1. Yes I thought Mariusz was the strongest man at strongman events, but I was convinced he would have been great/elite at conventional strength events as well. However I forgot that he always performed poorly at the Arnold events. I think at that time I attributed it the Arnold being a warm up to the WSM. But after googling it he never finished higher than 5th in an ASC. But in the early 2000’s I thought the ASC was the lesser of the two shows and that the lifts were even more gimmicky. But after reading this thread it seems the ASC was built to find out who really was strongest. Whereas the WSM had an element of athleticism.
I'm just trying to remember who Mark Davis is
OK guys, as I mentioned the other day the events are going to be different this year including the new Titans Turntable. The events were announced to the competitors today so I can reveal all.
All the way big dude
A few months after the 2002 World's Strongest Man Championship, Perry died abruptly on November 21, 2002, from heart failure due to enormous size caused by steroid use. He was ranked fourth in the world by the International Federation of Strength Athletes at the time of his death.
A true getbigger “ Perry died with no insurance and many debts. He is buried in a field beside his parents’ home, with only a tin funeral home plaque marking his grave.”“ The blood toxicology report on Johnny Perry finds he had high levels of cocaine and the banned performance-enhancing drug G-H-B in his system when he died. G-H-B is gamma hydroxybutyrate, a "date-rape" drug that started out as a bodybuilding additive. The report also found Oxycodone in his system. His heart was enlarged.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-30-adna-strongman23-story.html%3f_amp=truehttps://www.wfmynews2.com/mobile/article/news/local/cocaine-banned-muscle-builder-found-in-dead-strongmans-system/83-404125893
Perhaps that GHB, Oxycodone, and cocaine stuff had a WEEEEEE bit more to do with this guy's demise than anabolic steroids did, just a thought.
What's Pudzianowski, chopped liver? I thought he was an all-time great among professional strongman. Pfister defeated Pudzianowski (the three-time and defending WSM champion) straight up for the title.Which contest does someone have to win to be considered World's Strongest Man? Weightlifters gave that tag to Mark Henry, based on his totals in powerlifting and weightlifting contests.Then, he won the first Arnold Schwarzenegger Strongman contest in 2002, defeating some previous WSM contest winners. So, of course, WWF/WWE played up Henry as the "World's Strongest Man" even more to push him. But, FLEX/Muscle & Fitness magazine ranked him 2nd strongest of all time, behind Zydrunas Savickas.http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/10-strongest-men-in-the-world/2-mark-henry-weightlifter-powerlifter-strongman-wrestler/
