haha i remember meeting him as a lil kid a few days before the match against andre the giant. i asked him if wrestling is real and he slapped the back of my head and said " was that real?" lol
This is what he is saying in Tongan "Kai keu tokanga au ki ai,hufanga he fakatapu,pea ki he Tonga kotoa 'I 'Iulope(Europe) ni kae 'uma'aa 'a Pilitania(Britain) ni,ko e me'a na'e mai ai au ki heni,keu ha'u ki heni ke ma fetaulaki ai mo Graig Valentine,ko ia ai ko e 'uhinga 'oku taha pe,keu 'I heni kuo pau keu malohi pea teu toki foki ai ki Amelika(America) 'o tu'u hoku nima 'o hiki ki 'olunga." This is the English translation " I'm not worried,may you excuse me under any taboo,and to all the Tongans in Europe and also in Britain,the reason I was send here was to come and meet Graig Valentine(I think that's the name he is saying),that's why and that's the only reason,to be here,I have to win,then I will then return to America and stand my hand and lift it up " Please note that he is saying this with adrenaline tone,and may be that's why you might feel as if he is swearing,plus the Tongan pronounciation accent lol. please note that when he said ".....and stand my hand and lift it up"/''.....'o tu'u hoku nima 'o hiki ki 'olunga", is a slide mixed up in his sentence,but I think he was meant to say ''..... 'o tu'u 'o hiki hoku nima ki 'olunga", which in English it should say "....and stand and lift my hand up". My translation is pretty much the closest I can do.Also note the ''.....hufanga he fakatapu..",is the most polite way of addressing the crowd and listeners,which illustrate how respectful his speech as he doesnt wanna break any taboo. Hope it will help you Dr J Reefer.Please come to Tonga,and don't stay in a hotel,go to an island or a village,and you would understand our people, our culture,the tapu or taboo as they translate it to english.you would see the love and help you would get from this humble remote Island.
+ebonyroundass There's plenty. In fact, Tama Tonga and Camacho are Haku's sons and they're a tag team in NJPW as part of the Bullet Club. Then there's Bad Luck Fale...
Hated him and Barb as a kid but now as an adult and reading their back stories, listening to their peers and watching things like this and their old matches again theyre my favourites
Tyson could probably beat him in a straight boxing match. No rules, and Meng would kill him. And I love Tyson and can't stand all of the people who rag on him. Meng is heavier here than Lesnar was at HWT in the UFC, and can kick a foot and a half above his head. He'd fold Tyson up.
only Tenta and Hakeem/OMG were fat big, the two giants were actually tall big as their bulk was matched by their musculature…Haku is like them in that he got bigger as he got older but had natural big musculature
My dad was never into wrestling because he immigrated to America during the attitude era and Tonga is extremely Christian/conservative. I was able to get him into wrestling by showing him clips of Haku and Barbarian.
Yeah I thought the stories were exaggerations but then Don Frye vouched for him and I knew it was all 100% true. For anyone that doesn’t watch MMA, he’s one of the pioneers.
Just got done watching the interview between Mean Gene and Meng/Haku leading up to his match against Wrath at Halloween Havoc 98. Basically this interview revisited but played up for more comedy.
As a Tongan, it’s crazy and refreshing to hear our language in such a platform as the now WWE. I hope the door that Haku opened brings more Tongan wrestlers to the business.
Uso I'm a Samoan and grew up following Haku he was my favourite as a kid! you're right,more Tongans need to be in WWE they will dominate everyone😂😂cheeehoooo
LMAO this is epic, mean Gene Okerlund took umbrage to Haku talking in Tongan, demanded that he spoke english - got his wish - then immediately wished he'd revert back to Tongan 🤣🤣😂
In 1773 when James Cook discovered Tonga and the Islanders living there, the British Empire took one look at Haku and the Barbarians great, great, great, great grandfathers and decdied to sign a treaty of friendship allowing Tonga to keep their king, instead of subjugating them like everyone else. Well that, and the massive party the Tongans threw when the British arrived. Britain actually named it Friendship island for a while.
One of the most feared wrestlers. Ask the wrestlers and they would mention his name. Even Dwayne Johnson says it as well in an interview and they’re in fact respectfully close.
Lol, Mean Gene usually takes no guff from wrestlers whenever they were interviewed by him. But Haku's backstage locker room reputation as one of the toughest guys around scares even Mean Gene to shut up and respect this man, lol this was awesome indeed! Haku was well known to be legitimately tough so its not hard to believe he got respect if people mistakenly got rude with him and he corrected them like this!
I watched an interview mean gene did with haku and haku spoke tongan, Japanese and even threw in a little french for good measure. He never said a single word in English and mean Gene's reactions were priceless...
actually haku was very polite and nice. I doube he started any fights but he had a fast trigger temper. You did not want to fight haku. Trust everyone on that. If he had done the first mma I have no doubt he would have won it. Perry Saturn basically says this also. You didn not mess with him.
+Anna Rose i met haku for the first time last week at armageddon... a very humbling experience to say the least! he is a family man first and foremost. i do not recommend anyone cross him him at all... not even for kicks. he is a real life bad ass.
It would be nice if back in the day WCW have a match between Meng, Alex Wright, Juventud Meng : "Speak Tongan" Alex Wright : "Speak German" Juventud : "The Juice, The Juice" haha.
@@JohnWick-xk5mz Not to mention all 3 of Haku's sons are in New Japan wrestling & big stars there. Also their cousin Fale is also in New Japan wrestling. Also Lei'D Tapa is Barbarians niece who has wrestled in TNA. By the way Camancho from the WWE is actually one of Haku's sons. They totally ruined him. Here is a video of them wrestling the Uso's besides camacho the other guy is actually sin cara. th-cam.com/video/N14YYa0Jyxs/w-d-xo.html
To atu tok'oua! Neongo oku ikai ke iloa e tau kakai... Ko koe na ke hanga o hiki tautolu o iloa I mamani! Ofa lahi atu ka koe mo ho famili! 676 mmt ki ai toko 🇹🇴
Toughest most feared and respected and loved amongst his peers, specially from Harley Race another feared toughest and most feared wrestler amongst peers too, the fighting stories out of the ring are those two beats Harley Race and my uncle Meng(King Haku) they will never make em like those two ever again
Notice no fan ever even tried to get into the ring during a Haku match.........I doubt the would have even touched them cause he was actually pretty nice. Unless you insulted him.
He and Barbarian actually played rugby when they were kids and in high school, before sumo & pro wrestling took them on a different path, but you're right, he would've been.
Samoans and Tongans look like Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. I thought The Rock was puerto rican. I thought Haku's sons were Dominican. I thought Haku was Dominican as well. Lol Latinos and Polynesians stand up!!!
There is a huge size difference between Polynesians and Latinos. Polys are alot bigger in muscle mass and height also alot darker almost black and the facial features are very well define, barbaric or Neanderthal like.
Miguelizk00l I'm from the south so I just always thought they were light skinned African Americans as a young kid lmaoo, esp Afa and Sika. If you do research you will find out that there were some Polynesians living in the Americas prior to the "discovery". I've also noticed that a lot of Hispanics and even some African Americans have Polynesian DNA in their ancestry results.
***** It's called doing research nigga lmaoo the fuck all you have to do is type in the words" polynesians were native to the americas", look at some of those olmec heads, they were clearly some type of pacific islanders, look up easter islanders
haha i remember meeting him as a lil kid a few days before the match against andre the giant. i asked him if wrestling is real and he slapped the back of my head and said " was that real?" lol
TEEstrong S. Dude this is 5 years but i have to reply this comment,
Good thing you didn't lose your nose
A real island way of explaining things is to demonstrate 😂
Hahahaha fuckin oath 😂😂
lol such a pacific island way to answer that question.
He was 24 when he woke up from that slap too
You know that physique is pure Taro and horsemeat no roids
Travence Reedy Samoan men are massive
@@joselopez6990 not samoan tongan. samoans don't eat horse
jeff candise I can’t tell the difference very much but thanks for the heads up
Lol ...gold
Pacific people dont eat horse meat, more pigs and coxonuts and taros
I went to see Tonga (Haku) at Armageddon today. A true gentleman, and a passionate family man. Still a beast! He considers New Zealand his new home :)
aotearoa rep rep :)
Haku/King Haku/Meng was always a class act, great showmanship and performer. Truly a legend. Thank you for entertaining us throughout the years.
Whenever he's inducted into the HOF, he needs to give his induction speech in Tongan. I dare anyone to tell him no.
100 Per cent toko!!!
You right on point . Malo Aupito !
Yes I want to see triple h come up and tell him to wrap it up like he did to Flair as well
@@stewartmcrae8007 yeah me too. Watch Triple H get put on his ass.
he would just as it’s in character and fans would love it..but he would be respectful and speak in English after his Tongan speech
Most dangerous man to ever step in a wrestling ring.
Brock Lesnar?
mskafa 7: Get outta here. you need 50 lashes with that silly comment.
What made him dangerous? I just found this out
Well that's only because you haven't jumped in there ay Jakey!?
Mean Gene?
It takes a brave man to say "Speak English" to Meng.
And survive 😂😂😂
Gene would’ve gotten his throat crushed
Even more brave when he's Haku ;-)
Dont think so. Obviously he is very strong and a solid wrestler; but any decent boxer/ kickboxer would punch the shit out of him...
Gene had his respect, only those he respected could be allowed that honor of appearing to insult him like that
This is what he is saying in Tongan "Kai keu tokanga au ki ai,hufanga he fakatapu,pea ki he Tonga kotoa 'I 'Iulope(Europe) ni kae 'uma'aa 'a Pilitania(Britain) ni,ko e me'a na'e mai ai au ki heni,keu ha'u ki heni ke ma fetaulaki ai mo Graig Valentine,ko ia ai ko e 'uhinga 'oku taha pe,keu 'I heni kuo pau keu malohi pea teu toki foki ai ki Amelika(America) 'o tu'u hoku nima 'o hiki ki 'olunga." This is the English translation " I'm not worried,may you excuse me under any taboo,and to all the Tongans in Europe and also in Britain,the reason I was send here was to come and meet Graig Valentine(I think that's the name he is saying),that's why and that's the only reason,to be here,I have to win,then I will then return to America and stand my hand and lift it up " Please note that he is saying this with adrenaline tone,and may be that's why you might feel as if he is swearing,plus the Tongan pronounciation accent lol. please note that when he said ".....and stand my hand and lift it up"/''.....'o tu'u hoku nima 'o hiki ki 'olunga", is a slide mixed up in his sentence,but I think he was meant to say ''..... 'o tu'u 'o hiki hoku nima ki 'olunga", which in English it should say "....and stand and lift my hand up". My translation is pretty much the closest I can do.Also note the ''.....hufanga he fakatapu..",is the most polite way of addressing the crowd and listeners,which illustrate how respectful his speech as he doesnt wanna break any taboo. Hope it will help you Dr J Reefer.Please come to Tonga,and don't stay in a hotel,go to an island or a village,and you would understand our people, our culture,the tapu or taboo as they translate it to english.you would see the love and help you would get from this humble remote Island.
+malmotu motu hopefully there's more wrestler come from tonga....
+ebonyroundass There's plenty. In fact, Tama Tonga and Camacho are Haku's sons and they're a tag team in NJPW as part of the Bullet Club. Then there's Bad Luck Fale...
malmotu motu are you tongan to
Why jasonplayz lol?
That was a magnificent explanation and translation. Thank you.
Haku/Meng was one of the best pro wrestlers I've ever seen in my 40 years of watching it on television..... A beast of a man ...
Got to meet Haku in Orlando few years back at his niece graduation celebration.Very humble man and had some awesome convos.At the faikava...
Hated him and Barb as a kid but now as an adult and reading their back stories, listening to their peers and watching things like this and their old matches again theyre my favourites
Universally considered the toughest man ever to step into a wrestling ring.
chaoticdays yep. I agree. My uncle used to be a bodyguard for Vince Mcmahon back in the 80s and he said the same thing.
Bullshit, Tyson once stepped in the ring.
Tyson could probably beat him in a straight boxing match. No rules, and Meng would kill him.
And I love Tyson and can't stand all of the people who rag on him. Meng is heavier here than Lesnar was at HWT in the UFC, and can kick a foot and a half above his head. He'd fold Tyson up.
Bruh no one cares about tyson
Poisonous Sins dis guy would take tyson down easy n rain punches. But in a boxing match tyson would sleep him lol
He's so Tongan that his real first name IS Tonga. He's Tonga Uliuli Fifita.
👍😁☺🙏😎😷😷
They named the whole nation after him
haha haku wasnt playing at the end. had the interviewer shook
how you gonna disrespect mean gene like that
No way he did. Gene knew all the wrestlers really well and haku was a gentleman. It was all part of the show.
I would love to meet Meng, he's one of my favorite wrestlers ever. He had the best savate kick ever
Haku's legacy continues with his nephew Tama now in WWE and a member of the Bloodline
And soon Tanga Loa, Hikuleo and Fale will join him and be the Bloodline G.o.D
Backlash 2024 Update: Tanga Loa is now in The Bloodline
Actually it's his son
@@descooke-dz4mg His adopted son and NEPHEW
Now his kid is in WWE talk about full circle
Baddest man on the planet
Haku is his prim from Tonga were unstoppable force back in the day and nice Tongan accent from a ultimate badass
"If you stop hopping me." LMAO.
The man's fucking solid
Beast went 300 lbs, not fat. Thinking bigger guys like Tenta, Hakieem, even Studd & Andre had blubber. Haku and Barbarian were carved out of Granite.
only Tenta and Hakeem/OMG were fat big, the two giants were actually tall big as their bulk was matched by their musculature…Haku is like them in that he got bigger as he got older but had natural big musculature
andre the blubber
You never saw him in Buvya See Dubya then...
He WAS fat there.
Haku proud tobe a Tongan
IF YOU'RE TONGAN , AND YOU WATCH THIS , YOU KNOW YOU WILL LMFAO LIKE I DID . KOIA PE MALO MALO LMFAOOOOOOO OMG HAHAHA
Mei haeua tama interview haha malo
miss nWo ☽ What did he say GF
Very charismatic guy, I can see how the Rock got his mannerisms
He is Tongan not even related to the rock! Nob fan moron
Haku one of the only men who could put the fear in Andre The Giant
Andre would’ve been scared of Brock Lesnar like Big Show was.
@@H.K.5 I never heard of Big Show ever being scared of Brock Lesnar
Gene quickly realized "OH NO...HAKU. I UH...shit."
"we're on tv here...U gotta speak English!"😂 Lol
Haku is one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet. But god help you if you piss him off.
LMFAO goodness couldn't stop laughing. Hufanga Fakatapu!!!
My dad was never into wrestling because he immigrated to America during the attitude era and Tonga is extremely Christian/conservative. I was able to get him into wrestling by showing him clips of Haku and Barbarian.
was he aware of how many were actually devout Christians? or that a bunch of the top stars are islanders(Samoan, Fijian, Hawaiian, and Tongan)?
considered one of (if not the) toughest shoot fighter in wrestling.....
If you stop hopping me!!! Mālie toko!!
When don frye calls you terrifying abs frightening your a legit martial artist and a badass. Guy could headkick bigshow and Andre
Yeah I thought the stories were exaggerations but then Don Frye vouched for him and I knew it was all 100% true. For anyone that doesn’t watch MMA, he’s one of the pioneers.
Just got done watching the interview between Mean Gene and Meng/Haku leading up to his match against Wrath at Halloween Havoc 98. Basically this interview revisited but played up for more comedy.
As a Tongan, it’s crazy and refreshing to hear our language in such a platform as the now WWE. I hope the door that Haku opened brings more Tongan wrestlers to the business.
Uso I'm a Samoan and grew up following Haku he was my favourite as a kid! you're right,more Tongans need to be in WWE they will dominate everyone😂😂cheeehoooo
LMAO this is epic, mean Gene Okerlund took umbrage to Haku talking in Tongan, demanded that he spoke english - got his wish - then immediately wished he'd revert back to Tongan 🤣🤣😂
Mean gene pulled an uncle ruckus 😂 thinking "I apologize for my outburst"
In 1773 when James Cook discovered Tonga and the Islanders living there, the British Empire took one look at Haku and the Barbarians great, great, great, great grandfathers and decdied to sign a treaty of friendship allowing Tonga to keep their king, instead of subjugating them like everyone else. Well that, and the massive party the Tongans threw when the British arrived. Britain actually named it Friendship island for a while.
He always yelled at Haku when he spoke Tongan in his interviews...lol.
I wouldn’t argue with him 😂
00:42 I would have ran for my absolute life
One of the most feared wrestlers. Ask the wrestlers and they would mention his name. Even Dwayne Johnson says it as well in an interview and they’re in fact respectfully close.
Dude all the tongans moust have felt proud that day #MATEMAATONGA
Man was a beast back in the day, now his sons are carrying on his legacy
MATE MA’A TONGA 🇹🇴
Lol, Mean Gene usually takes no guff from wrestlers whenever they were interviewed by him. But Haku's backstage locker room reputation as one of the toughest guys around scares even Mean Gene to shut up and respect this man, lol this was awesome indeed!
Haku was well known to be legitimately tough so its not hard to believe he got respect if people mistakenly got rude with him and he corrected them like this!
Dude this is planned they just go along with it haku and gene got on really well and loved working with each other watch some interviews
Doubt it dude is also one of the nicest wrestlers
Whatever you do, do not make Haku mad. This man is a one man wrecking crew😀😀😀
I watched an interview mean gene did with haku and haku spoke tongan, Japanese and even threw in a little french for good measure. He never said a single word in English and mean Gene's reactions were priceless...
Mean Gene: “Do you understand adios… ?”
Haku(Meng): “… Adios?” Walks off.
the ending killed me and i still laugh at it. xD
Imagine this version of Haku fighting in the UFC today. Man oh man.
Right here, right now... to you
Haku is the cutest tough guy.
Cute like a teddy bear but will rip you apart like a grizzly bear lol
LMFAO
tongan people watching this:😂😆😆
He has a good sense of humor. I love that they would cut a similar promo in WCW years later.
For anyone wonsering, hes basically saying he came all the way there to defeat greg valentine and it was that reason and that reason only
King Haku hella beast back in the days #DisTonga
One guy you never want to cross on the streets a day in your life
0:43 HUGE MISTAKE GENE BUT EXTREMELY LUCKY
"If you stop-hopping me [...]" !
Haku in pastel tights:
Nobody:
Gene should have just waited till Haku finished and said ‘that was beautiful, now back to ringside!’
came here after his another son Tanga Loa debuts in Backlash
To be more precise his Biological Son. Tama Tonga is his adpotive son/nephew
Right here, right now………to you
Yall watching this with subtitles is really fun.
actually haku was very polite and nice. I doube he started any fights but he had a fast trigger temper. You did not want to fight haku. Trust everyone on that. If he had done the first mma I have no doubt he would have won it. Perry Saturn basically says this also. You didn not mess with him.
I guess Eric Bischoff had the idea of Haku doing one of the first Ultimate Fighting tournaments and bringing the belt to WCW.
+Anna Rose i met haku for the first time last week at armageddon... a very humbling experience to say the least! he is a family man first and foremost. i do not recommend anyone cross him him at all... not even for kicks. he is a real life bad ass.
He actually has a background in martial arts and sumo wrestling. The guy is still wrestling to this day. He is one of the few legit badass killers
Best 57 seconds ever
That was awesome. ma'ate ma Tonga!
Dont know why but it seems Haku was holding his laugh xD
Gene probably made the wrestlers laugh
Haku is very proud of his 2 sons, Guerrillas Of Destiny joining The Bloodline in WWE.
Three rules:
1. Don't spit in the wind
2. Don't tread on Superman's cape
3. Don't piss off Haku
This guy is the man hahah. MATE MA'A TONGA
Talk to me like that. And I’ll do anything you say.
And now his kids are representin☝️
Haku vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine in 1991...I wonder what the results of those matches were.
It would be nice if back in the day WCW have a match between Meng, Alex Wright, Juventud
Meng : "Speak Tongan"
Alex Wright : "Speak German"
Juventud : "The Juice, The Juice"
haha.
the Haku is so funny
Being a Cree Nehiyaw from Canada, I understood everything Haku said. We all speak Mother Nature's language.
go haku mate ma'ma tonga 🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴
Awesome!!
Nobody ever fucked with mean gene at work because haku had his back in wwf and in wcw
Ayyyyyy🇹🇴
he was fucking awesome Haku! I remember having this on video back in 1991. Always loved Haku!
Is he Tongan???My gosh and he speaks the language???Wooowwww.Gud on you mannnn.
If he spoke good English Haku would've made been a bigger star. I'm surprised I haven't seen any more Tongan wrestlers in the business.
@@BBBYpsi 👍😁☺🙏😷😷
@@JohnWick-xk5mz Not to mention all 3 of Haku's sons are in New Japan wrestling & big stars there. Also their cousin Fale is also in New Japan wrestling. Also Lei'D Tapa is Barbarians niece who has wrestled in TNA. By the way Camancho from the WWE is actually one of Haku's sons. They totally ruined him. Here is a video of them wrestling the Uso's besides camacho the other guy is actually sin cara. th-cam.com/video/N14YYa0Jyxs/w-d-xo.html
To atu tok'oua! Neongo oku ikai ke iloa e tau kakai... Ko koe na ke hanga o hiki tautolu o iloa I mamani! Ofa lahi atu ka koe mo ho famili! 676 mmt ki ai toko 🇹🇴
Don Frye said Haku is a scary human being.
Haku: You’ve got nice teeth. Sure you want to interrupt more?
Mean Gene was shook 😂
It's a whole COUNTRY of badasses. They sent troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan and EVERY SINGLE ONE came home safe.
Jason Kreitzer You do know they're not fighting hand-to-hand over there?
Toughest most feared and respected and loved amongst his peers, specially from Harley Race another feared toughest and most feared wrestler amongst peers too, the fighting stories out of the ring are those two beats Harley Race and my uncle Meng(King Haku) they will never make em like those two ever again
Notice no fan ever even tried to get into the ring during a Haku match.........I doubt the would have even touched them cause he was actually pretty nice. Unless you insulted him.
I don't think at the time the fans were aware of how badass Haku really was
Haku would have been a sick rugby player.
He and Barbarian actually played rugby when they were kids and in high school, before sumo & pro wrestling took them on a different path, but you're right, he would've been.
@@Meng4Now yea, I meant professional. And for Tonga in the world cup.
@@ratedr900 Now, THAT would be interesting. If he could avoid being penalized for being too rough with the other team lol
@@Meng4Now Right! Throwing massive stiff arms and chopping defenders.
Mean gene lucky that was a work 😂
Hahahahaha i remember this when i was at school this is classic!!! Cheeeehoooooo!!
00:24 he sounds like he says reggaeton
It’s Tongan
Well i m Tongan but last part was fire🔥🔥🔥
Mean Gene is funny hes like ok im the one having the issue understanding you
Samoans and Tongans look like Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. I thought The Rock was puerto rican. I thought Haku's sons were Dominican. I thought Haku was Dominican as well. Lol Latinos and Polynesians stand up!!!
There is a huge size difference between Polynesians and Latinos. Polys are alot bigger in muscle mass and height also alot darker almost black and the facial features are very well define, barbaric or Neanderthal like.
Miguelizk00l I'm from the south so I just always thought they were light skinned African Americans as a young kid lmaoo, esp Afa and Sika. If you do research you will find out that there were some Polynesians living in the Americas prior to the "discovery". I've also noticed that a lot of Hispanics and even some African Americans have Polynesian DNA in their ancestry results.
+Miguelizk00l Dont ever put us in the same category w Latinos tf
***** It's called doing research nigga lmaoo the fuck all you have to do is type in the words" polynesians were native to the americas", look at some of those olmec heads, they were clearly some type of pacific islanders, look up easter islanders
Jay Tee wanna bet
Is Samoans love King Haku as much as we love the Anoa’i/Fatu family
That Gene Mean stop that sass real quick.