I was just daydreaming about a prime Bill Kazmier...... competing at the Arnold's. It would have suited him soooo much better. More static, less moving, and Webster ain't the main judge 😂👍 Would be awesome to see.....
Honestly respect to Geoff Capes for being so humble when saying that Kaz was the strongest. Capes was an incredible athlete in his own right and seems like a great guy.
Easily, my favorite strongman of all-time. What a great, passionate showman! And he didn't have the advantage of knowing what events he would be competing in ahead of time so he could train specifically for those events. Nor did he have all the specific equipment that today's strongman has access to. His powerlifts all these years later still exceeds most WSM's numbers! And then, there is this: One WSM told me, if the promoters didn't like you - like they didn't like Kaz, they would arrange their contests with events that tested mostly their weaknesses so it would be harder for them to win. Still for my money, based on the era he competed in and how dominant he was in his prime, he's my greatest strongman! You did a great job capturing some of my favorite Kaz moments! My favorite? Doing that double in the deadlift for laughing Bruce with a weight no one else could do once! 😀
Bill wasn't cocky, he was confident. When a judge is telling you to lock the deadlift at the top and make sure your shoulders are back, the judge is implying that Bill couldn't do it. Bill was just showing the judge that he could.
@@ljnvthat incident is completely unrelated to what Bill would've done between 83-86. The magnusson's incident was of 1989 pure strength competition which was after Bill's prime at the end of his career.
@@ljnv Bill was never as aggressive or emotional like he showed at that pure strength event. It's just that he wasn't invited to compete from 83-86 despite him being a reigning champion. How absurd is this
Kind of like how America couldn't win a war by it's self. Even in its war of independence it needed France and Spain to help , Noticed the Americans lost in Vietnam as well and never acknowledge the war of 1812 where Britain kicked their ass and burnt the white House
The owner of the gym I go to met Kaz in the 90s. He watched him pick up a Thomas Inch dumbbell with one hand and hold a front lat raise with it for several seconds. Also said he was an incredible nice guy.
I remember back in the days when Kaz did some sumo in WSM and they zoomed in on his trapz, and I was like, wtf. WEBSTER (Ppl think he was toooooo strong for WSM, just search, not that, but he wouldve got alot more titles)
The best thing about "The sausage problem" was Mark Higgins looking terrified in the background that Bill might kick off,this is Matk Higgins thats a well respected and feared bouncer and security boss that ran the doors in Birmingham,6ft 9" and 25 stone... That's fear right there 🤣😂😆
@DWVigilante He broke 4 junior OL records after only 9 months of training & did all he did under age 25 before going to WWE. Not to mention was a drug free lifter.
Statistically he really may have been the strongest man ever at the time. Humanity trends towards bigger and taller frames as nutrition and health care improve, and now we can afford to sponsor a man to eat 20,000 calories a day, not accusing but possibly injecting synthetic hormones, definitely working out as a profession....that's never been possible before. Its extremely unlikely anyone before has ever been as strong as we see in competition now.
I think he was at that time the strongest ever . Think 4 year ban for the competition his prime just like Ali he was robbed of what 4 to 5 wins but he was anazing to watch
At the time he was the strongest. Also he was a lot stronger than his competitors so he wasn’t really pushed to his limits like Brian and them where. Brian’s generation had himself Big Z, Thor, Eddie, and many others who are all considered to be some of the best who ever competed
If Bill was brought up in the generation of strongman with Brian Shaw then he would be stronger than he was. Let’s put aside even modern equipment training knowledge and supplementation and let’s just look at the other factors. When Bill was the strongest he was absolutely destroying everyone and it wasn’t close. If he is the strongest already then he doesn’t have much motivation to push it further, only to maintain his level. Just like Thor for instance. He made a goal to deadlift 501kg then he retired from strongman in his prime. He could have likely gotten stronger and pushed for a higher deadlift but he reached his goal and that was it. If someone would have deadlifted 505kg then Thor likely could have reached 510kg and so on. Bill kazmier would have strived to reach the bar and surpass it wherever it was set I’m confident. Wether he would have beat a guy like Brian we will never know but I guarantee you that competition would have pushed him harder and to get stronger than he was.
@@jdj2022 True. I wonder if he could ultimately have kept up with the contemporary strong men. Shaw, Thor, Big Z and even Eddie Hall are much taller than him. The same question applies in all sports. Is Usain Bolt really the fastest man who ever lived? I saw an intelligent video comparing him to Jesse Owen, among other champion sprinters, and trying to compensate for the different track surfaces and shoes. That video concluded that Bolt was #1 and Owens was #2, but who knows?
@@gomezgomez2 yeah it’s tough to compare eras for that reason of course. I don’t know if Kaz would have beaten them but I do think he would have had a great chance. Brian Shaws frame is ridiculous though and would give him the advantage over Bill in that area. But we are also seeing some smaller strongman dominate lately it seems. It’s hard to say.
He was a cocky asshole no doubting it but man, that day in age he was the greatest so good wsm wouldnt let him compete which is very messed up imo. Id love to see Prime Kaz and prime Mariuz go at it my money is on Kaz
John Chapter 3 1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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I was just daydreaming about a prime Bill Kazmier...... competing at the Arnold's. It would have suited him soooo much better. More static, less moving, and Webster ain't the main judge 😂👍
Would be awesome to see.....
If Bill had come up in today's strongman era, he'd be even more of a legend than he already is!
@@BIGJATPSUIf someone chucked Bill a six figure sum to focus solely on the deadlift, you'd have seen a 500kg pull 40 odd years ago.
Honestly respect to Geoff Capes for being so humble when saying that Kaz was the strongest. Capes was an incredible athlete in his own right and seems like a great guy.
Rumor has it that Webster is still running in fear to this day!
😂
Hes in his 90s now. He's probably running a lot slower these days.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bill is the real Mr. Incredible.
Easily, my favorite strongman of all-time. What a great, passionate showman! And he didn't have the advantage of knowing what events he would be competing in ahead of time so he could train specifically for those events. Nor did he have all the specific equipment that today's strongman has access to. His powerlifts all these years later still exceeds most WSM's numbers! And then, there is this: One WSM told me, if the promoters didn't like you - like they didn't like Kaz, they would arrange their contests with events that tested mostly their weaknesses so it would be harder for them to win.
Still for my money, based on the era he competed in and how dominant he was in his prime, he's my greatest strongman! You did a great job capturing some of my favorite Kaz moments! My favorite? Doing that double in the deadlift for laughing Bruce with a weight no one else could do once! 😀
Bill wasn't cocky, he was confident. When a judge is telling you to lock the deadlift at the top and make sure your shoulders are back, the judge is implying that Bill couldn't do it. Bill was just showing the judge that he could.
WSM could not get a brit WSM until they disallowed Kaz to compete.
While bill would have won, look at what he did to magnus ver magnusson during pure strength that nearly cost od wilsons life
@@ljnvthat incident is completely unrelated to what Bill would've done between 83-86. The magnusson's incident was of 1989 pure strength competition which was after Bill's prime at the end of his career.
@@abhinavkumar547 yes that's correct however that incident demonstrates the behavioural and emotional issues carried by Kaz
@@ljnv Bill was never as aggressive or emotional like he showed at that pure strength event. It's just that he wasn't invited to compete from 83-86 despite him being a reigning champion. How absurd is this
Kind of like how America couldn't win a war by it's self. Even in its war of independence it needed France and Spain to help ,
Noticed the Americans lost in Vietnam as well and never acknowledge the war of 1812 where Britain kicked their ass and burnt the white House
1:33 Looks like The Hulk changing, scary dude.
The owner of the gym I go to met Kaz in the 90s. He watched him pick up a Thomas Inch dumbbell with one hand and hold a front lat raise with it for several seconds. Also said he was an incredible nice guy.
jebus. yeah his abilities were just off the charts.
B.S.
Great video! Bill vs Zyndrunas would also be great
Mr incredible in real life.
Jeff Capes is a legend, im sure Bill and him are friends.
A great montage of those amazing moments of the one and only Kazmanaut! Thank you Strength Universe!
Thanks buddy
The cartoon the incredibles Bob Par was based off bill 😂😂😂
Almost criminal WSM didn't invite him during those peak years. Was a giant among giant men.
I don't just think it was just his dominance, I think it was probably also the backstage tomfoolery.
@@BuJammy I was truly unaware of the backstage stuff... what happened?
That's exactly why...Giga-Chad, in a room full of Chads
@@dadimadh4528 his constant disagreement of the judges and supposed "intimidation" 🙄
He was too dominant for WSM straight up 💯
Didn't he nearly kill one of his partners at a team event? I'm sure he barged into a competitor who dropped a barrell onto someone.
Definitely treated poorly by WSM, but if fairness I doubt David Webster and Doug Edmonds knew that WSM would become what it has. Great video 😊
Thanks again Sam. Pleased the competition has evolved, especially over the past decade
For you Bruce! Fantastic guy.
He is the strongest man to ever live my favorite thanks for the video God bless
Absolute legend. Definitely up there as one of the greatest for me.
KAZ is a hero to me. Very motivational 🫡🥹🫵
Impossible to not love Bill.
bill kaz is without doubt the greatest strongman whoever lived.
I remember back in the days when Kaz did some sumo in WSM and they zoomed in on his trapz, and I was like, wtf. WEBSTER (Ppl think he was toooooo strong for WSM, just search, not that, but he wouldve got alot more titles)
Love your videos man! Keep up the great work!
Thanks a ton!
Enjoyed watching Kaz! Not only was he super strong he had the swag.
I love the attitude. That’s the one thing that’s been washed it a sport now…
I agree, Sports now lack the personalities of the past
The only man who was banned from WSM because he was too dominant.
So motivational YEARRRRRRRRR🫡↪️✝️↩️🫡
The best thing about "The sausage problem" was Mark Higgins looking terrified in the background that Bill might kick off,this is Matk Higgins thats a well respected and feared bouncer and security boss that ran the doors in Birmingham,6ft 9" and 25 stone... That's fear right there 🤣😂😆
Kaz #1 period. Old school raw strength. And rage.
Little doubt that Kaz may have indeed been the world's strongest man. He was an absolute BEAST.
Bill said that Big Z is the strongest man to ever walk the 🌎
Great video.
Doug Hepburn vs Paul Anderson maybe?
Good idea. Currently working on Louis vs Anderson
How could you not like Kaz? Should be the most prolific winner of WSM ever but for politics.
mr. webster hasn t slept ever since ...
😂
THE greatest of all time.
2:14 Mrs. Kazmeier's nighttime POV 😏
Bill was the best as being a amazing weightlifter & powerlifter as far as old school straight goes especially for his time
His traps were just god level for a strong man
It would have been awesome to see a prime Bill vs. a prime Zydrunas. Both were the prominent forces during their eras.
That dude was amazing
Bill is only person to not get invited to wsm for being to dominate . That says it all
The goat 🐐
and at the time he was
He’s definitely one of the top 3 strongest men of all time, surpassed only by Mark Henry & Zydrunas Savickas.
@DWVigilante He broke 4 junior OL records after only 9 months of training & did all he did under age 25 before going to WWE. Not to mention was a drug free lifter.
Definitely an intimidating man. Ask Webster.
When you’re so strong that WSM has to stop inviting you so someone else has a chance to win…
It's amazing how corrupt this sport was not inviting him back after winning it a few times in a row.
Statistically he really may have been the strongest man ever at the time. Humanity trends towards bigger and taller frames as nutrition and health care improve, and now we can afford to sponsor a man to eat 20,000 calories a day, not accusing but possibly injecting synthetic hormones, definitely working out as a profession....that's never been possible before. Its extremely unlikely anyone before has ever been as strong as we see in competition now.
Лучший!!!
Found it Bill acknowledged using steroids
Wow fancy that! 😲🤯
I think he was at that time the strongest ever . Think 4 year ban for the competition his prime just like Ali he was robbed of what 4 to 5 wins but he was anazing to watch
👍
But Bill Kazmaier in a recent interview with Brian Shaw admitted that Brian was stronger than him!
At the time he was the strongest. Also he was a lot stronger than his competitors so he wasn’t really pushed to his limits like Brian and them where. Brian’s generation had himself Big Z, Thor, Eddie, and many others who are all considered to be some of the best who ever competed
If Bill was brought up in the generation of strongman with Brian Shaw then he would be stronger than he was. Let’s put aside even modern equipment training knowledge and supplementation and let’s just look at the other factors.
When Bill was the strongest he was absolutely destroying everyone and it wasn’t close. If he is the strongest already then he doesn’t have much motivation to push it further, only to maintain his level.
Just like Thor for instance. He made a goal to deadlift 501kg then he retired from strongman in his prime. He could have likely gotten stronger and pushed for a higher deadlift but he reached his goal and that was it. If someone would have deadlifted 505kg then Thor likely could have reached 510kg and so on. Bill kazmier would have strived to reach the bar and surpass it wherever it was set I’m confident. Wether he would have beat a guy like Brian we will never know but I guarantee you that competition would have pushed him harder and to get stronger than he was.
@@jdj2022 True. I wonder if he could ultimately have kept up with the contemporary strong men. Shaw, Thor, Big Z and even Eddie Hall are much taller than him. The same question applies in all sports. Is Usain Bolt really the fastest man who ever lived? I saw an intelligent video comparing him to Jesse Owen, among other champion sprinters, and trying to compensate for the different track surfaces and shoes. That video concluded that Bolt was #1 and Owens was #2, but who knows?
@@gomezgomez2 yeah it’s tough to compare eras for that reason of course.
I don’t know if Kaz would have beaten them but I do think he would have had a great chance.
Brian Shaws frame is ridiculous though and would give him the advantage over Bill in that area. But we are also seeing some smaller strongman dominate lately it seems. It’s hard to say.
Bill never kicked the arse out of HGH and insulin combination,the reason you've got muscular 400lbers these days
Irl Mr incredible
He was a cocky asshole no doubting it but man, that day in age he was the greatest so good wsm wouldnt let him compete which is very messed up imo. Id love to see Prime Kaz and prime Mariuz go at it my money is on Kaz
John
Chapter 3
1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
WSM banned him for three years. He could have had six in a row.
Yes it was a poor move by the WSM, he certainly could have got 5 titles, 6 at a push
Kaz didn't like Wilhelm at all.
Umm he scares me
Bill was the strongest of them all
Austrian Power ❤
The donald trump of stongman. Haa