#2 ‘The Techno Goliath’ Hong-Man Choi
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Choi Hong-Man is a South-Korean former Ssireum (Korean folkstyle) wrestler, kickboxer and MMA fighter.
Standing over 7’2” tall and weighing in at over 330 pounds (150 kgs), ‘The Techno Goliath’ is no stranger to hardcore MMA fans. If you are a pure pro-wrestling follower, take note, this man is one of pro wrestling's biggest missed opportunities of the past 2 decades.
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Having fought some of MMA and combat sports’ biggest names such as Fedor Emelianenko, Ray Sefo, Badr Hari, Semmy Schilt and many more, Hong-Man could’ve been everything that WWE executives had hoped that Khali would be.
Now, granted that his mic skills were just as bad, if not worse than the Punjabi giant; he would’ve more than made up for it by his gigantic presence and impressive resume of wins over legitimate MMA HW fighters.
Apart from potential matchups inside the squared-circle, Hong-Man is no less of a ‘Playboy’ than the ‘Punjabi Playboy’ having appeared in several TV shows alongside his music gig with supermodel Kang Soo Hee.
Besides, in 2009, he made his movie debut in the Japanese movie Goemon. Potential rivalries against fellow big men such as the Undertaker, Big Show or Mark Henry wouldn’t have been out of the question for the South-Korean giant.
‘The Techno Goliath’ would’ve most certainly outshined Khali had he been approached by WWE creative in the mid-2000s. Up next, we take a look at the man who is not only an MMA legend, but also a larger-than-life personality who’d dwarf the Indian giant’s presence.
