this is by far the most nail bitting contest in the modern WSM era. only a half of point between Big Z and Thor, If there was a one slight stone mistake from Zydrunas at the Atlas Stone, he would lose his 4th title. Kudos to Big Z who were still winning regardless how old he is
Zydrunas savickas just casually squatting 329kg for 15 reps . And definitely had more in him . One of the most impressive feat’s of strength to happen at worlds
That was a classic, you could see Brian giving it everything only to be beaten by such small amounts. Big Z was class in the Stones and didn't loose his cool with Hathor beating him.
Big Z is just an absolute unit. He's typically one of the best at the keg toss...he screwed that up and STILL eeked out the victory. A big mistake like that during an event by any other competitor would sink them. Not Big Z. That's why he's the GOAT imo.
Žydrūnas Savickas has to be the greatest overhead ever. I mean he made that axle look like there was no weight on it. In his prime, that man was unstoppable.
@@footballhighlights909"then he won 3 years later" meaning he won 3 years after in 2017. Not, "he won 3, years later" which would mean he won 3 titles. A comma changes everything.
Hafthor Bjornsson is extremely fast for someone his size. All these guys are freaks of nature! Brian had an overall great performance. Crazy finish! Big Z is amazing! Legendary.
As someone who is refinding the sport after seeing it every year at Christmas in their youth on the TV, seeing Terry look like this after all of his recent stuff is... I would not have recognized him.
@@Anthony-forever-mma who gives a fuck if it was by a half point or a 100 points fact is Thor didn't win and yes Big Z is the strongest man to ever walk the 🌎
The suit isn't always optimal for the squat especially if you're not used to it or it's too small for you. Some guys like Novikov manage to get a lot out of it but some other guys struggle breathing in it.
Most of you might not know but Thor was a Static Monster from a young age: I have seen footage of his Deadlifting at the Jakabol: 300 kg at 20y, 300 for 10 reps at 22, 400 at 23 etc. (All raw/ wrist wraps only), but the static game was a bit too much for him specially here until 2017 which he transformed those losses into his fuel. Then he met Sebastian Oreb, his strength coach and the rest is history. He never lost a single competition since the 2017 WSM until his retirement and the only time he was dropped to 3rd place was due to his torn plantar fascia injury at 2019 WSM. The main reason for that dominance is because he took his Brute Strength to the next level and in doing so he not only became the most overall peak Strongman in history but also went on to become the Strongest Man to have ever lived!
@@rmay16 Prime Nobody was/is stronger than Prime Hafthor. *PEAK BRUTE STRENGTH:* Deadlift, Squat, Bench and Log: Brian: [467.5], [410], [245*], [211] = 1,333.5 Hafthor: 501, [460], 250, 213 = 1,424 For Americans: B: [1031], [904], [540*], [465] = 2,940 H: 1105, [1014], 551, 470 = 3,140 Key: Numbers which are within [ ] brackets are done during training or not sanctioned by a governing body and not infront of a credible referee. The * indicates that no actual 1 rep max was done but a double (2 reps) were converted into a speculative 1RM using a standard 1RM calculator. Below are only claims/ no video proof: - B's Squat Therefore nobody can prove them with irrefutable evidence, and nobody knows whether they actually happened or not. It's not even source quoted, but just mentioned in Wikipedia without any reference (where any unauthorized person could have added).
Ah yes we've been waiting for this to come out. Can always count on a prompt service from WSM! Can't wait to view the 2022 WSM games in 2023! (all of this was a joke comment)
So? if he had gotten one more rep it wouldve moved him up a place and given him am extra point. Considering he was half a point of winning the show it would have got him the title. It doesn't matter how good the squatters above him were.
Gigantor thought he had the Keg Toss but then The Mountain comes & takes the smile off his face. I thought nobody was gonna even come close to Brian. Hafthor was a very special Strongman. At his best I think he could have won 3 or more WSM Titles.
He lost once by 0.5 points (this video), once by 1 point(2017) and once by 2 points(2016) while winning in 2018 by 6.5 points (plus, he was chilling in the stones and could have won by over 10 points if he did his best). You can't blame a loss on what the other guys did, but twice he would have won with one more rep of a squat. And once he would have won if he had been the fastest in a throwing event which he usually is lightning fast in. Also, in 2019 he was 100% the strongest but injured his foot dropping a ton of points in the loading medley that he usually smokes and also beeing a bit slower and dropping points in a press medley and stones. The number of podiums, and especially close 2nd places, I think suggests that with just small imporvements in preparation(no knee wraps in this video, I bet that if he used knee wraps he would have gotten one more rep and won this title), a bit better luck with event selections and no injury in 2019 he could have had 4 WSM titles.
Brian threw them higher and with more power which is actually a disadvantage because stupidly, the time stops when the keg hits the ground and not when it clears the bar. Thor also cheated a little and started moving before the whistle was blown. Brian's was a bit faster in actuality.
@@somber8233 I watched the keg toss again & you're 100% Correct! Brian was a hair faster because Thor jumped the whistle. Just shows you how much power Brian has. I don't think anybody is better than Brian Shaw at the Keg Toss in History. I think Brian would have won probably 2 - 3 more Titles is not for things not going his way & overthinking things. To me Brian is the Best Strongman. He is the most likeable & Humble Strongman.
@@brettmoberg6140 Yeah. I think he should have got a little penalty or something. I think they should also change the rules for when the keg clears the bar too and not when it hits the floor. Milliseconds sure, but it's milliseconds that Thor needed. Very much robbery if you ask me.
Even the guy who comes in Last Place in WSM is Stronger than 99% of Humans. These guys are pushing the Human Limits. I can't Imagine how anybody could be any stronger. I have watched these WSM Competitions for the last 5 years now & it blows my mind what these guys have to go through each day to get this strong. They have to Live, Breathe & actually Eat their way to being a Strongman. You have to be a Special Person to be a Strongman.
Have you went back to the beginning and watched from there??? Ya gotta go back and watch the one with Don reinghout,kazmier,Geoff capes,magnus ver mag etc etc.
Thor jumped the start on the keg toss and only beat Brian by about a quarter of a second. If Thor hadn't started before the whistle, Brian would have won that year. As far as I'm concerned, Brian is the 5 time champion.
That and Brian should have been 2nd in 2017 because Thor was disallowed 4 reps on Viking press originally, but intimidation to Magnus the ref only made him disallow one, luck guy for sure! And also Brian would have won 2021 and 2010 had it not been for either a falling sandbag or slipping stone
probably got pounds and kilos mixed up. Don't understand by the way why in this event the measurements of distance are expressed in meters but the mass in pounds.
@cecilebraillie4471 perhaps he did get kilos and pounds mixed up but considering a male elephant can weight up to 7000 kgs he is still way of the mark.. 😂😂
Zydrunas also didn't participate in four WSMs from 05-08 due to politics between the WSM and ISFA, and he would've been the favourite for all of them probably - he won the Arnold each of those years. Without the bullshit politics denying him the chance, he would maybe have been an 8 time winner, and had he been in the top two each of those years, he'd have had a 14 year streak of top 2 finishes from 02-15. Z is the GOAT, and it's not close.
What's your point? He's right in what he said. Ofc he didn't win but that doesn't mean that losing the title wasn't down to his own mistake. People can discuss things lmao.
this video dont have when brian said im pretty sure no one gonna beat his time on keg toss and then thor does. That super fake announcer makes it sound like a joke
this is by far the most nail bitting contest in the modern WSM era. only a half of point between Big Z and Thor, If there was a one slight stone mistake from Zydrunas at the Atlas Stone, he would lose his 4th title. Kudos to Big Z who were still winning regardless how old he is
Big Z only lost to Shaw the year before by less then a second, could’ve been his fifth WSM. All 3 are great competitors but Z is the GOAT
@@Manof77Steel Shaw only lost in 2011 because of a very small mistake on that sack race on the water.
@@Manof77Steel man if big z could beat shaw at the stones he would have at least 6.
@@igorcesardealmeida6196 it was 2k10 WSM not 2011, he won his first wsm title in 2011.
@@igorcesardealmeida6196that was 2010. Shaw won it in 2011.
What a performance from Big Z! That is how you leave it all out on the battle field to gain a victory. 👏🏼
Zydrunas savickas just casually squatting 329kg for 15 reps . And definitely had more in him
. One of the most impressive feat’s of strength to happen at worlds
It's just fukin weired
Casual is the first word I thought of too. It's amazing!
Love how Hall was all big mouthing "easy", then Big Z comes and win it nonchalantly without speaking a single word.
@@emperomassinencambio...9941 All about class
There is only one man in this world that could beat Zavickas easily, the GOAT Mariouz Pudzianowski
Big Z was and always will be my favourite.
You left out Brians comment of that keg toss time being unbeatable
That was the best part.
Did he say that? :D
@@mikkelkristiansen3694 he said I wouldn't normally say this but I don't think that's beatable..you're going to have to work pretty hard to beat that
24:19 50:34 Shaw is that "nice guy" that I couldn't care less more of.
@@spokeen6249 Total America Derangement Syndrome.
That was a classic, you could see Brian giving it everything only to be beaten by such small amounts. Big Z was class in the Stones and didn't loose his cool with Hathor beating him.
Big Z is just an absolute unit. He's typically one of the best at the keg toss...he screwed that up and STILL eeked out the victory. A big mistake like that during an event by any other competitor would sink them. Not Big Z. That's why he's the GOAT imo.
Žydrūnas Savickas has to be the greatest overhead ever. I mean he made that axle look like there was no weight on it. In his prime, that man was unstoppable.
Maybe my favorite WSM.
What an awesome lineup too.
Crazy to see Eddie's first finals appearance be in 2014 then he won 3 years later
What are you talking about he just won WSM one time in 2017.
@@footballhighlights909"then he won 3 years later" meaning he won 3 years after in 2017. Not, "he won 3, years later" which would mean he won 3 titles. A comma changes everything.
This is possibly the most stacked lineup they've ever had.
Yeah, in my opinion too, with Caron, Hall and Wildauer
the closest and most intense finale to WSM
I dunno did you watch last years??year's??? The year before this I mean.
One of the best compettitive event ever
Hafthor Bjornsson is extremely fast for someone his size. All these guys are freaks of nature! Brian had an overall great performance. Crazy finish! Big Z is amazing! Legendary.
Every year I watch these guys, I wonder if in another lifetime how dominant they would have been in the NFL as O or D linemen.
What an amazing line up of Athletes. This was a great WSM competition.
It always amazes me how fast Hafthor is considering his size.
As someone who is refinding the sport after seeing it every year at Christmas in their youth on the TV, seeing Terry look like this after all of his recent stuff is... I would not have recognized him.
Big Z is the strongest man to ever walk the 🌎
He beat thor by 0.5 points 🤣
And that halfthor wasnt their at his prime
@@Anthony-forever-mma Big Z was nearly 40 so he wasn’t in his prime either 🤷
@@Anthony-forever-mma who gives a fuck if it was by a half point or a 100 points fact is Thor didn't win and yes Big Z is the strongest man to ever walk the 🌎
@@Anthony-forever-mma big z can take at least 100 more pounds than halfthor and press it over his head..dead lift more, and squat more.
Exciting, even so many years later.
Wasn't this the year that Thor refused to use a squat suit for some reason? Kind of makes you wonder what would have happened
The suit isn't always optimal for the squat especially if you're not used to it or it's too small for you. Some guys like Novikov manage to get a lot out of it but some other guys struggle breathing in it.
It costed him even more in 2017...
Most of you might not know but Thor was a Static Monster from a young age: I have seen footage of his Deadlifting at the Jakabol: 300 kg at 20y, 300 for 10 reps at 22, 400 at 23 etc. (All raw/ wrist wraps only), but the static game was a bit too much for him specially here until 2017 which he transformed those losses into his fuel. Then he met Sebastian Oreb, his strength coach and the rest is history. He never lost a single competition since the 2017 WSM until his retirement and the only time he was dropped to 3rd place was due to his torn plantar fascia injury at 2019 WSM. The main reason for that dominance is because he took his Brute Strength to the next level and in doing so he not only became the most overall peak Strongman in history but also went on to become the Strongest Man to have ever lived!
@@Nirsterkur prime shaw still stronger
@@rmay16 Prime Nobody was/is stronger than Prime Hafthor.
*PEAK BRUTE STRENGTH:*
Deadlift, Squat, Bench and Log:
Brian: [467.5], [410], [245*], [211] = 1,333.5
Hafthor: 501, [460], 250, 213 = 1,424
For Americans:
B: [1031], [904], [540*], [465] = 2,940
H: 1105, [1014], 551, 470 = 3,140
Key:
Numbers which are within [ ] brackets are done during training or not sanctioned by a governing body and not infront of a credible referee.
The * indicates that no actual 1 rep max was done but a double (2 reps) were converted into a speculative 1RM using a standard 1RM calculator.
Below are only claims/ no video proof:
- B's Squat
Therefore nobody can prove them with irrefutable evidence, and nobody knows whether they actually happened or not.
It's not even source quoted, but just mentioned in Wikipedia without any reference (where any unauthorized person could have added).
Thanks for the uploads! Love from Canada
I just want to express how much better the British production and commentary is when compared to the Amerigarbage.
yeah...they should upload the Brit versions instead.
Disagree. The British episodes always favor the Brits 🫠
Yea all they will talk about are the brits
There are trade-offs. The British version does focus a bit much on the Brits, but their commentators are far more interesting.
Link?
Crazy how Eddie is known for his static strength, yet in his youth he was extremely athletic. Guy's a chameleon or physicality
I think squat was the key event where big z dominates and then maintains his lead
Fantastic 😍
If Z took a half of a second longer on the stones, Thor would've won. That's nuts.
Z in his prime was a different animal, brutally strong in lifting weights especially overhead.
Best overhead presser to walk the Earth
@@bensingleton9146 second best. Number 1 is cheick sanou
22:55 The fire in Brian was amazing. Fuckin love watching these older WSM competitions man.
Ah yes we've been waiting for this to come out. Can always count on a prompt service from WSM! Can't wait to view the 2022 WSM games in 2023! (all of this was a joke comment)
The disrespect they show to the sports just makes me mad.
One more rep on the squat and Thor would be the champ. Crazy.
There were some monster squatters against him even if he did well
So? if he had gotten one more rep it wouldve moved him up a place and given him am extra point. Considering he was half a point of winning the show it would have got him the title. It doesn't matter how good the squatters above him were.
Man, it's an exceptionally bad time to be a tire when Brian, Z, and Hafthor are lining up.
Gigantor thought he had the Keg Toss but then The Mountain comes & takes the smile off his face. I thought nobody was gonna even come close to Brian. Hafthor was a very special Strongman. At his best I think he could have won 3 or more WSM Titles.
He lost once by 0.5 points (this video), once by 1 point(2017) and once by 2 points(2016) while winning in 2018 by 6.5 points (plus, he was chilling in the stones and could have won by over 10 points if he did his best). You can't blame a loss on what the other guys did, but twice he would have won with one more rep of a squat. And once he would have won if he had been the fastest in a throwing event which he usually is lightning fast in.
Also, in 2019 he was 100% the strongest but injured his foot dropping a ton of points in the loading medley that he usually smokes and also beeing a bit slower and dropping points in a press medley and stones. The number of podiums, and especially close 2nd places, I think suggests that with just small imporvements in preparation(no knee wraps in this video, I bet that if he used knee wraps he would have gotten one more rep and won this title), a bit better luck with event selections and no injury in 2019 he could have had 4 WSM titles.
@@eriklinderstam2140 and if big z or Brian didn’t respectively exist, they would each have 8 titles or more, and so on
Brian threw them higher and with more power which is actually a disadvantage because stupidly, the time stops when the keg hits the ground and not when it clears the bar.
Thor also cheated a little and started moving before the whistle was blown. Brian's was a bit faster in actuality.
@@somber8233 I watched the keg toss again & you're 100% Correct! Brian was a hair faster because Thor jumped the whistle. Just shows you how much power Brian has. I don't think anybody is better than Brian Shaw at the Keg Toss in History. I think Brian would have won probably 2 - 3 more Titles is not for things not going his way & overthinking things. To me Brian is the Best Strongman. He is the most likeable & Humble Strongman.
@@brettmoberg6140 Yeah. I think he should have got a little penalty or something. I think they should also change the rules for when the keg clears the bar too and not when it hits the floor. Milliseconds sure, but it's milliseconds that Thor needed. Very much robbery if you ask me.
Even the guy who comes in Last Place in WSM is Stronger than 99% of Humans. These guys are pushing the Human Limits. I can't Imagine how anybody could be any stronger. I have watched these WSM Competitions for the last 5 years now & it blows my mind what these guys have to go through each day to get this strong. They have to Live, Breathe & actually Eat their way to being a Strongman. You have to be a Special Person to be a Strongman.
More like 99.999%
Have you went back to the beginning and watched from there??? Ya gotta go back and watch the one with Don reinghout,kazmier,Geoff capes,magnus ver mag etc etc.
More strongmen contests should have the squat lift with comically large barbells. I loved this event.
great stuff!
46:15 Eddie's favourite part.
Lmao
Amazing competition
They look so young
ur mom
PeDs get you closer to death
my favorite parts were the fuck ups when one guy yeeted the keg on a line drive behind and when burk knocked down the atlas stone pedestal.
MIKE BURKE reminds me of MARTINS LICIS............
The strength of big z is superhuman
Thor actually not being as strong as Brian paid off in the keg toss. His legs didn't go as high and fell quicker
Also combined with him running before the whistle helped him cheat his way ahead of the time too. Brian's was definitely more impressie.
43:17 comment from a man in crowd "the world's strongest man ever" after Big Z finishes his squats.
Mike is so powerful man
Thor jumped the start on the keg toss and only beat Brian by about a quarter of a second. If Thor hadn't started before the whistle, Brian would have won that year. As far as I'm concerned, Brian is the 5 time champion.
One point switched would not have changed the finals standings haha...
That and Brian should have been 2nd in 2017 because Thor was disallowed 4 reps on Viking press originally, but intimidation to Magnus the ref only made him disallow one, luck guy for sure! And also Brian would have won 2021 and 2010 had it not been for either a falling sandbag or slipping stone
Big z divided them with squats
They cut out the interview with Brian saying he didn't think his time could be beaten in the keg toss.
Thats on the English version mate
Commentator ""725 lbs, that's the same weigh as an adult male elephant 🐘 " 😂😂😂😂 it's definitely not 😂
probably got pounds and kilos mixed up. Don't understand by the way why in this event the measurements of distance are expressed in meters but the mass in pounds.
@cecilebraillie4471 perhaps he did get kilos and pounds mixed up but considering a male elephant can weight up to 7000 kgs he is still way of the mark.. 😂😂
Thor sprinted with that tire like it was made of styrofoam.
Crazy that Hafthor would probably have 6 or 7 titles but Big Z and Brian Shaw the two greatest ever existed in the same era
Brian said that's not beatable then Thor beats it wow I thought the same that's not beatable
Zydrunas will always be strongest in history for me, but Hall will always be the king of the deadlift in my eyes
Imagine how many titles Big Z would have if not for Shaw. For that matter, imagine how many titles Shaw would have if not for Big Z.
Zydrunas also didn't participate in four WSMs from 05-08 due to politics between the WSM and ISFA, and he would've been the favourite for all of them probably - he won the Arnold each of those years. Without the bullshit politics denying him the chance, he would maybe have been an 8 time winner, and had he been in the top two each of those years, he'd have had a 14 year streak of top 2 finishes from 02-15. Z is the GOAT, and it's not close.
Brian was penalized for being too good at keg toss, his last keg went way higher over the bar than thors did, which made it hit the sand later .
Every year they try and say "initial inertia" as much as they possibly can during the truck pull.... EVERY SINGLE YEAR
Eddy hall 's tires fell at the end but they were validated ...
Sinimpresive bwhat those guys can do,
why didn't they secure the platforms to the ground in the atlas stones? bad planning
When Saviskas failed that 2nd keg, he should of had to re throw that red one. Your supposed to do them in order
Thor jumped the gun on keg toss…
Nobody wants to hear this but truth hurts
This competition must have weight category like boxing
It does. This is the open, get as big and strong as you can
I don't understand how nobody has ever got hit by a faulty thrown keg. It looks so dangerous.
1998 next
They marked 5 stones lifted for Burke when the first platform fell without the stone even going on ghe top.. interesting call by the referees
9:02 There is hafthor's father, the tallest man wearing a blue shirt
Thor jumped the whistle.
6:22 can anyone else just hear Loz in their head going STUPID LOADING. STUPID SAND. TOOK OUT MY BEST EVENTS FOR *THIS*
Z disrespecting a 350lbs Axle press
If I have to hear that commentator say saviscus instead of “Savickas” one more gd time…
the safety bar for the squats aint even even, obv they are gna lose balance
Žydrūnas is the GOAT 👑
Not wearing that Squat suit is what cost Thor this Title.
Why 12 finalist in this edition and not 10 like always??
Why do the commentators keep adding a second S to Big Z, last name??
It's Savickas, not SaviSkas
I miss JF, I hear he is training!
WHO?
2 bob tails at 53,000, ot hapening without a lot of extra weight. Normally, about 36,000 on a bad day.
50:48 I want that framed real size on my homegym wall.
Terry`s now ex-wife giving him a disapproving look after the keg toss!!!
why do they have to mix speed into this? Strength is definitely not determined by speed. Might as well say that elephants aren't strong.
I swear Eddie probably could have cleaned that 420kg
Bad luck for hafthor
this squat make thor not to win he was a lot ahead of big Z.if he did one more rep he would win!
Squat should be adjusted based on height, ridiculous
It is.
So if Thor got 2 more on squat he would won it?
Man Hafthor really blew this one. Should have been his without a doubt
Yup. Should’ve taken the squat suit. Probably could have gotten a few more reps and another point or so to win it.
Should of could of and would of don't matter because he didn't win
What's your point? He's right in what he said. Ofc he didn't win but that doesn't mean that losing the title wasn't down to his own mistake. People can discuss things lmao.
@c a m Sadly he was distracted by GOT and forGOT to take his roids that day, or he'd have won 3 sure.
Beat halfthor by 0.5 points 😐
Pause @45:59 you can see the math difference
Aaron is so awful at commentary. It's painful to listen to him. Please please give us the British versions of these shows.
Thor should've won
this video dont have when brian said im pretty sure no one gonna beat his time on keg toss and then thor does. That super fake announcer makes it sound like a joke
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Thor beat the time of Brian shaw😍
Please anyone tell me what is the prize money for winner and runner ups.Please tell.
The prize is a lifetime supply of tuna
First place is a millennium falcon Lego set and the runner ups get an all expense paid trip to the local gas station.
A pair of pants that fit and all you can eat meatloaf
Its not a lot I think first is 40,000 usd
i salute you thor you not that good or strong but okay i salute you
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Hathor kicked shaw record in 1 minute
Only because he jumped to start
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