10 Wrestling Road Stories You Won't Believe
10. Fear The Wrath Of Meng!
Usually referred to as the most legit tough guy in wrestlings history, Tonga Fifita (billed as Haku in WWF/E and as Meng in WCW) never took any prisoners. When Meng got mad, watch out!
Fifita had probably the most convincing wild man gimmick in history, largely because it wasn't really a gimmick at all. By all accounts, the man they called Meng was a genuinely dangerous motherf*cker...
There's a great many Haku/Meng stories doing the rounds in pro wrestling, even today, and a couple of them have passed into wrestling legend.
According to Kevin Sullivan, he and Meng once got into a bar fight after locals racially insulted his travelling partner. Wasting no time whatsoever, Meng settled things (violently).
According to Sullivan;
"Meng goozles the guy like Mr. Spock. It was fast and furious. He then grabbed another guy who tried to get involved and knocked him unconscious." but Meng wasnt finished..."Meng bit through the guy's shirt like a wolf, bit a chunk out of the guy's back, then spit it on the floor. I said, 'It's time to go.' "
Amazingly, after Sullivan convinced his partner to leave, the local police declined to follow their car presumably they took one look at the devastation Meng had caused and thought better of it!
Another time, Haku was arrested during a bar fight in St. Louis (according to Ted DiBiase, he was actually trying to break it up). The police maced Haku, threw his arms behind his back and then slapped a pair of handcuffs onto him. However, in an act of sheer defiance, Haku simply glared at the officers, snapped the handcuffs and got back into the fight...
Stories abound of Haku/Meng lifting people up with one hand, literally pulling peoples teeth out of their heads and even tearing out eyeballs if he was mad enough - and most of these tales are, according to the man himself, 100% true.
Here's a famous incident, as recounted by Haku;
"It was in Baltimore Airport. There was a hotel there. (...) The music was playing and it was packed. It was during the week I believe. Me and Siva Afi went over and there were lots of babyfaces there at the bar. So we went and sat in the other corner away from them. When they were ready to close, we had a few drinks, and on our way out there were five guys just sitting there. Of course, the same thing came out. The "fake" stuff. Hey, are you guys with those guys - wrestlers? The fake wrestlers on TV? You know. I said, Yeah. I'll show you. And I reached over without thinking - there are four other guys there (laughs) - grabbed his face, and bit his nose off. Then the fight started. Me and Siva kind of cleaned house there and left. I'll never forget it (laughs)."
...Yup, Haku LEGIT bit a guys nose off.
During another altercation, he also fought off 8 police officers, even after hed been maced. According to Scott Steiner, "They shot him with mace and he closed his eyes and sucked it in. He just opened his mouth and took a deep breath. I mean some of the stuff he did was like, 'What the hell?'
On the subject of Haku/Meng, we reckon one online commenter said it best when he wrote, death once had a near-Meng experience...