There was a Tag Team Tournament at WCW Starrcade '90 with a Soviet team, basically two terrifying amateur wrestlers who had no idea about pro wrestling. Its pretty much a mix of styles and while not a great pro wrestling match, they would have made great opponents years later against Angle, Gable and co. @@MacStoker
887 wins over 13 years. 68 matches a year. Seems a little much. He never had injuries that prevented him from missing tournies? Dan Gable had182 matches combined in Hs and college and wrestled in 6 tournies internationally.
@@erich1780 Gable won medal for USA in one olympics and one world championships, from college to retirement he competed from -67 to -75, his last year he competed very sporadically. Karelin was in four olympics from -88 to 2000 and competed in world and european championships during that time almost every year, racking up 9 word championship medals, and 12 european championship medals and two world cup medals. Karelin had a much longer career and was much more active, he barely had any injuries which meant he competed almost every year of his career and very successfully. His total tally from juniors to olympics was 35 gold medals and 2 silvers in international competitions
Karelin didn't have much longer career. Gable went into HS at about 1964. He was 64-0 in HS. He went to college in 1967 and wrestled to about 1975. After 72 he wrestled sporadically. I'll Count HS and College and tournys only. He wrestled about 23 times a year. Not the 68 Karelin supposedly did. Karelin was also so formidable, I could see wrestlers blowing off tournys where he appeared in to avoid him slamming and hurting them. 887 matches is quite the #.
His bench 300 pounds for 20 mins not reps then after that he took on 3 USA olympic wrestler beat them all under 3 mins this was witness as they were trying to get him into pro wrestling , they were trying to get into russian TV it was going to be the best out 3 matches against a AWA Hogan and 1 match was to be in Russia but it fell through.
That definitely did not happen. For him to bench 300 pounds for 20 minutes straight he would have to be strong enough that 300 pounds is less than maybe 15-20% of his 1RM, which would make his estimated 1RM based on that number at least 1200 pounds. That would make him (without even trying to compete at lifting) the strongest bench presser that has ever lived by more than 50% even though he was an athlete in a sport where a much higher emphasis is placed on pulling strength and leg strength. It would also make Julius Maddox who himself is 450 pounds, a professional powerlifter and a bench only specialist the second (and third and fourth and fifth given that he has been beating only himself for a while) in line for the record by over 400 pounds. It could be that he did a brief weight training session during which he did some sets and reps with up to 300 pounds (a completely reasonable session given that during the strength block of his preparation he would bench up to 450) or that he did some sort of curcuit which lasted 2 minutes and included a station where he bench pressed 300, but he absolutely did not do a 20 minute single set of repping out 300 pounds the whole time. It cannot be done.
There was a rule change. Not taking anything away from Rulon, but it did help him. 99% of the time Karelin would have defeated him, it's the 1% that was lucky in the Olympics.
@@_uchiha Seen too many guys on the juice who still look bad and are weak. They help, but are also have their limits. And you still need to train hard and need the right genetics to be at elite level.
@@howstrongis exactly, steroids is something that build more muscle/strength after extensive strength, people nowadays think you just become strong taking it not taking working out into consideration
That Thumbnail is Frightening,
Absolutely love it,
Again excellent upload
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Ri train(Ed) for bodybuilding and was also a wrestler … I was surprised at my peak I outweighed Karelin!
Beast :)
Man was a beast!!!!!
Probably one of the most dominant forces in wrestling
My training for both bodybuilding and wrestling was for both strength and size
Size and strength helps with a lot of sports. Especially Bodybuilding is always a great tool to gain size and acts as a great base for strength.
awesome beast of a man... i never got into that kind of wrestling but theyre the top athletes in our world
He actually had one Pro Wrestling/Shoot wrestling match in Japan. Just look for Akira Maeda vs Aleksandr Karelin
@@howstrongis cheers, i just watched that... even though they played it as a shoot it was obviously a work lol....
good fun though
There was a Tag Team Tournament at WCW Starrcade '90 with a Soviet team, basically two terrifying amateur wrestlers who had no idea about pro wrestling. Its pretty much a mix of styles and while not a great pro wrestling match, they would have made great opponents years later against Angle, Gable and co. @@MacStoker
887 wins over 13 years. 68 matches a year. Seems a little much. He never had injuries that prevented him from missing tournies? Dan Gable had182 matches combined in Hs and college and wrestled in 6 tournies internationally.
Think he competed in the olympics with broken ribs, but still won. Dan gable is of course another legend in the sport
Gable had almost 700 matches less than Karelin. Karelin is the goat but that 887 wins doesn't seem possible
@@erich1780 Gable won medal for USA in one olympics and one world championships, from college to retirement he competed from -67 to -75, his last year he competed very sporadically.
Karelin was in four olympics from -88 to 2000 and competed in world and european championships during that time almost every year, racking up 9 word championship medals, and 12 european championship medals and two world cup medals.
Karelin had a much longer career and was much more active, he barely had any injuries which meant he competed almost every year of his career and very successfully. His total tally from juniors to olympics was 35 gold medals and 2 silvers in international competitions
Karelin didn't have much longer career. Gable went into HS at about 1964. He was 64-0 in HS. He went to college in 1967 and wrestled to about 1975. After 72 he wrestled sporadically. I'll Count HS and College and tournys only. He wrestled about 23 times a year. Not the 68 Karelin supposedly did. Karelin was also so formidable, I could see wrestlers blowing off tournys where he appeared in to avoid him slamming and hurting them. 887 matches is quite the #.
His bench 300 pounds for 20 mins not reps then after that he took on 3 USA olympic wrestler beat them all under 3 mins this was witness as they were trying to get him into pro wrestling , they were trying to get into russian TV it was going to be the best out 3 matches against a AWA Hogan and 1 match was to be in Russia but it fell through.
Awesome information, appreciate the input
That definitely did not happen. For him to bench 300 pounds for 20 minutes straight he would have to be strong enough that 300 pounds is less than maybe 15-20% of his 1RM, which would make his estimated 1RM based on that number at least 1200 pounds. That would make him (without even trying to compete at lifting) the strongest bench presser that has ever lived by more than 50% even though he was an athlete in a sport where a much higher emphasis is placed on pulling strength and leg strength. It would also make Julius Maddox who himself is 450 pounds, a professional powerlifter and a bench only specialist the second (and third and fourth and fifth given that he has been beating only himself for a while) in line for the record by over 400 pounds.
It could be that he did a brief weight training session during which he did some sets and reps with up to 300 pounds (a completely reasonable session given that during the strength block of his preparation he would bench up to 450) or that he did some sort of curcuit which lasted 2 minutes and included a station where he bench pressed 300, but he absolutely did not do a 20 minute single set of repping out 300 pounds the whole time. It cannot be done.
Yes because the pro wrestling community doesn't exaggerate.
Um maybe 😅@@smolkafilip
@smolkafilip don't think y'all understand strength 😅
Why does the channel use an AI voice ? It's robotic nature is really off putting.
Thanks for the feedback, actually stopped using it in the latest 3 or 4 videos.
Until he ran into a quiet farm kid from Wyoming who didn't have the federal government backing him from a zygote
There was a rule change. Not taking anything away from Rulon, but it did help him. 99% of the time Karelin would have defeated him, it's the 1% that was lucky in the Olympics.
1000% roided out. Doesn’t count
Then we can’t include 90% of pro athletes and wrestlers ;)
What do you think steroids do? You could take steroid for a year and still be weaker than me
@@_uchiha Seen too many guys on the juice who still look bad and are weak. They help, but are also have their limits. And you still need to train hard and need the right genetics to be at elite level.
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@@howstrongis exactly, steroids is something that build more muscle/strength after extensive strength, people nowadays think you just become strong taking it not taking working out into consideration
But its greco 🤐
Still strong :) Also he had a pro wrestling match, so he was still included