Please do the round table discussions again this year. I loved all the hype and promotions that were done in the lead up to last year. Definitely setting a new standard for the sport💪🏻
I know the Manhood Stones were controversial but I loved them! Only thing I would like to see is competitors going out in pairs so we can see them going head to head. Thor v Tom would be epic
Great to hear the logic behind invite selection. Makes the sport more understandable for fans. And great business move for SMOE picking the top 3 guys from the other top 3 comps. Makes the SMOE title the most prestigious.
Gonna be interesting to see if Eddie and Thor finally show up at the same time. It would be pretty funny if Thor goes for a 505+ deadlift at SMOE 2025 and Eddie is there to watch
Maxime was terrible on the overhead medley, he only got 1 implement. To be honest SMOE last year looked like good events for him but he really under performed. He had other competitions that he aced though so maybe he was carrying a small injury or something.
I love the level of detail you share. There's no room for corruption, we see your commitment to an amazing show and no funny business. I'm coming this year!
Will be great competition 👌🏻 Can't wait 👍🏻 SMOE should take Eddie there to make interview's and why not also announcer with Brian 💪🏻😁 greatest duo ever and would put a great show 👌🏻
I'd love to see you implement some sort of ranking system where athletes can earn points based on their placings throughout the season. It can be tiered with more points available for placings in the 'Big 4' much more and second tier Giants Live/North America's Strongest, 3rd tier Strongman Champions League/MvM Classic etc being scaled down accordingly. Would be such a cool way to decide the athletes who don't get in automatically and would also help centralize the sport.
I think since there was alot of backlash about thor winning the most event but not winning the show, one solution could be, a small pay out for every event win.
The Shaw Classic is the greatest strength contest in history, you are doing amazing things Brian. You should go to East vs West 16 in Tiblisi Georgia that's coming up in February just to watch and hang out with the guys. Also you should do a live podcast with Engin. You gotta commit to arm wrestling if you wanna beat Levan one day, there's still so much you need to learn about the sport.
Please stream the event live on UA-cam Brian. I truly believe that will pay off more than you could ever imagine in terms of growing the sport and overall revenue.
Going off of last year if a "strongman squat" point A to point B is going to be acceptable then get rid of the thumb grip rule in the deadlift or NO straps allowed at all.
You should invite Devon and his family to the SMOE comp this year since you have armwrestling being a part of it. They could be a meet a greet perhaps? I think that can be cool
Can't wait! Got my tickets as soon as they went on sale. Last one was awesome. The only thing I didn't like was the food choices at the venue. Since we are stuck in there for 7-8 hours each day we have no way to eat anything healthy. It's all junk all day. Other than that it's a great show
Having arm wrestling there will be great. Itll bring in newer fans and grow the sport. Then we have the amerature/pro strongmen which is amazing to begin with
I think the main issue with last year's show was the Squat. It's great to see it, but maybe just stick to a powerlifting style Squat event. It's not as flashy and still prone to questionable lifts but it's the fairest test of strength
This has been an amazing contest every year since its conception. Has there been any discussions about expanding the number of competitors from 16 to say 20 to give more strongmen an opportunity?
It would also be logistically impossible to pick athletes by bumping down to the next in lines. By the same logic as bumping down to slots 4 & 5 from Rogue, you could also say "Mitch and Hafthor already qualify from the Rogue Invitational, so let's bump down to 6 and 7 from SMOE". The logic breaks down because it equally says to invite different athletes depending on which way you look at it
I always get the feeling Maxime is not 100% going into these competitions, minor injuries and setbacks holding him back. I want to se a hungry wolverine fully charged and ready to challenge for the title !!!!
Best 16 of 2024 imo Mitch Hooper Tom Stoltman Hafthor Bjornsson Evan Singleton Bobby Thompson Matthew Ragg Austin Andrade Mateusz Kieliszkowski Lucas Hatton Thomas Evans Luke Stoltman Wesley Derwinsky Trey Mitchell Tristain Hoath Oleksii Novikov Pavlo Kordiyaka
Winner of America's Strongest Man gets a spot but winner of Europe's Strongest Man doesn't? I feel like both should. I get that that would add up to 17 spots, but come on, there's always going to be some overlap. You'd never actually see 17 different athletes in those positions.
Best competition. However my suggestions: use natural stones without tacky. Far better raw test of strength. Ditch machine lifts. They're dull and not the best tests of strength.
WSM is a bit of a joke and has some serious bias and corruption issues. Rouge, Arnolds, and SMOE is where it's at. WSM at this point is back to spectacle to me.
We all know which show crowns the best strongman in the world. Lol. I don't think WSM is even in contention anymore. It's a cool show with a great history, but Brian is finding the strongest. ASC is next. Rogue is for the most athletic strongman. WSM seems to be a middle of the road show with some athletic events and some heavier events. I'm glad we have so many options throughout the year.
Brian has to know its a good idea to look at the Magnus Classic. The big 4 exists in strongman, and the Magnus Classic is right after that. Its a PRO/AM on stero!ds and the greatest one that exists.
Arm wrestling sounds great...but what I really want is a Strongest Grip On Earth blob challenge. Most of us would agree that Brian has the strongest grip in the world when it comes to his blob gauntlet. Lets make it official.
Please set the competition to get the max out of the athletes. Eg the manhood stones, giving them the choice is cool but more structure would have lead to better performances (and records?)
So for you north American competition is better than OSG open or Las Vegas Strongest ProAm? Las Vegas Strongest ProAm have 50 athletes in the Heavyweight Men’s division I think the winner should be invited Brian
My 2 bobs worth to armwrestle competition is just do no weight class 2nd round lose elimination formate. Its called strongest man on earth not the 60 kg strongest person. Also do womens armwrestle comp too.
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if north America strongest man is automatically invited, europe's strongest man should also be invited
Let Brian get his show a major. Remember WUS? We need the SMOE but it is nothing yet. Lers hope it gets there. Rogue invitational is bullshit and badly run. Let them get better
I think athletes invited should span a little bit wider. Bring in some “no names” the winner from Siberian power show or Magnus Ver’s contest. Just my two cents.
That’s all cool, all the extra activities being held. But, How about let’s not fuck up the equipment on the events….which I’m sure they’ll be on point with it this year.
Nothing against Hooper I just thought it was a dumb event. Squatting for reps off of a rack like some guy at a public gym doesn't really scream strongman.
you should assign a points system for top 6 placements in your major strongman events. After removing duplicate winners fill in your remaining spots with the highest totaled guys
If I had a Christmas list I'd wish there's a Max squat, max natural stone to platform, Max back lift\barrel lift like you did on Strongest man in history, Max Braemar stone 28lb standing stone put, and a max hand and thigh lift so we could see someone lift 2,000lbs!! Could be cool to see with like a vertical car or something
For more information please visit thestrongestmanonearth.com/
Looking forward to my debut and putting on a performance for the all fans!
Go out there and put on a show bro and would be nice if you upload content to get your name out there
If you don't, I will find you.
I’m looking forward to seeing strike fear in the hearts of your competitors, you made a mark last year
Wishing you good luck brother! Hope you have a great show. Watched you last year and you looked great!
Make all us other Josh's proud brother
Please do the round table discussions again this year. I loved all the hype and promotions that were done in the lead up to last year. Definitely setting a new standard for the sport💪🏻
Yes, please. Those were awesome and built so much hype.
Thanks for going through all of this effort yet again Brian.
Actually. The BEST and strongest show by far
Yes thanks again
Can’t wait to come back and try to punch that ticket to SMOE this year!!!
Love having Big Loz as the commentator!
I know the Manhood Stones were controversial but I loved them! Only thing I would like to see is competitors going out in pairs so we can see them going head to head. Thor v Tom would be epic
Tom didn't even make one lift last time. Wouldn't be fun at all
@@Ryan-wx1bi Disagree, I think it took him by surprise. He wouldn't make the same mistake twice.
@@Ryan-wx1bihe is the best stone lifter.
I think they just need to tweak the finish, they seemed too slick.
@@Klepzeiker1984 Thor has proven twice that he's better at stones
Great to hear the logic behind invite selection. Makes the sport more understandable for fans. And great business move for SMOE picking the top 3 guys from the other top 3 comps. Makes the SMOE title the most prestigious.
Hope Loz is back again. Would also love to see him in an exhibition arm wrestling match
This will be my first year attending the competition in person. Looking forward to it!
We need Mateusz at this finally. Hopefully Wide Pavlo can make an appearance eventually
I only want Mateusz if he can deadlift. Been failing the same thing his entire career - hopefully once he gets that down it's not too late!
unfortunately, wide pavlo will most likely never reach the same levels as before the car accident
Brian simply deciding to grace the sport of AW with his collosal and legendary presence is such an enormous gift to us all.
looking forward to this show....last one was a banger! Well done Brian and kudos for all your hard work! The fans know your heart is in it.
Looking trim Brian, looking good! Your musculature shows better. Still massive!
Gonna be interesting to see if Eddie and Thor finally show up at the same time. It would be pretty funny if Thor goes for a 505+ deadlift at SMOE 2025 and Eddie is there to watch
Probably won't happen unless he allows suits
@@Ryan-wx1bisuits are dumb AF
Glad Maxime is back. He deserves it after the performance on the overhead medley
Maxime was terrible on the overhead medley, he only got 1 implement. To be honest SMOE last year looked like good events for him but he really under performed. He had other competitions that he aced though so maybe he was carrying a small injury or something.
I think you have the best pro AND amateur show out there. Last year was phenomenal. Can't wait for 2025!
LETS GOOO!!! Can't wait to see the Comp footage. Will be watching this channel for updates and Event Videos
I love the level of detail you share. There's no room for corruption, we see your commitment to an amazing show and no funny business. I'm coming this year!
Love what you are doing for the sport of Strongman Brian keep up the great work
Hell yeah I'm so hyped
Best comp ever
I am already excited about this year!
Thank you very much M. Shaw.
Brian love to see you match up against Loz on the arm wrestling table.
Will be great competition 👌🏻
Can't wait 👍🏻
SMOE should take Eddie there to make interview's and why not also announcer with Brian 💪🏻😁 greatest duo ever and would put a great show 👌🏻
God bless you Brian!
Looking Great Brian!
looking trim Brian!
I'd love to see you implement some sort of ranking system where athletes can earn points based on their placings throughout the season. It can be tiered with more points available for placings in the 'Big 4' much more and second tier Giants Live/North America's Strongest, 3rd tier Strongman Champions League/MvM Classic etc being scaled down accordingly. Would be such a cool way to decide the athletes who don't get in automatically and would also help centralize the sport.
Looking forward to a blast of a competition 👍👍
I think since there was alot of backlash about thor winning the most event but not winning the show, one solution could be, a small pay out for every event win.
Having a clear qualifying system is so healthy for the sport!!!
The Shaw Classic is the greatest strength contest in history, you are doing amazing things Brian. You should go to East vs West 16 in Tiblisi Georgia that's coming up in February just to watch and hang out with the guys. Also you should do a live podcast with Engin. You gotta commit to arm wrestling if you wanna beat Levan one day, there's still so much you need to learn about the sport.
Please stream the event live on UA-cam Brian. I truly believe that will pay off more than you could ever imagine in terms of growing the sport and overall revenue.
Going for the first time this year. Hopefully the 1st of many.
Going off of last year if a "strongman squat" point A to point B is going to be acceptable then get rid of the thumb grip rule in the deadlift or NO straps allowed at all.
So happy to see a qualifying system emerging. Silence the haters!
You should invite Devon and his family to the SMOE comp this year since you have armwrestling being a part of it. They could be a meet a greet perhaps? I think that can be cool
Can't wait! Got my tickets as soon as they went on sale. Last one was awesome. The only thing I didn't like was the food choices at the venue. Since we are stuck in there for 7-8 hours each day we have no way to eat anything healthy. It's all junk all day. Other than that it's a great show
Brian looking leaner and much healthier!
Can't wait to be there!
Let Thor pull 505. Put suits and figure 8’s on the menu. If it’s all about the athletes and for the athletes give him the stage.
SMOE has rapidly become the best strongman event
This is going to be epic as always!
Sort your EQUIPMENT out this time Brian! And don't allow anymore HALF REPS! XD
Having arm wrestling there will be great. Itll bring in newer fans and grow the sport.
Then we have the amerature/pro strongmen which is amazing to begin with
Refreshing to see a non-Roided Shaw lifting weights!
He’s just lighter
Don’t hold your breath
I think the main issue with last year's show was the Squat. It's great to see it, but maybe just stick to a powerlifting style Squat event. It's not as flashy and still prone to questionable lifts but it's the fairest test of strength
I’d love to see powerlifting going on as well with strongman and arm wrestling
It's going to be another Epic Contest.
Looking forward to performing... on the couch watching this event 😂😂😂
Still early for most of the invites. Hope everyone can stay healthy.
This has been an amazing contest every year since its conception. Has there been any discussions about expanding the number of competitors from 16 to say 20 to give more strongmen an opportunity?
It would also be logistically impossible to pick athletes by bumping down to the next in lines. By the same logic as bumping down to slots 4 & 5 from Rogue, you could also say "Mitch and Hafthor already qualify from the Rogue Invitational, so let's bump down to 6 and 7 from SMOE". The logic breaks down because it equally says to invite different athletes depending on which way you look at it
Brian loves Maxim, he’s amazing hope he shows and his deadlift is up to par.
I always get the feeling Maxime is not 100% going into these competitions, minor injuries and setbacks holding him back. I want to se a hungry wolverine fully charged and ready to challenge for the title !!!!
Very low chance of up to par deadlift. Has never shown improvement unfortunately.
Best 16 of 2024 imo
Mitch Hooper
Tom Stoltman
Hafthor Bjornsson
Evan Singleton
Bobby Thompson
Matthew Ragg
Austin Andrade
Mateusz Kieliszkowski
Lucas Hatton
Thomas Evans
Luke Stoltman
Wesley Derwinsky
Trey Mitchell
Tristain Hoath
Oleksii Novikov
Pavlo Kordiyaka
Shaw classic 2025 Armwrestling supermatch between Brian Shaw and Magnus Samuelsson 🙏
Brian Shaw should be the king of earth, Strong, kind and smart.
Winner of America's Strongest Man gets a spot but winner of Europe's Strongest Man doesn't? I feel like both should. I get that that would add up to 17 spots, but come on, there's always going to be some overlap. You'd never actually see 17 different athletes in those positions.
Best competition. However my suggestions: use natural stones without tacky. Far better raw test of strength. Ditch machine lifts. They're dull and not the best tests of strength.
I'm really looking forward to this event. When are you adding a forklift derby? ;-p
WSM must be pissed with Brian branding it strongest man on earth
WSM is a bit of a joke and has some serious bias and corruption issues. Rouge, Arnolds, and SMOE is where it's at. WSM at this point is back to spectacle to me.
They immediately collected the handle name on instagram, so that says something.......
Who cares
We all know which show crowns the best strongman in the world. Lol. I don't think WSM is even in contention anymore. It's a cool show with a great history, but Brian is finding the strongest. ASC is next. Rogue is for the most athletic strongman. WSM seems to be a middle of the road show with some athletic events and some heavier events. I'm glad we have so many options throughout the year.
Bro! Arm wrestling!!! Yessssss
Brian has to know its a good idea to look at the Magnus Classic. The big 4 exists in strongman, and the Magnus Classic is right after that. Its a PRO/AM on stero!ds and the greatest one that exists.
The biggest names unfortunately don’t compete at the MVM though. This past year the only top ten guy they had was Mateusz who did it as a rehab comp
Great news!
Armwresting! :)
Brian’s maxing out the shirt supplier’s sizing
Where do the men's light weight sign up?
Arm wrestling sounds great...but what I really want is a Strongest Grip On Earth blob challenge. Most of us would agree that Brian has the strongest grip in the world when it comes to his blob gauntlet. Lets make it official.
Do me a real life favor ? Call it the Strongest Human On Earth... SHOE 👞
Can you get the trademark for over the top and can you use the Kenny Logins song?
Please set the competition to get the max out of the athletes. Eg the manhood stones, giving them the choice is cool but more structure would have lead to better performances (and records?)
Mateusz Kieliszkowski and Evan Singleton are gonna be invited next for sure. Podiumed in 2024 Arnold's and WSM respectively.
where is evan?
Need to crown Strongest Woman on Earth!!!
Mitchell hooper #`1, thor and tom on the podium. shocker
I hope Kieliszowski will get an invite from being in top3 at Arnold's
Strongman should have an individual ranking. like a pound 4 pound or like Golf and tennis
So basically whoever is healthy. Got it
Yeah it’s pretty early still. Gotta wait till after WSM
So for you north American competition is better than OSG open or Las Vegas Strongest ProAm?
Las Vegas Strongest ProAm have 50 athletes in the Heavyweight Men’s division I think the winner should be invited Brian
SMOE Armwrestling side table? Tournament? Supermatches?
Tom was 2nd equal not third at rogue
My 2 bobs worth to armwrestle competition is just do no weight class 2nd round lose elimination formate. Its called strongest man on earth not the 60 kg strongest person. Also do womens armwrestle comp too.
if north America strongest man is automatically invited, europe's strongest man should also be invited
Who else would like to see top strongmen armwrestle eachother?
Brian looking like he is down to about 400 pounds. Kinda small now. JK .Looking forward to seeing my SMOE family again this year. Cant wait.
Nice! Glad arm wrestling will be present ❤
Official strongman games top 3 are all monsters
I'm confused..didnt he just have the 2024 smoe? I remember bc he made that video crying that nobody thanked him.
Don’t get the guys arm wresting each other. Most of them haven’t got a clue what they’re doing and it will be injuries galore waiting to happen
Let Brian get his show a major. Remember WUS? We need the SMOE but it is nothing yet. Lers hope it gets there. Rogue invitational is bullshit and badly run. Let them get better
Wait. You said worlds strongest man or do you.mean 2025? What about evan with him being third at wsm. Or will you.look at the top 3 of 2025?
Armwrestling!
I think athletes invited should span a little bit wider. Bring in some “no names” the winner from Siberian power show or Magnus Ver’s contest. Just my two cents.
You put on the best Strongman event Brian. Minus the smooth stones that Tacky didn’t work on.
That’s all cool, all the extra activities being held.
But,
How about let’s not fuck up the equipment on the events….which I’m sure they’ll be on point with it this year.
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Please don't do that squat machine again. Hooper will just take advantage of it again
They should just do a powerlifting style Squat for reps instead. Not perfect but easier to judge and determine proper depth
Nothing against Hooper I just thought it was a dumb event. Squatting for reps off of a rack like some guy at a public gym doesn't really scream strongman.
you should assign a points system for top 6 placements in your major strongman events. After removing duplicate winners fill in your remaining spots with the highest totaled guys
Shaw now looking about 375, looks so good and healthy, still a monster though, i can see him when hes 50 around 325 and looking amazing
Bro was 410 at the arm wrestling match lmao
@NSD-fp9qj woah, 35 is a lot to lose in 4 weeks
@@danielrichardson4868 yeah meaning he might still be that lol
@NSD-fp9qj maybe, looks to be under 4 though now
If I had a Christmas list I'd wish there's a Max squat, max natural stone to platform, Max back lift\barrel lift like you did on Strongest man in history, Max Braemar stone 28lb standing stone put, and a max hand and thigh lift so we could see someone lift 2,000lbs!!
Could be cool to see with like a vertical car or something