Thor finally clapped back. Except for in 2017 he has always took the high road.
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Randy Savage always did them better
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Magnus is officiating this one, donāt be a clown.
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A what? Never seen or heard of such a thing in Strongman. Or certification of equipment by anyone or anywhere. That would be new thing. They have a couple of guys test it to make sure it wonāt break, thatās about it.
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The worst show of favoritism was in 1990 WSM when OD Wilson was in the lead by 5.5 points going into the last event, which was a ridiculous 200m distance run carrying 200lbs, which obviously favored Jon Pall Sigmarsson over the 400lb Wilson. Sigmarsson won by half a point.
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Unless they changed this after the comp already started I think 2017 still wins the shadiness award. 
Stuff like that though is why I think the competitors seem to think Arnoldās is a bigger deal. WUS will probably over take WSM too.
EDIT: just googled OD, damn RIP. I think his coolest stat though was that he had a size 26 ring size. LOL WOW.
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They did.
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Jon Pall was buddies with Dougie Edmonds (The guy running it for TWI). The math isnāt too complicated.
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I genuinely think Eddie was the strongest (static) man ever from 2017-18, but he was a shitty strongman competitor. All around decent, but his attitude and manner of winning was beyond dubious and the clout he has is so not justifiable lol. Heās SO big in Britain itās absurd.
Shaw, Poundstone, and Licis never got half as big as Hall is and heās extending into more fame-inducing territory clearly from hanging around the right people. In spite of the Thor drama being mostly kayfabe, I do think Eddie is probably now realizing his strongman career was a short spark with not much to show for and Thor is going to eclipse his legacy and be the highlight of the last decade into the next.
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Britainās Fandom in the sport is fascinating. Itās amazing how much they considered Capes to be a legit threat to either Kaz or JPS for so long, or the backing behind Terry Hollands. I imagine the sport playing on Christmas is a big part of it and the original sponsors being British, but itās still nuts.
It was a US program originally, sold off after Franco got injured and sued. And yes, that lawsuit was the reason and it set the sport back in the US for a long time.
US program, right, but I am talking about the first sponsor. I donāt remember there being a sponsor for '77.
Why donāt you give the 18ā deadlift record (filled with Eddieās books that must be calibrated) a look and tell me if it should count. Practically the exact same scene as Thor is planning to world record in: his turf, a few people, one judge, etc. but yet it still counted.
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I think this is something you will never understand unless you grew up there. The tradition of watching WSM over Christmas with the final on new years day goes back the the early Capes days and still exists today. I have very fond memories of watching every heat and every final from 1983 (I was 9 yrs old) to 2005 when I left the UK. They were all watched as a family with everyone just as interested, mum, dad , sisters everyone. Having a UK strongest man is like having a UK heavyweight boxing champ, the support for it is off the chart. I donāt disagree with some of the comments made on here about Eddy, but I wont have a bad word said about Capes. The guy is a genuine legend of the sport and was a world class athlete, as well as being a stand up bloke. We all know Kaz was kept out for a reason and that some from the US are butt hurt about it. But it doesnāt take away that Capes was a genuinely strong bloke for his time and is a legend in the UK.
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I donāt have anything bad to say about Capes. I am saying his support during the Era of Kaz and JPS made no sense to me, and was an indicator of the rabid Fandom I am describing.
I donāt know anything about the man to discuss him one way or the other.
I wasnāt suggesting you were, I was merely trying to shed some light onto why there is a crazy fandom in the UK for Strongman. Since I moved away, whilst I still have a fondness or love of the support, itās not the same. I think in some way the odd level support is just the British trying to be great again. Maybe itās like the country version of small man syndrome.
Gotcha. I misunderstood.
Itās all good man. People in the same room often misunderstand me, let alone on the other side of the world. Sometimes I am sure my wife just nods to be polite but is actually thinking āwhat fkn language are you speakingā
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HEY!!! My wife speaks that language too!!!
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I canāt tell you the last time I watched more than 20 minutes worth of clips from anything WSM-related, but I spend like 6 total hours watching the full Arnold events every year
Say what you will about the man, but he knows his politics.
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