Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake recently appeared on Chris Jericho’s “Talk is Jericho” podcast for an interview covering all things pro wrestling. During the discussion, Beefcake, talked about how he got his wrestling name, Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake.
Despite the fact that he has gone by many other names over the years, that is the one which he is best known for. His name was given to him by Vince McMahon’s wife, Linda.
He said, “Vince’s wife thought up the name ‘Beefcake.’ So that’s how it went. Hulk and Vince sat in the office … [and] Hulk says, ‘What about Brutus? What about Brutus Beefcake?’ I had to get real creative. Nobody’s ever been a barber in our business, you know? So it’s like, okay, what can I do? Alright, well every time I wrestle a guy, I’ll put him to sleep. I’m going to cut his hair off. That’s definitely never happened in our business before, and hasn’t really happened since.”
You can check out the complete podcast below:
(h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription)
