Author Topic: Strongest Feats of Strength (threads merged): (Read 26206 times)

Ruffneck · « **on:** January 29, 2009, 11:13:55 AM »

There has been a lot of power based wrestlers in the past but what are your favourite feats of strength that you have witnessed.
Heres a few here.

GOLDBERG PRESS/SPINEBUSTER COMBO ON BROCK

GOLDBERG PRESSING SCOTT STEINER

BROCK POWERBOMBS BIG SHOW

leonp1981 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2009, 02:54:19 PM »

You've got to include Hogan slamming Andre.

Karl Kox · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2009, 10:29:31 PM »

Quote from: leonp1981 on January 29, 2009, 02:54:19 PM

You've got to include Hogan slamming Andre.

He tore a lat doing that

leonp1981 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2009, 09:38:32 AM »

Quote from: Karl Kox on January 29, 2009, 10:29:31 PM

He tore a lat doing that

I'm sure taking his vitamins would fix that!

Karl Kox · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2009, 09:41:23 AM »

Quote from: leonp1981 on January 30, 2009, 09:38:32 AM

I'm sure taking his vitamins would fix that!

LOL yes his vitamins

Andy Griffin · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:11:19 PM »

Old school Mid-Atlantic from late 70s (like almost all my contributions lol)

K-1 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2009, 07:22:03 PM »

Don't have the footage but I remember when lex lugar had big show in torture rack.

walked him out to the center of the ring in it and somebody came out of nowhere and took out his leg. LMAO.

nothing like the last minute bail out guy sprinting from the locker room

Ruffneck · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2009, 09:34:19 AM »

Cena FUs the Big Slow

K-1 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2009, 03:35:05 PM »

Quote from: cheftim on February 01, 2009, 10:12:56 AM

nice...I remember that one. I was like "oh damn" lol

leonp1981 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2009, 09:13:35 AM »

This was stolen from an old thread on the Powerlifting board!

'Superstar' Billy Graham - 585
BRAWK! Lesnar - 475
Eddie Guerrero - 275
Taz - 450
'British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith - 550
Doug Furnas - 600
Scott 'Flash' Norton - 650
'H2O' Ron Waterman - 500+
Bruno Sammartino - 565
The Ultimate Warrior - 500
Road Warrior Animal - 550
'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka - 525 (in his bodybuilding days, before he became a wrestler)
Sting - 365
Chyna - 310 (she once claimed she could bench 375, but looking at other female lifters, I find that HIGHLY unlikely)
Kurt Angle - 420
'relliK' Johnny Stamboli - 495
Bill Kazmaier - 660
Tony 'Ludwig Borga' Halme - 600
'Total Package' Lex Luger - 530
Bulldog Brower - 500
Bryan 'Crush' Adams - 585
'The Big Show' Paul Wight - 500 (when challenged in the weights room - he did it without too much apparent effort and didn't bother going any higher)
Dino Bravo - 570
Chris Benoit - 450
Shane Douglas - 420
The Barbarian - 550 for 3 reps (no pause)
Iron Sheik - 345
Tank Abbott - 600
Bret 'The Hitman' Hart - 415
'Big Bully' Nick Busick - 605
Nikolai Volkoff - 600+
Ole Anderson - 405
Dynamite Kid - 450
Ted Arcidi - 700
Reggie Lisowski - 500
'Polish Power' Ivan Putski - 600
'Ravishing' Rick Rude - 405 for 3 reps (no pause)
Skandor Akbar - 500
The Rock - 425
Batista - 525
Ahmed Johnson - 520
Chris Candido - 400+
The Warlord - 575 for 6 reps (no pause)
Road Warrior Hawk - 515
'Lethal Weapon' Steve Blackman - 550 (in his weightlifting days, before wrestling)
Bill Goldberg - 495 for 5 reps (but has claimed in interviews that he only does 400)
Triple H - over 400 (no figure stated beyond that)
Scott Steiner - 525 (he claimed he could do over 600 in the dying days of WCW BUT Steiner was heavily into kayfabe back then and had stated in previous interviews that he avoided the benchpress where possible, owing to injuries)
Austin Idol - 505
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart - 550 (with ease and just fooling around)
Mark Henry - 620
Magnum TA - 350 (for 10-12 reps)
Hulk Hogan - 550
Kevin Sullivan - 350
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair - 500 (in his days as a 280lb powerlifter before his plane crash)
Mike Graham - 440
Tony Atlas - 600
'Cowboy' Bill Watts - 500
Steve Keirn - 425
The Crusher - 500
Bill 'Ax' Eadie - 450 (estimated)
Jos LeDuc - 600
Kane - 405 (for sets - no max recorded)

UPINTHEMGUTS · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2009, 09:27:58 AM »

Quote from: leonp1981 on July 08, 2009, 09:13:35 AM

This was stolen from an old thread on the Powerlifting board!

'Superstar' Billy Graham - 585
BRAWK! Lesnar - 475
Eddie Guerrero - 275
Taz - 450
'British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith - 550
Doug Furnas - 600
Scott 'Flash' Norton - 650
'H2O' Ron Waterman - 500+
Bruno Sammartino - 565
The Ultimate Warrior - 500
Road Warrior Animal - 550
'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka - 525 (in his bodybuilding days, before he became a wrestler)
Sting - 365
Chyna - 310 (she once claimed she could bench 375, but looking at other female lifters, I find that HIGHLY unlikely)
Kurt Angle - 420
'relliK' Johnny Stamboli - 495
Bill Kazmaier - 660
Tony 'Ludwig Borga' Halme - 600
'Total Package' Lex Luger - 530
Bulldog Brower - 500
Bryan 'Crush' Adams - 585
'The Big Show' Paul Wight - 500 (when challenged in the weights room - he did it without too much apparent effort and didn't bother going any higher)
Dino Bravo - 570
Chris Benoit - 450
Shane Douglas - 420
The Barbarian - 550 for 3 reps (no pause)
Iron Sheik - 345
Tank Abbott - 600
Bret 'The Hitman' Hart - 415
'Big Bully' Nick Busick - 605
Nikolai Volkoff - 600+
Ole Anderson - 405
Dynamite Kid - 450
Ted Arcidi - 700
Reggie Lisowski - 500
'Polish Power' Ivan Putski - 600
'Ravishing' Rick Rude - 405 for 3 reps (no pause)
Skandor Akbar - 500
The Rock - 425
Batista - 525
Ahmed Johnson - 520
Chris Candido - 400+
The Warlord - 575 for 6 reps (no pause)
Road Warrior Hawk - 515
'Lethal Weapon' Steve Blackman - 550 (in his weightlifting days, before wrestling)
Bill Goldberg - 495 for 5 reps (but has claimed in interviews that he only does 400)
Triple H - over 400 (no figure stated beyond that)
Scott Steiner - 525 (he claimed he could do over 600 in the dying days of WCW BUT Steiner was heavily into kayfabe back then and had stated in previous interviews that he avoided the benchpress where possible, owing to injuries)
Austin Idol - 505
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart - 550 (with ease and just fooling around)
Mark Henry - 620
Magnum TA - 350 (for 10-12 reps)
Hulk Hogan - 550
Kevin Sullivan - 350
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair - 500 (in his days as a 280lb powerlifter before his plane crash)
Mike Graham - 440
Tony Atlas - 600
'Cowboy' Bill Watts - 500
Steve Keirn - 425
The Crusher - 500
Bill 'Ax' Eadie - 450 (estimated)
Jos LeDuc - 600
Kane - 405 (for sets - no max recorded)

I call BULLSHIT.

Montague · « **Reply #11 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:03:15 AM »

More than a few surprises on that list (if accurate).
Bill Watts – 500 lb. max?

I’ve talked to some non-wrestling folks who’ve seen different wrestlers train over the years.
Davey Boy & Anvil were always said to have been genuine powerhouses.
Warlord, too, but I’ve never heard “exact” numbers for him.

Playboy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:52:24 AM »

Superstar billy graham's bench was NO bullshit. He trained with Arnold and worked his way up to 6 plates aside.

Montague · « **Reply #13 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:28:42 AM »

Playboy · « **Reply #14 on:** July 08, 2009, 12:41:39 PM »

Nice pic of Arnie and Superstar. Note how big superstar is....wrestlers are not small being 6'2" - up. He is dwarfing Arnold in that pic just with sheer mass.

Superboy Prime · « **Reply #15 on:** July 08, 2009, 01:40:40 PM »

Actually the Road Warriors had better lifts than what is listed.

Animal 605 max bench

Hawk 565 max bench

UPINTHEMGUTS · « **Reply #16 on:** July 08, 2009, 02:10:06 PM »

Quote from: Playboy on July 08, 2009, 12:41:39 PM

Nice pic of Arnie and Superstar. Note how big superstar is....wrestlers are not small being 6'2" - up. He is dwarfing Arnold in that pic just with sheer mass.

I wouldn't say he's 'dwarfing' Arnold. He's just slightly taller. Arnold has bigger thighs and calves.

By the way, why did Arnold walk around barefoot in a hardcore gym? I'd be worried some idiot would accidently drop a weight on my foot.

Geo · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2009, 02:22:24 PM »

arnies spotting technique needed a little work back then

Montague · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2009, 04:08:17 PM »

Looks like he’s in position for a side spot.
Probably someone else at the other end of the bar who didn’t make it into the shot.

I don’t seen it often, but this method of spotting is quite common on presses (bench/squats) involving more than 5 plates.
Wouldn't want to be the poor bastard responsible for doing a 500 lb. upright row when Graham gets pinned under the bar.

Playboy · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2009, 07:45:42 AM »

Quote from: Montague on July 08, 2009, 04:08:17 PM

Looks like he’s in position for a side spot.
Probably someone else at the other end of the bar who didn’t make it into the shot.

I don’t seen it often, but this method of spotting is quite common on presses (bench/squats) involving more than 5 plates.
Wouldn't want to be the poor bastard responsible for doing a 500 lb. upright row when Graham gets pinned under the bar.

That's a hell of a monster bench press on Grahams part. Side spotters are common on extremely heavy lifts.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #20 on:** August 04, 2009, 12:06:43 PM »

Some of those are completely made up.

I have personally witnessed :

Sullivan pushing 455 for 5
Larry Zybsko 405 for several sets of 10
Rick Steiner 275 for around 15 non lock out reps (this was after he clearly came off the juice and was very smaller towards the end of WCW)
Bobby Eaton - yes, THAT Bobby Eaton - 405 for 4
Sid Vicious 365 for 4 - talk about a disappointment
Arn Anderson - 315 for reps about 10-12. he usually would come in and pick 2 exercises and just do 10-15 sets for each while he was waiting on Flair to get off the stairmaster
Willy Mayes - old school WCW jobber and personal friend of mine - 545 for 6
Glacier - at Powerhouse gym in Alpharetta - 275 for 2. (Pathetic)
Robbie Rage - 495 for reps (had to be over 10 easily) but he usually just did incline flyes with 110 lb dumbells
Paul Roma - 315 and bombed out on the 3rd rep
hercules hernandez - no BP but did dumbell presses with the 150s for close to 20 reps. several sets and never broke a sweat. (this was about 1PM in the afternoon and bell time for the night was 7PM, he said he had to eat, shit and sleep before the match)
Billy Kidman would work up to 335 for 4-6
Raven would use 315 for 8 reps but he trained inthe slow-mo style. Took about 10 seconds for each rep to be go all the way down to his chest. Probably could have added another 200lbs to the bar easily if he did his reps in the explosive fashion.

Saw Goldberg workout several time, but never bench pressing.
Same thing for Virgil/Vince/Shane/Mike Jones/whatever he is now.
Barry Windham was so weak he probably couldn't do 10 pushups.

Montague · « **Reply #21 on:** August 04, 2009, 12:30:48 PM »

Zybysko used to train with Bruno Sammartino, who was also ridiculously strong.
They were both built similarly – albeit Larry was a shade smaller.
Both had big, powerful chests, and Larry’s discussed some of those training sessions they had together in Pittsburgh.

leonp1981 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 04, 2009, 02:45:01 PM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on August 04, 2009, 12:06:43 PM

he usually would come in and pick 2 exercises and just do 10-15 sets for each while he was waiting on Flair to get off the stairmaster

Playboy · « **Reply #23 on:** September 09, 2009, 04:51:20 AM »

How about two weeks ago on Raw when Beth Pheonix double scooped two of the divas like two sacks of potatoes.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #24 on:** September 09, 2009, 10:24:13 AM »

Tony Atlas press slamming Abdullah

Stan Hansen hitting a lariet on Thunderbolt Patterson so hard that TP actually turned a back flip. This was back in late 70's before flipping backwards on impact was chic.