7 Irrepressible "Bad Boys" of pro wrestling

#2 Meng/King Haku

Meng, aka King Haku and Prince Tonga

Where you know the man known alternately as Prince Tonga, Haku, or Meng, probably depends on which era of pro wrestling you watched. While Tonga Fifita is most remembered for his feats in the late 1980s and early 1990s, his career stretches back all the way to 1978.

Before he even made his debut in pro wrestling, Fifita was sent by the king of Tonga to study Sumo wrestling in Japan. He and several other young men made the long journey and endured the tough training.

While he impressed his trainer immensely, the man's successor was angry that Gaijin--foreign devils--were infiltrating the sacred art of Sumo. In Japan, Sumo wrestlers are officially members of the Shinto clergy, and the idea of Tongan barbarians entering such a solemn order was met with much resistance. Fifita and the other five Tongans soon quit Sumo, and became pro wrestlers instead.

From there, Fifita would be in several famous tag teams, and also spent time as the unofficial 'king of wrestling' in WWE, inheriting the crown from an injured and aging Harley Race.

What makes him a bad boy: When it comes to his demeanor backstage and in the ring, Haku is considered a consummate professional. It is his antics outside of the wrestling world that cause his reputation. Haku is tremendously strong, one of the only wrestlers that Andre the Giant legit feared. So, when he was heckled by a fan about being a 'fake' wrestler, Meng reached into the man's mouth and broke his bottom teeth off.

Then there was the time he bit a man's nose off -- again, these are not urban legends but matters of public record! He also allegedly took on an entire precinct of police officers, who deployed mace upon the Tongan to no effect. Fifita is one of the original bad boys in wrestling.