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Fifita made a name for himself outside the ring as one of the legit toughest wrestlers of his era and is known for allegedly biting off noses, gouging out eyes, yanking out teeth, and knocking people out with one punch, slap, or headbutt. He earned a reputation for having total disregard for rules, and attempting to not only defeat his opponent, but maim him as well, by using any means necessary. Nothing was off-limits when Fifita was involved in a fight. Though he had an easygoing, friendly personality outside of wrestling, he had very little tolerance for people who tested him. Even renowned hardman Bad News Allen said in interviews that Fifita was without a doubt the toughest. His one time manager, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan said in a shoot interview that Haku was "the toughest man I've ever met in my life",[citation needed] but noted that he was also a good-hearted family man.
In 1987, Haku had a backstage fight with Jesse Barr (who wrestled in the WWF as Jimmy Jack Funk) which allegedly resulted in Fifita gouging one of Barr's eyeballs out, causing Barr to later wear a glass eye. After this fight, Fifita had a reputation that steered wrestlers away from backstage confrontations. Regarding the rumor, Fifita, in a 2011 interview, stated "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." [11]
In another incident, Fifita got into an altercation with some men at the Baltimore Airport bar who called wrestling "fake", and during the fight, Fifita bit off the nose of one of the men. Fifita stated, "Yeah. It was in Baltimore Airport. There was a hotel there. We were staying at another hotel - the Marriott or something. There was another hotel there, though. It was hopping at the time. 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)." [12]
In yet another scenario, Fifita went berserk on fellow wrestler Brutus Beefcake after Beefcake complained to WWF execs that Fifita was working too stiff. Fifita attacked Beefcake in the shower and picked him off the ground by his neck. Numerous other wrestlers were unable to get Fifita to break the hold, so finally they went to fetch Hulk Hogan, Beefcake's real-life best friend who was also someone that Fifita respected. Hogan was finally able to convince Fifita to let Beefcake go.
During his time as Meng in World Championship Wrestling Fifita was backstage talking to his friends Chris Candido, Chris Jericho and Tammy Sytch when WCW head exec (and Fifita's boss) Eric Bischoff and Greg Gagne entered and interrupted their conversation. Fifita said, 'Hey! Apologize to my friends, we're talking.' The other wrestlers all stood and watched in amazement as Bischoff and Gagne made their apologies. Fifita became known backstage as an "enforcer" when other wrestlers caused problems or refused to obey orders.
In the book Arn Anderson: 4 Ever, Arn Anderson cites an event where Fifita pushed a cowboy through two sets of doors with one hand - and a conversation with The Barbarian (Sione Vailahi) about who was tougher. The Barbarian just shook his head when Anderson asked who would win in a fight between him and Fifita and stated "Meng's the man." Also in his book, AA said this about Meng: "There are 3 types of men: tough men, wrestler-tough men, and then there's Meng."
Former manager Bobby Heenan once witnessed a bar fight involving Fifita. Heenan says, "He took his two fingers on his right hand, his index finger and his trigger finger, and he reached into the guy's mouth and he broke off the guy's bottom teeth. I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it with my own eyes."
Fellow wrestler Rick Steiner discussed an incident where Fifita fought eight police officers and was arrested in Los Angeles. Steiner stated, "I was in LA one time with him and he fought eight cops, they shot him with mace and he closed his eyes and sucked it in. He just opened his mouth and took a deep breath."
Wrestler Ted DiBiase described an incident where Fifita was arrested in St. Louis: "Some of the guys got into a fight and Meng got involved. He was just trying to help and in the process of trying to help, he gets maced by 4 cops and handcuffed. Now they handcuffed him behind his back and then he said 'Is this it?' and he broke the handcuffs. He snapped them."
Wrestler Perry Saturn, when asked who would win a bar fight between several real-life wrestling tough-guys, said, "Tonga. Nobody else would stand a chance. Not even a question. He could kill everyone without blinking and there is nothing anyone could do about it."[13]