Yeah, he's strong. His wrestling skills are suspect but every once in a while he does something completely awesome like flip a 250 pound man over the top rope with one arm or lift Batista over his head like I might lift a sack of potatoes.
But if he was the world's strongest, wouldn't he have won Olympic Gold at the powerlifting competition? I also don't see much mention of him on this site.
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05-24-2006, 07:54 AM #1
Is Mark Henry the world's strongest man?
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05-24-2006, 08:06 AM #2
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Before everyone jumps on you, let me clear up somethings...
1) You can not win an Olympic Medal in powerlifting. Powerlifting is not an Olympic sport. Mark Henry competed on the US Olympic WEIGHTLIFTING team in 1992 and did not place.
2) Mark Henry won the stongman contest at the Arnold Classic in Columbus a couple years ago and just started using the title "worlds stongest man".
The Met-rx WSM contest is run by a diffrent company and in most cirlces is considered the real world's stongest man contest.
3) No one doubts Mark Henry's strength. But in wrestling, there is a certain ammount of assistance your opponent gives you when pressing or suplexing them around.NASM-MMACS
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05-24-2006, 08:55 AM #3Originally Posted by Ragnar13
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05-24-2006, 09:25 AM #4Originally Posted by the terminator
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05-24-2006, 09:29 AM #5Originally Posted by alex england
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05-24-2006, 09:46 AM #6
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no, mariusz pudzianowski is the worlds strongest man
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05-24-2006, 11:01 AM #7
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Mark Henry
Well, this morning I was reading an article on him in the Australian Ironman magazine.
He competed in the 1996 olympics in weightlifting and i think he got dq'd or something, that was why he didn't get a medal, think though, I had been up for 24hrs when reading this.
In 2002 he won the arnold strongman classic after becoming good again after his stint with then wwf that made him thinner and weaker, cause they made him lose weight.
His max deadlift is 903lb, apparently only 20lb's short of world record.
did 885lb for 2 or 3 reps at the arnold comp.
Not officially the worlds strongest man, as the wsm comp is something different.
dunno where they got wsm name from pre 2002 in his first wwf run.
but thats why they were plugging him in '03 as worlds strongest man on smackdown after the brand split
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05-24-2006, 11:11 AM #8
he came 10th in the olympics.
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05-24-2006, 12:01 PM #9
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oh ok, one of the other articles involved someone being disqualified for something, my bad
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05-24-2006, 12:34 PM #10
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05-24-2006, 02:59 PM #11
Funny he is no where near the world strongest man
Bench = 198lbs
Squat = 298lbs
DeadLStiff = 350lbs
Legs Press = 710lbs
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05-24-2006, 03:52 PM #12
I would go with Gregory Helms
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05-24-2006, 04:21 PM #13
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Obviously you guys have never seen the video of Matt Hardy's deadlift
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05-24-2006, 06:04 PM #14Originally Posted by HardGainer82
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05-24-2006, 06:09 PM #15Originally Posted by HardGainer82
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05-25-2006, 10:53 AM #16Originally Posted by the terminator
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05-25-2006, 12:46 PM #17Originally Posted by not granite man
2) no, he didn't
3) he didn't get a medal bc he didnt place top 3....
4) no, the world record is 971lbs, so he's 68lbs away
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