Furface????

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In 1991 Brutus made a short WWF return as "Furface". A heel would be having a match against a jobber and Brutus would run out in a fur mask and Indian type vest and would run into the ring and headbutt the heel out of the ring. "Furface" was in the WWF for about a month but Brutus' face wasn't fully healed so they dropped the gimmick instead of risking a serious injury.

Please tell me there are pictures of this I could not find any anywhere.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

I've seen one picture of him attacking....I wanna say it was Typhoon, but I can't for the life of me find it.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

www.thewrestlinglegendsforum.com/wrestlecrap/mrrunin.html

My favourite Ed Leslie gimmick, easily

[turkeysandwich]

So where did those names "The Mariner" and "Furface" come from? The clips I've seen of him, the announcers just acted confused, and didn't give him a name or anything.

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Lol what a poor SOB

[derickyuki]

Jesus...did EVERY promoter hate Ed Leslie? You got Vince throwing him Fur face, Brutus Beefcake, and Mr. Run-in...WCW gave him Zodiac, Booty Man, and The Disciple...no love for Ed.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

Oct 12, 2011 11:29:04 GMT -5 derickyuki said:

Jesus...did EVERY promoter hate Ed Leslie? You got Vince throwing him Fur face, Brutus Beefcake, and Mr. Run-in...WCW gave him Zodiac, Booty Man, and The Disciple...no love for Ed.

That's what happens when your main selling point is "Hulk Hogan's best buddy". Promoters throw you some meaningless garbage to placate Hogan, and you wind up shuffling from one crap gimmick to the next, because, in the end, you're a bargaining tool.

[Joe Neglia]

Oct 12, 2011 10:38:59 GMT -5 turkeysandwich said:

So where did those names "The Mariner" and "Furface" come from? The clips I've seen of him, the announcers just acted confused, and didn't give him a name or anything.

Both were nicknames given to him by fans or dirt sheets. Some try to tie "Mariner" into Waterworld somehow, which really doesn't make sense, since that didn't even come out by then.

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You would have thought he suffered enough with the whole "my face got smash to bits gimmick" Jeez.

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I remember when this was going down, I was a young mark and had no idea that it was the Barber, I was really excited to find out who it was and then nothing.

[Ultimo Chocula]

So a guy who had to have major reconstructive surgery to his face runs to the ring and headbutts the heel into unconsciousness. Does anyone else see the major flaw in this logic?

[PrimeTyme]

Oct 12, 2011 14:55:56 GMT -5 Ultimo Chocula said:

So a guy who had to have major reconstructive surgery to his face runs to the ring and headbutts the heel into unconsciousness. Does anyone else see the major flaw in this logic?

They could have played it up like the did with Luger's forearm having plates and screws in it making the impact that much more dangerous.

[Sir Woodrow]

Where's Furface's Legends Figure?

[Evilution E5150]

Furface was Grovers original name of Sesame Street when he was brown instead of blue so im picturing Ed Leslie dressed as a giant brown Grover

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Oct 12, 2011 18:47:35 GMT -5 Sir Woodrow said:

Where's Furface's Legends Figure?

Hopefully in the upcoming spring lineup with Megaman Tom Magee and Waylon Mercy

[TuneinTokyo]

I have never of heard of his para-sailing accident before. His face looks pretty good so far as I can tell. I was expecting the elephant man.

[dabossftw]

It just so happens I've been watching early 1991 WWF TV lately. Here's some screencaps I took last night.









They never called him "Mariner", "Furface", "Man With No Face", "Run-In Man", or "Avenger". They simply referred to him as "the mysterious masked man".

It seems he was supposed to be involved somehow at WrestleMania VII, as they referred to it on commentary- "Will we see this mysterious masked man at WrestleMania when The Hammer takes on Earthquake? Will Earthquake recover in time for WrestleMania?"

[Turd Ferguson]

All I can think of when I picture him is the Barber Shop show, where he went from wearing fishnet trunks, to actively raiding a prostitute's apartment. He was wearing stuff that both male and female strippers would say, "I'd never wear that."

AND THAT HAIR! WHO THOUGHT THAT HAIR WAS A GOOD IDEA?!

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Oct 13, 2011 5:30:45 GMT -5 dabossftw said:

It just so happens I've been watching early 1991 WWF TV lately. Here's some screencaps I took last night.









They never called him "Mariner", "Furface", "Man With No Face", "Run-In Man", or "Avenger". They simply referred to him as "the mysterious masked man".

It seems he was supposed to be involved somehow at WrestleMania VII, as they referred to it on commentary- "Will we see this mysterious masked man at WrestleMania when The Hammer takes on Earthquake? Will Earthquake recover in time for WrestleMania?"

A winner is you.

[lildude8218]

Oct 12, 2011 18:38:14 GMT -5 PrimeTyme said:

Oct 12, 2011 14:55:56 GMT -5 Ultimo Chocula said:

So a guy who had to have major reconstructive surgery to his face runs to the ring and headbutts the heel into unconsciousness. Does anyone else see the major flaw in this logic?

They could have played it up like the did with Luger's forearm having plates and screws in it making the impact that much more dangerous.

That was the rumor at the time.

From Herb Kunze:

From worst to almost-as-bad: Another angle that the WWF is running involves a masked-and-differently-costumed Brutus Beefcake making his return to the ring, beating up every heel in the WWF. It looks like the eventual plan is that the identity of this masked marauder will be revealed as Beefcake, with the mask being a requirement of WWF prez Jack Tunney. You guessed it! You see, Beefer had a steel plate put into his head during the operation and so his potentially lethal head butt must be dampened by a rubber mask. Gag.