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Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake on Mending Fences with Hulk Hogan: PRIME TIME VAULT

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7797 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

WWE Hall of Famer Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake is back on Prime Time, cuttin’ and struttin’ like only he can. Brutus opens up about repairing his relationship with Hulk Hogan and what it meant to be inducted into the Hall of Fame by Hulk himself. He also shares the emotional moment he found out he was headed to the HOF and how his family reacted. Plus, stories about his bond with Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, surviving the infamous parasailing accident, an unforgettable Andre the Giant tale from Japan, and much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a Prime Time with Sean Mooney production.

0:04.2

Brutus, the barber beefcake, is back.

0:06.1

Let's get to my conversation with Brutus.

0:08.8

Ding, ding, ding.

0:13.3

Folks, I am particularly excited about my guest this week on primetime, not only because

0:18.1

he was one of my favorite superstars that I had a great fortune

0:21.8

to work with back during my time with the WWF, but also because when we first started inviting

0:26.8

guests onto PTSM every week, he was one of the first who very graciously came on the podcast.

0:33.9

For that, I am forever grateful. It is great to welcome Brutus the Barber Beefcake

0:38.5

back to the podcast, and a lot has happened since we last chatted. Brutus, great to talk with you

0:43.6

again. How are you? Hey, I'm doing great, Sean. How are you? I'm fantastic. Better now that

0:50.4

we've connected here again. And, you know, as I said, we've got a lot to talk about.

0:55.7

Now, in our last podcast together, we pretty much covered, you know, the basics of your life

1:01.9

and the inspiring story of, you know, starting out and meeting up with Terry Belaya and traveling

1:09.3

around in a van and working for gas money, basically,

1:12.7

and right into the great heights that you're reaching professional wrestling.

1:17.1

Since we chatted, though, you are now a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.

1:24.0

And right off, I mean, what did that mean to you for you to finally get that call?

1:32.7

Well, I got to tell you, I was beginning. I really didn't think it was going to happen. And

1:41.1

when it did come, it was, just very very very exciting and and I

1:49.4

know you know from my family and everybody they they were really excited and very happy

1:55.0

for me to have got that call yeah so how did it happen because like you said, when we talked that you didn't really know if it was ever going

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