Greatest rivalry in strongman history. If not greatest rivalry in all sports. In most sports when you compare the two G.O.A.T.s you can only speculate because they didn’t compete in the same era. These two went head to head so many times and were always so close. It’s not only impressive how much they pushed each other it’s amazing how much they pushed the sport. Because of these two professional strongmen today can have careers more like Brian and less like Zydrunas and still be financially well off. I don’t care which one is your favorite they are both the GOATs.
It's even more insane because they both competed in the same era and the jury is STILL out on who was/is greater (if that question can even be answered!!)
not really not even close big Z have 6 years ahead of Brian When Brian was inexperienced Big z was experienced and young and when Brian become more experienced big Z was already old Two giants But Brian nowhere near the level of BigZ nor that rivalry was equal
@@scottwarren4998 don't forget that Brian Shaw beat big z in 2010. Not only was he robbed of the title in 2010.....he was also robbed of his victory in the bag carry in the 2010 wsm. And Brian dominated an era that consisted of Thor, Eddie Hall, Big Z, Derek Poundstone, JF Corone, big loz, Terry Hollands, etc
Big Z as a dominant force ended with the 2016 asc win after hes injuries. But he was at the all the podiums there where from around 2002 and onward 💪 If you count total victories, records set and career span at the top of the sport there is no one close 🐏
It does seem like it could be impossible for anyone to match Z’s number of titles won. We haven’t had a repeat WSM winner since Z and Brian, and it feels like a different strongman tops the podium at each competition, even when the line ups are very similar. It’s an exciting new era
Most guys nowadays doesn't compete for long... big Z was doing all year round competitions , haven't done a training session for a year because he was competing lol
That was a brilliant year, also proves Pudzianowski was indeed an incredible strongman. People often discredit him due to the WSM and Arnold split, that year coming in second with the two greatest strongman and at the end of his career proved he also is one of the greatest strongmen.
@@oceanbanana4341 Z decided he didn't like Bibys lockout so now he's training to take the Log WR again. And i hate to say it, but i think he's got a shot
Love the videos. I don't know how easy it would be to find everything on these two, but what about Svend Karlsen vs Magnus Samuelson. Two legends who competed at the same time. Or even throw in Jouko Ahola for the short time he competed against them.
I Think it's gotta be Big Z on the top, as all time greatest. But Brian is still going and may close the gap a little in time. Both hugely influential in the sport and great ambassador's 👍🏼
Lol what gap , did you even watch video BIg Z won 76 international competitions Brian 26 . Big Z is not competing anymore and Brian got out of his prime and just got hamstring injury 10 days ago .
@@djordjedangubic7270 if Brian wins one more comp over the next two years, including the Shaw classic. That will have closed the gap a bit........... sorry if you struggled to understand my statement. Have a lovely day.
Count back is most certainly the better way for determining winners of ties, and I think the average person invested in the show and events will easily be able to comprehend how its done.
Agreed. Unfortunately for Brian he lost 2-3 points in the loading race that year that was in knee deep water in a pool! The bag was on the platform but fell off
I'm sure the real reason they do it is because its more flashy to have the person who wins the last event be the winner. Kind of anti climactic to have someone win the event then lose overall. They want the person throwing up the last stone then jumping in the air celebrating their new title... just like how Martins did this past weekend!
You can’t argue with facts . Head to heads zydrunas wins . More major titles goes to zydrunas more world records zydrunas, and consistently zydrunas & even longer at the top of the sport in Arnold’s & worlds . Great video loz & liz
Wow I sort of predicted it to have a 5-6 score difference since Big Z was already so dominant when Brian was just a rookie but I guess it sort of evened out when Big Z wasn’t in his best shape in the later years and Brian was still a top strongman
Every time I look these things up on strongmanarchives, one thing stands out. There are 5 people who dominate the 'International wins'. BigZ, Pudzianowski, Hafthor, Brian Shaw and a guy nobody ever talks about. The only time I've ever heard you mention Radzikowski, was something about him being a cheerful, funny guy behind the scenes. He's the only other person with a 3 digit contest count and has won 22 of them. How come nobody talks about him? Is it because he always did poor on WSM?
It’s likely he’s not in that goat conversation because the majority of his wins were in the Strongman Champions League, which became less prestigious over time to the point where I rarely see it mentioned online. They do themselves no favours by having very little social media presence and by making it difficult to watch.
@@jimllbreakit8537 I absolutely agree with your comments on SCL - they approach self promotion and media like it's 2005. There is next to no YT coverage; if you google it all that comes up are some crappy fb vids. Seems a strange way to do business in this day and age.
Yeah but he's not talked about because he didn't win any major shows if you were to go with only wins Aivars Smaukstellis has more wins than Brian shaw but he's not even close to Shaw.
Big Z has WON more competitions than Brian has even competed in... that's crazy to think about. I also couldn't help but notice at one point the tally was VERY lopsided in Z's favor. Only in later years did Brian start to catch up, which isn't surprising since Z was competing for 11 years before Brian even started.
2 Video suggestions: current top 5 UK strongmen, and 1 quality tip from Loz on what they should *do* to improve. And then current top 5 international strongmen with a piece of Loz's coaching.
Big Z always has to be considered the one and only GOAT, but Brian Shaw is so close in second place to him that much like several competitions between the two of them they're basically tied! Both are absolutely AMAZING athletes! That deserve a lot of praise!
Really enjoyed this video guys - well done. i loved watching the rivalry between big z and big b, that era from 2010 - 2018 was the best in strongman in my opinion. i dont enjoy it anymore if im honest, the guys like big z/big b/ loz/hollands/hall and thor bought so much to the show it was really enjoyable. i would like to see geoff capes and jon paul in the next head to head please. stay safe liz and loz
Please keep these coming! Older fans appreciate something like Phil Pfister vs Magnus Samuelsson. Their careers overlapped significantly, they were similar size, had similar strengths and weaknesses, & both had a single WSM win. Offhand I would guess that Magnus had more total wins in his career, but Phil may have placed above Magnus more times than Magnus above Phil.
big z is the goat. Its crazy how good he was and still is. My absolut favourite and he even took time to talk to me at Manchester Airport Early morning after giants live 2018 and talked about the injury. I was flying back to Sweden. I was so happy to have seen him in the check in line and he was kind to me and my friend 😇
Can we get more top 10 strongman preformances videos please. Videos one on the likes of Brian shaw, Eddie hall, and Thor would be amazing. More importantly a top 10 performance of Laurence Shahlaei. Alway enjoy your insight on the sport and would be cool to see a video on what you consider to be your best preformances.
Really like these head to head’s! 👍🏻 - great for stats geeks! 🤓 Interestingly, I had a couple sat behind me at the Arnold’s UK show last month who I overheard asking each other what count back was after Colin mentioned it!
❤️ I loved playing along, but I didn’t need to wait for the scores to know Big Z is the ultimate GOAT 💪🏻. He will always be my favourite strongman … followed closely by Uncle Loz 😉❤️
It was a lot of fun watching all you guys competing in you alls hey day. I know everybody says it, but it really was different during that epic strong man era!
I'd love to hear about European champions and British champions head to head or competitions against the world's best. Wonderful show again please keep it going and you'll double your subscribers in 2022. Lot's of love to you both
BIGZ is the greatest strongman of all time. Brian is a great and decorated strongman than others but not at all close to Z in any aspects apart from WSM titles they both hold. BigZ has been top of his game for so many years. And the no. of titles he has in overall is just awfully great
@@djordjedangubic7270 absolutely man. BigZ is phenomenal. He lost to brian later on in his career too much when he came 9-10th or even pulled out of comp. After 2016, those injuries did big damage to our GOAT and he wasn't the same after that. Still I am fucking shocked to hear that he competed in 16 comps in 2012😳😳😳. WTF man!!!
@@Kimera92 many people? You mean eddies delusional fan base? Any strongman fan knows thor has 10 major titles and eddie only has 1 which was linked to scandal anyway lol
In my oppinion: Atlas stone: Brian Yoke walk: Brian Farmers Walk: Brian Apollon axle: Big Z Log lift: Big Z Circus dumbell: Big Z Squat: Big Z Throw: Brian Truck pulls: equal, slightly Brian Deadlifts: equal, slightly Big Z Resistance: equal So it is very hard....Big Z was a little stronger static. And maybe a little balanced. Both of them was awesome.
Circus dumbbell is either even or else goes to Brian. Big Z is the goat at log press (and also beats Brian on most overhead events) but dumbbell is a different beast.
I was usually rooting for the the folks who always came so close to taking the WSM gold and then finally won like Magnus Samuelsson, Phil Pfister, Svend Karlsen and Hafthor Bjornsson. I loved watching the greats too of course, like Shaw, Savickas, Magnusson, and Pudzianowski. The somewhat smaller guys like Jouko Ahola and Gary Taylor were pretty badass as they triumphed over the giants.
Awesome content Awsome athletes and people both Zydrunas and Brian Some suggestions for head2head could be Mariusz vs virastyuk Mariusz vs Zydrunas Eddie vs Thor Thor vs Brian Poundstone vs Brian Poundstone vs Zydrunas Poundstone vs mariusz Ahola vs Magnus ver Magnusson Riku kiri vs magnus ver Magnusson Magnus samuelsson vs Svend karlsen
Big Z has an impressive record! So does Shaw, who inspires me all the time. One of the things I love about these videos is the relationship between Big Loz and Liz! The two definitely became one.
I appreciate both so much. Brian I think didn't do some competitions he could've blown competitors away in. Thought it if no use I guess. Big Z is awesome, but Brian is still carrying the sport. I go 60-40 to Brian.
there is no competition here, Big Z is in his own leage. Brian may have won same amount of WSM titles, but he compete like 2 times a year. Big Z has won it all and used to compete all year long. If i remember correct he even won Strongman champions leage in 2012 or around that time? I feel this is about the same as compairing a "single event world record" to the world records set in a full competition.
Definitely think it needs to go back to a count back when it comes to ties. It’s more fair to the athlete’s and people can figure it out if they don’t understand it
I agree with Loz on the public not being that dumb to not understand countback, there are other sports that have countback and other sports that are way more complicated
I have always hated the emphasis on the stones. It’s honestly made me resent them to a certain degree. Jon Pall in ‘88, Magnus in 1994, and Phil Pfister in ‘06 were some of the most memorable for me and all of those were before the whole Double Points, Stone Off etc etc Stone bullshit was implemented. I think it cheapens the sport.
Brian, Biz Z, Loz, and Eddie Hall or even Terry Holland’s would be great for being official international ambassadors for WSM so they can finally have some sort of classification and order for these competitions and world records
soon thor vs eddie will be hard to avoid as a request for this format :D it would probably start a fire, but in the end it's purely factual statistic that people would have to get mad at.
@@CWPWWRESTLING it would also be interesting though, because usually people like to throw bullshit made up "facts" around, that wont really work if the comments are immediately under the video with the actual statistics
I feel like title wins should be balanced with records too. Both of these guys have set incredible records in their time, and in different lifts than one another.
Although Mariusz hasn't won as many titles, his competition performance metric is higher. Zydrunas won 48% of the international and 59% of all competitions he participated in, whereas Mariusz---63% and 71%, respectively.
The result is a surprise for me, I thought Brian would take a win on this one. Don't get me wrong, I still consider Big Z as the best strongman ever, but I also remember he was already successful (and battle scarred) before Brian's first competitions, he also competed more, often not at 100% while Brian became quite selective about comps he is participating, giving him a headstart over injured Zydrunas. What about a video (or a series) of serious, often career ending injuries? It could be informative to watch how Zydrunas had neck/shoulder injury that stopped his dominance, Brian's hamstring tear that made his deadlift significantly weaker and what happend with Martins that took him year and a half to recover.
Here are my suggestions: Battle of the OG’s: nick best vs Mark Felix Battle of the old legends: Bill Kaz vs Magnus Battle of the greatest deadlifters: Eddie hall vs Thor vs Benedict
Random video request - as we're wrapping up this season, who are your top 10 in the world right now/who would you want to see in the WSM 2022 finals, no shenanigans in the groups etc.?
I never understood why Brian didn't up his overhead game. He has some massive levers as shoulders. You would think that he would be in some of the 210+ kg categories such as axle clean and log lift! he does the Cyr dumbbell so well, but he is par for the course in most overhead events!
@@astvaldureinarjonsson1375 It that true? out of all their Giants live competitions? I don't really know, I wasn't a strongman fan until 2018 after Eddie retired :)
I know they're both so good that neither is definitively better than the other buuuuuut my heart has to go with Z! For me, it's the fact that he broke so many records, the fact that he was such a static monster, the fact that he could have won even more WSM titles if he had competed more during the Pudzianowski era, the sheer number of titles he won, the fact that he didn't start losing to Brian until he was arguably past his prime, and the fact that he was such a dominant force at the Arnolds (which is just such a heavy and brutal competition)!
I definitely think they should go back to the count back rule. Having everything decided on one stone event seem silly me. I also don't like the stone-off used in the WSM heats either.
When there's a tie at the end of a comp, let the 1st tiebreaker be a weighted average of how the tied athletes did against each other throughout the comp.
Loving this series. A few more I’d like to see
Loz vs Terry
Z vs Mariusz
Kaz vs Capes
Poundstone vs Brian
Terry and Loz is a good one!
Yes, Loz V’s Terry please ❤️
Mariusz beat Z a couple of times if I'm not mistaken.
Those are easy ones except maybe Terry and loz
@@1vootman z only beat him twice I do believe
Greatest rivalry in strongman history. If not greatest rivalry in all sports. In most sports when you compare the two G.O.A.T.s you can only speculate because they didn’t compete in the same era. These two went head to head so many times and were always so close.
It’s not only impressive how much they pushed each other it’s amazing how much they pushed the sport. Because of these two professional strongmen today can have careers more like Brian and less like Zydrunas and still be financially well off. I don’t care which one is your favorite they are both the GOATs.
Absolutely! Couldn't have been said better than this! 👍
It's even more insane because they both competed in the same era and the jury is STILL out on who was/is greater (if that question can even be answered!!)
not really not even close big Z have 6 years ahead of Brian
When Brian was inexperienced
Big z was experienced and young and when Brian become more experienced big Z was already old
Two giants
But Brian nowhere near the level of BigZ nor that rivalry was equal
Aaaaaah! This is gonna be good! Just a warning though - if Zydrunas doesn't come out on top, I'm falling out with you pair! 😅😅
Big z leads 4-3 in h2h, 2009 to 2015. Check it up if you don't believe me.
from and with 2009 to and with 2015
@@scottwarren4998 don't forget that Brian Shaw beat big z in 2010. Not only was he robbed of the title in 2010.....he was also robbed of his victory in the bag carry in the 2010 wsm. And Brian dominated an era that consisted of Thor, Eddie Hall, Big Z, Derek Poundstone, JF Corone, big loz, Terry Hollands, etc
@@VAHOSS r u saying big z didnt win fair in 2010? hm
@@scottwarren4998 no they are tied 4-4
Big Z as a dominant force ended with the 2016 asc win after hes injuries. But he was at the all the podiums there where from around 2002 and onward 💪
If you count total victories, records set and career span at the top of the sport there is no one close 🐏
Nice to hear Paul Pirjol mentioned. That kid was a phenom! Reminds me of other young overacheivers like Kevin Nee, Arild Haugen, etc...
It does seem like it could be impossible for anyone to match Z’s number of titles won. We haven’t had a repeat WSM winner since Z and Brian, and it feels like a different strongman tops the podium at each competition, even when the line ups are very similar. It’s an exciting new era
Most guys nowadays doesn't compete for long... big Z was doing all year round competitions , haven't done a training session for a year because he was competing lol
Zydrunas will forever be the goat. They may be tied in WSM but Z has 5 more Arnolds and 2 IFSA titles
Z have 8 arnolds
@@kamukaze1 That is five MORE than Brian.
@@possiblepilotdeviation5791 against each other though? No. He's won against Brian at the ASC, but not all 8 titles.
And several hundred other titles along the way!
Won them when Brian wasn't competin
I love that in 2009 basically the three greatest strongmen in WSM history were 1st 2nd and 3rd
That was a brilliant year, also proves Pudzianowski was indeed an incredible strongman. People often discredit him due to the WSM and Arnold split, that year coming in second with the two greatest strongman and at the end of his career proved he also is one of the greatest strongmen.
@@09pietram it was a WSM and IFSA split, not WSM and Arnold. But yeah, you’re more or less correct with the rest.
Liz's impression of Brian 'well that's a great question' 🤣 nothing like him and exactly like him all at the same time 😂😂
Excited
@@brockmeade4450 sure
I’ve been waiting for this one since you started the series. No huge surprises but a nice trip down memory lane.
"I had the Axle world record for about a minut... then Zidrunas broke it"
=> You can't win an overhead if Z is is the place, even if you do a WR XD
Unless you're iron bibby lol
@@oceanbanana4341 Z decided he didn't like Bibys lockout so now he's training to take the Log WR again. And i hate to say it, but i think he's got a shot
Love to see a head to head between Loz and Terry Hollands.
Z for the win obviously but Brain is a absolute legend of the sport
Love the videos. I don't know how easy it would be to find everything on these two, but what about Svend Karlsen vs Magnus Samuelson. Two legends who competed at the same time. Or even throw in Jouko Ahola for the short time he competed against them.
Love these guys watched them all my life they made me stronger
I Think it's gotta be Big Z on the top, as all time greatest. But Brian is still going and may close the gap a little in time. Both hugely influential in the sport and great ambassador's 👍🏼
Lol what gap , did you even watch video BIg Z won 76 international competitions Brian 26 . Big Z is not competing anymore and Brian got out of his prime and just got hamstring injury 10 days ago .
@@djordjedangubic7270 if Brian wins one more comp over the next two years, including the Shaw classic. That will have closed the gap a bit........... sorry if you struggled to understand my statement. Have a lovely day.
@@ourroom101 No it wont close the gap, Z has a LOT more titles. Brian is also getting old, he got lucky at wsm and won the comp in his garage.
@@thorthewolf8801 it will by one..... ffs can't say anything positive these days without people being literal.....
@@thorthewolf8801 how’s that lucky?
Count back is most certainly the better way for determining winners of ties, and I think the average person invested in the show and events will easily be able to comprehend how its done.
Agreed. Unfortunately for Brian he lost 2-3 points in the loading race that year that was in knee deep water in a pool! The bag was on the platform but fell off
I'm sure the real reason they do it is because its more flashy to have the person who wins the last event be the winner. Kind of anti climactic to have someone win the event then lose overall. They want the person throwing up the last stone then jumping in the air celebrating their new title... just like how Martins did this past weekend!
I disagree. Being consistent should be awarded, not dropping major points.
@@caelahrens9767 isnt that how countback works? Why do you disagree?
@@thorthewolf8801 no count back awards the guy that does really well in some events but drops major points in others… meaning they aren’t consistent
Good pronunciation Liz! 🇧🇷 Força Bruta means Brutal Force.
The comments blew up real quick for this one. Ty Liz and Loz
You can’t argue with facts . Head to heads zydrunas wins . More major titles goes to zydrunas more world records zydrunas, and consistently zydrunas & even longer at the top of the sport in Arnold’s & worlds . Great video loz & liz
THE ONE WE'VE REALLY BEEN WAITING FOR!!!
Amazing video! I’ve been hoping you guys would eventually do a Z and Shaw head to head. Thanks so much for the amazing content!
Wow I sort of predicted it to have a 5-6 score difference since Big Z was already so dominant when Brian was just a rookie but I guess it sort of evened out when Big Z wasn’t in his best shape in the later years and Brian was still a top strongman
You can look at that the other way around too. Big Z won his titles before Brian came to his best. When Brian was at his best he was unbelievable
@@aidangriffiths5075 I think you misinterpreted it, nowhere did it say that Brian won his titles after Zydrunas declined
Every time I look these things up on strongmanarchives, one thing stands out. There are 5 people who dominate the 'International wins'. BigZ, Pudzianowski, Hafthor, Brian Shaw and a guy nobody ever talks about. The only time I've ever heard you mention Radzikowski, was something about him being a cheerful, funny guy behind the scenes.
He's the only other person with a 3 digit contest count and has won 22 of them. How come nobody talks about him? Is it because he always did poor on WSM?
It’s likely he’s not in that goat conversation because the majority of his wins were in the Strongman Champions League, which became less prestigious over time to the point where I rarely see it mentioned online. They do themselves no favours by having very little social media presence and by making it difficult to watch.
Radzikowski actually trained under Pudzianowski. At the time he had shoulders weaker only to those of Savickas (he ALMOST lifted the 228kg log)
@@jimllbreakit8537 I absolutely agree with your comments on SCL - they approach self promotion and media like it's 2005. There is next to no YT coverage; if you google it all that comes up are some crappy fb vids. Seems a strange way to do business in this day and age.
Yeah but he's not talked about because he didn't win any major shows if you were to go with only wins Aivars Smaukstellis has more wins than Brian shaw but he's not even close to Shaw.
Big Z has WON more competitions than Brian has even competed in... that's crazy to think about. I also couldn't help but notice at one point the tally was VERY lopsided in Z's favor. Only in later years did Brian start to catch up, which isn't surprising since Z was competing for 11 years before Brian even started.
2 Video suggestions: current top 5 UK strongmen, and 1 quality tip from Loz on what they should *do* to improve. And then current top 5 international strongmen with a piece of Loz's coaching.
Loz on WSM 2017: ...and Thooor was second! 😁 Liz: Don't even! 😂😂😂
Great video, love to see the old Ironmind photos Randle (sic) Strossen (sic) was a true strength pioneer. Thanks as always
Please do more of these, although in my never to be humble opinion none will be as interesting as this one!
Big Z will always be the goat of strongman.
agree
👍
Big Z always has to be considered the one and only GOAT, but Brian Shaw is so close in second place to him that much like several competitions between the two of them they're basically tied! Both are absolutely AMAZING athletes! That deserve a lot of praise!
Really enjoyed this video guys - well done.
i loved watching the rivalry between big z and big b, that era from 2010 - 2018 was the best in strongman in my opinion. i dont enjoy it anymore if im honest, the guys like big z/big b/ loz/hollands/hall and thor bought so much to the show it was really enjoyable.
i would like to see geoff capes and jon paul in the next head to head please.
stay safe liz and loz
Liz, your laugh is so infectious. It can brighten even the most depressing day.
Please keep these coming!
Older fans appreciate something like Phil Pfister vs Magnus Samuelsson. Their careers overlapped significantly, they were similar size, had similar strengths and weaknesses, & both had a single WSM win. Offhand I would guess that Magnus had more total wins in his career, but Phil may have placed above Magnus more times than Magnus above Phil.
big z is the goat. Its crazy how good he was and still is. My absolut favourite and he even took time to talk to me at Manchester Airport Early morning after giants live 2018 and talked about the injury. I was flying back to Sweden. I was so happy to have seen him in the check in line and he was kind to me and my friend 😇
I met him at Europe’s in Leeds when he wasn’t competing and he was kind enough to take photos - my prized possession ❤️
19:27 that was absolutely pure gold. I *tip* my hat on that :P
Love Loz's fanboy laughter over Big Z!
Can we get more top 10 strongman preformances videos please. Videos one on the likes of Brian shaw, Eddie hall, and Thor would be amazing. More importantly a top 10 performance of Laurence Shahlaei. Alway enjoy your insight on the sport and would be cool to see a video on what you consider to be your best preformances.
Eddie isn't top 10 😂
@@TF-mn1wo read the comment again
@@filiplofgren8023 i think it's you that needs to read it again 😂
@@TF-mn1wo are you sure?
@@seife41 ur both fkd 😂
i would like to see
thor vs shaw
thor vs hall
shaw vs hall
loz vs hall
love this series
Long awaited. Keep bringing these videos. Can go to old school strongman too
We need to see Zydrunas vs Pudzianowski head to head, just to see the triggering and subsequent coping in the comments.
Love the video. Would be cool to see head to head between them two on events.
I haven't watched the video yet, so my prediction is Zydrunas. I will come back here and eat crow if I am wrong.
Amazing vid as always
I think i might have that podium pic you need . Im emailing it to you .
Great channel
If we’re talking Worlds Strongest Man, Brian shaw has 4 clear wins plus a tie with Big Z, while Big Z has 3 clear wins plus a tie with Brian Shaw
Great video. Let’s see a head to head with Geoff Capes and Jon Pall!
Both Brilliant!!
Really like these head to head’s! 👍🏻 - great for stats geeks! 🤓
Interestingly, I had a couple sat behind me at the Arnold’s UK show last month who I overheard asking each other what count back was after Colin mentioned it!
I agree that the Power stairs should be used more for a final event. A good real heavy power stairs is a great event!
❤️ I loved playing along, but I didn’t need to wait for the scores to know Big Z is the ultimate GOAT 💪🏻. He will always be my favourite strongman … followed closely by Uncle Loz 😉❤️
It was a lot of fun watching all you guys competing in you alls hey day. I know everybody says it, but it really was different during that epic strong man era!
I'd love to hear about European champions and British champions head to head or competitions against the world's best. Wonderful show again please keep it going and you'll double your subscribers in 2022. Lot's of love to you both
BIGZ is the greatest strongman of all time. Brian is a great and decorated strongman than others but not at all close to Z in any aspects apart from WSM titles they both hold. BigZ has been top of his game for so many years. And the no. of titles he has in overall is just awfully great
Titles and world records Big Z has has over 70 world records ( someone said over 80 but I could not find source for that claim ).
@@djordjedangubic7270 absolutely man. BigZ is phenomenal. He lost to brian later on in his career too much when he came 9-10th or even pulled out of comp. After 2016, those injuries did big damage to our GOAT and he wasn't the same after that.
Still I am fucking shocked to hear that he competed in 16 comps in 2012😳😳😳. WTF man!!!
There is a Hafthor VS Eddie video? That would be cool considering the boxing fight and all that
Eddie has one international title, Thor has a lot more, even before Eddie retired, Thor is without a doubt the winner of that comparison.
@@thorthewolf8801 it would be cool nonetheless. Especially because many people think Eddie Hall is a superior athlete
@@Kimera92 Yeah, if you put it that way then I agree
Probably not the most enjoyable watch for Edward, but I would watch it.
@@Kimera92 many people? You mean eddies delusional fan base? Any strongman fan knows thor has 10 major titles and eddie only has 1 which was linked to scandal anyway lol
great vid! I think BIG LOZ VS TERRY HOLLANDS needs to be next.
Do Z against Mariusz
In my oppinion:
Atlas stone: Brian
Yoke walk: Brian
Farmers Walk: Brian
Apollon axle: Big Z
Log lift: Big Z
Circus dumbell: Big Z
Squat: Big Z
Throw: Brian
Truck pulls: equal, slightly Brian
Deadlifts: equal, slightly Big Z
Resistance: equal
So it is very hard....Big Z was a little stronger static. And maybe a little balanced. Both of them was awesome.
Circus dumbbell is either even or else goes to Brian. Big Z is the goat at log press (and also beats Brian on most overhead events) but dumbbell is a different beast.
I was usually rooting for the the folks who always came so close to taking the WSM gold and then finally won like Magnus Samuelsson, Phil Pfister, Svend Karlsen and Hafthor Bjornsson. I loved watching the greats too of course, like Shaw, Savickas, Magnusson, and Pudzianowski. The somewhat smaller guys like Jouko Ahola and Gary Taylor were pretty badass as they triumphed over the giants.
BIG Z all day !!
Awesome content
Awsome athletes and people both Zydrunas and Brian
Some suggestions for head2head could be
Mariusz vs virastyuk
Mariusz vs Zydrunas
Eddie vs Thor
Thor vs Brian
Poundstone vs Brian
Poundstone vs Zydrunas
Poundstone vs mariusz
Ahola vs Magnus ver Magnusson
Riku kiri vs magnus ver Magnusson
Magnus samuelsson vs Svend karlsen
Big Z has an impressive record! So does Shaw, who inspires me all the time. One of the things I love about these videos is the relationship between Big Loz and Liz! The two definitely became one.
Brilliant video
I appreciate both so much. Brian I think didn't do some competitions he could've blown competitors away in. Thought it if no use I guess. Big Z is awesome, but Brian is still carrying the sport. I go 60-40 to Brian.
Next up Loz vs Terry!
Great video as always....do you have the courage to do Eddie vs Thor?
There's nothing to compare, thor has 10 major title wins and eddie only has 1 lol and that was linked to a massive controversy as well
@ApeMan5001 big facts that no thor fanboy wants to accept
I remember auntie liz being at the 2014 wsm final , as she's there with a camera even back then !!
there is no competition here, Big Z is in his own leage. Brian may have won same amount of WSM titles, but he compete like 2 times a year. Big Z has won it all and used to compete all year long. If i remember correct he even won Strongman champions leage in 2012 or around that time? I feel this is about the same as compairing a "single event world record" to the world records set in a full competition.
Definitely think it needs to go back to a count back when it comes to ties. It’s more fair to the athlete’s and people can figure it out if they don’t understand it
Not two of the greatest... the two greatest!
2009 WSM podium had 13 titles on it!
Damn
I agree with Loz on the public not being that dumb to not understand countback, there are other sports that have countback and other sports that are way more complicated
Head to Head Idea: Magnus Samuelsson vs Svend Karlson
I have always hated the emphasis on the stones. It’s honestly made me resent them to a certain degree.
Jon Pall in ‘88, Magnus in 1994, and Phil Pfister in ‘06 were some of the most memorable for me and all of those were before the whole Double Points, Stone Off etc etc Stone bullshit was implemented. I think it cheapens the sport.
Looking forward to some Brit comparisons, like Loz Vs Terry👍😁
Brian, Biz Z, Loz, and Eddie Hall or even Terry Holland’s would be great for being official international ambassadors for WSM so they can finally have some sort of classification and order for these competitions and world records
Uncle Loz- you took the words out of my mouth- I don't think the general public is that thick- bring back count back....please!
This was a really fun video guys...very cool!!!
Marine Mike
This was fun!
soon thor vs eddie will be hard to avoid as a request for this format :D
it would probably start a fire, but in the end it's purely factual statistic that people would have to get mad at.
The comments section would be pretty toxic for that one
@@CWPWWRESTLING it would also be interesting though, because usually people like to throw bullshit made up "facts" around, that wont really work if the comments are immediately under the video with the actual statistics
Been waiting for this!
I feel like title wins should be balanced with records too. Both of these guys have set incredible records in their time, and in different lifts than one another.
I’d love to see a head to head on Thor vs Eddie!!
76 wins from 140 competitions? absolute monster...and probably like 120 podiums
Need more likes. You guys put out great content
Although Mariusz hasn't won as many titles, his competition performance metric is higher. Zydrunas won 48% of the international and 59% of all competitions he participated in, whereas Mariusz---63% and 71%, respectively.
exactly
The result is a surprise for me, I thought Brian would take a win on this one. Don't get me wrong, I still consider Big Z as the best strongman ever, but I also remember he was already successful (and battle scarred) before Brian's first competitions, he also competed more, often not at 100% while Brian became quite selective about comps he is participating, giving him a headstart over injured Zydrunas.
What about a video (or a series) of serious, often career ending injuries? It could be informative to watch how Zydrunas had neck/shoulder injury that stopped his dominance, Brian's hamstring tear that made his deadlift significantly weaker and what happend with Martins that took him year and a half to recover.
Zydrunas basically had a double whammy with the back injury plaguing him for years and then the neck injury.
Of course Z. Look at his history and his records
Here are my suggestions:
Battle of the OG’s: nick best vs Mark Felix
Battle of the old legends: Bill Kaz vs Magnus
Battle of the greatest deadlifters: Eddie hall vs Thor vs Benedict
Random video request - as we're wrapping up this season, who are your top 10 in the world right now/who would you want to see in the WSM 2022 finals, no shenanigans in the groups etc.?
I never understood why Brian didn't up his overhead game. He has some massive levers as shoulders. You would think that he would be in some of the 210+ kg categories such as axle clean and log lift! he does the Cyr dumbbell so well, but he is par for the course in most overhead events!
Here we gooooo
Thor and Eddie head to head? hype for their boxing match!
Well to be fair that be an ez one since Eddie only beat Thor once and that was his wsm win :P
@@astvaldureinarjonsson1375 It that true? out of all their Giants live competitions? I don't really know, I wasn't a strongman fan until 2018 after Eddie retired :)
@@DanA-dx8gl yes sir :D
Mariusz made everyone evolve as far as speed and endurance to power, Z and Shaw pushed the sport to new highs
How about Terry Hollands VS Mark Felix? :)
2010-2018 was the peak of strongman with 4 of the strongest men ever to compete with Brian Shaw, Zydrunas, Eddie Hall and Hafthor all competing.
I know they're both so good that neither is definitively better than the other buuuuuut my heart has to go with Z! For me, it's the fact that he broke so many records, the fact that he was such a static monster, the fact that he could have won even more WSM titles if he had competed more during the Pudzianowski era, the sheer number of titles he won, the fact that he didn't start losing to Brian until he was arguably past his prime, and the fact that he was such a dominant force at the Arnolds (which is just such a heavy and brutal competition)!
I definitely think they should go back to the count back rule. Having everything decided on one stone event seem silly me. I also don't like the stone-off used in the WSM heats either.
Next video: the best strongman of each country ever.
When there's a tie at the end of a comp, let the 1st tiebreaker be a weighted average of how the tied athletes did against each other throughout the comp.
sod that, have them do a tiebreaker event!
Something that can be set up quickly, like an Atlas stone for reps, or a cyr dumbbell for reps.
@@ora6925 Couldn't disagree more. At that point they'd have been through an entire comp, so likely spent. More likely to incur injury.