Ed Ferrara
Ferrara in 1999 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edward Ferrara November 22, 1966 Bowie, Arizona, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ed Ferrara Oklahoma Bruce Beaudine The Powers That Be |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 209 lb (91 kg) |
| Debut | 1994 |
Edward Ferrara (born November 22, 1966) is an American retired professional wrestler, writer and agent for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), often co-working alongside Vince Russo. Russo, however, would dispute Ferrera's status as a WWF employee and stated that during his time working with the WWF, Ferrera was actually employed as a consultant for the USA Network, which Russo also stated "directly oversaw" WWF product. He is most known for, in WCW, portraying the character "Oklahoma", a mockery of WWF's commentator Jim Ross, and was the heaviest WCW Cruiserweight Champion, although he was forced to vacate the title for exceeding the 220 lb weight limit. Ed Ferrara began his work in television production and writing, contributing to shows such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show and Weird Science on the USA Network. Ferrara was also a wrestler in Slammers Wrestling Federation known as Bruce Beaudine. He was most recently working on the creative team for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.