Whenever the question of 'who is the baddest man to ever set foot in the squared circle?' is asked, the usual names of men trained in legitimate combat arts such as Brock Lesnar and Ken Shamrock are often mentioned. Then you have your surly tough guys like Harley Race, Dick Slater and Bruiser Brody. But one name stands above all so much so that hes reached a mythological status among his peers and that man Is Meng. Stories of Mengs proclivities for violence are widespread and grow more outlandish with each retelling. Rick Steiner told a story of police attempting to subdue Meng during a barfight with pepper spray, which the Tongan warrior just gleefully inhaled as an intimidation tactic, then broke out of handcuffs while proceeding to take on 30 cops. Theres also the famous story where he gave free dental work to some poor sap for disrespecting a waitress. The tale goes that one night while out drinking at a local watering hole, a customer was being rude to one of the female staff members, so Meng told him he should be more polite. Obviously not realizing the well-oiled destruction machine he was speaking with, the drunkard shot back at Meng, who promptly responded by reaching into the guys mouth and yanking out a handful of teeth with his bare hands. Another great Meng legend involves a run-in with former wrestler Jesse Barr, who worked for a brief time in 1980s WWE under a Lone Ranger mask as Jimmy Jack Funk. The men were walking along the street when Barr thought it would be humorous to kick dirt on a laborer who was digging along their path. Meng chided him for his lack of manners, Barr told him to f*ck off, and Meng tried to pull his entire eyeball right out of the socket. For his part, Meng denies that he actually yanked it out, instead quickly realizing the error of his ways:
I didn't take his eyeballs off. I was ready to, my hands were in there, ready to take his eye off, but then I realized how stupid we were. Here we are brothers on the road together. I told Jim after all these things, and he got fired for it, and all these things here, and I feel bad for him Jim. It was something that happened at that moment".
Meng now works at a car lot, and wed wager a guess that he closes about 100% of his deals, lest potential customers risk losing life or limb.
Brad Hamilton is a writer, musician and marketer/social media manager from Atlanta, Georgia. He's an undefeated freestyle rap battle champion, spends too little time being productive and defines himself as the literary version of Brock Lesnar.
