There's nothing like seeing Big Hafthor competing! His return is the best thing that happened to Strongman in 2024. 2025 will be bigger, better and stronger!
I don't see him being especially competetive. He cut a lot of weight for boxing. If he's going to win another title, he needs to do it now. Cus there's always gonna be stronger guys coming up.
Farmers are the cornerstone of America and Brian did a good job paying them homage with this one. The hay baler and the tractor were splendid and being a former farmer myself, made me nostalgic. What is even better is to see Hafthor winning it! What a performance, yet again!
@@jamesmaitlandstewart08 i think we are all a little reminiscent of hafthor doing this good back in the day and coming in 2nd so many times. And now mitch hooper is doing this to him. I really want to see hafthor claim some new gold. Mitch is great, but we all expect he's gonna keep pulling off these wins
Koma Svo 👑 King Hafthor! You are the Best! After the devastating outcome of the former event, it was very emotional to watch this one live and I can still remember the atmosphere at home eventhough it was only via the livestream. Tears in my eyes as Hafthor gave an amazing performance and secured another win! 🇮🇸❤️
Hafthor isn't giving up without a fight! He's our hope for the old timers. When he competes, he creates that aura in bringing back Thor-Shaw-BigZ era back to life!
I see Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson in the thumbnail, I click! Strongman is the best sport! Strongmen are the best athletes! Strongman fans are the best fans! This is Strongman at its best!
Please Thor we all are waiting for you to get the pressing strength back, you are the strongest of the strongest and you deserve to be on top of the mountain again!
imagining uncle Shaw just hanging around the planning for this event and they're like hey can you just jump on this tractor pull for us, see if it's good enough, he's like "I just did leg day but sure! oh yeah it's easy, np"
Love this event! Great spectacle of strength with those gigantic strength. Was waiting for the release of this event to show my mom how strong these guys are 😆
Notice how Hooper is the only strongman to know that getting the slack out of the rope to the max, before pulling, means when he does pull his efforts give the most tension on the tractor. Takes time to do that and time away from pulling, but in an event that taxes the strenght so rapidly, each pull particularly the first few are so important and not wasting energy pulling on a slack rope is smart Not only one of the strongest men on the planet, but clearly one of the smartest
Hathor is by far the most interesting of all the strong men at the moment to watch. Almost purely due to his size. Now that Brian Shaw is retired and losing weight or is quite possibly the strongest man on earth on any given day in any given situation. How many other people are running around at 415 pounds at 6’9” But an incredible shape at the same time. None I also like Mitchel Hooper too. He’s truly a beast. However part of this sport is the fact that some of these guys are the largest men you’ll ever see. I used to go to golds gym back in the early 90s, and they had some big dudes there putting nothing like a half or or a Brian Shaw when he was peaked at at 420. One thing I can’t get over is the sheer size of Hathor’s legs. From the foot all the way up to the thigh ….. compare his legs to anybody in any sport. His pressing will come back as soon as he’s able to really get into that training and not have to worry about that pec tear. Once he starts adding strength back in he’s gonna be unstoppable because that’s his only weakness at the moment This is not to say anything bad about the rest of the guys because they’re all great athletes and I actually like all of them . Just Thor is a beast Tom Stoltman who’s pretty close in size at 6’8”/380… looks small next to him
Sir Hafthor is the GOAT he is the reason why Im watching strongman again. All the best with the 505 kg deadlift too sir ! I know you goin to make it happen !
Great event and I don't care what anyone thinks, Hafthor is the strongest man on earth. He won the deadlift, the stone, the keg, the farmers into arm over arm pull and fingers into power stairs.
and mitch only won the overhead medley respectably. halfsquats and horrific judging gave him the win in the most awful squat event in strongman history. I cant wait until Hafthor improve his overhead. He is improving but still not enough to beat mitchs consistency. Only a matter of time and we will see the king winning again!
Crossfit and not strongman.😂😂 SMOE is def the best strongman show by far! Shows what having someone as passionate as Brian being the organizer does. It was funny hearing how destroyed Mitchs body was after smoe compared to other shows
@BuffPomsky exactly SMOE in my opinion is the best competition going. Brian also cares about the athletes they get pampered at his show 🤣. WSM could careless about them it's always outside at the hottest time of year they usually always have the farmers walk as the first couple of events. The athletes tear their hands up which handicaps them for the rest of the competition
One issue with this event is it's hard to know the two different tractors are exactly the same. In the first ever WSM truck pull they weren't and they only ever used one truck since.
This is a true strongman contest. It's about seeing who is stronger not quicker like in worlds strongest man. They became more about reps than max weight being moved.
Hey, guys, fellow strongman fans! Was that Mark Philippi?! I wish it was him, in the judges line ) I always loved him and regretted his hip (knees) injuries. Cheers for trainer / champ.
Новиков, после выступления вместе с Кордиякой, когда они оба были на пьедестале, - ходит 2 года по соревнованиям в лосинах как моя дочка в школу. Ни одного конкурентного соревнования, кроме мирового рекорда в удержании шара. Зачем ехать в такой плохой форме, еще и на соревнования где этапы сделаны не под тебя, а под британцев и американцев...
Strange how things have changed over the years. I have been watching Strong Man competitions since they first started airing on ESPN years and years ago. Back then they were having to pull things like Buses and Planes for quite a distance. Now they can't even hardly pull a tractor? (And yes as a farm girl I do know how much a tractor weighs)
This was a very well put up event specially with the farming equipment however those digital indicators are lame. Strongman is an old school sport and it should remain that way. Bring back pure strength and fortissimus atmosphere brian. Give magnus classic some competition!
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I don't really care to watch guys with beer bellies struggle with insane weights. Versus older competitions where athletic guys did stuff. There were several events where several guys got pretty much nothing done. But for some reason that seems to be exciting for a lot of people. 🤔
Whoever invented this event did a bad job, athletes can’t even complete it. The opposite of the keg toss where everyone cleared like the first three rounds.
2:03 i don't wanna sound sexist but get a man to give the guy a moral boost, the woman yelling is probably so annoying to him, like quiet women you're ruining my concentration
That's his fiancé who is also a Strongwoman competitor. She was cheering him on from the sidelines. They both get fueled by supporting each other like that. What works for him may not for you and that's fine.
Wtf is this bullshit visuals? No data on the athletes. No information about their country, size/height, ranking etc. I’m used to watch other sports so I’m kinda shocked
There's nothing like seeing Big Hafthor competing! His return is the best thing that happened to Strongman in 2024. 2025 will be bigger, better and stronger!
I don't see him being especially competetive. He cut a lot of weight for boxing. If he's going to win another title, he needs to do it now. Cus there's always gonna be stronger guys coming up.
Farmers are the cornerstone of America and Brian did a good job paying them homage with this one. The hay baler and the tractor were splendid and being a former farmer myself, made me nostalgic. What is even better is to see Hafthor winning it! What a performance, yet again!
@@jamesmaitlandstewart08 i think we are all a little reminiscent of hafthor doing this good back in the day and coming in 2nd so many times. And now mitch hooper is doing this to him. I really want to see hafthor claim some new gold. Mitch is great, but we all expect he's gonna keep pulling off these wins
@@FatDadLovesJesusI’m sure Hafthor will win some competitions next year. His pressing was always going to take a while to stop being a hindrance.
Bloody right and they under attack currently
Koma Svo 👑 King Hafthor! You are the Best! After the devastating outcome of the former event, it was very emotional to watch this one live and I can still remember the atmosphere at home eventhough it was only via the livestream. Tears in my eyes as Hafthor gave an amazing performance and secured another win! 🇮🇸❤️
Hafthor isn't giving up without a fight! He's our hope for the old timers. When he competes, he creates that aura in bringing back Thor-Shaw-BigZ era back to life!
27:03 ♥ Great win for Hafthor! Great event by Brian! Love this event!
I see Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson in the thumbnail, I click! Strongman is the best sport! Strongmen are the best athletes! Strongman fans are the best fans! This is Strongman at its best!
Yeah it's awesome to see him back💪
Cool opinion.
I love you Haftor. Go on brother
Let's Goooo 🔥🔥🔥💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Please Thor we all are waiting for you to get the pressing strength back, you are the strongest of the strongest and you deserve to be on top of the mountain again!
imagining uncle Shaw just hanging around the planning for this event and they're like hey can you just jump on this tractor pull for us, see if it's good enough, he's like "I just did leg day but sure! oh yeah it's easy, np"
I think this is my favourite event in the competition. The farming equipment is cool.
I like that the challenges are difficult enough
Hafthor best 👌 always 👍💪
13:10 Nick Best over there on the left side with a lollipop😆 what a guy!
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Giving honors to michel is verry nice of Hathor
From competing in Shaw's gyn garage in 2020 in covid era, to the wide stadium. Shaw Classic SMOE really put to another new level
Love this event! Great spectacle of strength with those gigantic strength. Was waiting for the release of this event to show my mom how strong these guys are 😆
The tractor pulling is soooo sick. I'm more into long distance hiking and running but i have the greatest respect for these athletes.
Thank you Brian for bringing us the best strongman to date, your dedication to this sport is stellar!
Notice how Hooper is the only strongman to know that getting the slack out of the rope to the max, before pulling, means when he does pull his efforts give the most tension on the tractor.
Takes time to do that and time away from pulling, but in an event that taxes the strenght so rapidly, each pull particularly the first few are so important and not wasting energy pulling on a slack rope is smart
Not only one of the strongest men on the planet, but clearly one of the smartest
I just clicked this video because of the thor in the thumbnail
Im sorry Mr. Shaw, I watched 3 videos before subscribing.. You ROCK BRO. 4 X
Who needs a truck when your tractor gets stuck in the mud just bring this dude lol
Moose was panicking! strange to see because he seems always so prepared and methodological.
Hafthor though, what a performance...
Odd use of the word methodological.
I love Hooper. But Hafthor is a proper legend.
No doubt Thor is the strongest man alive. Cooper, is the best overall at the moment. Much respect to these athletes
They've competed head to head 4 times. And 4 times there's been the same winner.
Hafthor
Hathor is by far the most interesting of all the strong men at the moment to watch.
Almost purely due to his size. Now that Brian Shaw is retired and losing weight or is quite possibly the strongest man on earth on any given day in any given situation.
How many other people are running around at 415 pounds at 6’9” But an incredible shape at the same time. None
I also like Mitchel Hooper too. He’s truly a beast.
However part of this sport is the fact that some of these guys are the largest men you’ll ever see.
I used to go to golds gym back in the early 90s, and they had some big dudes there putting nothing like a half or or a Brian Shaw when he was peaked at at 420.
One thing I can’t get over is the sheer size of Hathor’s legs. From the foot all the way up to the thigh ….. compare his legs to anybody in any sport.
His pressing will come back as soon as he’s able to really get into that training and not have to worry about that pec tear. Once he starts adding strength back in he’s gonna be unstoppable because that’s his only weakness at the moment
This is not to say anything bad about the rest of the guys because they’re all great athletes and I actually like all of them . Just Thor is a beast Tom Stoltman who’s pretty close in size at 6’8”/380… looks small next to him
Sir Hafthor is the GOAT he is the reason why Im watching strongman again. All the best with the 505 kg deadlift too sir ! I know you goin to make it happen !
Yap
My Dads favourite event to watch
Feels great to see Thor compete again! I’d also piggyback what he said about Mitch hooper that guy never fails to put on a show man he’s crazy!
Great event and I don't care what anyone thinks, Hafthor is the strongest man on earth. He won the deadlift, the stone, the keg, the farmers into arm over arm pull and fingers into power stairs.
He struggles with pushing strength- it’s been a staple of strong man as long as dead lift, pull, hing, carry and push.
When his shoulders are firing he’s unstoppable
and mitch only won the overhead medley respectably. halfsquats and horrific judging gave him the win in the most awful squat event in strongman history. I cant wait until Hafthor improve his overhead. He is improving but still not enough to beat mitchs consistency. Only a matter of time and we will see the king winning again!
@@paul_oliver_duggan29 they're always kissing Mitch's 🍑
I have to agree .
Thanks
"The problem is weve had Brian testing this and he said it was good"😂 😂😂😂
Good job guys. 💪
Giants live would have made this event a speed event where all competitors finish
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The Rogue has a similar issue, weights a bit too light and distances a bit too short, which even the competitors have mentioned.
@@AWhistlingWolf i didnt like the yoke into power stairs they did
Crossfit and not strongman.😂😂
SMOE is def the best strongman show by far! Shows what having someone as passionate as Brian being the organizer does. It was funny hearing how destroyed Mitchs body was after smoe compared to other shows
@BuffPomsky exactly SMOE in my opinion is the best competition going. Brian also cares about the athletes they get pampered at his show 🤣. WSM could careless about them it's always outside at the hottest time of year they usually always have the farmers walk as the first couple of events. The athletes tear their hands up which handicaps them for the rest of the competition
thor 26:46
Спасибо!
One issue with this event is it's hard to know the two different tractors are exactly the same. In the first ever WSM truck pull they weren't and they only ever used one truck since.
This is a true strongman contest. It's about seeing who is stronger not quicker like in worlds strongest man. They became more about reps than max weight being moved.
Crazy to think that without Thor, Hooper would win easily... glad to see some competition.
Great competition!
tractor treads are directional and have less surface area so on a hard surface I dont see it as a problem
Hey, guys, fellow strongman fans! Was that Mark Philippi?! I wish it was him, in the judges line ) I always loved him and regretted his hip (knees) injuries. Cheers for trainer / champ.
He really is half Thor…like if he was twice as strong he’d be a god
Brian: "Dont worry guys, I tested these events."
Everyone:"Shit."
No way the two machines move the same. One will be harder by a degree or so.
Tractor has the brake on lol
How brutal is this!
I miss Thor and Eddie Hall going at it.
Brian rules! Best strongman show outthere 😃🤟🏻
Hafþór is somthing else
Man they need to make a Viland Saga live action movie, Hafthor should be casted for Thorkell.
Did they check the tire pressure?
Whoever wins....no excuses or reasons.
Lug tires are harder to pull, have a wagon that has them, on concrete, it is hard to move. Now if it had smooth round tires, it would move easier.
I remember back in the 80's they tried to pull tractors, but they didn't budge so they had to change to something else
Can someone explain why they didnt fix left side handles? Left side is loose and moving and right side is solid
Strongman always has the best audience 🔥👌👌🔥
Новиков, после выступления вместе с Кордиякой, когда они оба были на пьедестале, - ходит 2 года по соревнованиям в лосинах как моя дочка в школу. Ни одного конкурентного соревнования, кроме мирового рекорда в удержании шара. Зачем ехать в такой плохой форме, еще и на соревнования где этапы сделаны не под тебя, а под британцев и американцев...
Would have been great to see Mateusz on this
Strange how things have changed over the years. I have been watching Strong Man competitions since they first started airing on ESPN years and years ago. Back then they were having to pull things like Buses and Planes for quite a distance. Now they can't even hardly pull a tractor? (And yes as a farm girl I do know how much a tractor weighs)
When you're trying to be the strongest man on earth but the actual strongest man on earth made/tested the event/equipment.
Pls Mention Athletes Name while there Performance till the Clock End
Singleton always reminds me of those 90's WWF wrestling guys 😅 love this guy
They should have the weakest man competition where man 👨 struggled to lift 10 lbs weights.
I think they had the brakes on on those tractors. 😂
This was a very well put up event specially with the farming equipment however those digital indicators are lame. Strongman is an old school sport and it should remain that way. Bring back pure strength and fortissimus atmosphere brian. Give magnus classic some competition!
Are you saying you didn't wanna see the strength output they had? You're weird..
It seems the wheelbarrow is the right weight, however that arm-over-arm is likely 2500 lbs too heavy.
Thor Thor …. The best ….
Hafthorrrrrrrrrr 😅😅😅
toyers??
💪👌👍
PARABÉNS E FELICIDADE.
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I don't really care to watch guys with beer bellies struggle with insane weights. Versus older competitions where athletic guys did stuff. There were several events where several guys got pretty much nothing done. But for some reason that seems to be exciting for a lot of people. 🤔
Where eddi hall
Scared of facing Hafthor.
Brian being mean to these guys!! hahaha. SMOE!!!
Why didn't they use GLOVES at this competition???!!! 😮😮😮 If they could use then we could see better try and closer
آفرین
How can people pull a huge plane and ships yet not pull a tractor?
This is arm over arm movement. There's a big difference.
Как же,так,World's Strongest Man Новиков здвинуть даже не может))))
Whoever invented this event did a bad job, athletes can’t even complete it. The opposite of the keg toss where everyone cleared like the first three rounds.
💪💪💪
Kieliszkiwsku???
injured, didn't compete here
2:03 i don't wanna sound sexist but get a man to give the guy a moral boost, the woman yelling is probably so annoying to him, like quiet women you're ruining my concentration
That's his fiancé who is also a Strongwoman competitor. She was cheering him on from the sidelines. They both get fueled by supporting each other like that. What works for him may not for you and that's fine.
Aivan liian paina veto ,olis laittanut tupla narun ,niin kuin hesas -97
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Don’t look at your hands in anger;
Stop abusing straps.
Hooper is nmber 1 strong
wheres the polish guy
Hooper is the real monster 💀💀✨
Wtf is this bullshit visuals?
No data on the athletes. No information about their country, size/height, ranking etc.
I’m used to watch other sports so I’m kinda shocked
9100 pounds...
proportionally hafthors not as strong as some of these guys
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Boring Match🥱😴
Новіков...якщо ти такий
Слабенький...то можливо пора на фронт....клоун
Bro wth is this 😂 WSM ripoff I can’t lie
Hooper is incredibly strong, especially for his size. 🙀
No steroids in the League anymore they can't lift weight like that anymore
2:57 Kamala Harris aged horribly after she lost