Friday, March 21, 2025

Re-Writing the Book: The Run-In Man

 WWF, 1991


Ed Leslie had finally hit a good gimmick as Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake but a freak parasailing accident almost killed him. 


Sufficient to say, the man was in no condition to wrestle. When your face is held together with wire, it would be a bad idea to get in a position where you might get hit. 

So, officially Brutus was home. Unofficially, you don't wrestle you don't get paid. 

So, the Run-In Man (Man with No Face and also the Mariner for some reason) started running after matches and attacking the heels after they won the match. How would I handle it?


More or less the same at the start. The Man runs in, beats up Earthquake, Rick Martel, etc. Fans support him, the heels are freaked out. Jimmy Hart goes on Prime Time Wrestling and offers a bounty. Bobby Heenan, however, just starts calling out Brutus Beefcake. 

Naturally there is pushback to this. "Brutus is hurt, he couldn't"

Then the Man starts attacking before the matches. Oh, he's helping the faces still but now he beats them with a steel chair during the match; thus giving them a DQ win.

This builds throughout the summer. Jack Tunney, sick of the rule breaking, hires a new enforcer, Sid Justice.

When the Ultimate Warrior is attacked, he listens to the Brain. Is Brutus behind these attacks? Brutus comes back to the ring, but a blackout happens. When the lights come on, Warrior is busted up pretty bad. 

Hulk Hogan confronts his best friend, who swears his innocence. Sid Justice decides to put Brutus in the main event at SummerSlam with Hogan and Warrior ve the Triangle of Terror. 

The Run In Man attacks during the match, but it turns out it's really Mr. Perfect!

Attacking Hogan directly? Could lose, but making him think his best friend had turned on him? Perfect. 






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