Barbarian

[6.0] "I was a big Barbarian fan, and I think he's quite underrated at this site. He was both an excellent tag team and singles performer. He was a believable heel, and supremely athletic. The man had a 45-year career! One of the most influential and great Tongan wrestlers."

[8.0] "Underrated power wrestler. Great, reliable journeyman who could be a thoroughly believable threat, a convincingly beaten monster for a rising babyface, or one half of a tag team juggernaut with anyone you cared to put him next to. All around great talent."

[9.0] "Underrated. Before I glow on further: while The Barbarian was absolutely positively NEVER known for any type of mic work, he DOES have one of my favorite promos of all time, from Primetime Wrestling's Head to Head Episode Feb 20th 1989: "Demolition! They will be no longer the champion, We have no fear to you, because what we want! He is the master of the massacre and you are very excited, because you've got the gold around your waist - that's what we want! " Amazing. Borderline gibberish due to his limited English, it fit the character fantastically! He looked like he came straight out of a sword and sorcery film from the late 70's/early 80's, what a vision! His work in Crockett was notable because he was this massive meat missile that would fly from literally one end of the ring to the other with relative ease, moments after absolutely decimating his foes. His team with The Warlord was a perfect pairing that was exactly what Warlord needed to cover up his shortcomings while learning to be a better worker. The only blatant caveat is his singles run in the WWF post Powers of Pain can be a painful watch (pun not intended). He was able to turn his career around after teaming with Haku/Meng as the formidable Faces of Fear! His tenure in WCW is very fun to watch, some of the best power move wrestling out there. Also among wrestling's unsung heroes who had NO ego and has always been willing to put over lessor talent. Watch any match with an opponent on the smaller/medium side - avoid any matches with other big men (aside from Demolition). Definitely watch his match with Tito Santana at Wrestlemania 6 and let your jaw drop when you see the BRUTAL looking top rope clothesline finish. 8.5, I obviously love the guy but points deducted for some very awful big man vs big man match ups."

[6.0] "solid powerhouse wrestler with mostly subpar mic work and surprising agility for a man of his size, he was definitely the better power of pain but at the same time he was the worse face of fear"

[5.0] "The Barbarian has had crazy longevity in his career. He has a nice character and was a good tag team wrestler in his day and now is best as a special attraction. Had good power moves and could definitely wrestle when paired with the right opponent."

[6.0] "Warlord had the better look, but Barbarian was the much stronger wrestler, and his career in WCW proved it. While he was never particularly great on the mic, he was fairly agile in the ring, especially for his size, and had some great looking offensive moves, even if he never really sold all that well."

[6.0] "Good power wrestler and I liked him better in singles matches than Warlord after they split. He needed a manager because like Warlord he was pretty bad on the mic."

[6.0] "A decent powerhouse, better known as 1/2 of the "Powers of Pain", which had some success and in which he still performs in the ring from time to time. He also had a memorable alliance with Haku, with whom they performed in Japan and WCW. He is much less remarkable as a solo performer, but at the same time he had good physical shape and was able to show a good match with the right opponent."

[5.0] "He was on international companies for 17 years technically, which is very impressive. He was completely directionless both in the WWF and in WCW. He never really showed much and I don't remember anything good with him"

[7.0] "Barbarian, while not as good as Meng, is still a dependable guy for anyone's roster. IMO his best work is in WCW"

[5.0] "Solid worker, but the whole Barbarian gimmick was outdated before it was even introduced, and with the changing seasons at the time it kept him locked in as a midcard worker. Decent in the ring, but nothing that made him stand out."

[7.0] "A very underrated worker over the years. Although never a main eventer, his skills were perhaps good enough to be, but his lack of mic skills, and his willingness to put other talent over meant that he did not achieve the success that he deserved."

[8.0] "This guy has been around about 40 years AND STILL goes out of his way to put forth the work and effort to have a memorable, worthy match. He's never been a main eventer, but as far as long-term consistency, Barbarian is one of the best ever, up there with guys like Ricky Morton and Jerry Lawler, the only difference being is that 90% of the time, he's putting over other talent instead of winning every match he has. A genuine tough guy and a true class-act. One of the unsung heroes of wrestling."

[7.0] "I definitely agree with this guy being underrated but I don't think he should get anything above maybe an 8/10. Good worker, good look."

[10.0] "Underrated worker and super strong. He was not given a big push in his career. He is best known as Konga in AWA and teaming with the Warlord in the Powers of Pain. He was given a shot for the WWE title. He only had a few months on his own having Bobby Heenan as his manager. Later he teamed with Haku in WWE and WCW as Faces of Fear but never won tag titles. He later teamed with Rikishi (Fatu) as the New Headshrinkers but did not go anywhere. The Sionne gimmick was awful. He is still wrestling. People only remember him being in the Powers of Pain and defeated Tito Santana at Wresltemania 6. He should been Intercontinental champion or WWE Champion. Such a great wrestler."

[9.0] "This guy is so underrated. He just came off as a killer. And he wasn't a bad worker. He's also part of one of the most historically underrated tag teams of the last 25 years, The Faces Of Fear. Great scary monster heel."

[7.0] "Never thought much of Barbarian when I was little. Just another big brawler. But when I saw him in a street fight at BTW and OMG that was amazing! The match was so much more fun then I thought it would be. At 57 he can still get everyone in the building to yell HolyS**t. That night made me a fun for life."

[7.0] "One of the better big men in the business, he was powerful and agile at the same time. Very intense, had a good run with the Warlord in the 80s and with Meng in the 90s. Deserves a lot more credit than he gets, especially with his fun little singles run in the WWE in the early 90s. A good brawler who could work and have strong matches with the best of them (A great example of this is a tag match from Nitro with Meng against Jericho and Guerrero)."

[6.0] "The Barbarian was a decent brawler who seemed legitimately tough. He never really took off as a single, but had a few good runs as a tag wrestler with the Warlord as the Powers of Pain and with Meng as the Faces of Fear. Continues to work the indies today, often teaming with one (or both) of his old partners."