I can’t speak to bench presses, but I saw Scott Steiner play with 365 lbs on seated behind the neck shoulder presses. I worked at a Golds Gym in the 1990s. When wrestlers were in town for a show, they’d carpool to the gym for an early morning workout. Steiner started with 225 lbs to warm up, then 315 lbs, and finished with 3 sets of 12 reps of 365 lbs. Dude barely broke a sweat.
Scott was a monster. Especially if you met him in the early 90s, thats still his mullet version. Thanks for sharing. I covered both Steiners in a Video in the past.
@@charlessavoie2367Yeah, most of those numbers i came across too in my research, but since all those numbers were alleged, your guess is as good as mine. Chuck is a awesome addition btw
I’m not sure if any of these videos is complete without adding Ron Simmons. I’ve seen videos of guys saying he would walk into the gym throw on 500 pounds and throw it around then leave. Anyone who can do that is tremendously strong and probably belongs on the list.
Fully agree. My main reason/excuse is that i want to cover him in a specific episode just focusing on him, anything else wouldnt do him justice. Ron Simmons is the man
Absolutely loved this one! Ivan Putski was standing on a thick book if he was measured at 5’10” though. lol I met Bill Kazmeier in his heyday and he was a genuine good man. I believe he was the first guy to bench press 600 lbs. He wasn’t short like some of the power lifters and actually seemed like a giant. I can remember when Ted Arcidi broke the 700 lbs bench and everyone was just in awe. Now it’s not that uncommon. Again absolutely great video! Thanks my man.
Really appreciate your words. First time i did the voiceover myself, and as a non native speaker, was quite challanging. Will practice to get better in the future. Ivan was a beast. I wasnt aware of him, until so many other in the comments mentioned him. Man, i envy you meeting Kazmeier. And yeah, crazy to think about how strength has changed over the last 20 years. There was one gut in the paralympics, Siamand Rahman, who pressed some insane numbers raw without leg drive.
Pat Casey was the first man to bench 600 Lbs, he did that in the mid-1960s. Jim Williams benched 675 in the early 70s and just missed 700 in competition. He was not able to lock it out.
I had dinner with Kaz at the Mr. Olympia in 1999. Incredibly nice guy and he was still in really great shape then. He's a very big man, but not insanely so. His power is obvious though.
Wasnt he the guy who was on the last tape with Bret Hart which just reappeared recently? Accoring to the IPF site where he competed as a Powerlifter, he had SQ 362.5, BP 235, DL 345 (all in Kg), but probably during the time it was Equipped lifting. Pretty impressive.
Hard to get accurate numbers on wrestlers bench, but I would think Goldberg must be somewhere in the top ten? Yvon Cormier ( The Beast) from the old AGPW days benched 465 back in the mid 60s. Not a lot by today’s standards, but that would have been top stuff for back in that time.
Didn’t know the story about Yvon, 465 in the mid 60 is impressive. As for Goldberg, I was looking into it. The numbers claimed were pretty high, but Goldberg himself said they were a little bit lower than the one circulating. Still he is pretty strong, especially the American Football folks are highly proficient in the bench.
There were 5 other guys who had a 600 bench, Graham was one of them, so I included those guys in the intro. Reason why I didn’t cover him further is because I want to dedicate a full video to him in the near future.
Patera is in the other list, the Top 10 strongest wrestlers. Also with his Olympic Lifting background an amazing Overhead Presser, he didnt do much Bench Pressing. Makes me wonder how much he could have accomplished there.
@@howstrongisPatera's best bench press was 560 lbs without training them much as he was an Olympic weightlifter. Before he began his weightlifting career professionally , he was a powerlifter in his high school and used to compete in state meets. His best bench press done in the competition with pause at that time was 520 lbs. Had Patera trained bench press during his prime , he would have easily crossed 600 lbs mark.
No Superstar Billy Graham, no Barbarian, and no Ron Simmons. Instead, your list includes 2-3 ppl who nobody has heard of, and their figures are not close to those the aforementioned names. Billy Graham's bench records are listed on numerous credible sources including NYT. Barbarian's and Ron Simmons' bench press figures are discussed by a number of wrestlers and just look at them in their primes.
Billy and Barbarian are in the intro. They were all around 600, so there is actually no better or worse. And for Warlord, the record of 500Lbs for 19 reps was during a WWE show, not sure how legit those numbers usually are. But i agree, Graham is the man, but he has so many others accomplishments, so i want to cover him in a seperate episode, hence he is only mentioned in the beginning.
Oh and Kurt Angle claimed Brock Lesnar could do about 650 … and it’s absolute bullshit. Angle is known for exaggerating and he was in full-blown painkiller dependency when he claimed that. Lesnar’s recorded best is 475 although Mark Henry said he could easily bench 500.
@@howstrongisi reckon only half of the wrestlers who claim they could do 500 actually could do so. I watched a video with Nikita Koloff who was an absolute monster in the 80s, 285lbs of solid muscle, and he surprisingly said his best bench was ‘only’ 405. That kind of honesty is rare in the wrestling business. The guy with the best bench in AEW is probably Powerhouse Hobbs and I believe his best ever is 450 or so
Lesnar just has that look that he could do anything that hardly no one else can- half of its him (with a proven track record), and half is being such a built-up character on TV that makes you bullieve in such claims/possibilities. He was in FLEX bodybuilding magazine and the article claimed a 500lb bench- I'd give him up to 545.... but, anyone capable of doing 600, much less 6 plates, will seek the attention or gain the attention of being put on display!!!! Angle said he did well over 650- wtf is well over 650???? Anyway, Ron Simmons should have made this video as there are several stories from even Luger that he would immediately do heavy benches cold from 545 to close to 600, and claims from others that he could do over 600 for 2-3 reps!!!! Bobby Lashley has and was claimed to be able to do 600.... dont know how credible that is/was, but he's still very strong (I'd def give him at least 545 at his strongest). I can't see Goldberg not being around the 500 range or more.... Big E is legit confirmed to have at least a 575 bench in Cena's gym- well, I guess, being in Cena's gym, no one was able to see it- therefore, ya really can't confirm it lmao!!!! Other guys who were cross-fit: Ezekial Jackson legit 600 or better, Ryback had to have had between a 545-600 bench, maybe Matt Morgan had a 500+ bench as well as Mason Ryan, and maybe even Nathan Gowen!!!!
That Road Warriors/Powers of Pain bench contest was NOT kayfabe. On the record, Paul Ellering, Animal, Barbarian and Warlord have all sworn that the weights were real, and its not at all unbelievable to think they could all have benched the 475 that the contest got to, and Animal and Barbarian both legit wanted to get to 600, and said the other could have done it.
Pretty big bounce of the chest but weight seems legit. There are some pretty strong MMA guys out there like Shane Carwin and Jon Jones. Also West Side Barbell trained couple of MMA fighters.
Which one of the many? Think the angle was used often, for example with the Road Warriors and even in modern times with Mark Henry and Ryback. It usually always goes like this. Wrestler A claims to be the strongest Bencher(sometimes involves some price money), Wrestler B benches more, but just before he finishes the lift, Wrestler A attacks him. In the Video its with the Road Warriors and the Powers of Pain (Warlord and Barbarian, both great Bench Pressers themselves)
@@howstrongishe could definitely do 500 and a lot of guys claimed he could do in the high 500s. Dave Meltzer wrote that Dino and Warlord were the two strongest benchers in WWE at the end of the 80s. Patera cleaned Dino could do 620 but I think that’s a stretch
Yeah he said the 500 for 10-12 reps on Stone Colds podcast. He was an absolute unit when he was in WCW. 7 foot 450 and was in great shape he got very heavy in WWE. Not as much money in powerlifting and strong man so I get why he never went that way but was always curious just how strong he’d be. I consider him strongest in wrestling they say Andre The Giant when he was young was just as strong as him. Besides those two freaks of nature Vader be next for me he could press a lot of weight bench and overhead shoulder press.
@@Rumble225-qe7fy Strongest in pro wrestling history is Mark Henry and Bill Kazmaier. Big show and Andre were giants with superhuman strength but weren't stronger than Henry or Kazmaier. Offcourse had Show or Andre trained seriously in the gym then it would have been scary to think the nos. they could put. I always loved the battle between Mark Henry and Big Show. Big show has himself said on several occasions that Henry was stronger than him , he could never bent a quarter like Henry which indicates Henry having stronger grip strength than big show as well.
@@fantasyuniverseleague7712 that’s scary strong. He even got the Steiner fallaway moonsault, where Scott spiked his own head on a regular basis. Wonder why nobody signed him yet.
She’s unquestionably the strongest woman in wrestling today and probably the strongest since Chyna. She claims a 285lb bench, a 470lb squat and a 550lb deadlift. That is crazy for a 150-160lb woman
Yeah, actually I agree. Problem is if I don’t mention him (same as Ted Arcidi in the bench video I made), people would crucify me in the comments for leaving him out. And once I realized he was a tag team partner of Liger (who is joining us sometimes here in Tokyo), I had to include him.
All great benchers, fully agree. Covered the British Bulldog in a seperate video. I tried to include this time all who Benched close or over 600. So many others i had to leave out unfortunatly.
@@howstrongisTugboat aka Typhoon aka Shockmaster - real name Fred Ottman claimed to have a best bench press of 650 lbs. He was a legit powerlifter before entering into pro wrestling , having started his powerlifting career in 1973 for his Coral spa reef gym although I didn't find any of the meets in which he competed. Nevertheless, he was a legit 600 lbs bench presser renowned even then for pressing 600 lbs and more. He also claimed to have done 880 lbs squat and 750 lbs deadlift. Super strong guy with a peak body weight of 414-415 lbs .
Think he claimed 605, but unfortunately with many of the older guys cameras were not around so frequently. Billy was awesome, still included him in the intro, hopefully soon in a separate episode.
Ted Arcidi was good for about 4-5 minutes wrestling matches... very boring for the most part. Kazmaier had way more in ring ability and was far more entertaining
@@howstrongisScott Norton has told multiple times during his interviews with Hannibal tv as well as Wrestling shoot stories that his best bench press was 677 lbs with light bench shirt and 640 lbs with light bench shirt in competition. His best squat was in the high 800s. His best deadlift was 765 lbs done pretty easily. His best shoulder press was 495 lbs for multiple reps and his best seated behind the neck press was 505 lbs. Last two lifts were pretty hard to believe but he was a monster and had legit one of the strongest upper body strength in the world between mid 80s-early 90s.
@@abhinavkumar547 awesome input there. Thanks for the numbers. Scott is a good friend with one of my wrestling clients here, always thought it would be interesting to get him for an interview.
I attached a clip of Tank talking about Ken Shamrocks bench at the the of the most recent video about billed heights and weights. Little spoiler, he didnt agree :)
You could do a video about his legendary match vs Joe (I watched without the commentators and it’s amazing how much the crowd loved a Kenta, And Kenta had to be told by Joe that he was the face and the crowd was here to see him..
Yeah, dude is a tank. The guys on the list were mainly 600 pound lifters, but so many other guys were close to their records who I wanted to include, Ron is one of them
@@howstrongisMark was 100% natty. For more information watch my friend's channel " Strength Universe" on Mark Henry and his drug usage. I wrote the script for him.
1. Is undeniably Ted Arcidi Other guys with a legit 600lb or more bench: Doug Furnas Scott Norton Tony Atlas Bill Kazmaier Jim Neidhart Nick ‘Big Bully’ Busick POSSIBLY Ice Train Road Warrior Animal and Warlord also claimed 600+lb benches and are relatively credible. Ken Shamrock claimed the same but isn’t quite so credible; I think his brother Frank said he’d never seen Ken do more than 470. Same with Vader’ although he legit had great pressing strength - there’s a UA-cam video showing him one-arm push pressing a stack of weights when he was in his 50s Seen varying reports on whether Mark Henry could do 600. Tank Abbott has that famous video doing 600 but the form sucks and it’s been debated how legit it is. Similarly, Fred ‘Typhoon/Shock master’ Ottman has a video doing a semi rep with 600 with help from spotters but claims he could do 600 as a powerlifter in his school days Credible benchers in the very high 500s include Barbarian, Dino Bravo, ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham, Tom Magee, Hercules Hernandez, Brian ‘Crush’ Adams and Matt Morgan. Bruno Sammartino once held the world record at 565 and was all-natural.
@@howstrongishaha! Great video anyway! I wonder who the best squatters were (after Mark Henry). AJ Francis AKA Top Dolla claimed he had a crazy squat when he played football
brother ultimate warrior and the dingo warrior are not the same persons didn't like either, but totally different people. one was a knock off of the other Edit I was wrong ,they do seem to be the same, though its not how I remember it
@@howstrongis you know what, I think I was wrong ,I stand corrected . I could have sworn they were different and an image search had me still convinced, but I think you are right
@@GeneRose-qr8fcMuraco was a huge Bencher, could have been easily with the other guys in the list. In retrospect, should have included him in the beginning somehow.
Training pro wrestlers here for a living, not much. You could check out the video I made with Clark Connor’s who works for new japan. But it boils down to, wrestle, party, sleep, get up at noon, train, travel, wrestle, repeat
@@howstrongis These guys must be freaks of nature because if I lived like that I would have been a bean pole. I could bulk up, but only with strict diet and not all that outside action.
@@user-bq9ii9vz8e yeah, steroids can get people only so far, but genetics and training and working hard are also necessary, think people often forget that
@@howstrongisWarlord had a legit 640 lbs bench press as revealed by him in multiple interviews and I have talked with person who has verified independently that he did 640 lbs bench as he was there that day in the gym. But warlord's other lifts r not as impressive. 405 lbs for multiple reps in squat ( never tried to max out or go heavy in squat due to the fear of back injury as I m sure he would have done some good numbers in squat as well ) , 600 lbs for 8 reps in deadlift ( again didn't try to lift super heavy and max out in deadlift , his no. would have been much higher I believe in dl as well ) , had a super strong biceps doing curls with 225 lbs for 12 reps as well as 250 lbs as witnessed by Barbarian , had a mind boggling shoulder shrug no. of 1000 lbs , did row of 225 lbs for 7-8 reps and was witnessed doing shoulder press with 350 lbs .
Lol these lifts would have as much credibility as their WWE matches. We're some wrestlers strong athletes? Oh for sure but I wouldn't take these claims seriously, the competition lits yeah but not their claims that their gym lifts are 100 pounds more. I have benched 580 pounds in a T Shirt in competition but the most I ever managed in training was only 5 pounds more.
Most of those lifts are already substracted from some of the claims out there. Thats why usually i try not to include any lifts from WWE events, but rather competition lifts from powerlifting events.Ted, Kaz, Henry, Furnas and Atlas and tank seem the most legit. As for Norton, i was asking around some of his traijing partners here in the Dojo, but again, sometimes its just that....stories. Had a whole list of 600 pound Bench Press claims i had to go through. But as always with Pro wrestling, everything needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
@howstrongis for sure. I know most of the wrestling world is a show and it's scripted. Someone like Mark Henry however... that guy was legit worlds strongest man in his prime even though he didn't win the named World's strongest man competition. His Arnold Classic win and Powerlifting world records were enough for legitimacy.
@@differentfins Henry is as legit as it gets. Made a second list with overall strength were he was at the (well deserved) first place. The man accomplished everything
We talked about the bench, not the overall strongest, Henry was at number 1 on that list. Henry was a great Bencher, but not the best. Strength can be expressed in a number of ways
I can’t speak to bench presses, but I saw Scott Steiner play with 365 lbs on seated behind the neck shoulder presses. I worked at a Golds Gym in the 1990s. When wrestlers were in town for a show, they’d carpool to the gym for an early morning workout. Steiner started with 225 lbs to warm up, then 315 lbs, and finished with 3 sets of 12 reps of 365 lbs. Dude barely broke a sweat.
Scott was a monster. Especially if you met him in the early 90s, thats still his mullet version. Thanks for sharing. I covered both Steiners in a Video in the past.
How’s Steiner looking these days? 😂
@@thunder21x surprisingly well for close to 60
@@howstrongis guess our def of “well” is drastically different
No exaggeration?
Let's not forget Bruno Sammartino...Arnold had a lot of respect for him and knew how strong he was.
Bruno is awesome, especially his bench record for that period of time and without steroids is freaking impressive. I covered him in another list.
You have to watch his matches to get an idea of how much the crowd loved the never say die champion (his feud vs Zybysco gave Larry a career
@@andu1854The crowd made it magical back then.
@@howstrongis565 x 1 Bruno, Chuck Sipes 570 x 1, Ivan Putski 605 x 1, Road Warrior Animal 650 x 1 (alleged).
@@charlessavoie2367Yeah, most of those numbers i came across too in my research, but since all those numbers were alleged, your guess is as good as mine. Chuck is a awesome addition btw
I’m not sure if any of these videos is complete without adding Ron Simmons. I’ve seen videos of guys saying he would walk into the gym throw on 500 pounds and throw it around then leave. Anyone who can do that is tremendously strong and probably belongs on the list.
Fully agree. My main reason/excuse is that i want to cover him in a specific episode just focusing on him, anything else wouldnt do him justice. Ron Simmons is the man
Let's not forget Dino Bravo he was in the 500lb.-bench-press club. May he rest in peace.
True that. Gone way too soon
Absolutely loved this one! Ivan Putski was standing on a thick book if he was measured at 5’10” though. lol
I met Bill Kazmeier in his heyday and he was a genuine good man. I believe he was the first guy to bench press 600 lbs. He wasn’t short like some of the power lifters and actually seemed like a giant.
I can remember when Ted Arcidi broke the 700 lbs bench and everyone was just in awe. Now it’s not that uncommon.
Again absolutely great video! Thanks my man.
Really appreciate your words.
First time i did the voiceover myself, and as a non native speaker, was quite challanging. Will practice to get better in the future.
Ivan was a beast. I wasnt aware of him, until so many other in the comments mentioned him.
Man, i envy you meeting Kazmeier.
And yeah, crazy to think about how strength has changed over the last 20 years. There was one gut in the paralympics, Siamand Rahman, who pressed some insane numbers raw without leg drive.
Pat Casey was the first man to bench 600 Lbs, he did that in the mid-1960s. Jim Williams benched 675 in the early 70s and just missed 700 in competition. He was not able to lock it out.
@@yeigh08 didn’t know about Pat, thanks for sharing the information
I had dinner with Kaz at the Mr. Olympia in 1999. Incredibly nice guy and he was still in really great shape then. He's a very big man, but not insanely so. His power is obvious though.
@@N1120A always impressed how some of those guys are always humble
Wow so when Bill Kazmaier officially benched 660 lbs it was a huge deal and stood for a while.
Kazmaier is a true legend of the strength world
Wondered what Canadian strongman/powerlifter Tom Magee could bench ? As he wrestled during his career ?
Wasnt he the guy who was on the last tape with Bret Hart which just reappeared recently? Accoring to the IPF site where he competed as a Powerlifter, he had SQ 362.5, BP 235, DL 345 (all in Kg), but probably during the time it was Equipped lifting. Pretty impressive.
Ted Arcidi held the world record for bench for a while 😊
I might be wrong, but wasn’t it for at least 10 years?
@@howstrongis It was for as far as i remember 6-7 years from 1984 until 1990-91 when Anthony clarke broke his record.
Hard to get accurate numbers on wrestlers bench, but I would think Goldberg must be somewhere in the top ten? Yvon Cormier ( The Beast) from the old AGPW days benched 465 back in the mid 60s. Not a lot by today’s standards, but that would have been top stuff for back in that time.
Didn’t know the story about Yvon, 465 in the mid 60 is impressive. As for Goldberg, I was looking into it. The numbers claimed were pretty high, but Goldberg himself said they were a little bit lower than the one circulating. Still he is pretty strong, especially the American Football folks are highly proficient in the bench.
I was interrupted while watching this, but did you mention Billy Graham? I saw him pictured earlier in the video. He was crazy strong, too.
There were 5 other guys who had a 600 bench, Graham was one of them, so I included those guys in the intro. Reason why I didn’t cover him further is because I want to dedicate a full video to him in the near future.
Again a fantastic upload,
Love it,🤘
Appreciate it. First time i did my first voice over, big challange as a non native speaker. Will get better with time.
So good
Thx 😊
Appreciate it
Ken Patera? He was a Strongman competitor and wrestling star in 70s and 80s
Patera is in the other list, the Top 10 strongest wrestlers. Also with his Olympic Lifting background an amazing Overhead Presser, he didnt do much Bench Pressing. Makes me wonder how much he could have accomplished there.
@@howstrongisPatera's best bench press was 560 lbs without training them much as he was an Olympic weightlifter. Before he began his weightlifting career professionally , he was a powerlifter in his high school and used to compete in state meets. His best bench press done in the competition with pause at that time was 520 lbs. Had Patera trained bench press during his prime , he would have easily crossed 600 lbs mark.
@@abhinavkumar547 Patera was a beast
There’s a guy name the Snowman who wrestled in Mid South wrestling back in the day who should easily be on this list.
Wasn’t aware of him, let me check it out. But thanks for the mention
Bruno Sammartino, 565 lbs. steroid free abd legit. The man was a beast.
100%, love those old fashioned strongman like Hackenschmidt and Bruno.
No Superstar Billy Graham, no Barbarian, and no Ron Simmons. Instead, your list includes 2-3 ppl who nobody has heard of, and their figures are not close to those the aforementioned names. Billy Graham's bench records are listed on numerous credible sources including NYT. Barbarian's and Ron Simmons' bench press figures are discussed by a number of wrestlers and just look at them in their primes.
Billy and Barbarian are in the intro. They were all around 600, so there is actually no better or worse. And for Warlord, the record of 500Lbs for 19 reps was during a WWE show, not sure how legit those numbers usually are. But i agree, Graham is the man, but he has so many others accomplishments, so i want to cover him in a seperate episode, hence he is only mentioned in the beginning.
@@howstrongis I think Barbarians max bench was 585lbs
@@chrisruth7057 thanks for the input, saw some similar numbers
@@howstrongis I think it's the same with Lex Luger
@@chrisruth7057 actually just gathered some material for Lex yesterday. Probably will make a video with him coming few weeks
Umm forgetting about The Warlord? Dude benched 500 pounds 19 times. Also the Barbarian who could bench over 600
I tried to include them in the intro. Both are freaking awesome
Oh and Kurt Angle claimed Brock Lesnar could do about 650 … and it’s absolute bullshit. Angle is known for exaggerating and he was in full-blown painkiller dependency when he claimed that. Lesnar’s recorded best is 475 although Mark Henry said he could easily bench 500.
Yeah, Brock is a freak of nature, but 650 probably not. The challange for the list was to cut trough all the claims and BS and see which one was real.
@@howstrongisi reckon only half of the wrestlers who claim they could do 500 actually could do so. I watched a video with Nikita Koloff who was an absolute monster in the 80s, 285lbs of solid muscle, and he surprisingly said his best bench was ‘only’ 405. That kind of honesty is rare in the wrestling business. The guy with the best bench in AEW is probably Powerhouse Hobbs and I believe his best ever is 450 or so
U mentioned same as others roid headers lol
@@stevetom3505 it’s not like most powerlifting records (or even Olympic ones) are free of them. Trick is just not getting caught
Lesnar just has that look that he could do anything that hardly no one else can- half of its him (with a proven track record), and half is being such a built-up character on TV that makes you bullieve in such claims/possibilities. He was in FLEX bodybuilding magazine and the article claimed a 500lb bench- I'd give him up to 545.... but, anyone capable of doing 600, much less 6 plates, will seek the attention or gain the attention of being put on display!!!!
Angle said he did well over 650- wtf is well over 650????
Anyway, Ron Simmons should have made this video as there are several stories from even Luger that he would immediately do heavy benches cold from 545 to close to 600, and claims from others that he could do over 600 for 2-3 reps!!!!
Bobby Lashley has and was claimed to be able to do 600.... dont know how credible that is/was, but he's still very strong (I'd def give him at least 545 at his strongest).
I can't see Goldberg not being around the 500 range or more....
Big E is legit confirmed to have at least a 575 bench in Cena's gym- well, I guess, being in Cena's gym, no one was able to see it- therefore, ya really can't confirm it lmao!!!!
Other guys who were cross-fit: Ezekial Jackson legit 600 or better, Ryback had to have had between a 545-600 bench, maybe Matt Morgan had a 500+ bench as well as Mason Ryan, and maybe even Nathan Gowen!!!!
That Road Warriors/Powers of Pain bench contest was NOT kayfabe. On the record, Paul Ellering, Animal, Barbarian and Warlord have all sworn that the weights were real, and its not at all unbelievable to think they could all have benched the 475 that the contest got to, and Animal and Barbarian both legit wanted to get to 600, and said the other could have done it.
I'm not buying for a second that Tank Abbott is in the same class as these guys.
Pretty big bounce of the chest but weight seems legit. There are some pretty strong MMA guys out there like Shane Carwin and Jon Jones. Also West Side Barbell trained couple of MMA fighters.
Why
What is the story behind that guy attacking the other guy while he’s benching?
Which one of the many? Think the angle was used often, for example with the Road Warriors and even in modern times with Mark Henry and Ryback. It usually always goes like this. Wrestler A claims to be the strongest Bencher(sometimes involves some price money), Wrestler B benches more, but just before he finishes the lift, Wrestler A attacks him. In the Video its with the Road Warriors and the Powers of Pain (Warlord and Barbarian, both great Bench Pressers themselves)
Butch Reed, Tony Atlas, Ted Arcidi were strong guys.
Now that you mention it, Butch Reed would have been another good one.
For so many, Dino Bravo, was the on the bench.
He would also fit in perfectly, so i still included him the intro. Dino was a beast.
@@howstrongishe could definitely do 500 and a lot of guys claimed he could do in the high 500s. Dave Meltzer wrote that Dino and Warlord were the two strongest benchers in WWE at the end of the 80s. Patera cleaned Dino could do 620 but I think that’s a stretch
That Dino Bravo lift with Jesse spotting was in Hamilton Ontario, i was there
I think theyre missing Ted Arcidi I think he actually held the world record for awhile.
Ted at Number 1 ;)
nice video
Appreciate it
Thanks!
Man, thanks a lot. Appreciate it.
Ted was huge
Big Show said in his wcw days he could do 500 for 10-12 reps. Idk what that would compute to for one rep max.
A lot, probably past 600. Only saw one anecdote where he just bench 500 for fun without even trying hard….
Yeah he said the 500 for 10-12 reps on Stone Colds podcast. He was an absolute unit when he was in WCW. 7 foot 450 and was in great shape he got very heavy in WWE. Not as much money in powerlifting and strong man so I get why he never went that way but was always curious just how strong he’d be. I consider him strongest in wrestling they say Andre The Giant when he was young was just as strong as him. Besides those two freaks of nature Vader be next for me he could press a lot of weight bench and overhead shoulder press.
@@Rumble225-qe7fy Strongest in pro wrestling history is Mark Henry and Bill Kazmaier. Big show and Andre were giants with superhuman strength but weren't stronger than Henry or Kazmaier. Offcourse had Show or Andre trained seriously in the gym then it would have been scary to think the nos. they could put. I always loved the battle between Mark Henry and Big Show. Big show has himself said on several occasions that Henry was stronger than him , he could never bent a quarter like Henry which indicates Henry having stronger grip strength than big show as well.
Shane Mercer is in the 49 sec mark. Man can legit Bench Press 605 and holds national records.
Probably lb for lb strongest in wrestling today
Yeah, came across recently about him. Absolutely impressive, needed to include him somehow
@howstrongis his body weight is what makes it crazy. I think he is like 220lbs too. Also seen videos of him doing seated military press of 405lbs
@@fantasyuniverseleague7712 that’s scary strong. He even got the Steiner fallaway moonsault, where Scott spiked his own head on a regular basis. Wonder why nobody signed him yet.
Jordynne Grace is a powerlifter with a couple of women's records.
She’s unquestionably the strongest woman in wrestling today and probably the strongest since Chyna. She claims a 285lb bench, a 470lb squat and a 550lb deadlift. That is crazy for a 150-160lb woman
I separate female list is actually an awesome idea, might do it next month
What about Ron Simmons
Almost made it, but he would fit in perfectly. Actually the video I am currently making has Ron Simmons inside it, should be ready in 2 weeks.
Scott Steiner ended up with a pit in the middle of his chest.
Right at the heart (tattoos)
Terry Szopinski, Scott Norton, Sione Vailahi, Ted Arcidi, Bill Kazmaier (Vailahi did 5.5 pounds less than Kazmaier).
Completly forgot about Sione Vailahi, great mention
Add Doug Furnas
@@natureboy1313Already in the video
Ken Patera?
Think Parera had rather some impressive Overhead Presses. No doubt he could also bench a lot
4:35 Ivan Putski at 5 feet 10 inches tall ... you are too kind.
Billed wrestling height, probably minus 3 to 5 inches :)
kazmier feels like a bit of a cheat being a worlds strongest man who then dabbled in wrestling for a little while
Yeah, actually I agree. Problem is if I don’t mention him (same as Ted Arcidi in the bench video I made), people would crucify me in the comments for leaving him out. And once I realized he was a tag team partner of Liger (who is joining us sometimes here in Tokyo), I had to include him.
How much do you think Haku-Meng could breach
Good question. Sometimes its hard to tell how much strength or in Hakus case toughness translates to strength in certain lifts.
I seen Jeff Hardy lift 500 pounds for five reps myself on a video, granted he may have been on something
Never heard of that. Have you still any video link?
lol what you smoking? jeff is a twig he aint lifting no 500 pounds!
The British Bulldog
All great benchers, fully agree. Covered the British Bulldog in a seperate video. I tried to include this time all who Benched close or over 600. So many others i had to leave out unfortunatly.
Ivan Putski was 5’7”
I went for the billed weight, but 5'7 is more realistic, true
Superstar Billy Graham, Tugboat, Jeep Swenson
Especially Billy Graham is getting mentioned a lot, hope I can make a specific video about him
@@howstrongisTugboat aka Typhoon aka Shockmaster - real name Fred Ottman claimed to have a best bench press of 650 lbs. He was a legit powerlifter before entering into pro wrestling , having started his powerlifting career in 1973 for his Coral spa reef gym although I didn't find any of the meets in which he competed. Nevertheless, he was a legit 600 lbs bench presser renowned even then for pressing 600 lbs and more. He also claimed to have done 880 lbs squat and 750 lbs deadlift. Super strong guy with a peak body weight of 414-415 lbs .
Superstar Billy Graham benched at least 605.
Think he claimed 605, but unfortunately with many of the older guys cameras were not around so frequently. Billy was awesome, still included him in the intro, hopefully soon in a separate episode.
Ted Arcidi was good for about 4-5 minutes wrestling matches... very boring for the most part. Kazmaier had way more in ring ability and was far more entertaining
Fully agree.Good lifter often doesnt equal good wrestler/entertainer.
Jamie Harris (not kamala) who held the bench press record a few years in the 90's, wrestled a few matches for WCW.
Didn’t know about that, thanks for sharing.
7:50 - Jeep Swenson, not Scott Norton.
Think i wrote "not Scott Norton" if i remeber right, but let me double check it. Think Norton was only seen for few moments in the movie.
@@howstrongisScott Norton was a absolute monster I could see him bench 700 lbs raw
@@chrisruth7057 He was a huge star here in Japan. Let me try to get some interview with him
@@howstrongisScott Norton has told multiple times during his interviews with Hannibal tv as well as Wrestling shoot stories that his best bench press was 677 lbs with light bench shirt and 640 lbs with light bench shirt in competition. His best squat was in the high 800s. His best deadlift was 765 lbs done pretty easily. His best shoulder press was 495 lbs for multiple reps and his best seated behind the neck press was 505 lbs. Last two lifts were pretty hard to believe but he was a monster and had legit one of the strongest upper body strength in the world between mid 80s-early 90s.
@@abhinavkumar547 awesome input there. Thanks for the numbers. Scott is a good friend with one of my wrestling clients here, always thought it would be interesting to get him for an interview.
Ken Shamrock claims 605- b.s.
I attached a clip of Tank talking about Ken Shamrocks bench at the the of the most recent video about billed heights and weights. Little spoiler, he didnt agree :)
Make a video about kenta kobashi.
Love Kenta, since I live in Japan, let me see if I can gather some material from the Japanese websites
You could do a video about his legendary match vs Joe (I watched without the commentators and it’s amazing how much the crowd loved a Kenta, And Kenta had to be told by Joe that he was the face and the crowd was here to see him..
@@andu1854The match is amazing. Fully agree. Had the pleasure to meet him here a couple of times, super friendly too.
Tony Atless
Ted Arcidi
Ron Simmons could bench 500
Yeah, dude is a tank. The guys on the list were mainly 600 pound lifters, but so many other guys were close to their records who I wanted to include, Ron is one of them
@@howstrongis NO one fucked w Ron backstage. he was a legit dude
@@sp4604 Not even the Steiners
@@howstrongis Ron Simmons' best bench press was 565 lbs raw. He has revealed that in an interview with JBL and Gerald Briscoe.
@@abhinavkumar547 someone build like Ron, I can see that
Well teron Beckham just put up 525.
The guy is build like an action figure.
No way putski was close to 5'10 more 5'6
You are probably right, always using the billed weights, so -few inches should be more realistic
@@howstrongis yes 1 thing I guarantee wrestlers lie then they lie now
big e i heard was up there
For sure, big e did a legit 575 pounds on camera, think I included it in the episode about Cena if I remember correctly
Yeah but mark henry was clean
100%. But I didn’t wanted to separate the list into powerlifting style or touch and go, if not things would have gotten to complicated
Mark Henry was on the juice like everyone else
@@randallgeorge8482Might be, but even if, was never caught.
@@howstrongisMark was 100% natty. For more information watch my friend's channel " Strength Universe" on Mark Henry and his drug usage. I wrote the script for him.
Johnny K-9 had a legitimate 600lb bench press.
Wasnt aware of him, thank you for the info. I will check it out
Doug Furnas?
He is inside there. One of the unsung heroes
I heard Bob Backlund could bench press over 500 pounds
I believe only 7 people can bench 700 pounds in the world .
700 always seems unreal. I am no stranger do heavy deadlifts, but holding that kind of weight rather above you…
I think one was a Dallas Cowboy offensive lineman when Emmit Smith played
@@louishaddon4351 that’s the real big boy’s
1. Is undeniably Ted Arcidi
Other guys with a legit 600lb or more bench:
Doug Furnas
Scott Norton
Tony Atlas
Bill Kazmaier
Jim Neidhart
Nick ‘Big Bully’ Busick
POSSIBLY Ice Train
Road Warrior Animal and Warlord also claimed 600+lb benches and are relatively credible. Ken Shamrock claimed the same but isn’t quite so credible; I think his brother Frank said he’d never seen Ken do more than 470. Same with Vader’ although he legit had great pressing strength - there’s a UA-cam video showing him one-arm push pressing a stack of weights when he was in his 50s
Seen varying reports on whether Mark Henry could do 600.
Tank Abbott has that famous video doing 600 but the form sucks and it’s been debated how legit it is.
Similarly, Fred ‘Typhoon/Shock master’ Ottman has a video doing a semi rep with 600 with help from spotters but claims he could do 600 as a powerlifter in his school days
Credible benchers in the very high 500s include Barbarian, Dino Bravo, ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham, Tom Magee, Hercules Hernandez, Brian ‘Crush’ Adams and Matt Morgan. Bruno Sammartino once held the world record at 565 and was all-natural.
Plenty of guys you mentioned are included. You guessed the list almost perfectly already :)
@@howstrongishaha! Great video anyway! I wonder who the best squatters were (after Mark Henry). AJ Francis AKA Top Dolla claimed he had a crazy squat when he played football
@@nbaldwin45 that is a great idea. Let me see if I can gather enough information
@@howstrongisLet me know if u want informations on pro wrestlers with best squats claimed/ as well as verifiable lifts . I would be happy to help u.
brother ultimate warrior and the dingo warrior are not the same persons didn't like either, but totally different people. one was a knock off of the other
Edit I was wrong ,they do seem to be the same, though its not how I remember it
Think before he was the Ultimate Warrior, he worked as Dingo Warrior in the WCCW together with Sting. Wasnt aware there was a second Dingo Warrior.
@@howstrongis you know what, I think I was wrong ,I stand corrected . I could have sworn they were different and an image search had me still convinced, but I think you are right
@@jasonenna3544 happens to me all the time too. Thanks for clarifying, started to doubt myself :)
And these guys are 7 ft tall and weigh 500 pounds too!
Only on paper they were that large. But extra bodyweight helps a lot for the bench. Just take a look at Siamand Rahman.
Steroids are amazing can't wait till they start making me feel better . Low testosterone is a very shitty feeling
I can’t believe Mark Henry was the weakest one on the list.
Still miles ahead of so many others, and probably the strongest generally. If he would just focused on the bench, it might have been different
yea if it was on squats he be at the top.
@@oriondx72 overhead press might be somewhere up there too. Still remembering him lifting up the Thomas Inch Dumbbell
How about the Magnificent Muraco ? He was wide as a barnfoor
@@GeneRose-qr8fcMuraco was a huge Bencher, could have been easily with the other guys in the list. In retrospect, should have included him in the beginning somehow.
When do these guys have time to work out? They're on the road all the time and then raslin at night. Then, there's the ladies.
Training pro wrestlers here for a living, not much. You could check out the video I made with Clark Connor’s who works for new japan. But it boils down to, wrestle, party, sleep, get up at noon, train, travel, wrestle, repeat
@@howstrongis These guys must be freaks of nature because if I lived like that I would have been a bean pole. I could bulk up, but only with strict diet and not all that outside action.
@@user-bq9ii9vz8e yeah, steroids can get people only so far, but genetics and training and working hard are also necessary, think people often forget that
@@howstrongis True. I have bad genetics with my legs. I can build size in my upper body, but not the legs and guys like that look stupid.
@@user-bq9ii9vz8e That’s the Rick Rude genetics ;)
Warlord?
He would perfectly fit inside, was a close call. So I tried to include him in the intro.
@@howstrongisWarlord had a legit 640 lbs bench press as revealed by him in multiple interviews and I have talked with person who has verified independently that he did 640 lbs bench as he was there that day in the gym. But warlord's other lifts r not as impressive. 405 lbs for multiple reps in squat ( never tried to max out or go heavy in squat due to the fear of back injury as I m sure he would have done some good numbers in squat as well ) , 600 lbs for 8 reps in deadlift ( again didn't try to lift super heavy and max out in deadlift , his no. would have been much higher I believe in dl as well ) , had a super strong biceps doing curls with 225 lbs for 12 reps as well as 250 lbs as witnessed by Barbarian , had a mind boggling shoulder shrug no. of 1000 lbs , did row of 225 lbs for 7-8 reps and was witnessed doing shoulder press with 350 lbs .
Jimmy Super Fly Snuka I read somewhere could press over 500
Murderer as well
Lol these lifts would have as much credibility as their WWE matches. We're some wrestlers strong athletes? Oh for sure but I wouldn't take these claims seriously, the competition lits yeah but not their claims that their gym lifts are 100 pounds more. I have benched 580 pounds in a T Shirt in competition but the most I ever managed in training was only 5 pounds more.
Most of those lifts are already substracted from some of the claims out there. Thats why usually i try not to include any lifts from WWE events, but rather competition lifts from powerlifting events.Ted, Kaz, Henry, Furnas and Atlas and tank seem the most legit. As for Norton, i was asking around some of his traijing partners here in the Dojo, but again, sometimes its just that....stories. Had a whole list of 600 pound Bench Press claims i had to go through. But as always with Pro wrestling, everything needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
@howstrongis for sure. I know most of the wrestling world is a show and it's scripted. Someone like Mark Henry however... that guy was legit worlds strongest man in his prime even though he didn't win the named World's strongest man competition. His Arnold Classic win and Powerlifting world records were enough for legitimacy.
@@differentfins Henry is as legit as it gets. Made a second list with overall strength were he was at the (well deserved) first place. The man accomplished everything
Chicks
Fake plates
You mean at the WWE events? Highly likely
Putting mark henry at 10 is a joke. You invalidated your list with that.
We talked about the bench, not the overall strongest, Henry was at number 1 on that list. Henry was a great Bencher, but not the best. Strength can be expressed in a number of ways
Bro is your Channel monatized??
The Ultimate Warrior was the best & one of the strongest
Warrior left definitely an impression on me when i was younger.
Lol half these clips are fake weights being used
Most of the once in the intro for sure
So many fake plates....
What? You want to say to fake stuff in wrestling ? :)
Ted played bane in batman and Robin.
He was build like two Banes
False. It was Jeep Swenson. Also: Where is Brian Adams in this list?
@@Konacrusher Thanks for clarifying. As for Brian, think his max was 585, so almost made it. But even Warlord I only include a little in the beginning
I thought it was Mark Henry
Overall strongest Henry for sure