EXPOSED! Cheating scandal at Worlds Strongest Man | Hafthor Bjornsson

[@michaelporter4538]

not gonna lie, when I first watched the doc. i kinda already believed Thor's statements w/out doing the research myself but now it's pretty clear Eddie won fair.

[@eddiehallwsm]

And that’s why this documentary was made I believe... to state facts and the raw truth to get rid of any question marks! 🙏

[@aaronthompson3454]

@@eddiehallwsm Your the best man! send you my best

[@nichts_als_die_Wahrheit]

@@eddiehallwsm After i watched the detail video i can clearly see, that thor really only done 11 reps

[@anewhopedawn6676]

@@eddiehallwsm yo eddie im a big fan of yours, i know you are going to beat thor in the boxing match, cause there is no one whos got a stronger will than you, he aint no match for you!!! so glad that the world now finally sees that your WSM victory 3 years ago was won fairand square

[@Dan-dd8cf]

You don't seem to learn from your past mistakes. You believed something Thor said with little evidence. You then disbelieve his notion that he felt the entire world strongest man was unfair, based on one event? You need to start thinking more critically, and not jut believing everything you're spoon fed by people with certain agendas.

[@vandarn7424]

“No one else has said well done yet” That’s actually heart breaking

[@firsteerr]

im sure Brian did but was busy recovering

[@grandpied]

It wasn't even really very close. Eddie performed 100% perfect text book reps; complete lockouts without double dipping. Thor on the other hand performed at best 90% and was fairly given a one rep deduction. Conclusion: Eddie not only won, but he smashed it, and deserves all the credit in the world. He's a real standup guy. Much respect!

[@kewltony]

Twist ending: hafthor is a paid actor

[@shrek3578]

Same 😢

[@spidernerds]

nobody is on his level to say those words to him that's why nobody said "well done" to him.

[@X360PHILNUMBR1]

Eddie locked his elbows at the top of EVERY rep... Hafthor didn't... Eddie waited for the "DOWN" instruction during every rep.... Hafthor didn't... Eddie locked in his knees during every rep and held them strong in the correct position... Hafthor definitely didn't... Moral of the story.... Thor was NEVER cheated out of the World's Strongest Man and Eddie won it fair and square.

[@kaijiex3]

More like thor cheated and still can't win

[@oliverbeck6839]

THIRDY, EDDIE WENT AFTER THOR and probably could have pulled out another rep if he really needed to whereas thor was just dead.

[@allothernamesbutthis]

don't forget the ref said he took 1 of 4 bad reps off thor too.

[@OctoPapi_]

not to mention that Thor used his clout and following to bash Eddie and take away the glory that Eddie deserved

[@rivierapalms6485]

Hear hear! ❤

[@camoboy0699]

When Eddie said “No one else has said well done yet..” I honestly felt really bad for the guy

[@initman01]

It hit hard didn't it.

[@derekkk6050]

Yeah it was a bit sad to be honest

[@seife41]

well Eddie won one time wsm and he got A LOT of credit for it... The most arogant winner ever, was a great show tho. back in 17. Not everyone likes the way he acts and says stuff. hypocritical guy this eddie

[@keighlancoe5933]

@@seife41 People like Eddie are just extremely competitive. Their brains just work a bit differently, they come across as arrogant and full of themselves but I don't think that's fair, they just have this superhuman drive to be the absolute best at everything they do, they're the epitome of an alpha male. Eddie is is a bit of a joker, and a young man with an enormous amount of testosterone, but I think he's a decent man deep down.

[@89turbomk3]

@@seife41 6’3 height is above average height however comparing that to other others that he’s smaller and won. That’s fairly impressive

[@TheSwiftFalcon]

If anything, the judges were too lenient with Hafthor, but no matter how you feel about it, his score was 14 at the end of the exercise. Which meant that Eddie's target was 15. Can you imagine the idiocy of giving Hafthor another rep after the fact? Eddie looked like he could have done at least one or two more if he had to.

[@robertt9342]

I guess you can also argue Eddie did his faster... so even though that's not how things are decided, I think it matters. Problem is I think Eddie could have and should have gone for 16. I think hafthor would still be complaining for reasons...

[@LaZieGoblin]

Looked like he barely did 10 that should have counted.

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

Exactly. The hammer got hammered fair and square by the better man. Bad loser and it is always nice to see somebody try to blame someone or something else for their own failure. It just makes Eddie look the better man out of it. All I can say is you lost hammer and deserved it even more by being a big baby about it.

[@chrisgeorge427]

Giant cry baby. What a disgrace to his country and the integrity of sportr.

[@leonpetersen7346]

i think Eddie could have done at least 5 more

[@byronhall5145]

Swore on his daughter's life and the reff said please don't say that as he knew thor was wrong. Well done Eddie

[@Quodge]

Yeah the walk away was deep..

[@Johncena-od8gu]

Thor is better and stronger, Eddie almost died lifting half ton and Thor did it easily

[@sherifnaguib1617]

@@Johncena-od8gu in his own gym, using his own weights, with his own barbells, with his own ref, with no crowd

[@solidsnakeandgrayfox]

@@sherifnaguib1617 exactly.

[@UKWEED]

@Blubber I prefer Eddie and think he's stronger, but Thors height is a disadvantage on deadlifts lol. You have to lift the weight further.

[@michalsamek2446]

*Eddie's knees and elbows were rock solid. Hafthor's were wobbly and not locked out half the time... It's very clear who won.*

[@thewhinjaninja3610]

Eddies lifts were clean as. No issues there!

[@oklartswe3359]

Yup. I se Halfthor got like 7 or 8 god reps out of 15

[@IRISHMARKSMAN446]

You have to also remember, Thor's argument is completely based on the fact, if that rep was allowed it would have been 15 each, and the overall score would have been a tie, not the one point Eddie beat him by. However had a target to aim at, and did 15 because that's what he had to do to win. I'm 99.9% sure, Eddie would have been more than able to do 16 or 17 if he had to. Plus there were 3 events after this I believe, so it's not as if he didn't have a chance to claw it back. Also on the Stone, Eddie knew he just had to lift them all to win, you could argue if he was against the clock and had to beat a specific time to win, he would have. But as mentioned in the video, Thor is surrounded my 'Yes' men, if he told them he believed water was green and the sky was black, they'd back him and convince him he was right. Thor has at least 4 reps that could have been DQ'd, he wasn't locking his elbows on them all either. It's arrogance of the highest order for Thor to genuinely believe he was cheated out of the title. He's like a child throwing his toys out the pram.

[@Modrunnermusic]

Plus he was out of time to hit his last rep which would have been 15 if he had did it right. Eddie has so much time to hit 15 and would have hit 16 if Halfthor hit 15.

[@NickG1293]

@@IRISHMARKSMAN446 The ref even said he gave Thor 4 points that were bad. Thor really only did 10 reps.

[@bendyson5594]

Felt for you Eddie when you said "no one else has said well done yet" You won that comp fair and square

[@danielhenderson762]

Same. Although he is a scary man to approach I guess. Intimidating character. He didn't bring any friends to the competition either. Only his physio. I'm positive he got an generous amount of congrats at the event. Very few people supported the idea there even was a controversy. The controversy didn't gather any moss until after the event

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[@HaganeHiryu]

If no one else said well done then Eddie was probably either hiding or the other competitors had a reason to not want to congratulate him. I doubt they were just bitter.

[@hotsauceislethal9430]

He reminds me of the dwarven warriors from Magic The Gathering 🤣

[@omfggala3913]

@@HaganeHiryu Probably because nice guys finish last, Most if not all people on the top level (or any world level competition ) they are the most competitive people in the world at what they do. I bet everyone else in that final where secretly disappointed in themselves.

[@yokaipup]

This controversy shows that Hafthor lost the World's Strongest Man title not only in physical strength, but in character! Major respect to Eddie, he deserved so much better and still shows composure and kindness to his competitors

[@TheWoWisok]

You even have other competitors. Someone who's a friend with him saying I'm friends with the guy. I like them but I don't think he won. It's okay to be upset that you lost. It's not okay to make spurious claims.

[@danielhenderson762]

Hafthor is right though. Bryce changed the events in Eddie's favor

[@TomNoles007]

​@danielhenderson762 Bollox he did you soft fudd.

[@PXO005]

@@danielhenderson762what? You blind brother? Not only didn’t thor’s knees not lock out at the top but neither did his elbows, and he didn’t even wait for the down signal. Its one thing saying a movie is bad or something, but its another saying 1+1=100 (in the decimal system)

[@okstate999]

@@danielhenderson762 People say stuff just like this at every single WSM, going back to the 80s when Jon Pall was competing. If it was supposed to be 100% non-subjective with no surprises, might as well do a powerlifting meet inside a gym using barbells for everything.

[@johnriff85]

Regardless of who you like or dislike, I think we can all agree that Brian Shaw is an absolute treasure.

[@dudleygt3327]

Aaaaaaaaammeeeeeeeen

[@chrisinfidel]

I agree, nice chap!

[@Me-wk7dz]

he's so alpha even when in the group of the 10 WSM finalists (in a good way)

[@apnael5960]

@@huglife3155 he's fucking awesome.

[@melkrollwz]

If you hate Brian Shaw, I hate you.

[@benjagaete2695]

"No one has said well done yet..." That was kind of sad, for Eddie having trained so hard only for people to question a win that personally i think he dominated with pure raw strenght.

[@vkoswewdaw]

He didnt dominate he won by 1 point

[@moneymachinemonkey]

Lmao rsg do you think that one lift was the whole event??😅

[@motocruiser97]

@@vkoswewdaw he won by many points from the cheater who only got deducted 1 point instead of many points sir

[@kfulton3578]

Thor just doesn’t like to lose. He’s never had to work for his wins like Eddie had and quite honestly... I’m not sure he gives a fuck about worlds strongest man, if he did, he would’ve done his reps cleanly.

[@JonathanModig]

@@kfulton3578 dafuq ur on about? he clearly gave everything he had and wanted to win as much as eddie did

[@skylinefan4420]

Absolutely love that he has all the yes men and Eddie is there alone, quietly goes about his business and smashes it, true beast.

[@wq198mnr]

I mean those are Thor’s family lmao. It’s not like they’re random friends he brought along

[@fultheim7171]

The power of the nan

[@expendablejoe8251]

This comment ^^ 💯

[@dustinlaborde4537]

Hall was there to work. Thor was there to show off

[@angelg1845]

Dustin LaBorde you don’t sound very smart lol

[@jaythewolf7216]

just the fact that the ref said I warned you 4 times and only knocked him once should be clear enough. if that judge wanted to be a stickler he would of knocked him for each of those 4 not just the last one.

[@shakapower1]

It's sad Eddie didn't get the enjoyment and recognition of legitimately winning the world strongest man 2017!!!!!

[@jimbo1042]

The real tragedy, besides Eddie and the referees reputations slandered, is the fact that this documentary clearing their names won’t get anywhere near as much media attention as the original controversy.

[@dinofrog926]

Well, 6 million views is a lot

[@rdd2s403]

6.5M views and 200k likes later...

[@jessicawrixon4679]

Also why didnt this guy release this footage in 2017 after he filmed it!!! Why let eddie take all this bs for so long!

[@SvenS2]

@Senior Billy Bull Thor was prepping exclusively for that lift and did it at a date and time most suitable for him. Eddie did it while already out of gas, and the challenge was thrown as a spectacle, nobody expected anyone to lift it. Also the weights Thor lifted were verified by his father, and Thor conveniently retired strongman with a bs excuse. So was it even 501kg that he lifted is up for debate

[@kuvy0jhm00b]

@Senior Billy Bull Thor Broke the record by a mere 1kg. Eddie did it by a mere 35 Kg at the time amongst guys like Benedikt Magnusson and Jerry Prichett who also had attempted the 500KG lift. Sure Thor "could've" pull 20+ more kg to prove a point, but the simple fact that he didn't when he had a chance to blow eddies record away and take all bragging rights away from Eddie's name makes that argument invalid.

[@sL1NK]

If Hafthor has to blame someone, it can only be his trainer who didn't teach him how to properly do the excercise.

[@michaelbronson7410]

More like one of his 'yes men' then a trainer

[@user-wickedflower]

Yes I agree, watching the video closely Eddies technique was clean & without doubt deserved the win. So sad to pi** on Eddies chips as we say in the UK 😊

[@beckylees5528]

Broke my heart when Eddie said no one else had congratulated him 😢 deserves the win without the controversy surrounding it. Working so hard for something for it then to be tarnished. Glad this highlighted that he was just a sore loser x

[@Nick-cp8wf]

He had all his fans and supporters congratulating him and 10+ strongmen said well done. Just because the cameras werent rolling and zues didnt knight him with a million people screaming at the top of their lungs chanting eddie eddie doesnt mean he didnt get props mate.

[@TheOnlyWay2Go.]

Nick the point was that the victory was tarnished by a controversy. So before he was even congratulated he had to deal with that whole ordeal

[@Nick-cp8wf]

I know bah, im just TROLLIN, takin a deuce with a mask on.

[@shrek3578]

Same

[@phantomexile2950]

Anyone catch him using his daughter as a bullying tactic to change the judge's mind. Just lost some respect for him now. 2017 the year of the BEAST.

[@marcust9918]

Not a bullying tactic.....it shows he thought he didn't do anything wrong. I don't know how long this comp was after he lost custody of his girl but i think that played into his attitude towards all of it, and his coach really pressed the issue with it

[@redmondlee5174]

@@marcust9918 he lost custody of his girl. I never knee that. Do you know why he lost custody of his girl

[@tomd9555]

That he used his daughter made me ill, truly

[@HaasTheFirst]

Mate, he really believed it were good reps, you can see it in his eyes. Yes he was WRONG, Eddie did win fair and square and he shouldnt have made the fuzz about it, but he believed in that moment.

[@taipogriz836]

Redmond Lee He was accused of domestic abuse by two women, last was by the mother of his daughter. Really crazy stuff and it’s an overall wild story.

[@matthewervine9335]

"no one else has said well done yet" Hit me in the feels and when he wouldn't shake his hand. Eddie will smash him👊 big up the BEAST!

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

The footage was edited dishonestly. Thor shook his hand

[@chilicookoff2017]

@@proudsaiyanprince2651 its not really about that,thor looks really pissed off at eddie

[@BegleyC001]

I felt this so bad as well. My stomach literally knotted.

[@adammiller84]

In defence of the other athletes it must be a huge emotional blow not to win so probably needed some time to compose themselves.

[@anthonosrobertos]

I'd have thought Brian Shaw would have congratulated him on his win, do we know if he did or was he only referring to Thor?

[@AlwaysEwok]

He had no issue with the double dip call until he saw eddie get 1 more😂

[@Amb3rjack]

Yes, absolutely!

[@yesntyesnt]

His mistake, he really believed Eddie won't be able to do 15 reps

[@jamescaras5879]

The only person that robbed him was himself. He was given numerous warnings and Eddie had enough in the tank to do a 16th lift anyway. Congrats Eddie you deserved it. You’ll always have us in your corner

[@Tsamokie]

Hafthor got three mulligans. His actual score should have been 11.

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

I think the double dipping call is debatable but what isn't debatable is that he had 3 other reps that should not have counted because he lowered the weight before the down signal. He's complaining about not being given the 15th rep when it should have been his 12th rep anyway.

[@warlordmel]

I mean 4 warnings... If that was some of the other competitors they would have had more reps removed from result... BUT since he lifts "that way" the referee was VERY nice to him.. Could aswell have been 12 or 13 reps... In my mind his number 13 and 14 was not done right... Down WAY too fast and Not locking out that elbow...

[@clarissafarmer3547]

Team Eddie yeeah boi

[@Danny-yb9ms]

A referee should never be put in that position straight after an event where he feels intimidated.

[@Dr.Johnson]

Ever watched football? 😂

[@cainenewman7944]

That ref has some steel knackers

[@politeaf740]

@@Dr.Johnson I would get more intimidated by a 2,05m 205Kg man then a footmall player dont u think ?

[@bigmoose7]

He was the head of sports at my old school, was one of the most fair positive teachers ive ever had in my life. Makes me pissed tbh watching them bitching to him

[@bader4320]

@@Dr.Johnson Football refs get criticized before, during and after games 😂😂

[@lukasjusko2808]

Love how Colin doesn't get intimidated when talking to thor and all his yes men and stands by his decision. Good on you Colin💪💪

[@lukasjusko2808]

@Bach Wagner exactly but it's also great to see that he wouldn't take any shit and stood by his decision

[@GetaVe]

It’s easy not to get intimidated when you’re talking to a child

[@JimBob-eg7vq]

@@GetaVe a 400 pound child😂

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

I wish i had a crew of YES MEN :(

[@theovercut1901]

@@GetaVe haha. A 400lb child who could literally rip your head off your shoulders with his bare hands!

[@DCBA1234.]

That win was and is 100% yours Eddie. Regardless of what anyone thinks or says, you won that fair and square. I believe he simply had too many yes men by his side and had a lot of ego going into that competition giving his nature of being a movie star. It's a shame he and his team couldn't uphold the brotherhood and stay true and have good ethics and integrity for the sport and their fellow competitors. You'll always be above and truly one of the greats. I'm just a nobody, another fish in the ocean. But your videos give me lots of Amp and drive foe the gym. Keep your head high sir. You deserve it.

[@mashedpotatoes5276]

I’m not a Thor or Eddie man, but when the clip of them side by side, eddies static strength is so far superior it’s crazy.

[@tash5540]

Hercules gene my dude

[@agniveshF]

Idk why Thor even bothered tbh, Eddie’s shoulders in his prime (and some would argue even now, r.i.p his bicep) cannot be compared to anyone. Simple. Brutal. Strength.

[@takeyourtime3328]

Ok lets be fair here. The last 3 reps from Thor were not 100% clean BUT this video is bias because it does not tell you to look how fast the ref is counting "down" when it comes to Eddies reps. Much faster than with Thor. He even telling Thor to hold it lol.

[@aurelo54]

@@takeyourtime3328 For what I understand, It's because Thor almost never lock his elbow, the ref try to be "nice" in some way, by letting some time for Thor locking, and because it never happenned the ref say "down", the failure of the lock is compensated by the exhausting time trying to lock. See that as a Penalty, it's clearly more nice to Thor than just reject every reps because they're all bad.

[@poobank]

When Kaz gave Eddie the congratulations and Eddie replied "no one else has said well done yet" ... That hurt.

[@TheChadJones]

It was right in the feelers

[@doodliedie]

I thought brian did when they shook their hands and said something

[@stephenbaretich7166]

Kaz really is one of the greatest, on and off the competition field.

[@thomasdube3921]

@@doodliedie I think Kaz said it before the podium

[@showbo378]

Brian, nick, big z, and a couple other guys congratulated him afterwards. Those guys were extremely gassed after competing. They are trying to catch their breath qnd relax just like Eddie was here

[@zaini5150uk]

How can he compare this whole debacle to losing his daughter. Lost all respect for him. Eddie hall won that one fair and square. No one can take that away from him. Hope you twat him in the fight next year.

[@mikeburkholder7458]

Huge respects to Kaz for immediately congratulating Eddie.

[@1337iR4ng3rs]

I think Mike Tyson said it best, “He’s a Thor loser”

[@felixbeats2599]

😂

[@driscollmedia]

Lmao this comment made my day

[@justin24131]

A Thor Lother

[@NoodlesMcNugget]

Under rated comment

[@alidavid1684]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ZaasKenar]

As much as I admire Thor - he did struggle with his last 4 reps, whereas Eddie did 15 100% clean ones. Eddie won fair and square.

[@jackiec6636]

They were much, much cleaner.

[@kavinravishankar4668]

He did like 8 without locking his elbows as well

[@azzcoopz3270]

Also if Thor did get 15 Eddie would have just done 16 as he had 15 seconds left when he finished

[@vidarberg2050]

The event was still handpicked to fit eddie Blubberball hall.

[@romeovassili7169]

I think Thor's Height & limbs' length were not suitable(too long) for that weights' Mechanisms. However it is more suitable for Eddie's Measurements which are shorter than Thor's.

[@triplex1369]

“No one else has said we’ll done yet” I felt that one bro.

[@b_f_d_d]

don't you hate it when you don't receive the credit you thought you deserved ?

[@Padicus70]

Ouch. That hurt.

[@golfencrucible1074]

@@b_f_d_d as in the well deserved credit of being the strongest man in the world and proving it on the world stage despite drama and unprofessional competition? I think I would too.

[@birdperson6993]

i felt this too man. Eddie no doubt deserves 2017 WSM title.

[@Mbarnes3381]

Why is there an apostrophe

[@markjones127]

Watching the side by side comparison it was clear that the judges were extremely lenient with Hafthor who I think was VERY lucky to be given a score of 14, what a crybaby, Eddie you annihilated him on that one, the official record shows you won by one, but in reality I think Hafthor should have been reprimanded more harshly by the judges during the event and told he wasn't waiting for the down call, he was lucky to get 14 as he didn't even do 14 proper lifts!

[@collier1621]

The ref was beyond fair. Lenient, even. The way Hafthor handled that situation was more than pathetic.

[@HelloYoutube89]

The ref told him I could've taken 4 reps away but gave you 3 because I know your confused. The guy didn't bitch about 14reps till Eddie did 15reps lol. Very very poor loser. Eddie won and the whole event was on Thor....

[@gordlawson11]

Collier . ref even said he could have taken 4 reps from thor. Thor's lucky he was given 14 reps and not 11.

[@charlottem.1477]

Collier lenient is a very good description of the situation with Hafthor...

[@nirvanafan500]

Thor struggles on his last reps which 3-4 of them weren’t even reps, Eddie smashes 15 full reps with more in the tank.

[@CoBeMuaDong4100]

Eddie would’ve done another rep if thor had 15 anyway, he had almost 10s to spare

[@neodavinci9770]

Absolutely right. Eddie had those reps easy.

[@LukeDickins0n]

💯!

[@excelsian512]

Couldn't have said that any better

[@binhdangthanh6105]

Prime Eddie is the strongest man this planet ever has. Nuff said.

[@TimPdotTM]

"No one else has said well done yet." That broke my heart. Well done Eddie. Congratulations on your 2017 WSM win. This video really opened my eyes and I think an apology from Thor is in order.

[@TheOrac]

@Anabolik2k thor is that you?

[@plantbased4430]

@Anabolik2k hahaha, tell Hafthor he's a sore loser.

[@supersonic177]

Guys seach lcelandic mag with reference Thor. As eddie bravo will say. "Look into it" u will be surprised what u find out

[@cod4champ101]

Why the fuck does that break your heart? Lol. Wow, how hurtful that no one said “well done” to an adult athlete

[@FirdousAmbareen]

Don’t worry by next year halfthor won’t be alive to apologize

[@chrisb4003]

Mate that sculpture over your right shoulder is incredible, thats amazing work, love it

[@daksh_paliwal]

I loved it when Zydrunas says "If you look this way then i must be 8 times world's strongest man" WELL SAID MAN WELL SAID!!

[@poobank]

The comment from Zydrunas was golden!

[@tpdircks]

Eddie’s form was 100 times better. There is no controversy here at all.

[@ThatPianoNoob]

There's nothing worse than cheating in a sport about lifting without drug tests.

[@117akarshgarg7]

Do u even lift brooooooo........🙄

[@spyman101010]

Eddie still had more reps in him. He would have won either way no doubt.

[@sherischoonover9879]

69th like Nice

[@frankcastle1216]

Yep!

[@thorben3625]

If i am ever been in this position i would do one or two more reps. But i can safely say that i get never in thin position

[@crater3539]

Thorben yea but u gotta Remember those are heavy as hell so if he didn’t have to (or he thought he should have) I think Thor was put into a bad pos

[@alexadams3283]

He definitely could have blasted at least one more either way for sure.

[@chrismunson7899]

I can understand the frustration behind losing a competition like that but there's absolutely no reason he should've put you on blast like that

[@jakeayers5483]

Massive respect to Collin for standing his ground with Thor’s crew surrounding him

[@thijsjuffermans9402]

Imagine the balls on that man... all buffed ass men arguing against u along with a guy that can quite liturally break your skull in 2... and he didnt even stutter or give in an inch

[@bennyc409]

The man has balls of solid rock. Fucking minerals.

[@Lardie_Laddie]

@@jesushealthsave4930 wtf

[@oldgreggscreamybaileys6618]

Master Manchild he’s on so many comments saying the same thing so I’m guessing it’s a bot

[@rykehuss3435]

He's a seasoned referee, he isnt intimidated. Look at NHL referees, theyre usually pretty small guys in comparison to the tanks on skates, yet they dont hesitate jumping in at complete mayhem

[@j.p9468]

the referee was being fair and very patient with Thor the whole time while he was shouting at the ref with about 2 or 3 of his mates

[@expendablejoe8251]

What got me is thor put on that he was cheated out of “one” rep to the press and Eddie was a cheat but the unreleased video clearly shows its was 4 reps. The ref GAVE thor 3 and a warning and then took the 4th. GAVE HIM 3. thor didn’t even lock out or wait for the down call in half of them simply because he wasn’t strong enough to hold the weight up. thor was weaker in this event than Eddie, its clearly visible in the footage! Eddie won fair and square and that makes thor a sore loser and he brought dishonor to the competition by not showing sportsmanship to Eddie who bested him...

[@PreferredAxe]

@IhateECHOES 15:32 "I'LL SAY" after asked by the head ref not to swear on his daughter it wasn't double dipping. So not only was Thor a sore looser, he lied on his daughter. Pretty despicable.

[@pontusd5137]

I feel so bad for Eddie, he was and is the champion. "No one else has said that", that really hit hard. You are the man Eddie!

[@scottwarren4998]

but.....maybe there was a reason to that? no one else, really? it sounds like he cheated.

[@susansouthern6704]

Eddie Hall won it by pure talent and strength but also by following the rules...true Victor ❤

[@snicklesnockle7263]

"Because he was a big tv star, people believed him" I felt that

[@DoggyMadness_UK]

Big tv star that was covered up due to lack of acting prowess

[@BastianTS93]

As Brian Shaw said in the video 5:49 everyone knows when they double dip. To then go on and swear on his daughters life is just next level of maliciousness...

[@sadface7457]

He didnt just do it once. There were several warnings indicating there was a problem.

[@TehBrownie]

in the heat if it he likey did not feel like he was double dipping . No matter what amount of reps thor did hall would have still beat him.

[@jodaresh1078]

He was aiming it at thor because he knows he a cheater

[@92ireland92]

Please quit liking this comment guys. I want mine to be #1 in likes. If I end up in 2nd I'm calling you all cheaters and I'm going to have my daddy count the thumbs!

[@nickcorona3966]

@@TehBrownie it doesn't matter. He's never apologized to Eddie, the referees, and the fans. It's been over 3 years. Still no apology.

[@willnemanich1328]

Big Z “ I would be 8x WSM then”, that part was hilarious, especially coming from a legend.

[@carsondavis653]

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved

[@Mo-kl4fb]

people forget that these things were actually very recurring at the finals. Back in the day Brian vs Bigz it was also like that. Shaw fucked up with the bag carry and it cost him 1st place

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Same could be said for Brian. How many times did Brian come so damn close to winning. Brian has gotten so close to the trophy so many times but in his losses he became an even stronger champion. I think the one guy who said Thor is surrounded by Yes Men is correct. Thor is Mr. Hollywood and he has that Hollywood mentality.

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

Didn't he win Arnold classic like 8 times? I forget how many, I just know it's some crazy number and Arnold classic is the strongest competition

[@aurelijus1]

@@armwrestlingfan6804 something like that, and that is one of the reasons why currently he is all time nr1

[@ahmedhassan3050]

Congratulations Eddie you won fair and square. And you deserve the title of strongest man ❤️

[@BoddyDrake]

Can we all just definitively congratulate 2017 WSM Eddie "The Beast" Hall. Well done Eddie.

[@Nikos230884]

This footage is quite embarrassing for halfThor. Also we can clearly see he was not properly hydrated.

[@pacha2516]

“If your Yes men come into the ring, I’m going to beat the shit out of them until they are no men.” I didn’t know Eddie can land a jab with just words.

[@mashado4108]

That's a bar 🔥🔥

[@guuspalmero]

Living shit*

[@frostedbutts4340]

This is such a cheesy line but Eddie makes it awesome just cause he's so damn terrifying

[@kaidinking3540]

And he ment it

[@phil8910]

@@frostedbutts4340 yeah you really feel like “yeah this guy can and will do that”

[@raindropsonthewindowsill5170]

“If you win, you are winner” phenomenal way of putting it from Big Z!

[@xFUTURExGAMESx]

You go Eddie this is 100% your right! being disrespected in one of the highest moments in your career because someone is salty he lost is something no one should go through i hope everything works out in your favor

[@eddiehallwsm]

Thanks for the support buddy ❤️👊🏼

[@xFUTURExGAMESx]

Eddie 'The Beast' Hall love ya Eddie 💛

[@raymondjack4283]

Thor was credited with THREE lifts that he shouldn't have gotten. You are allowed one warning, he got 4 WARNINGS

[@imsolost7886]

That was my thoughts as well, like bro, shut up. You got 3 that you shouldn’t have for failure to lockout and bad form. He’s lucky I wasn’t a judge, I’d have reviewed the footage and taken points off after the first warning since he decided to be a dick.

[@maxduvall9055]

here's the deal. Even if Thor had gotten 15 reps and they tied, Thor was clearly struggling and barely getting those last ones in with good form. Eddie had perfect form in every last rep that he did. Simple as that. 17:33 you see especially how not only is he double dipping but he stops extending his arms out all the way. Theres no denying Thor is strong, he's a great athlete. But he couldn't get the form down on this one and he ultimately lost because of it.

[@nootnootpenguino8586]

Sorry could you plz explain double dipping i heard it on the video but never heard about it in form.

[@2muchtalk173]

Ben Havens - exactly! Eddies form was flawless!! Thor bounces and struggles.

[@yaboyblue4003]

Thor should have lost 2 honestly. Colin gave him 3 yet took the point for 1. Thor could have lost even worse but Colin gave him the benefit of the doubt.

[@dranz9888]

Eddie also had a couple more reps in him

[@benjaminricci5458]

Absolutely. Eddie's legs locked like steel bars. No bend, no shake. Same with the arms.

[@KushDragon420]

Until just now i had assumed you were all friends. You, Eddie Hall, are one of the strongest men in human history, and are the first man ever to deadlift half a ton. A literal half ton. Nothing anyone says can ever take that from you.

[@guntertorfs6486]

Where did you get that idea ? Not from the somewhat narcissistic bust on the mantelpiece , i wager ! ? lol No , Eddie won fair and square indeed.

[@amon3350]

"You cant win everything." - Zydrunas Savickas, man who has won everything lol

[@maxbai7750]

LoL, the legend himself

[@maninskie8814]

On wsm Mariusz Pudzianowski passed him by 30 points lmao

[@jaredstaten5722]

Z lost to Brian several times at WSM

[@teemoteeto6937]

Im from Lithuania, and we all are proud of him. He gave it all!🇱🇹

[@kabilan]

Amon Beats very true! Big Z is the legend l! Hands down

[@leechengze3088]

This video basically make me respect Eddie even more he does every rep cleanly while Hafthor was sluggish. You can even hear Nick shouting "STOP AT THE TOP THOR"

[@seanfarrell3213]

To true man thor looks like a bully just looking at him he looks like the type to pick on you

[@Youngster543210]

Thor gotta move it like 6 more inches and has longer moment arms.

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937]

Maverick92 stfu pls. That means nothing he clearly did many illegal reps but was given the benefit of the doubt on all but one. Don’t bring that argument here please

[@eddyfernandez7238]

Maverick92 human kinetics has said that longer arms have more power than shorter arms

[@provocunt8673]

@@eddyfernandez7238 yeah but they have to move a longer way in overhead press also so that it is harder for taller people

[@chrisbarnes22]

So what they're saying is eddie actually won by 4 reps.

[@asura8495]

would that have given thor even enough points for a second place or were other strongmen robbed of a higher ranking?

[@bananeneter999]

@@asura8495 Interesting!

[@Crump1n]

Look back and see where the second warning was. Would of been by more reps

[@louisf.3660]

@@asura8495 Brian Shaw would have placed second without those 4 reps

[@asura8495]

@@louisf.3660 I looked it up: If Thor would have less than 12 reps in the event Brian would have one point more in the final standings and Thor one point less (assuming he had over 8 legit reps), which would give them both 49 points and a shared 2nd place (if they even do shared final rankings)

[@barrettbryan8905]

Not only was he completely gassed at the end of his "14" reps, but you were looking strong and able to do at least one more if need be. So even if they counted his 15th with 3-4 bad reps, then you would have just done 16 and beat him anyway.. Lets be real.

[@electroboy314]

Eddies reps were undeniable. Perfectly executed. There’s no argument to be made here.

[@tylerbaldock7753]

What a tramp Thor is to say those words!!?

[@Kbackj]

how? eddie drops faster than thor, the ref automaticaly counts his reps without waiting for him to hold it up?

[@electroboy314]

Jaeger Eren no way bro. He went down when he was supposed to. Plus he didn’t double dip and he had a full lockout every time. The ref even said he gave Thor a few of those bad reps.

[@lifetake3103]

@@Kbackj thors reps are slower to the up. This is why eddie could get the call to go down way faster than thor could.

[@SekiberiusWelkesh]

there is if you are a poor sport. poor sports will call everything cheating.

[@gageharris4516]

“You can’t win everything” -Big Z who was literally won everything

[@TheRadiantSoap]

But sometimes he got second 😢

[@CaptainTrips]

@@TheRadiantSoap But he still won other times

[@MrPassive1326]

Im not sure but I think Big Z has the most titles

[@TheRadiantSoap]

@@MrPassive1326 He has won every major competition at least once

[@ZeqHDx]

"You can't copy paste comments from other videos" - You literally copying what was posted on the Official Strongman channel

[@MrMattical123]

I really liked what Laurence said about how Eddie would have won anyways. I mean that’s pretty true, even if they did give the last rep to Thor he seemed to be pretty gassed at that point anyways and Eddie would have just muscled out a 16th rep to win it. There’s really no point in arguing it, Eddie just came in more focused and prepared that year.

[@expendablejoe8251]

That fact is utterly visible. 15th rep or no, thor was gassed, Eddie wasn’t. Eddie was stronger, Eddie would have won the event regardless, you can see it clearly, Eddie had more reps in him when he stopped.

[@samson3523]

I'm so glad this exists I completely agree it's now cut & dry for all of us to see Eddie won with 15 perfect reps. Thor with 14 reps that probably partly due to his height / joint configuration are all sloppy ... or maybe more likely he just wasn't strong enough. This really drives home this famous quote for me though "Never leave anything up to the judges." I wish Eddie had muscled out as many more reps as he could do ... even one which it looked like he would have done easily would have ended this nightmare. Although as Nick Best said there were plenty more events to come I'm sure strategically to Eddie that wouldn't have made sense. But if I'm going to learn from what's happened to eddie, it's that winning by a margin needs to become winning by a mile if you don't want same mistakes repeated.

[@JT-ic9mp]

I'm confused by this video as its edited to appear that the Viking Press was the only controversial event, isn't Thor's claim about most or all of the other events? I could be wrong, not following that closely. In any case, from this one video, it is clear that Eddie was the better man on the Viking Press.

[@gabrielthomassen2019]

@@JT-ic9mp The biggest claim of being cheated was from this event, and he didn't even mention when Eddie destroyed him in deadlift and made it look easy.

[@dreamsallround]

Love your energy Eddie and where you came from to where you are now. Your content is amazing! Well deserved in 2017

[@PTBHPTBH]

Look at how absolutely clean each and every one of Eddie's reps are. They're textbook. Then look at how sloppy and soft half of Thor's reps were. It's incomparable. Nothing worse than a bad sport, and a sore loser in professional sports.

[@lacedrp5616]

Yea and like they said Eddie went after, he could have clearly got at least 1 or 2 more if he had to

[@forthphoto]

Exactly what I though while watching, even before commentary explaining it.

[@cheemscheemson1782]

Eddie's down call was .5 second though. I agree that he had clean reps.

[@elliotriosrivera2196]

@@cheemscheemson1782 the cleaner the rep looks the faster the ref will give you the down signal.

[@levy9595]

@@elliotriosrivera2196 This. It's not about how long you have to hold it, it's about demonstrating control. If the rep looks clean and it's up there, a quick down signal will be issued. If the competitor is shaking, bending knees or has poor technique, they may hold the down signal a bit longer just to ensure they can hold the rep and didnt just throw it up there.

[@Mrallxboxgaming]

I mean lets be honest, Eddie would've done 16 if Hafthor did 15...

[@whenisdinner2137]

He had at least 2 more in him

[@amarmehta01]

When Is dinner at the least. Maybe more.

[@oIdspice]

eddie could have done 2 more, he would have died before losing

[@lukedermott8648]

Psychologie Nerd seems like Thor is the one with the favouritism

[@zegenorrison2493]

@@lukedermott8648 He seems like he is one of the people who were there with Thor at the event.

[@dogesay]

When Eddie beats Thor, he should be called Eddie 'Ragnarok' Hall

[@karambadodox]

Best comment right here.

[@rivertwygzbed543]

Eddie is gonna Surtur on Thor

[@ricardootero6320]

Cool comment 👌🏻

[@K1NGSSTH]

And it was in the viking press, perfect

[@nilserhard2895]

Or Jormungand, the world snake (read everything about nothern mythology in german, so sorry of it sounds off) which has fought and killed/will fight and kill Thor at the Ragnarok

[@skoodlemoose]

eddie will always be in my mind one of the most impressive men that's ever lived. Man is a beacon of determination a willpower

[@yihan956]

it kinda makes me uncomfortable seeing someone swear on their child.

[@SnoW-pk9zo]

Dead Child aswell. I think

[@jackdunlap4887]

Best quote in the world is big Z saying "you can't win everything" being the guy who has won literally everything

[@onebuffalo5402]

Even if you're being right and honest it still just seems slimey.

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

@@hiddederoos5929 yee sry idk where i do got this from. but i saw it in a vid who one claimed that. but i was wrong as it seems.

[@carscarsandmorecars3266]

@@hiddederoos5929 I mean thor said that it felt like when he daughter was took from him most ppl would assume she died with no farther context so chill tf out

[@boxingfan2281]

And Brian’s a true Gentleman and he knew the message he was giving when he asked that question. He knew the rules and he knew it’s potential.

[@julianchase147]

@@kylecooper1437 And?

[@goguyx]

Kyle Cooper what’s ur point? You look like Thor’s supporter 😂

[@kylecooper1437]

Movie Watcher no not at all Eddie all the way 😂 idk just a fun fact I’m bored

[@kylecooper1437]

Julian Chase literally just a fun fact. I’m bored on quarantine

[@nopenotnever]

100% Truth right here, NOBODY with eyes can argue with this.

[@baloonbunny-9322]

Not all people with eyes can see. Just saying.

[@slanderous.j]

I'm not even a big watcher of the sport, but you can easily see Eddie certainly won without a doubt. It all comes down to ego, and that's not a jab at those who compete. You need that mindset to be able to push through the pain and exhaustion to keep moving forward. Hats off to you, Eddie, mate. You could have gone more had the need for it been there. I'm three years late commenting, but having come across the video and seen it, it's plain to see you won without question.

[@Soul471]

When played side by side you can really see how flawless Eddie's reps were in comparison

[@James-fn5ho]

Such a toxic environment with all those blue shirt fanboys. Shouldn’t be allowed to bring so many people into the athlete area

[@scottessery100]

whos the ozzy bloke in thors team? i heard him mouthing off at the arnolds

[@gr3dxdsuh865]

Yeap, fucking icelanders, not from hall's fanboy

[@liam6257]

Eddie said once when he finished a set at WSM he went to sit down and have a rest and there wasn’t any chairs left because of all the icelandic people 😂 they’re so entitled

[@kuroryudairyu4567]

Absolutely

[@TheKramak]

@@scottessery100 That;s his coach i think.

[@sixshorts6227]

Imagine training your whole life to win this trophy, then not being able to celebrate it because of a crybaby.

[@rhymereason3449]

Who was stopping him from celebrating it?

[@sixshorts6227]

@@rhymereason3449 Any common sense in that dome of yours buddy? This thor situation entirely ruined the atmosphere of Eddie's win, of course he still celebrated it. Just not as he pictured.

[@richieewinns]

@@rhymereason3449 idk Thor, his yes men, thor's fanboys, just about anyone who took Thor's word over the facts and what actually happen, thus creating controversy and doubt whether or not Eddie won fair and square. It's kinda hard to celebrate something you've devoted your life to and achieving after many years and sacrifices when you have a good amount of people saying you're a cheat or it was rigged blah blah.

[@martinlopez2816]

@@richieewinns it's thanks to shitty Game of thrones fanboys, they worship this guy so much. He plays a super huge guy in that show and that's why they like him a lot.

[@ezu6172]

@@rhymereason3449 it diminished Eddie's win like he only won because thor got disallowed reps, rather than Eddie being a stronger athlete. It's a joke, buzzing to watch Eddie KO that prick

[@lordpest5150]

There is no doubt that Eddie Hall won that event and is the world’s strongest man. Eddie’s technique and control over the viking press was impressive, not to mention that in the viking press, the taller you are the less weight you actually lift…science. Congratulations, Beast. You are a badass!

[@TheLifeLaVita]

maybe you should check the science again because science say you are wrong

[@senseithomes]

How does being taller make you lift less weight ?

[@drazentijardovic3188]

@@senseithomes if you were lifting something long that is connected with ground and you are lifting only one end of it, it would get easier as you are nearing more and more to vertical position ( __ ----> | ), so i guess if you are taller you start in a more vertical position

[@JCredible86]

THE JUDGES DID CHEAT!!!! Hafthor was GIVEN points out of "confusion, respect", we all saw he shouldn't have been given 14 let alone 12. The judges were soft of him from jump. If the judges weren't cheating the winner would have been very clear. The beast was cheated and still won. I said what I said.

[@mylearningaccount5868]

I find this true in all sports, its never going to be 100% fair. Thor had a chance to forget about the loss of points and to keep lifting until 20 or so complete lifts but he gave up after a rocky 14. I believe he learned his lesson from this already though. Both lifters should be congratulated and not yelled at, they have both accomplished impossible feats!

[@Femmetanyl]

Wait, if i'm reading this correctly, you just countered the argument by saying that the judges cheated, then provided evidence that they didn't?

[@cruw_crew2058]

Calm down its already happen 3 year ago nothing can be change..

[@elHosed]

@@Femmetanyl He was saying that actually the judges were in FAVOR of Hafthor and in reality he was given unfair additional reps meaning that Eddie not only won, but won by a much larger margin if all things were judged completely unbiased (which is an impossibility, but at least we can try).

[@vandevkieboom]

thor deserved 15, even 20 Just for how good he is tbh, eddie is lucky thor let him win cause he felt bad for the manlet

[@Ed-uu9eo]

If he was a Fullthor he would have probably won but, unfortunately, he was only Haf.

[@olliesc_68]

This, this is why I love KZbin comments

[@abyss3714]

lol

[@abyss3714]

@• _ • Hi UNO reverse card

[@rsy3974]

Enter *hydrated* Eddie hall

[@randydom5456]

The only comment that matters

[@skitzoo242]

This really proves it all, and its terrible to see athlete like thor acting like a child and disrespecting judges, sport and all his opponents.

[@ghostvfx3086]

69th like :)

[@thechimp8045]

KING GHOST 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 cool

[@andrewrabbage4373]

Gear makes you do things you normally wouldn't

[@alanjohnstone2539]

Well done Eddie, you are a true sportsman that won fair and square. Pity he did not congratulate you. Hope you and your dad enjoy biking this year, keep them shinny side up. Cheers Alan (glad you kept your dads 1400)

[@badboybadboy2645]

I like Eddie hall. He was a champ that day for sure. It was a sad moment when eddie said no one congratulate him yet that day.

[@22Jeffers]

Yeah that was a sad moment. Poor sportsmanship from everyone at that moment really.

[@ikarosouza9505]

Dude when he said that i had to hold myself from crying a lot.

[@gaiolinn]

Kinda gross how he tried to guilt trip people who are just doing their job, with his daughter.

[@DarrylHart]

Yep 100%

[@driesvanoosten4417]

Indeed!

[@Jpudlo01]

Yep, used to be a fan... no longer. Just a big crybaby when he doesn't get his way, not a man of honor and humility whatsoever.

[@WaveOfPig]

Theo I don’t really think he deserves to have no respect tbh. Nobody likes losing, especially when it’s at something you’ve dedicated your entire life toward, and we all do and convince ourselves of shit that’s wrong. Plus he has since proved that he deserves the title fair and square, just not that year.

[@atom9146]

Trevor Yeah, everyone else also trained for it their entire lives. And Thor’s bs story took away Eddie’s “fame”. He won it fairly and no one congratulated him for it, cause of Thor.

[@mindofmark742]

Eddie had more in the tank anyway, if Thor's last rep was indeed counted and he was given 15, Eddie would have gone for and gotten 16 with relative ease.

[@stevemclendsy3911]

Yep. He would've lost anyway.

[@matthewkern496]

I think in the future, winners will make it an objective to win by multiple points to avoid the BS.

[@IIshadowriderII]

He would have done 18 or 19. Easy.

[@spreadwuvokay]

@@TheJoker-yz8dv He was barely even using his legs at that point. I'd say bare minimum he could of hit 19.

[@andyhuepenbecker7496]

@@matthewkern496 I doubt it. They do it to conserve as much energy as possible for the next event.

[@Didric1]

I found your videos just recently Eddie as I started going to the gym again and needed some motivation.. Not only did I find entertaining and motivation but also heart felt emotion that brought me to tears a couple times just in the last few days. You seem like a great person, father and athlete. I'm looking forward to all your crazy video ideas and really enjoy the videos with Brian Shaw I think you guys got such a brotherly chemistry I relate to it alot with my brother. Be well and safe and thank you for being a good role model in the 21th century. Not alot of those left. Peace and love

[@Bennybey123]

His vids with Tommy Fury are good too

[@deve-o]

Here's the cold, hard truth Thor: even if you were given the 15, Eddie would have done 16. Sorry big fella...

[@jaxgreene9937]

yeah literally, no way eddie didn’t have 1 or even 2 more in him. mean while that was thors last.

[@syaodem]

EXACTLY! He had so much left in him anyways so why complain? Like Eddie would've done more regardless

[@Bavarian_Lifting]

Eddie was always far, far stronger in all pressing events than every other competitor in this line up other than maybe Zydrunas. Making such a scene out of this is just ridicolous on Thors behalf.

[@crudojoshuaricofort8795]

@@Bavarian_Lifting its cuz he knows he got fans blindly backing him up and he is trying to peer pressure the results to be changed

[@sacredgeometry]

@@jaxgreene9937 Yeah be barely broke a sweat he seemed pretty relaxed at the end

[@Cadrieldur]

Even if the Ref gave Thor all the Reps. Eddie would've done one more rep.

[@gerritbaarssen1305]

Cadrieldur I’m not sure if you mean 15 for Haftor here but yea of you meant 15 Eddie would’ve done 16 for sure on his turn

[@TheColemansMustard]

Either way, equal reps performed faster by Eddie. Would have won on time.

[@Kuzuri2]

That is true, my man

[@arsenalmanic]

At least 2 more reps. Looked easy

[@anonymouscoward7559]

It looked like he had it in him.

[@ToggleDebugCamera]

“No one else has said that” painful to hear man. Eddie, congratulations mate. ❤️

[@BirchSamson]

Yeah this made me sad. I’d have done it straight away Eddie. Hope this video helps you feel like you’re closing a chapter. It completely clears your name.

[@Kreilo2412]

Except it tries to make it look like Thor didn't even shake his hand on the podium, which he did. Also, it doesn't comment on the allegations that the events were changed in Eddie's favor. Just saying.

[@ToggleDebugCamera]

Mikael Rasmussen mate, he had to encourage Thor to even shake his hand. Even that was resentful. Regardless of how invested I am in this being a true supporter of Eddie. He just lost man. It wasn’t his year. Eddie should have been able to enjoy that. Real sad.

[@Kreilo2412]

@@ToggleDebugCamera well one person has to initiate the hand shake, and of course a top athlete is gonna be bitter from taking 2nd. I could understand all the hate of he refused to shake his hand, but he did reach for it immediately.

[@chessrulz2]

Mikael Rasmussen even if you’re an elite athlete and you are greatly disappointed that you got 2nd, there is no excuses for bad sportsmanship and being outwardly bitter towards the winner.

[@parkash1970]

Well done Eddie well deserved - Fantastic Champion and an even greater example of a true sportsman, father and great all-round top bloke!

[@gradywalker7098]

Imagine comparing losing your daughter to losing a strongman competition

[@JohnSmith-dd6xk]

Probably why he lost custody of the daughter

[@doudaddy8522]

The cry of a desperate man...not excepting defeat

[@DeliriousIsLife]

A man like him, who dedicates his life literally for a sport can feel that way. Not saying he won, but you can't insult him off of this

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

Gonna gets his family killed one day.

[@claudius_drusus_]

Thats why he is a high performance individual. His career is like a child to him.

[@lunsjen5139]

I like how Thor was incredibly happy and didn’t argue with the ref before Eddie beat him.

[@nickowns55]

Can you blame him? He’s competitive

[@juhis5936]

@@nickowns55 yea u can blame him

[@Sourabh5570]

@@nickowns55 there's a difference between being competitive and being a sore loser.

[@nickowns55]

@@Sourabh5570 Jordan,Trump, Kobe, Brady, Arnold etc all do the same thing. Competitive people take advantages wherever they can get them.

[@510midget8]

@@nickowns55 Slandering someone is not being competitive.

[@_Tom_B]

Eddie's form is so flawless on his 15 reps that it almost makes Thor's rep-count irrelevant. Meaning, even with a tie, it's clear Eddie has the superior press strength and should take the event. He squats, thrusts, locks the knees completely as to leave no room for doubt, even gets a forward lean getting his head through the window, and locks the elbows. Maybe Thor should stop studying his GoT lines during training season because clearly he couldn't keep straight whether he's supposed to bend the knee in this scene.

[@poppad666]

this whole comment is gold

[@MicuBamba]

I don't really understand why there's discussion about this episode: Hall did 15 reps then stops because there was no need for others, but he got clearly time and physical condition to continues his effort if needed. Bjornsson was clearly shorter in time and strength left: he would have never win with 15 or even 16, probably.

[@projektxent]

I can do 50 reps...with a forklift 😂

[@ianwood5916]

@@MicuBamba Exactly, if Thor did 15 reps, Eddie could do 16, etc. I don't know why he even contested it when its obvious Eddie was much better at the event.

[@SFCMAGOOCH]

He had at least 2 more reps. I know why he didn’t but wish he would have ripped off 2-3 more so there was no Discussion.

[@brucefree8]

The lesson is: don't be kind and lenient, but always strict as a referee. It would have been better.

[@MisterVenom99]

I feel for Eddie in that moment when he said no one else had congratulated him yet. I bet he had an awkward feeling when accepting the award that everyone had in their mind "Should of been Thor's WSM" when in reality it was always Eddie's WSM win. Eddie's first WSM win and this "controversy" raining on his parade, something he worked hard for all of his life

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

Eddie 100% deserved the win. Hafthor should’ve had 4 reps disallowed.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

Yes, totally.

[@woosinator7371]

He should’ve had three disallowed, they were pretty clear that they get a warning

[@oskarklingest5682]

honestly if it was by the book, he should have taken every rep away from him where he put it down too early, which were pretty much all of them

[@clashsmchitcle7291]

SwedishHouseFifa disallowed deez nutz on yo chin

[@DavenH]

@@clashsmchitcle7291 poetic

[@KPotassiumK]

We all know that even if Thor had gotten his 15, Eddie would have gone on to do 16 haha

[@COP0351]

Eddie definitely looked like he could have done at least 2 more. Thor was losing that one no matter what

[@minetelhosn]

You stole the words out of my mouth. I was just going to comment saying the same thing.

[@Quantiad]

I agree. If Thor wants to retrospectively claim the extra lift based on Eddie's 15 then it's fair to say that Eddie could claim an extra lift based on Thor's because that's clearly all Eddie was aiming for.

[@joshuafatahi4996]

exactly so idk why thor even chose to dispute this other than to make him feel better about losing and not being good enough to beat eddie; makes a lot of sense why he did the 501kg lift now lmao

[@scottwarren4998]

why arent they doing reps at the same time then? seems a bit unfair that the 2nd player has more information on how many reps are needed to win

[@Ibanez74200]

I still can't believe Thor swore on his daughter's life!

[@supernoodles908]

Yeah, I'll give him the doubt there with adrenaline pumping but afterwards... He's just making a joke of himself

[@BegleyC001]

I would NEVER do this. Comparing having his daughter taken away from him to loosing the competition?? Shows what kind of a man he is....

[@iPhone3GBro]

The man is a clown

[@chrissyboi88b]

@@DreadnoughtMetal2006 he and his yes men were all happy when he got 14 reps but as soon as someone did more he and his yes men weren't happy, it's signs of a sore looser.

[@Fisker770]

TO him, it probably felt like a good lift.

[@riogotti1008]

He was super happy with the 14 reps even his team was saying good job and how unbelievable it was........ until The Beast did 15 and then they had all kinds of excuses and complaints 🤔

[@TheKinglear14]

Wasnt even nearly as clean as eddies either

[@riogotti1008]

@@TheKinglear14 big facts! To be honest statically I don’t see nobody beating Eddie in that particular even besides maybe big z and even he couldn’t beat Eddie that year! He was too focused!

[@jfdomega7938]

What a winger. If I was the ref he would my have got Half the reps. I thought the ankles were not supposed to leave the ground. Almost every r rep was a fail!!!

[@riogotti1008]

jfdomega exactly

[@eidolon1268]

I understand the argument I’m more leaning on eddies side because I care about integrity. But there is a point to show if Thor didn’t understand the calls the ref were making before he might not have questioned the referee after because he was unaware.

[@mrwhite2930]

Thor trying to emotionally blackmail colin bryce with his daughters life... thats a new low

[@zainshabir6104]

What happened to his daughter

[@big_mike_nyc]

I have to admit having 2 daughters and a son myself and being a former competitor, that rubber me wrong. I would NEVER... I wonder if B Shaw realized the nuclear bomb he inadvertently pulled the pin on?

[@Chrisisplays]

emotionally blackmail? That's a thing now? Get the budgy smugglers out of the crack. He was stubborn, but emotionally blackmailing looks way different.

[@Rua-Calma]

zain shabir He kept saying to Bryce that he would bet on his daughters life that he wasn’t double dipping when he was

[@fanfeck2844]

Big_Mike NYC , what is the Brian connection? I’ve missed it somewhere

[@sf4137]

This strong man is very well spoken and coherent. We need more people like this.

[@nikautrobicic5416]

Can we just appreciate how assertive the referees are? I love the way they were handling the situation.

[@kavinravishankar4668]

yh but they were still calm and collected and didn't have a shouting match with thor. respect

[@wilsonatorjw4121]

Love how they stick the the book it's real at wsm ain't the nba

[@QuackerHead-j]

@@kavinravishankar4668 Yeah, defusing a stressful situation quickly is probably a good thing when you're dealing with the strongest men on earth.

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

well you cant let big man like thor step over you because hes massive

[@regmemer9198]

Not that assertive, he gave Thor way more reps than he should have. It gave the illusion of it being a lot closer than it actually was.