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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2007 1:52:31 GMT -5
"worlds strongest man" . . . i'll go with Rey
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Post by Thank You Shawn on Dec 22, 2007 1:58:03 GMT -5
Mark Henry
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Post by FrankGotch on Dec 22, 2007 3:09:33 GMT -5
Mark Henry's strength a gimmick? If only the WWE put that much effort into every gimmick. The hurricane could have really flown, the IRS man would have really worked for the government, Ko Ko Beware would have been a real bird man hybrid.
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Post by primetime110 on Dec 22, 2007 3:43:21 GMT -5
When Brock and Big Show were fueding Big show was in better shape and lighter than he was a couple years after that. So you have to take that into account.
But really, It has to be Mark Henrey.
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Post by Scott on Dec 22, 2007 6:15:06 GMT -5
Probably Henry but Cena based on body weight proportions.
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Post by skiller on Dec 22, 2007 6:34:31 GMT -5
I'd have to go with Lesner. I've never seen anyone as explosive as him.
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Post by Square on Dec 22, 2007 9:40:35 GMT -5
FUNAKI!
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Dec 22, 2007 9:58:56 GMT -5
mark henry. the guy trained for years as a genuine strongman, so he's the obvious choice.
but if we're going for a close second, lashley looks like a beast.
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Post by Fandjango Unchained on Dec 22, 2007 10:57:31 GMT -5
OP needs to resize his sig. It's far too big.
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on Dec 22, 2007 11:00:17 GMT -5
Mark Henry, you can't argue with a man who legit held the title of "Worlds Strongest Man" You know several others have won that title in recent years, right? I'm going with David Bautista. He can dead lift a crate of basketballs without grudges over his head...but only on Sunday.
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Post by BHB on Dec 22, 2007 11:19:03 GMT -5
Mark Henry, you can't argue with a man who legit held the title of "Worlds Strongest Man" He never did. He won the Arnold classic, which is a strongman contest, but never even competed in the world strongest man event. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_strongest_manThis guy, Mariusz Pudzianowski, is the real world's strongest man. My vote goes for Brock. No doubt Mark Henry was strong at his peak, but he's also fat and slow with no technique to his moves.
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Post by thesunbeast on Dec 22, 2007 11:23:52 GMT -5
Guys, In real life, Mark Henry puts everyone else to shame. He is absolutely in a class all by himself.
In pro wrestling, everything is exaggerated, but for Mark Henry, everything has to be de-exagerated, that's how stong Mark Henry is. It's similar to martial art's movies having everyone being seed up, but they had to slow down Bruce Lee.
Brock Lesnar was very strong, in a different class as well. I remember hearing a Batista shoot interview where he was asked who would win in an arm wrestling contest between him and Brock, and Batista's reply was that although he himself is very strong, he said that he's trained with Brock before and that Brock would rip his arm out of his shoulder socket if he ever tried to arm wrestle him, That's how strong Brock is.
Even with that said, guys, Brock couldn't hold a candle to Mark Henry in the strength department. The guy was squatting 900 lbs in high school, in freaking high school mind you.
In his prime, when Henry was in his early 20's, he was said to have experts analyzing his strenght, comparing him to others if the past, and they reached the conclusion that Mark Henry all around was the strongest man who has ever lived on Earth. That even inluded Samson.
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Post by thesunbeast on Dec 22, 2007 11:30:17 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but that wikipedia is something that I wouldn't take as official. Bruce Lee never had a pro fight, but is concidered the greatest martial artist because he was better than the guys that won the titles. Mark Henry had a reputation for "choking" at big events, and placed 13th at the olympics for overconfidence, but on his own time, he out performed everyone, including an Iranian who would later be known as the worlds strongest man.
Met-rx isn't the only competition in town, it's just the most recognized. There have been other competions in smaller, hole in the wall, events that have actually had guys that out performed some of them. I go by the actual performances.
Michael Jordan may be recognized as the greatest basketball player in history, but I'll bet there is someone right now that's in Brookly NY that may be better, just has no college education to go play. The worlds strongest man could be someone in jail, just that Mark Henry is the one with the best known overall performances.
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Post by machinegun on Dec 22, 2007 11:43:24 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but that wikipedia is something that I wouldn't take as official. Bruce Lee never had a pro fight, but is concidered the greatest martial artist because he was better than the guys that won the titles. Mark Henry had a reputation for "choking" at big events, and placed 13th at the olympics for overconfidence, but on his own time, he out performed everyone, including an Iranian who would later be known as the worlds strongest man. Met-rx isn't the only competition in town, it's just the most recognized. There have been other competions in smaller, hole in the wall, events that have actually had guys that out performed some of them. I go by the actual performances. Michael Jordan may be recognized as the greatest basketball player in history, but I'll bet there is someone right now that's in Brookly NY that may be better, just has no college education to go play. The worlds strongest man could be someone in jail, just that Mark Henry is the one with the best known overall performances. ..... okay? That's great and all but unless they go into a strongman competition they will never know........... He is one of the strongest men...... Just because someone else MIGHT be stronger doesn't mean shit
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on Dec 22, 2007 11:48:41 GMT -5
Mark Henry, you can't argue with a man who legit held the title of "Worlds Strongest Man" He never did. He won the Arnold classic, which is a strongman contest, but never even competed in the world strongest man event. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_strongest_manThis guy, Mariusz Pudzianowski, is the real world's strongest man. My vote goes for Brock. No doubt Mark Henry was strong at his peak, but he's also fat and slow with no technique to his moves. So the WWE will just keep calling him "The World's Strongest Man" despite the fact that he isn't and never actually was. Smooth move, WWEx-Lax.
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Post by Just Jay on Dec 22, 2007 12:02:26 GMT -5
Okay, Brock was an animal. We all know that, but I think we're mistaking his wrestling abillity for his strength.
Make no buts about it, Mark Henry is the strongest wrestler on that roster right now. Period. I remember reading his bio on the Strongman website somewhere that he curls between 500 or 900 lbs. I'll have to look it up, but its around there.
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Post by thesunbeast on Dec 22, 2007 12:16:15 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but that wikipedia is something that I wouldn't take as official. Bruce Lee never had a pro fight, but is concidered the greatest martial artist because he was better than the guys that won the titles. Mark Henry had a reputation for "choking" at big events, and placed 13th at the olympics for overconfidence, but on his own time, he out performed everyone, including an Iranian who would later be known as the worlds strongest man. Met-rx isn't the only competition in town, it's just the most recognized. There have been other competions in smaller, hole in the wall, events that have actually had guys that out performed some of them. I go by the actual performances. Michael Jordan may be recognized as the greatest basketball player in history, but I'll bet there is someone right now that's in Brookly NY that may be better, just has no college education to go play. The worlds strongest man could be someone in jail, just that Mark Henry is the one with the best known overall performances. ..... okay? That's great and all but unless they go into a strongman competition they will never know........... He is one of the strongest men...... Just because someone else MIGHT be stronger doesn't mean crap Mariusz Pudzianowski is very strong, make no mistake about it, but the "Might" argument is just to show the type of logic I'm talking about, not that literally somone else might be stronger. Powerlifting strength is determined by 3 lifts, the Bench Press, squat, and deadlift. The guy that has the best average of those 3 weightlifting lifts, plus the other obsticles that are determined by that individal competition ( one competition might have you pulling trucks, and others might have you lifting rocks), is the winner. Mariusz is consistenly the winner of the conpetion he enters, and has the bragging rights as the worlds strongest man. But is he really stronger than Mark Henry was in 1995? Mariusz, strong as he is, has won his best competition by bench pressing 606 lbs, squatting just under 800 lbs, and deadlifting over 800 lbs. Mark Henry, before his prime, as a teenager, has squatted over 900 lbs. The only record of this was the gym teachers notes, but it was also on camera. (Henry performed it first, but then did it again for a camera, his first lift was more impressive, they showed the lift on a talk show). He set, what was at that time the world record deadlift of 903 lbs, but a while after that, he beat his own record of deadlifting over 1000 lbs, but for some reason, it wasn't recorded because of no official judges. The thing is, is that yes, you may have one guy over here who can deadlift more than Henry, and you may have one guy over here who can squat more than Henry. But there is no one who could match Henry overall for all 3 performances. Guys who would out perform Henry on those 3 exercises (just by a hair) would always be 3 different guys. Men who spent their entire lives perfecting their one lift. But see, the thing is, is that Henry's real strength was not even in the weightlifting department, it was in the task department, It's pulling trucks, squatting cars, lifting 700 lb rocks, tearing down pillars ect.. That's basically how he got discovered. But yes, Meriusz is known as the strongest, but Mark Henry in 1995 would have ate him alive. Not only was Henry stronger, he was alot stronger. There are men who could bench press over 1000 lbs (400 lbs more than Mariusz) but will not be classified as stronger than Mariusz, because they can't deadlift or squat enough to make up for it. Untill I see someone BOTH deadlift 1005 lbs and squat 1050 lbs, as well as benchpress 650 lbs, they are not stronger than Mark Henry in his prime.
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Post by machinegun on Dec 22, 2007 12:19:04 GMT -5
..... okay? That's great and all but unless they go into a strongman competition they will never know........... He is one of the strongest men...... Just because someone else MIGHT be stronger doesn't mean crap Mariusz Pudzianowski is very strong, make no mistake about it, but the "Might" argument is just to show the type of logic I'm talking about, not that literally somone else might be stronger. Powerlifting strength is determined by 3 lifts, the Bench Press, squat, and deadlift. The guy that has the best average of those 3 weightlifting lifts, plus the other obsticles that are determined by that individal competition ( one competition might have you pulling trucks, and others might have you lifting rocks), is the winner. Mariusz is consistenly the winner of the conpetion he enters, and has the bragging rights as the worlds strongest man. But is he really stronger than Mark Henry was in 1995? Mariusz, strong as he is, has won his best competition by bench pressing 606 lbs, squatting just under 800 lbs, and deadlifting over 800 lbs. Mark Henry, before his prime, as a teenager, has squatted over 900 lbs. The only record of this was the gym teachers notes, but it was also on camera. (Henry performed it first, but then did it again for a camera, his first lift was more impressive, they showed the lift on a talk show). He set, what was at that time the world record deadlift of 903 lbs, but a while after that, he beat his own record of deadlifting over 1000 lbs, but for some reason, it wasn't recorded because of no official judges. The thing is, is that yes, you may have one guy over here who can deadlift more than Henry, and you may have one guy over here who can squat more than Henry. But there is no one who could match Henry overall for all 3 performances. Guys who would out perform Henry on those 3 exercises (just by a hair) would always be 3 different guys. Men who spent their entire lives perfecting their one lift. But see, the thing is, is that Henry's real strength was not even in the weightlifting department, it was in the task department, It's pulling trucks, squatting cars, lifting 700 lb rocks, tearing down pillars ect.. That's basically how he got discovered. But yes, Meriusz is known as the strongest, but Mark Henry in 1995 would have ate him alive. Not only was Henry stronger, he was alot stronger. There are men who could bench press over 1000 lbs (400 lbs more than Mariusz) but will not be classified as stronger than Mariusz, because they can't deadlift or squat enough to make up for it. Untill I see someone BOTH deadlift 1005 lbs and squat 1050 lbs, as well as benchpress 650 lbs, they are not stronger than Mark Henry in his prime. Ahh, and someone with some sense and actual knowledge on this stuff comes in Thank you, 10 xs better then I could have put it
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Post by thesunbeast on Dec 22, 2007 12:34:40 GMT -5
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Dec 22, 2007 12:35:46 GMT -5
So basically Mark Henry's the all-round strongest guy in history? Woah.
Yeah, I think I'll go with Mark Henry in this vote. Lesnar second.
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