Former WWE Star Compares Steve Blackman’s Toughness To Haku’s

Former WWE star Hardcore Holly has revealed the one wrestler he believes can match 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, calling him one of the toughest men to ever step foot in a wrestling ring. According to Holly, Blackman fully lived up to his nickname, “The Lethal Weapon,” and was not someone to be taken lightly.

“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 went even further, placing Blackman in the same category as Haku, who is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous 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 for unmatched toughness is the stuff of wrestling folklore, with countless stories of him single-handedly taking on multiple opponents in real-life altercations. Holly’s comparison leaves no doubt—Blackman was not someone to be underestimated.

Why Did Former WWE Star Haku Say He Was In So Many Bar Fights?

Former WWE Tag Team Champion Haku has spoken about why he got into so many bar fights and said that it was due to drunken fans coming up to him and trying to disparage the wrestling business, so he had to protect the business and show the rowdy fans just how tough wrestlers really are.

H/t to ITRWrestling.com