How Strong Was Tom Magee Really?

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks for Watching. I hope you enjoyed the video. I have seen a couple of comments re the voiceover. For those who missed my community post; following Bone cancer a few years ago I will be admitted to hospital on the 13th, for surgery on the 15th when I will have a Hemipelvic replacement. I will stay until at least the end of the month. During this time I have no choice but to use a voiceover artist as I’m sure the other patients don’t want to listen to me talking to a computer. Sorry

[@johanwg4549]

I wish you the best of health 🙏

[@sinner66n]

I guess I should have scrolled down before making my comment above. God Bless on your recovery brother.

[@lifeaschrisyanak5150]

God bless and your recovery bro and thank you so much for all your hard work for the community and I also hope that you recover quickly 🙌🏻

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@lifeaschrisyanak5150 Thank you 🙏. Appreciate your support

[@wesellis4135]

I was just about to comment about the voice over then saw this. I'm sorry for what you've been/ are going though. I wish you all the best.

[@bakfixx]

Beyond his incredible athleticism Tom is also one of the kindest human beings I have ever met.

[@quinnbodyandperformance3162]

He was a complete class gentleman

[@Whitegorillaboy]

Did Tom give you your PED injections, too?

[@salvadorromero9712]

I just got here from his scene in _Stone Cold_ (1991) and he does well technically but cannot really sell the heel role unfortunately. He's supposed to be the evil, sadistic beast that the much smaller hero Brian Bosworth manages to overcome but he just looks like a kind, friendly guy! IIRC he was a face in wrestling except for a brief period near the end; but even so, perhaps this shows a general lack of "acting" skill and the inability to even provide the seriousness and edginess that a face needs. Because for a guy of that immense height and weight to be flipping all over the place like that is nothing short of incredible; plus he can stage a competent fight and had a physique that far surpassed nearly every "body guy" and a handsome babyface face, along the lines of Kerry von Erich matter of fact. So he must have been considered hopelessly bland indeed to have not been pushed to the stars!

[@Mazzter88]

Extremely underrated guy-535 kg deadlift back then was otherworldly

[@AncienRegimeStudios]

I knew Tom personally from the gym and while he was a psycho attacking massive weights in the squat rack he was personally one of the nicest guys I've ever met. A totally down to earth sincerely friendly person. If Tom reads this I wish you well Tom.

[@quinnbodyandperformance3162]

He sure was. A gentle kind inhuman strong athlete. All at Gold's gym venice loved him.

[@harrykadaras9459]

I was saddened to read that a bunch of cowards jumped him and hurt him pretty bad.

[@elilachappa3330]

7:16 Its insane to see a near 300lb man do a cartwheel into a backflip with such ease and explosiveness like that.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Incredible athleticism

[@danrobinson572]

@@StrengthUniversehow much time did they get in jail?

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@danrobinson572 unfortunately there was no further news about their sentencing.

[@danrobinson572]

@@StrengthUniverse okay 👍 google did not say anything about it

[@mikekrasovec6390]

​@@danrobinson572 I don't know how long the jail sentences were. They caught a few of the guys but several got away with it

[@cherobinson6371]

He worked out at a gym I work out in Vancouveron 41st and Main. I have a birthmark that covers half Face and like any gym I was sorta ostracized. Tom? He’d walk up too me and shake my hand and say hey what up? Training Chest? Need a Spit just ask anytime. Guy was a very Easygoing and Kind Man.

[@adZHARRISON]

I would spend time talking to Tom outside of the bar i worked at in Santa Monica in the 2000s and 2010s , he would stop by on his Kawasaki enduro on his way back from Golds at night - he's a great guy and we'd talk on all kinds of subjects - i spoke with him after he was attacked and he just brushed it off like it was no big thing.

[@bradynorris1653]

What’s he up to now?

[@adZHARRISON]

He's a personal trainer , has been for many years - he's an action man , interested in mountaineering , hiking , kayaking , trampoline and many other things im sure@@bradynorris1653

[@beyondonethousand]

I knew Tom from the early days of his training in Vancouver. He is a very nice person. Zero percent ego. This is back in 80-82. It was at the old Olympic Gym where you see him walking down the stairs in the video. After wrestling he went to California as an outdoor guide at the Sierra Nevada mountains. Later on I sadly found out about the attack on him. If you met him he was your friend.

[@vincentmcgettigan7948]

I always liked Tom Magee. Maybe the best all around athlete to ever compete in Worlds Strongest Man. The fact that his strongman deadlift record stood for 37 years speaks volumes. Certainly a forgotten legend. God Bless him.

[@leons5981]

Legend , remember him from world strongest man competition . He performed well with low body fat percentage great and strong athlete and great sportsmanship

[@1vootman]

Tom Magee was amazing. I think if he just stayed with SM and put on more size he would have won it, he was chasing other ventures and it pulled energy away from pure strength sports. He would have made a killer MMA athlete.

[@stevemiller4494]

The fact that he got second place at the strong man and top five finishes after that.... And his insane athleticism and powerlifting and wrestling.... Is absolutely amazing I looked up to this guy when I was a bodybuilder back in the day a True Champion 🏆

[@up-statestrong4451]

I remember seeing him in Stone Cold with The BOZZ... Great movie! Completely forgot he was in the WWE

[@achimhuttermann6885]

Exactly!

[@macefentura]

I bet those thugs wouldn't have tried it on Tom when he was younger and in his prime.

[@gymguy25]

A 6 on one fight isn’t fair regardless of who is being attacked.

[@spunkhead]

I saw him first in Stone Cold 1991...he's awesome...still pissed what about those losers who jumped him...

[@mrpopo-sf3ke]

The mobility, back flips in the ring makes his lifting pedigree so much more awesome

[@abhinavkumar547]

Pardon me for my late comment on your video mate. Couldn't see this video properly until now. Tom Magee was an exceptionally all round strong athlete. How can anyone be so good at so many things. I have always rated Tom Magee as the pound for pound second strongest pro wrestler ever in terms of overall body strength after Doug Furnas. Superb video. It would not have been easy to make videos in the situation u r in but it shows your passion and love towards your craft mate. Wishing speedy recovery so that we can see our beloved strength universe back again stronger and hungrier than before.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Sorry for my late reply. I've always liked Tom. Certainly not naturally the biggest competitor but one of the most athletic, motivated and articulate who would use his mind to gain that extra 10%. Thanks for your support mate

[@g-man2507]

He was like superman with the superhuman strength, athleticism and phenomenal shape. How on earth did he not get a major push in wrestling?

[@StrengthUniverse]

He started with a major push and was rumoured to be Hulk Hogans replacement.

[@stevemiller4494]

Two words Vince McMahon

[@mikekrasovec6390]

He wasn't able to act/hype/sell the match. He was impressive physically, crazy strong and agile in a way that was incredibly rare for someone his size. Unfortunately Tom wasn't the showman.

[@harrykadaras9459]

​@@mikekrasovec6390he has too much integrity for that business

[@troynunley8161]

Went to my first pro-"wraslin"- match at the Winston Salem Colosseum, NC in the 80's. I'd never heard of Tom "Mega Man" Magee. He walked to the ring and my eyes bulged. Unforgettable! He did a backflip over his fallen opponent before the pinfall. Never saw or heard of him again. Now I'm finally figuring out who he was. Incredible athlete. Glad I got to see him perform in his prime. Thanks for this video 👍👍👍

[@asymptoticspatula]

Get well soon! Great video and your voiceover guy did a good job too.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks so much!

[@Aristotelezz]

In early 1984 I saw in a Dutch sports program an item about Tom Magee. While he was squatting he got a bloody nose. IMO that was really cool. Anyway, not much later I also started powerlifting for many year, although I'm not of his class. Sure Tom Magee had something to do with it.

[@Flexible_photon]

I remember an issue of Muscle and Fitness back in the 90s that talked about him. Impressive man and I expected to hear more from him but I think his stint in wrestling pretty much ended his strength career.

[@MarkHiggins-hq1st]

Tom was an amazing strength athlete and a real good guy to be around. He could easily have lifted far more should he have wanted to put on more ponds but i guess did strongman whilst being in great shape very athletic and healthy.

[@ceetruth7419]

I know Tom, he’s good guy! So nice and humble!

[@adrianobernardiprado5033]

He was one of my favourites! Awesome athlete

[@StrengthUniverse]

He was possibly the most athletic strongman of all time.

[@Tomm5997]

Great video as always-I hope you will recover and return to your voiceovers 💪

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you

[@EarlSkakel]

Used to see him in Gold's Gym all the time, seemed very nice but kind of quiet and that place was full of personalities at the time from say 88-92'sh. Had no idea bout the beating he took, Mar Vista is a strange area of LA as it's pretty nice but there are some pockets of gangs as well.

[@neiljohnson7914]

I met him at Olympic gym in Vancouver in 1984

[@kurtbarlow9917]

MAGEE LIVED IN Vancouver.. this dude was CRAZY STRONG

[@cherobinson6371]

He worked out on Main and 41st. Fitness Quest. Really nice guy.

[@kurtbarlow9917]

@@cherobinson6371 haha .. so did I! GUIDO WAS A LEGEND TOO !

[@samarthur1847]

Great video and a true strongman 😊

[@sonnyburnett7137]

what a great athlete!!!

[@chuckray8389]

Just sub’d. Love hearing about the awesome strong people who blazed a trail in strength sports.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Hey, thank you so much!

[@YanniPerry-t7v]

Tom inspired me to rise above my limits that I had placed on myself watching him train at Olympic gym at beyond midnight was one of the best times of my life thanks Tom

[@JBBooks-rl3ec]

Thank you for another great video!! I'll be praying for your healing!!

[@shrisheel]

Kazmier was treated absolutely unfairly.

[@DrLeroyArch]

McGee also tried Olympic lifting, finally beating Doug Hepburn's long-time Canadian records.

[@mikekrasovec6390]

Set a few Canadian national records in Olympic lifting despite not doing O lifting for very long.

[@zAvAvAz]

One of the strongest to body weight for sure and fitness and athleticism. Seeing the high arcing back flips and the wrestling was a great touch. Nice very nice Tom Magee, you are powerful and beautiful like an angel of god and are a winner. Those six men whom attacked you are mere obscure cowards. Bless you, you bless god, holy holy holy god. Give glory to god.

[@davidgrossman7965]

What an athlete

[@theiracenterfeba1690]

One of the best back in the day

[@everettjoyce1012]

I remember him at the gym in vancouver i worked out at a couple of time, he did an 840 lbs squat when i working working out there one day, every one there was talking about it that night. some idiot challenge him to a fight in he club one night, my friend said he knocked the guy down and then kicked in and the guy slid on the floor knocking over tables. he didn't seem like he had an eggo, just a quiet and strong big man, from my observations.

[@Inv1s1bleMan]

8:00 😢😢😢 so savage 😢😢😢

[@StrengthUniverse]

Nasty, 6 on one

[@Lickmabumbum]

Wish you all the best ❤❤

[@renaissanceman8564]

Tom was truly a beast. I was in a night club downtown when Tom walked in and every woman in there was smelling the air when he walked by. Take a look at how narrow his waist was. Bill Kasmaier was not a natural athlete to say the least. Tom was the real champion that day not Bill.

[@Tradbow85]

What happened to the guy who used to voice these videos? I much preferred him.

[@StrengthUniverse]

I’m being admitted to hospital to have surgery hence I cannot do the voice over at present. More details in the community post

[@Tradbow85]

@@StrengthUniverse hope all goes well

[@stephenkinq5425]

Thee Most Impressive Shooting Star from a Pro Wrestler, I've seen [since Brock] its the landing for me.

[@enzyte9215]

u need to talk about ahston rouska and SSJBOBB more... they are dominating and also rondel hunte and shane hunt

[@madlok9114]

nobody cares about those sumo deadlifters

[@enzyte9215]

@@madlok9114 ash nearly pulls 900lbs conv natty... bobb is tripling 800lbs conv natty this week as hes switched... rondel has the world record stiff bar deadlift in the 120kg class natty CONVENTIONAL... and shane hunt pulls 400kg conventional and did 800+ 5 plus reps conventional so idk what ur on about

[@Picasso_305]

He was so small is size when he was attacked by the 6 men

[@StrengthUniverse]

He's still incredibly fit and athletic though. Blood Pressure of 110/60 at his age is pretty amazing (shown on his insta)

[@jeffdarnell7942]

How do they not even put out an invite for the reigning Champion? Bill Kazmaier was a beast..Did they ever find out who beat the shit out of Tom?? That wasn't assault, that was attempted murder.

[@robdoe8694]

WSM blacklisted Kaz because they were tired of him winning all the time and wanted new blood. Literally.

[@JoBloggs3rd-os6se]

It was reported at the time. Daily Motion’s headline was ‘6 black men attack 59 yr old white man’ and it was reported as an argument over a parking spot.

[@mikekrasovec6390]

I know that a few of the guys were caught and sentenced. I believe that a number of them escaped jail. He was just returning home from a boxing workout on his bicycle at night and 2 cars of guys pulled up with their headlights on and he was jumped by the 6 men. He basically knew it was on and pulled his mouth guard out of his back pocket. (A bit of pre fight drama occurred before it got physical).

[@justdynee]

We trained at the same gym. I later trained at another gym with Ralph Renzetti, his training partner in his hey-day. Good feller. His girlfriend use to work at the Royal Towers casino and we use to play there. He wore this denim jacket and they needed so much damn denim to make it, it was so big. I actually heard he was too effeminate to wrestle. Threw the fans off.

[@DevelopmentalIssues-e3y]

The real Ultimate Warrior outside of the ring

[@Ben-xl7ft]

Get well soon SU

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks Ben

[@chr970]

I remember Tom M back in the early days of WSM, but didn’t know he went into wrestling, or that he received that horrible beating later on in California. Is he ok today?

[@StrengthUniverse]

He’s doing well. At 65 years old he still participates in many sports. He’s on instagram

[@chr970]

@@StrengthUniverse glad to hear.Good update sir, these guys of yesteryear were awesome.

[@_munkykok_]

7:52 - WTF??? 😱

[@joaojoaozin2658]

Could you also do one about the powerful Konstantin Konstantinov!!!

[@cassianoomegaelias9022]

Faz um do jon pall sigmarsson

[@bumpercoach]

glad hes survived to stil be w/ us

[@superkevv3305]

I gotta have it🏋🏻

[@herzi8372]

Can u do a video on Fredrik Smulter? Natural finnish athlete who specialized on benchpress and benched 280kgs raw.

[@lvn4229]

he looks like andrew eubanks

[@Inv1s1bleMan]

Le défi Mark Ten...quite famous back then in Quebec.😊

[@greigite5191]

im from quebec, what is this?

[@Inv1s1bleMan]

@@greigite5191 parles tu francais par hasard?

[@greigite5191]

@@Inv1s1bleMan ouin

[@Inv1s1bleMan]

@@greigite5191 loll okay ti comique 😄✌. Bah c'est simple Défi Mark Ten était un défi d'hommes forts qui se tenait au Quebec chaque été dans les années 80 si je me souviens bien. Mark Ten était une marque de cigarettes assez populaire au Québec dans les années 80. Voilà 😄

[@greigite5191]

@@Inv1s1bleMan interessant, tu connais hugo girard?

[@sinner66n]

Good video, but I prefer the other guys voice. "Hi guys". Btw nothing wrong with the narrators voice I just prefer the other.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks. Please see the pinned comment

[@willyhwang1059]

not the strongest but the most handsome. could've been a model

[@princess10]

Are u guna upload more???

[@StrengthUniverse]

I'm working on Louis Uni (Apollon) at the moment but it's really hard going to get much done with the amount of pain killers I'm on

[@canton7180]

strong enough to tear the average man limb from limb if if he wanted to

[@tristanfarbig6067]

Man, Magee has maybe the strongest haircut of all time

[@bentattersfield7987]

Jesus. He was beaten senseless!!

[@nbaldwin45]

Canada’s REAL strongest man … F off, Dino Bravo. Magee was one of the ten strongest pro wrestlers ever and the first heir-apparent to Hulk Hogan according to Dave Meltzer - until it tuned out he wasn’t much in the squared circle

[@Mustafa70116]

Yeah In Wrestling he couldn't make it cuz it was a difficult sport to transition to. Bret Hart made him look very good. He just needed a better ring name

[@NickJennison]

Great video, but listening to all the different pronunciations of "Kazmaier" is like that time Benedict Cumberbatch couldn't say "penguins".

[@StrengthUniverse]

Yes I know, the guy who did the voiceover (Josh) clearly doesn't watch strongman

[@NickJennison]

@@StrengthUniverse it was a very good voiceover, he did a great job - that just made me laugh.

[@stoveguy2133]

I benched 480 @205 lbs. never attempted 500. Wasn’t something I even considered.

[@edwardstoll7677]

Paul Anderson!

[@beyondonethousand]

100% the strongest.

[@edwardstoll7677]

Nope!

[@richardsmith4783]

I didn’t like the photo of him after his attack. There was no need to show that. I feel that it was insulting to such a legendary person to have that image of him shown.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Really? What image should have been shown?

[@richardsmith4783]

@@StrengthUniverse I would not have shown the image of his face having been beaten to a pulp.

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@richardsmith4783 that doesn’t answer the question. I discussed a video of a serious event and used an image of said event; would you have expected to see an unrelated picture instead?

[@richardsmith4783]

@@StrengthUniverse i would prefer not to have seen that image. It was upsetting and insensitive in my opinion. Was it necessary to show that image to get the point across how brutal the attack was. I would have gotten the point by the description given...that would have been enough for me. But maybe other viewers want to see the image.

[@thelimitsofhumanability]

Who was stronger him or Andre the giant thats a interesting question because they are probably the strongest pro wrestlers of the 1980s & probably Braun Strowman now the strongest been a former pro strongman & previous era probably Big Show or Mark Henry.

[@WLBarton4466]

Paul Anderson from Georgia was the most naturally strong man of the past 60 years. Ate good home cooked food from the farm he lived in and his mother cooked. None of the processed junk Big AG has pushed on the store shelves.

[@virioguidostipa5681]

I don't understand, he held a record for 37 years, and "he is not" one of the strongest men who ever lived? What the heck do you have to do to be considered one?

[@SJR4815]

How you gonna say Kazmayer and Kazamir in the same breath?

[@StrengthUniverse]

Please see pinned comment.

[@KennethKestner-t5w]

Didn't? Janis Joplin have a song using his name

[@animalmother5287]

Saw him toss a guy over the top rope from the floor like a rag doll. Till this day never saw anything close to that strength

[@Deadpool100401]

0:47 holy shit his nose

[@christopherseat9871]

🇨🇦💪🏋️‍♂️

[@robranko5931]

Should of player superman

[@danielpavlov1409]

🎉🎉🎉

[@TheGalantHamburger]

Who’s the voiceover guy who can’t pronounce Bill Kazmaiers name properly?

[@BuJammy]

Who's voice is that?

[@StrengthUniverse]

It’s a voiceover artist called Josh. Please see the community post that explains or the pinned comment. Thanks

[@BuJammy]

Brest of luck to you, mate. You're a credit to the strength community@@StrengthUniverse

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@BuJammy thanks mate

[@neilmartin3358]

Think you need to learn to pronounce Bill Kazmair's name properly

[@StrengthUniverse]

That was the guy who did the voiceover. Please read pinned comment. Thanks

[@dyardsale5475]

i don't remember him

[@cagdeorok]

strength.... no self defense skills love you bro

[@StrengthUniverse]

" no self defense skills"......Come on, he was 59 years old against 6 young men, armed with weapons; no one's getting the better of that fight.

[@mikekrasovec6390]

He got jumped by 6 guys at nearly 60 years old. Several years earlier he suffered a neck injury which left one of his arms greatly reduced in strength. Try taking on 6 guys solo and see what happens. Now try it at nearly 60.

[@freqeist]

Pronounced Kasmy=er

[@stevemarce1988]

Freak Athlete

[@justinriley8651]

kaz meyer is how you say his name. your welcome.

[@007stopjockin]

Why did those guys beat him up?! That was horrible!!! Were they caught?! 007

[@jeffbeliew6568]

As strong as steroids made him.

[@murraykelm5691]

Since he was so athletic, its funny he never tried a sport like football where he could have made big money.

[@mikekrasovec6390]

He did try football. He was a lineman in Canadian national football league for a season. He didn't play football in high school or college so despite his size, strength, athleticism and agility he wasn't a very good player. Largely a benchwarmer but did spend some time playing in games. Back then professional strongman competitions didn't pay much and they didn't have various promotions such as how Brian Shaw and the other more recent competitors hype themselves up to generate extra income.

[@zombiefulci3301]

Tom McGee came 20 years too early; he was unfortunate to try to break into a business where charm, charisma and character was paramount for success. He would have been very successful in the action figure acrobat era of today. Where all it takes is a physique and athletics. Ultimate Warrior is 100 times better than Tom McGee. Tom had tiny buttocks as well

[@ericutube3921]

you got to love steroids

[@derekzane256]

Never heard of him

[@coloradomountainman8659]

Who?

[@ascendotuum9586]

Be didn't really excellent in all the activities. If so, why not pursue all of them? I lettered in high school in two sports...so what?!

[@ajgrant94]

Evidently, Not so much so. Never heard of him.

[@StrengthUniverse]

IPF world powerlifting Champ. Canadian Bodybuilding Champ Holder of every Canadian Powerlifting record. World's Strongest Man runner-up finishing 2nd to possibly the greatest strongman of all time in Bill Kazmaier. 3 x consecutive winner of the Le Defi Mark Ten International Held the World record in the 18" deadlift for 37years! Tom acheived all this at a very young age as most strength athletes don't peak until their mid 30's

[@mikekrasovec6390]

​@@StrengthUniverse he also set several Canadian national records in Olympic lifting and played a season of professional "American" football in the Canadian national football league as a lineman despite not playing football in high school or college (wasn't a *good* football player). Among other stuff. It's worth noting that the guy who pulled more weight than him breaking his 18" height deadlift record wore a deadlift suit, lifting straps which reduced how deep the bottom position was by 1.5-2"/4-5cm plus new and improved PED's broke said record by 2.5kg. Eddie Hall was about 150lbs/68kg heavier and out of competition so able to be fresh vs fatigued from doing all of various events at a WSM competition and beat Tom's record by 1kg.

[@gerhardschelbi8742]

Tom Living now in israel

[@StrengthUniverse]

No he isn't

[@mikekrasovec6390]

No he isn't. He lives in Los Angeles as he has for quite some time.