WSM is truly a poorly run and broadcast disgrace. If I ever won the lottery I’d vow to buy the rights to the name World’s Strongest Man, so I can actually turn it into the other-worldly event it deserves to be.
Can't wait for WSM to either get their shit together with broadcasting or fade into obscurity as we have so many better strongman events throughout the year. Arnold classic, Rogue invitational, Shaw classic...
Every strongman fan thinks the same. It's a shame because they have the name recognition and history -- but they edit for TV not for the real fanbase. Though in 2021 I think they provided all lifts videos which is good.
Bro who edited this so they skipped over one of the best events, the overhead medley, but ensured that we had excess amounts of unknown people talking? Did we really need to spend that much time on showing me the scorecards? I'd much rather watch the performance than read the report after.
The Stoltmans both did well on their very first finals event especially Tom winning. It was obvious from the start that Tom was gonna be one of the greatest.
@bronchoped1 yeah tbh at this moment in time I think Martins is probably the best, then pick your poison between Tom and novikov. Personally I'd say novikov atm
To be fair, if it’s just not your day and you have one or two bad events, that can make the difference between podium and 5-7th place. If you watch a lot of Giants Live or other UK competitions, you’ll see the placements all over just depending on the day.
Incompetent editing choice. Overhead event should have been shown (it's a vital part of the competition). Whomever made this decision should not be put in that place again.
The competition is world-class, the athletes are ofc elite & appreciated but get better commentary team, you guys can definitely do better and same with production but kudos regardless
If he wasn't injured he could have done 12+ reps with 340 (750). During training he did sets of 8 reps with 332 (732) like nothing with plenty more in the tank. He was so unfortunate with two injuries which hampered his squatting in WSM: unhealed quad tear in 2017 and fresh plantar fascia tear in 2019.
Why is it so difficult to watch these events without already knowing the winners? If you consume any kind of strongman or strength media you will undoubtedly have heard someone reveal the podium and you’re still weeks away from being able to watch the event.
Why do strongman commentators insist on calling events 'games of chess', standing in place holding a weight for as long as possible is nothing like chess.
@@thinkforyourself2109 Mental focus sure, and some basic strategy in opening weights and final lifts etc based on what others are doing but as a chess player it's far less complicated than chess and nothing like it.
@@aaronbarlow4376 of course chess is a purely mental game and a very hard one requiring specific skills ... not to take away from that. I was just pointing out that strongman requires mental focus as well. Being able to lift those weights under those conditions requires competitiveness and will power and focus; it's not just physical (though it is that too).
@@thinkforyourself2109 Totally agree, I just wish people (not just strongman) would stop labelling anything with a modicum of strategy a 'chess match'. It's like those people that post RUclips videos of people or animals doing something slighty clever and calling it a 200 IQ move lol.
Please fire and replace the NFL commentator with the bouldering voice as he's unqualified, unknowledgeable and all around insufferable. He tries to make up for his lack of sport specific knowledge by spewing generalities which results in a mediocre product that is unworthy of the sport.
The man you are talking about is mr. Taylor he is a good commentator and you are a Bum, l have been watching the WSM for 45 years ,buddy walker, salisbury maryland the number one state in the USA. God bless you.
Love Mitchell as a strongman but he’s like Eddie hall when I say the events that include moving faster will always kill him big Tex needs a final like 2017 to win a title!! Texas proud tho 💪💪
They mean bobble as in an error in movement, it would seem, as opposed to bauble, a decoration. One definition of bobble is "to move up and down quickly or repeatedly" (eg bobblehead), so perhaps they get it from that?
I gotta say as a fan of strongmen I've been binging VSM the key to winning seems besides being in the top tier every event but also more importantly not completely fail at anything. Kieliszkowksi has always had something like the grip here, deadlift in other competitions or max squat where he falls out of the top 5 and it costs him the gold every time. Just makes you think how incredible some guys like Shaw, Big Z are that win 4!!! That means zero mistakes besides being godlike strong
As usual they skip the overhead press; terrible editing decision. It's one of the most watchable events. I am glad WSM finally switched to providing full video of all events every lift.
They spoiled all these by putting the winner the the thumbnail! A lot of people are watching it because they've never seen it, or hadn't seen in a long time, can't remember who won, and want to re-experience it.
@@squick1842 Don't forget the rigging. The real reason behind his ONLY international win. QUOTE "... and here's the sneaky bit, so Colin's gonna, not promised, but he says we will get more favorable groups, events, etc. in Worlds if we kinda play ball and then he can help push the Stoltman brand; if that makes sense in the Giants Live, so basically what he did for Eddie..." UNQUOTE
I just will never understand why they cut out the best event. We want to see the overhea events. Just show us the overhead events. We’ve been saying it for years. Be better.
I think this would be better if we and the competitors didn't know the times and the points. When a competitor gets to the stones and we already know he's gonna win, it kinda takes away from it.
Thor dropping that weight around 23:19 was incredibly irresponsible. I know he didn’t mean to and was clearly feeling faint but Brian managed to drop it much lower with less risk
The man tore his plantar fascia in his foot in the heats of this WSM. You can see him limping off after the squat, he's very unsteady on his feet. After an injury like that doctors advise you not to work and be laid down. Here he is squatting 340kg, have some sympathy for the man instead of calling him irresponsible 😂
They’re not booing, they’re shouting “Martiiiiiins”, which is something Martins says after he finishes an event. Licis used to have low selfesteem, so a therapist told him to shout his own name after he’d done something, and it helped him
get so disgusted by people booing these athletes.. imagine have dreamt of this since you were a child,finally resching the moment.. and some pos trash people is booing wtf
They were saying Martin's. You can hear it better when he holds up the trophy at the very end. I thought the same thing at first too but that's just what it sounds like because he's a crowd favorite.
@@zanechristenson3436 Its not oil. If you injected your triceps and then did a 500-600kg yoke then you'd soon know about it. It's a genetic thing and its been spoken about multiple times. If he was a bodybuilder I'd agree with you but a strongman is not going to negatively impact his performance in such a stupid way.
@@zanechristenson3436 Janashia has never lacked traps. I don't know what you've been watching, he had the same issue when he first competed in 2011 and there's a video somewhere of him at a Giants live in 2014 and you can see the same thing.
@@sal-1337 wow it's like women are half of the population or something (also is it that inconceivable that we might just enjoy the sport? If I wanted to see naked men I'd go watch olympic diving or something)
Qualifying rounds for the previous year’s champion is absolutely absurd. This practice should be eliminated by inviting 12-15 competitors ,who qualified from sanctioned competitions or finished in the top 5 the previous year, and have them all compete over 3 days with 2 events per day. Thor would have won this competition if not for the frivolous preliminary heats.
Is this industry orchestrated? Predeterminned champs and fake rivalry. Do as told and you will get a shot on top or play along to get exposure for your brand and endorsement revenue. It has that feel to me.
Americans booing an American for winning? I would throw them out they are also distracting him on purpose even though he won. Strange to me to boo your own countryman.
You are incorrect about something. This same intensity, drive, dedication, resolve, self discipline, difficulty, self control, and determination is shown with the top bodybuilders as well.
Except that's not whqt happens and you're just another clueless Eddie fan. All haftor did was point the obvious controversy allong other strongmen of events being change on the day, never ever mentionned Eddie in his post, but of course Eddie got mad cause he knows its true.
@@Brandon-qd2lb wdym "exposed" lmao, he literally destroyed the strongman scene from 2018 to 2020, cant win everything all the time. And he got injured in 2019 wsm
The way CBS cuts these shows down and doesn't broadcast them until months after the event is an insult to the sport
Absolutely agree 💯
And they always cut down the overhead pressing events!
WSM is truly a poorly run and broadcast disgrace.
If I ever won the lottery I’d vow to buy the rights to the name World’s Strongest Man, so I can actually turn it into the other-worldly event it deserves to be.
Yeah took away the press
This is why sporting events have their own pages to upload on time
16:22 “I’m feeling very strong. No injuries, nuthin’.”
*Proceeds to tear triceps*
What dickhead cut that?😂
Which dickhead cut the whole event out, if i wanted to see the scoring I could've just looked it up.
That was rude from the editors😂😂😂
The editor woke up and chose violence
I've noticed from like 2015 onwards the editing in these finals have become more hollywood.
The way Thor came over to celebrate Martins victory like he did warmed my heart like nothing else.. love watching this stuff!!
The celebration at the end was so beautiful and touching.
"World's Strongest Man, what does this mean to you?"
"I'm hungry."
How can you not display properly the overhead medley?!?
I’ve watched 17 and 18 finals back to back before this one and seeing Kieliszkowski improvement from year to year is insane.
Hope he can make a return
He’s a beast
It has been heartbreaking to see the injury troubles, he was a year from potentially winning WSM
That ending was a great moment in sportsmanship. Legendary!
Can't wait for WSM to either get their shit together with broadcasting or fade into obscurity as we have so many better strongman events throughout the year. Arnold classic, Rogue invitational, Shaw classic...
Every strongman fan thinks the same. It's a shame because they have the name recognition and history -- but they edit for TV not for the real fanbase. Though in 2021 I think they provided all lifts videos which is good.
Be cool if we would watch these online live. But I guess watching it three years later is cool too
Squat spotter bro really got upset when they failed and couldn’t rerack the bar….
Jaja yes
How come you didn't fully show all the events as is? I don't like the montage...
In the UK all the events are shown sucks for US fans
i actually do prefer this, i do wish they quickly showed the others results tho, but ultimately i like that they only show the top results
They added subtitles for the Stoltman 🤣🤣
You can tell how huge Thor is by how much smaller the other giants look next to him.
The Dragon is the Gift for the Modern era of WSM. He is technically smart and strong at the right timing. Hope he can get his 2nd title 👏😁
Just like Novikov, only difference is Novikov has more athletic assets.
@@anaclaudiagarciacalderon192 he is more athletic but licis is statically stronger
Let’s see him get another one. Injuries have hurt his career.
Really happy for Licis here, really deserved it this year!
Bro who edited this so they skipped over one of the best events, the overhead medley, but ensured that we had excess amounts of unknown people talking? Did we really need to spend that much time on showing me the scorecards? I'd much rather watch the performance than read the report after.
I hate the latest years tv coverage how they don’t show the entire events. Basically a highlight show.
Sad.
Watching them hug with tacky at the end was the best!
The Stoltmans both did well on their very first finals event especially Tom winning.
It was obvious from the start that Tom was gonna be one of the greatest.
Not a fan of the editing. British version much better.
The fact Tom came 5th in his first WSM final is just crazy ! He has more potential than anyone to win year on year imo
@bronchoped1 very few weaknesses ! For tom it’s mainly his psyche , if he’s mentally focused and believes he can, He will!
@bronchoped1 yeah tbh at this moment in time I think Martins is probably the best, then pick your poison between Tom and novikov. Personally I'd say novikov atm
@bronchoped1 Singleton?
To be fair, if it’s just not your day and you have one or two bad events, that can make the difference between podium and 5-7th place. If you watch a lot of Giants Live or other UK competitions, you’ll see the placements all over just depending on the day.
@@cameronanderson2160 if you want proof look at Mariusz in 2004. Man got 3rd before he was DQed for illegal substances behind Savickas and Virastyuk
Incompetent editing choice. Overhead event should have been shown (it's a vital part of the competition). Whomever made this decision should not be put in that place again.
Love catching these competitions I have heard of but haven’t seen. I am glad I subscribed to the channel.
Please upload 2018 WSM after. Great way promoting Thor v Eddie fight
The way they edit the Overhead Medley was just AWFUL
I remember when Big Z got 15 reps on squat. Freaking crazy
every year they cut out the overhead pressing. why????
That's what im saying bro
WSM editors seem to have a personal grudge against the overhead. Every single year. Bizarre.
Whoever edited this should apologize. I want to see the events not musical sound bites and talking about it. The 2nd event-?
dude it has been almost 3 years. how the fuck does it take this long to edit down a couple hours of footage and upload it
@@wernhard20 could that be a potential frame rate change causing the timing difference?
No bad words you full
SINCE WHEN DO THEY ONLY HAVE 5 EVENTS?!?!?!?!?!
The competition is world-class, the athletes are ofc elite & appreciated but get better commentary team, you guys can definitely do better and same with production but kudos regardless
The fact that Thor did 7x750 with plantar fasciitis is INSANE. I had one of those injuries last month and I was LIMPING.
I was just awestruck by those 7 reps WITH AN INJURY ffs...
The man is a beast.
@@SisypheanRoller a mountain, even
It wasn't plantar fasciitis. He ruptured it. Bit more than just inflamed! 🤣
If he wasn't injured he could have done 12+ reps with 340 (750). During training he did sets of 8 reps with 332 (732) like nothing with plenty more in the tank. He was so unfortunate with two injuries which hampered his squatting in WSM: unhealed quad tear in 2017 and fresh plantar fascia tear in 2019.
favourite wsm ever. watched all martins training up to it and i thought he looked amazing but, to win it *that* convincingly was incredible.
It's such a shame JF never won WSM.
Agreed!
I miss Bill Kazmaier.
I've always wondered why so many people were booing when Martins Licis won...
Hey yeah was wondering the same
Someone?
Very undeserving contestant.
@@GigRick they weren’t booing they were chanting his name. He was a crowd favorite the whole competition
This really showed Tom's upcoming potential
Why is it so difficult to watch these events without already knowing the winners? If you consume any kind of strongman or strength media you will undoubtedly have heard someone reveal the podium and you’re still weeks away from being able to watch the event.
Why do strongman commentators insist on calling events 'games of chess', standing in place holding a weight for as long as possible is nothing like chess.
Believe it or not, strongman is not just physical; it's a mental game too, where will power and strategy play a major role.
@@thinkforyourself2109 Mental focus sure, and some basic strategy in opening weights and final lifts etc based on what others are doing but as a chess player it's far less complicated than chess and nothing like it.
@@aaronbarlow4376 of course chess is a purely mental game and a very hard one requiring specific skills ... not to take away from that. I was just pointing out that strongman requires mental focus as well. Being able to lift those weights under those conditions requires competitiveness and will power and focus; it's not just physical (though it is that too).
@@thinkforyourself2109 Totally agree, I just wish people (not just strongman) would stop labelling anything with a modicum of strategy a 'chess match'. It's like those people that post RUclips videos of people or animals doing something slighty clever and calling it a 200 IQ move lol.
Why Martins Licis is Booing (don't know the exact term in english, huer in french) by the crowd ?
theyre shouting martins as he does
Please fire and replace the NFL commentator with the bouldering voice as he's unqualified, unknowledgeable and all around insufferable.
He tries to make up for his lack of sport specific knowledge by spewing generalities which results in a mediocre product that is unworthy of the sport.
The man you are talking about is mr. Taylor he is a good commentator and you are a Bum, l have been watching the WSM for 45 years ,buddy walker, salisbury maryland the number one state in the USA. God bless you.
That WSM intro was awesome.
Tom Stoltman wins - too bad We didn’t find out here though.
I’m legit shocked JF looks like he is 50 here. 36!?
Too much steroids
Steroids really ages a man. Stay natty, my bros
Love Mitchell as a strongman but he’s like Eddie hall when I say the events that include moving faster will always kill him big Tex needs a final like 2017 to win a title!! Texas proud tho 💪💪
A costly bobble? Do these commentators specialise in Christmas decorations????
Made me laugh pal, thanks
They mean bobble as in an error in movement, it would seem, as opposed to bauble, a decoration. One definition of bobble is "to move up and down quickly or repeatedly" (eg bobblehead), so perhaps they get it from that?
I gotta say as a fan of strongmen I've been binging VSM the key to winning seems besides being in the top tier every event but also more importantly not completely fail at anything. Kieliszkowksi has always had something like the grip here, deadlift in other competitions or max squat where he falls out of the top 5 and it costs him the gold every time. Just makes you think how incredible some guys like Shaw, Big Z are that win 4!!! That means zero mistakes besides being godlike strong
Turn the sound down and you're sorted!
As usual they skip the overhead press; terrible editing decision. It's one of the most watchable events. I am glad WSM finally switched to providing full video of all events every lift.
They put subtitles on Luke but not Terry right after ahahaha
why was licis getting boo'd throughout the video? did something happen?
The title should be “ the gentle giants “
They spoiled all these by putting the winner the the thumbnail! A lot of people are watching it because they've never seen it, or hadn't seen in a long time, can't remember who won, and want to re-experience it.
Shame on you Guys,you’re disrespecting WSM by yourself with this poor broadcating
If only Thor would’ve celebrated Eddie Halls WSM tittle win like that …
Right, then we wouldn't have had to witness crybaby Eddie for 5 years.
@@Micheldied Thor totally destroyed Eddies celebration. What Eddie has put 20+ years into. Risking his life for the title. I feel for Eddie.
@@squick1842 Don't forget the rigging. The real reason behind his ONLY international win.
QUOTE
"... and here's the sneaky bit, so Colin's gonna, not promised, but he says we will get more favorable groups, events, etc. in Worlds if we kinda play ball and then he can help push the Stoltman brand; if that makes sense in the Giants Live, so basically what he did for Eddie..."
UNQUOTE
@@Nirsterkur That's giants live not wsm
@@oceanbanana4341 Colin Bryce runs them both. 😂 You should read more before you comment.
Why does the crowd sound like they re booing
theyre chanting martins
Tom is a different guy today nothing but respect
This is when some of the events got weird 👀
I just will never understand why they cut out the best event. We want to see the overhea events. Just show us the overhead events. We’ve been saying it for years. Be better.
tbh these were the weirdest event combination ever in wsm
this is more like the history channel, but for worlds strongest man
I think this would be better if we and the competitors didn't know the times and the points. When a competitor gets to the stones and we already know he's gonna win, it kinda takes away from it.
Thor dropping that weight around 23:19 was incredibly irresponsible. I know he didn’t mean to and was clearly feeling faint but Brian managed to drop it much lower with less risk
The man tore his plantar fascia in his foot in the heats of this WSM. You can see him limping off after the squat, he's very unsteady on his feet. After an injury like that doctors advise you not to work and be laid down. Here he is squatting 340kg, have some sympathy for the man instead of calling him irresponsible 😂
Licis truely deserved that
First competition without the GOAT... Big Z 🇱🇹
0:21 Fuck is he a werewolf? That would be cheating...
Strongman competition should not include “speed” events…
Agree. WSM erred in focusing on speed over strength. Shaw and Arnold classics corrected this. And showed all lifts. Superior productions to WSM.
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If only Hafthor could've not been injured he would've won it.
This is the worst edit i've ever seen
Why were the crowd booing Licis after the atlas stones?
They’re not booing, they’re shouting “Martiiiiiins”, which is something Martins says after he finishes an event. Licis used to have low selfesteem, so a therapist told him to shout his own name after he’d done something, and it helped him
@@Nukappi oh thanks. That's way better. Martins is such a cool dude. Him and Thor are good mates.
I just can't stand Bjornsson. He is so annoying to watch and listen to.
Annoying to watch how? He was great to watch at SMOE this year and his deadlifts are always brilliant to see.
ok but why are they inexplicably shirtless in the interviews??
what the fuck man? cutting out half the damn events
The Channel 5 version with English presenters is better
Jeezus that one announcer is annoying as hell. Get rid of him, please!
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get so disgusted by people booing these athletes.. imagine have dreamt of this since you were a child,finally resching the moment.. and some pos trash people is booing wtf
They were saying Martin's. You can hear it better when he holds up the trophy at the very end. I thought the same thing at first too but that's just what it sounds like because he's a crowd favorite.
Googled Konstantine Janashia Traps
What the actual frigg
Not synthol -- they're real. Seem to be scar tissue more than traps.
@thinkforyourself2109 never said they were Synthol, was just shocked when I saw them.
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Thor didnt whine and cry about losing this year😂
It’s a bit absurd to see a strongman with SEO in his traps
Konstantine? It's not oil, he was born like that apparently I'm sure I've heard that from Big Loz Official
@@tabascojoe77 it’s oil man. Go back and check out some of the earlier finals. Doesn’t look like that at all in fact he lacked traps.
He had those traps for years.
@@zanechristenson3436 Its not oil. If you injected your triceps and then did a 500-600kg yoke then you'd soon know about it. It's a genetic thing and its been spoken about multiple times. If he was a bodybuilder I'd agree with you but a strongman is not going to negatively impact his performance in such a stupid way.
@@zanechristenson3436 Janashia has never lacked traps. I don't know what you've been watching, he had the same issue when he first competed in 2011 and there's a video somewhere of him at a Giants live in 2014 and you can see the same thing.
Why did you have to interview them shirtless
Why not. Thats how they felt comfortable at this moment
cuz its hot asf, look at the crowd btw, half lf them are women, what other sport gets so much female interest as this?
@@sal-1337 wow it's like women are half of the population or something
(also is it that inconceivable that we might just enjoy the sport? If I wanted to see naked men I'd go watch olympic diving or something)
Thor is such a douche
The Latvian American won, because Shaw was 38 and Hafthor was injured.
He fought he won
Qualifying rounds for the previous year’s champion is absolutely absurd. This practice should be eliminated by inviting 12-15 competitors ,who qualified from sanctioned competitions or finished in the top 5 the previous year, and have them all compete over 3 days with 2 events per day. Thor would have won this competition if not for the frivolous preliminary heats.
Is this industry orchestrated? Predeterminned champs and fake rivalry. Do as told and you will get a shot on top or play along to get exposure for your brand and endorsement revenue. It has that feel to me.
Americans booing an American for winning? I would throw them out they are also distracting him on purpose even though he won. Strange to me to boo your own countryman.
They’re saying, “Marteeeeeeeeens”
Not booing
Even stranger to comment on things you don't understand. They aren't booing, they're chanting his name.
Julius was injured, otherwise would have won it.
Honestly not deserved. Matteusz is the best to have never won. And licis the worse to do
You are incorrect about something. This same intensity, drive, dedication, resolve, self discipline, difficulty, self control, and determination is shown with the top bodybuilders as well.
Dont get tattoos its a sin
Don’t judge people it’s a sin
@@CankleCankle lol
Let's hope Thor doesn't come second or he will sob like a little girl and go on social media calling the winner and judges cheats.
Last time I checked he congratulated Martins
He got third haha. He was exposed in the first and third events when he lost a lot of point.
Except that's not whqt happens and you're just another clueless Eddie fan. All haftor did was point the obvious controversy allong other strongmen of events being change on the day, never ever mentionned Eddie in his post, but of course Eddie got mad cause he knows its true.
@@Brandon-qd2lb wdym "exposed" lmao, he literally destroyed the strongman scene from 2018 to 2020, cant win everything all the time. And he got injured in 2019 wsm
@@J.c410 yes it is once again for year 3 in a row he called shit on Brian for whipping his ass like he always does