy Hogan. That was kinda weird, so next was Eddie Hogan. In WCW, they took away Beefcake’s names altogether, and simply referred to him as The Disciple, presumably of Hulkamania.
The relationship between Hogan and Beefcake actually goes so deep some fans have long speculated there may be more to it than mere friendship, and Hogan’s ex-wife Linda added fuel to this fire during their infamous divorce proceedings. We won’t go that far, but suffice to say, Beefcake owes a lot to Hogan, and Hogan was fine with this happening because he sees Beefcake as his brother.
Sources: Bleacher Report, Therichest, Hollywood Life, Fox News, The Mirror, Uproxx
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