WWE Blocks Brutus the Barber Beefcake

(Wrestling beef...WWE says no more Beefcake)

WWE has officially sent a cease-and-desist order regarding Brutus the Barber Beefcake (real name: Edward Leslie) who is now a judge for the CMT show: "Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling". The order (addressed to Eric Bischoff and Country Music Television, Inc.) asks that Leslie stop using his old WWF name of "Brutus the Barber Beefcake", which WWE claims they hold the trademark on. According to the WWE, Leslie stopped using the wrestling name Brutus the Barber Beefcake once he went on WCW several years ago.

Brutus Leslie and his lawyers contend that the WWE's cease and desist is nonsense, as Leslie has claimed to have been using the name Brutus the Barber Beefcake since 2000. Leslie is claiming just now that he's on Hulk Hogan's wrestling show, that WWE is going after him for use of the name. Possibly this is an attempt to stomp out the slight bit of competition from Hogan and Bischoff's new celebrity wrestling organization.

Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling currently features Dennis Rodman, Danny Bonaduce, Todd Bridges, Tiffany, Frank Stallone and other celebrities competing in wrestling matches & challenges as they face elimination weekly. They are judged by the likes of Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Jimmy Hart and the aforementioned Edward Leslie (Brutus). Official site here

Check out TMZ's PDF file of Brutus Beefcake Edward Leslie's response to WWE's court order here.

Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Wrestling

Hollywood Reporter.com has reported that Hulk Hogan's wrestling show, "Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling" will debut as a reality series on Country Music Television (CMT) this fall. The show will air just 8 episodes and has 10 celebrities competing to win the title of "Celebrity All-Star Wrestling Champion". Hogan and former Raw GM Eric Bischoff will be two of the show's three judges. The third judge will be announced at a later time. During the series, Hogan and Bischoff will also serve as trainers in wrestling for the celebrities in the competition. Hogan is also credited as creator and executive producer of the series.

It will be interesting to see which time slot the show chooses as WWE has TV shows running on Monday, Tuesday and Friday evenings, with TNA running a show on Thursday nights. Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday may work best, although there's also PPV's here and there to compete with on weekends.

Source of show info: Hollywoodreporter.com