Former WWE star Hardcore Holly has revealed the one wrestler he believes matches the legendary Haku in terms of toughness—former WWE Hardcore Champion Steve Blackman.
Speaking on a 2018 episode of The Steve Austin Show podcast, Holly praised Blackman’s legitimate fighting ability and credited him as one of the toughest men to ever step into a wrestling ring. According to Holly, Blackman more than lived up to his nickname, “The Lethal Weapon,” and was someone you did not want to cross.
“Steve, he isn’t anybody to mess with. I pushed his buttons on purpose, but I knew my boundaries, I knew my limitations. I knew how far I could go with him because I knew Steve, and I wasn’t about to push him over that edge where I was going to come up missing. Because I’m serious—Steve is no joke.”
Holly even placed Blackman in the same category as Haku, who is widely regarded as one of the toughest wrestlers in history.
“I’d put him in the same class as Meng. I put those two right there. Yeah, Steve’s dangerous. He’s one of those kinds of guys where if you’re messing with him, just joking around, he questions, ‘Okay, is this guy really messing with me, or is he wanting to start something?’ He’s always that serious. He’s a good dude, funny, one of the nicest people you’d ever meet, but he’s just somebody that’s dangerous—he’s flat dangerous.”
Haku’s reputation as one of wrestling’s toughest men is legendary, with numerous stories of him taking down multiple opponents in bar fights. Holly’s comparison makes it clear that Blackman was someone not to be underestimated.
Who Was One Of The Most Underrated Toughest WWE Wrestlers According To Hardcore Holly?
Hardcore Holly spoke about some of the most underrated toughest wrestlers and named former WWE star Gene Snitsky. Holly recalled being in a match with Snitsky and Snitsky was hitting Holly with stiff shots, so Holly returned the favour with a stiff chair shot that left Snitsky bleeding. Snitsky simply laughed it off with Holly after the match, highlighting just how tough he was.
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