During a recent interview with Wrestling Inc, WWE Hall of Famer Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake spoke about working with the late Tiny “Zeus” Lister, who is most known for his brief feud with Hulk Hogan in the late 80s, starring in the movie “No Holds Barred” with Hogan, along with his roles as “Deebo” in the movies “Friday” and “Next Friday”, respectively. Lister passed away in late 2020 following complications from heart disease.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
Brutus Beefcake on headlining SummerSlam 1989 with Hulk Hogan against Randy Savage and Zeus: “Well, I really wish that more of the guys who were in that match would still be with us today, you know? Macho Man, Tiny Lister, Zeus gone, Miss Elizabeth gone, there’s just so many. It’s too horrible to even think of, all my friends, all gone. That being a PPV, we take an actor, Tiny Lister, into the ring for a live PPV, not once but twice, and have tremendously exciting matches with the guy.”
His thoughts on Zeus, aka Tiny Lister: “What a talented super nice guy, it breaks my heart to think he’s not with us anymore. Something that has never been done since we did it, was the first then, and nobody has come close to doing that since. We were definitely innovators and not imitators.”
