I met Harley Race at WM 20 in NY. Absolute gentleman to children and fans. He picked my son up like he was nothing (despite being in a wheelchair), called him Champ, and allowed us to take pictures with him. RIP to a known tough guy who took time for a few fans!
An old Army buddy of mine told me about meeting Harley in the St.louis airport. He got real excited about meeting him and he told Harley he was his hero. Harley shook his hand, put his other hand on his shoulder and told him "You're the hero young man, you and anybody else who wears one of those uniforms." He was a great guy Harley was.
BRUNO SAMMARTINO. in 1959 he bench pressed 565 pounds with a 2 second pause with no wraps. he weighed only 265 pounds. he bench pressed 330 pounds for 38 reps with no pause. he was clean, no peds or steroids.
Clean??? Pro wrestling and steroid-free doesn't exactly go hand in hand you know.... And those weights lifted for that many reps should get one thinking about being clean...
@@MrMferg240 It means jack shit what other roid-heads have said. Those weights are achieved with heavy roid using. Anyone with a half brain knows that. I bet you believe Brock Lesnar or The Rock for example is roid-free because some wrassler says so?
I’m also surprised that Bruno lifting Haystacks Calhoun wasn’t mentioned in the video. Sure, a slam typically means the other guy helps you, but Haystacks weighed over 600 lbs, and no one else could get him off his feet.
Love Vader and classic Kane. They would have fit perfectkly inside there, thinking about a part 2. So many who i should have mentioned too.@@davidmoore4797
Something else that warrants mentioning is the fact that Mark Henry broke a steel chain on a steel cage once. It was a spot where Mark was supposed to interfere in the match, but instead of a gimmicked chain like they would normally used, they used one that hadn’t been worn down at all. They edited the segment so you couldn’t see Mark struggling with the chain, but after a few minutes, he broke it off with his bare hands. Un-freaking real!
@@rfjohns4452Who told u about his push press off the rack no. ? I have never read anywhere about his best push press. Kindly tell where did u get this information from ?
Mark Henry did a demo at my high school bent the 45lb Olympic bar. We had 2x100lb barrels and loaded the rest with 45lb weights. He bench it and bar bent.
Danny was so heavily requested in past clips, and I wasn’t familiar with him before. But the more I learned about him, the more I became fascinated. If I can gather enough material I want to cover him in a separate clip.
Ted should be there, Animal was a beast, but covered him on a separate video. Kane everyone mentioned is freakishly strong. Sid(who I like) never know that he was that strong.
@howstrongis not him. I met his nephew and the man's sons. One is a Oklahoma high school heavyweight wrestling champion. Goodness gracious. I thought I gave a handshake. But these Hodges are no joke.
@user-ud4sd5md5z He was a strong guy for sure. Legit powerlifter and dedicated, driven strongman. Both he and Dr D David Shultz had the worst hair though, lol. They went for the Ric Flair, Buddy Rose etc bleach look, but both had really big, curly looking "white-man-fro's". I obviously wouldn't have said that to them (if alive, or around them then.. Or even now for that matter). Almost.. dare I say it.. Ronald McDonald-like 😄
I think this is a pretty good accurate list. With wrestling a list like this is always going to leave some guys off just because there are so many to pick from. Not to mention if you go too far back or use some of the more obscure guys then it won't be as interesting because people at least want to know who you are talking about at least a little bit.
Goldberg lifting the giant (big show) in the jack hammer and holding him in the air for about 2.5 seconds in my opinion is the greatest show of strength in a wrestling match. I would be very interested in knowing his best lifts back in his day. Also John Cena and Kane are 2 freakishly strong wrestlers that deserve to be on a list of legit strong men. Great video by the way. The road warriors hawk and animal and the warlord are also worthy of a mention for a future video.
I remember that. Goldberg deserves his spot too. I covered John Cena and the road warriors in a video before, if not they would have made the list for sure. Speaking of the jackhammer, I remember the British bulldog holding up Kevin Nash in the air with a suplex.
According to the Big Show, the strongest guys he ran into (based on who could lift him and easily hold him) are Mark Henry (no surprise), Kane (who is a massive workout fiend), and John Cena (who supposedly deadlifted 600 pounds). Henry added that The Great Kahli was the absolute toughest guy to get off his feet.
I believe the car that Andre flipped was a full-sized car too, I think the reports cited that it was something along the lines of a Grand Marquie, or something of similar size.
I heard it was tipped onto its side. It helps that he was tall; helps more that he was pissed and likely fairly/very tipsy Though there were still 4 adults in the car at the time, so until the two on the driver side shifted towards the passenger side, that’s quite a bit of ~extra~ weight… still it’s a car though; not bad
Putski will be in a separate list on Tuesday. Billy Graham I just got recently into it, want to dedicate a whole video to him, super interesting guy. Thanks for the feedback
Honestly the image of Mark Henry easily lifting 400+lb vader overhead is insane. Also the Big show is definitely one of the strongest wrestlers of all time. also Braun Strauman's legit strongman past make him part of the list too.
All awesome choices. I actually covered Cenas, Cesaro and Dr Deaths training routine in 3 separate videos. Ron probably soon. As for Kane I still couldn’t gather enough material
I would add Ted Arcidi,who like Bill Kazmier was a former worlds strongest man.Doug Furnas should be in the list for string men.For tough guys you have to put on Steve "Dr.Death" Williams,,Bam Bam Bigelow,Vader,Bruiser Brody,the Barbarian and Bad News Allen
All great choices. I added Furnas and Arcidi in another list of the strongest Bench Pressers. Dr Death and Broody got a seperate video dedicated to the. Bad News is especially a great mention since he was a legit Judoka.
Exactly !!!! Look where he went to college and who his head coach was in football . Bobby Bowden the GOAT 🐐 of all college football head coaches . He said that Simmons was his favorite player of all time .
John "Earthquake" Tenta was also immensely strong. At one match he catches the Big Boss Man on the air as if he was a child. That would be like catching a fridge!
Kane should’ve absolutely been on this list The vice-grip apple guy could’ve been bumped to make room for Kane. In his prime he was an absolute monster of a man
a lot of the wrestlers were legitimately afraid of Meng, and if Andre was afraid of him, that should be fair enough warning to give him a whole lot of ‘Leave Alone’
I have one that isn't mentioned much but he certainly should be. Toughest. My pal, Bad News Allen. I owned a wrestling promotion here in Calgary, HWC, which the late Rick Bognar falsely tried to claim as his own, but anyone who knows, knows the truth. Allen was my pal, partner and co booker. Allen was legendary in the business for being a legit badass/shooter who you did not cross. Famously, when Andre called Allen a n***r on a WWF bus trip in Japan, Allen called him off the bus to fight and Andre froze then apologized extremely politely. Why? Cause Andre knew who Allen was and knew if he stepped off the bus he was a dead man. Allen was a bronze medalist in Judo in the 76 Olympics and still the only American heavyweight to every medal in Judo and 2X gold medalist in the Pan Am games. Plus he started as a streetfighter. He even worked as a bodyguard for Aretha Franklin, and I believe, Roberta Flack , if i recall Allen's stories correctly. If Allen sincerely wanted to fuck you up, you were done for. Plus Allen squatted 700l bs regularly, before he destroyed his knees, and he was cardio monster doing dozens of reps. This is pretty well known. But, Allen was easygoing and didn't need to flex. People knew it.
The Great Kali was in a match with Carlito, Carlito had a signature move where he would spring off the bottom rope into a backward elbow his whole body in the air and Kali with 1 opem hand slapped that dude to the mat!
@@howstrongis yes, he’s one that I believe was truly naturally strong. Mark Henry claimed to be all natural as well. I believe he was, he was just simply huge. Goldberg is one I also believe was natural.
Cool vid but where's Goldberg? He threw 250lb+ men around like they were 150lbs and no wrestler to this day could do what he did. He also had impressive lifts in the gym like bench and incline.
10 strongest wrestlers IMO (in no particular order): Mark Henry Paul Anderson Ken Patera Doug Furnas Ted Arcidi Bill Kazmaier Scott Norton Big E Road Warrior Animal Nick Busick There's a few guys who would go on the list on benchpress alone (Warlord, Dino Bravo, Brian Adams, Superstar Billy Graham, Jim Neidhart, Barbarian) but benchpress isn't the sole measure of strength - I don't think Mark Henry ever benched over 600lbs but there's no doubt he's one of the top 2 or 3 strongest wrestlers ever. There's a few other guys who were very accomplished powerlifters but may not have been at their strongest by the time they turned their hand to wrestling - Fred 'Typhoon' Ottman claims some HUGE numbers when he lifted in college but there's no proof. Same with Barry Darsow, who recently claimed that in his youth, he was the strongest of all the Robbinsdale boys. Tom Magee's accomplishments speak for themselves. Then you've got guys like Brock Lesnar, the Steiners and Steve Williams who weren't the tippety top in the weights room but could throw pretty much anyone around in the ring. Functional strength combined with technique, knowledge of leverage etc. And just for fun, I'd say the top 5 strongest WOMEN wrestlers ever were: Becca Swansen (by MILES but like Paul Anderson and Kaz, she was a powerlifter first and a wrestler second) Reggie Bennett Chyna Jordynne Grace Nicole Bass
Hell yeah, awesome list. Scott Norton and Furnas was another one I considered. Paul Anderson I completely forgot, thanks for mentioning him. Let me check Ted Arcidi
Slightly off-subject, but.. Even though he might not compare to some on this list, Davey Boy Smith was pretty strong and retained some unbelievable agility (in the early 90's), despite adding substantial bulk to his frame. There's a match with Regal ("Steven", in WCW days) in 1993, where he's still doing nip-ups, cartwheels, front-flips and allsorts. Such moves impress me anyway, but when they're performed by a 250lb(?) monster.. just wow!
In terms of Power, I'd rate Mark Henry and Andre at the top. Andre with his Gigantism just had freakish power. Big Show as well has that kind of power. Big Show goes on to Say MArk Henry is the most powerful man he knows. Others on this list could include John Cena and Kane. As for Toughness. Barbarian, Haku and Race were the top 3, and that comes from ALL of their peers.
@@howstrongisYes Rich Williams was the second person to lift it overhead with one arm after Henry. Till now there r plenty of guys that have done that. Brian Shaw , a great strongman did it in his first try casually back in 2007-08. He is a huge guy , 6'8 and 450 lbs during his peak. Before Mark Henry, Bill Kazmaier already lifted that db with one arm overhead in 1990 but the style to do that was different. As far as i remember, Kaz continental cleaned and then pressed it.
Heared he did a 500 pound Bench when challanged, but didnt really put any effort in it. Makes me wonder how strong he actually could have been if his main focus would have gone towards strength sports...
Ron Simmons I actually completely forgot, thanks for the mention. As for earthquake, thought about doing him in a separate video, since he was a big deal here in Japan.
Nothing will ever compare to Scott Steiner "injuring his back" and being out for an extended period of time, only to return as The Genetic Freak/Big Poppa Pump, with not only way bigger arms, but an entirely new bicep on top of each one😂😂😂
I worked the early morning shift at Gold’s Gym in the 90s. The wrestlers would show up in a hotel shuttle together to work out. I watched Steiner behind-the-neck shoulder press with 365 lbs on a straight bar. He did sets of 15 reps and didn’t break a sweat. As a former competitive power lifter, I was impressed. The guy was a bada$$
@@joecool2125 love those anecdotes. Same here, my former mentor here in Tokyo used to train some of the wcw guys 25 years ago. I will try to get them for a interview
Strength and ability to complete lifts has more to do with arm and leg length than absolute strength. Most people that have completed heavy lifts have short arms and legs in comparison to their body structure.
As someone who works in the field of strength and conditioning I have to agree. There is an enormous amount of things which can affect strength, from muscle insertion, muscle size, cns, connective tissue, muscle moment arms and so on.
Decent list, but it's comical to think anyone at all is ever going to be as strong as strong as Andre. Giant + gym time. Look at peak Brian Shaw (aruguably stronger than Mark Henry), then add half a foot + 100lbs. Braun Strowman, Kane, and Cena should be on this list as well.
I had a friend like Harley race I guess you could call him a friend he was like 3 years older than I was in school, we knew each other I hung out with him and his friends some, but let me tell you nobody messed with that guy nobody, cops, nobody. He was super strong and felt no pain. he really was a very nice guy though, I guess.
Ken Paters said if he couldve trained Andrea the giant for a year or two he couldve been the strongest man ever but pound for pound Ken is as strong as anyone think Mark Henry couldnt break his records , Harley Race with 1 arm grabed Ricky Steamboat and picked him from standing in the ring reached over grabbed Ricky by his trunks and basically curled him up and put him in the ring so he curled with one arm 225 if not more wow
Actually so many people mentioned those two, so I made a separate episode about Graham and a Bench Press episode with Ted. But I agree, both super legit guys
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I met Harley Race at WM 20 in NY. Absolute gentleman to children and fans. He picked my son up like he was nothing (despite being in a wheelchair), called him Champ, and allowed us to take pictures with him. RIP to a known tough guy who took time for a few fans!
That’s an awesome story, thanks for sharing. Harley seemed like an awesome person
An old Army buddy of mine told me about meeting Harley in the St.louis airport. He got real excited about meeting him and he told Harley he was his hero. Harley shook his hand, put his other hand on his shoulder and told him "You're the hero young man, you and anybody else who wears one of those uniforms." He was a great guy Harley was.
I miss old Bruno. Those were indeed the best days to be a fan
The true legend
A good addition would be Dino Bravo. Insanely powerful.
Solid choice, someone in the comments mentioned it before. Might make a second list soon
BRUNO SAMMARTINO. in 1959 he bench pressed 565 pounds with a 2 second pause with no wraps. he weighed only 265 pounds. he bench pressed 330 pounds for 38 reps with no pause. he was clean, no peds or steroids.
Yeah, especially considering no “supplements “ involved and the time period, it’s ridiculous
Clean???
Pro wrestling and steroid-free doesn't exactly go hand in hand you know....
And those weights lifted for that many reps should get one thinking about being clean...
yeah, he was clean. animal from the road warriors, tony atlas, and many others said BRUNO was clean. @@tonihaukijarvi
@@MrMferg240 It means jack shit what other roid-heads have said.
Those weights are achieved with heavy roid using.
Anyone with a half brain knows that.
I bet you believe Brock Lesnar or The Rock for example is roid-free because some wrassler says so?
I’m also surprised that Bruno lifting Haystacks Calhoun wasn’t mentioned in the video. Sure, a slam typically means the other guy helps you, but Haystacks weighed over 600 lbs, and no one else could get him off his feet.
Haku/Meng is tough when he said "Boo" to Chuck Norris Chuck had a heart attack
Underated comment :) I heard also that Haku hides under Chucks bed
When haku goes on hikes and encouters a bear, the bear plays dead
@@wereallthinkingit9389 Underrated comment
@@howstrongisHaku #1 Danny Hodge #2 then Harley Race #3 is in my top 3 of wrestling legit tough guys
@@chrisruth7057 legit list
Andre picking up Arnold and placing him on top of a car to scold...is literally the "Listen here you! You little shit!!!" moment.
It Andre speaks even Arnold listens
@@howstrongiswhen Andre spoke, EVERYONE listened
@@JohnH20111 big daddy Andre
@johnbyrom6568 think that was the story I was thinking about. Pro wrestling back then was wild
Prime Kane was a legit monster, Cesaro didnt look like much but was insanely strong, cena pound for pound gotta be on there
Many others wrestlers mentioning Kane, let me gather some more material. Both Cena and Cesaro are beasts, covered them in two previous videos
I was wondering why Kane (glen Jacobs) wasn't listed .
A long with Vader (Leon white)
Love Vader and classic Kane. They would have fit perfectkly inside there, thinking about a part 2. So many who i should have mentioned too.@@davidmoore4797
@ChiefWahoo024 Big fan of the Natural Disasters. Will cover him soon
Something else that warrants mentioning is the fact that Mark Henry broke a steel chain on a steel cage once. It was a spot where Mark was supposed to interfere in the match, but instead of a gimmicked chain like they would normally used, they used one that hadn’t been worn down at all. They edited the segment so you couldn’t see Mark struggling with the chain, but after a few minutes, he broke it off with his bare hands. Un-freaking real!
I remember that.Took him couple of minutes. Should have included that somehow, thanks for mentioning
Mark Henry had a 570 push press off the squat rack.
@@rfjohns4452Who told u about his push press off the rack no. ? I have never read anywhere about his best push press. Kindly tell where did u get this information from ?
@@rfjohns4452Can u give me the source behind this no. ? Thanks.
Mark Henry did a demo at my high school bent the 45lb Olympic bar. We had 2x100lb barrels and loaded the rest with 45lb weights. He bench it and bar bent.
Jezus what a beast. Love it. Thanks for sharing.
Mad respect to all the men on this list. 👏
100%
ok, you had me with including Danny Hodge on this list. strong/tough list - OUTSTANDING list!
Danny was so heavily requested in past clips, and I wasn’t familiar with him before. But the more I learned about him, the more I became fascinated. If I can gather enough material I want to cover him in a separate clip.
The mighty HAKU 🦬🦍
No one ever mentions Ivan Putski as one of the strongest. But look at the polish hammer. He was ripped.
He got a small mention in my Bruiser Brody video. Might cover him actually in a future video, but he will be there
Iron shiek's feat of strength with the persian club challenge
They got some at the New Japan Dojo, those things are brutal.@@bobcatwelder00
Ted Arcidi, LOD Animal, Sid Vicious, Kane
Ted should be there, Animal was a beast, but covered him on a separate video. Kane everyone mentioned is freakishly strong. Sid(who I like) never know that he was that strong.
The names you mentioned especially Sid were only strong because they used steroids
I used to work out with Ted.. He was like a refrigerator with a head.. he used to do triceps passes with 500lbs for reps..
@@MrJimbaker920 Saying you don't understand steroids without saying you don't understand steroids...
Mark Being number 1 is no surprise since he is one of the few people who can say I lifted the Inch Dumbbell
Mark got hands like frying pans
@@howstrongis Dude bends frying pans lol
@@codyeble0713 steel bends steel :)
The first person who ever clean and jerked the Inch Dumbbell one handed! Mark’s a freak of nature!
Pretty sure a dude like Devon Larat, the arm wresler, could lift it .
Go check his hands: they're of monstrous size, and power.
I think Davey Boy Smith would deserve an honourable mention here
Actually just fine tuning a video about him and dynamite. Probably post it next week.
He got strong because he used steroids.Everyone on this list for string men didn't use drugs
Bulldogs took meds from a vet as well. Both Davey & Dynamite blew up just starting in WWF / WWE.
Andre didn't put Arnold on a car. It was furniture in a restaurant.
Oh man...you are right....in my head it was a car for years. Thanks for the correction
weres tony atlas and ron simmons , they both were 600 plus lbs bench pressers
It was hard to fit everyone inside. Both great mentions, think i need to do a second list, 10 were not enough
@CP-kb1du thinking about making a bench press specific list or second part. Trying to include them
Mark Henry was also the first to ever lift the Thomas Inch barbell!
Think there is a small clip of the lift in the video. Grip and forearm strength must be like dynamite.
I can personally attest the strength of a Hodge handshake. Like shaking a Terminator's hand.
That is awesome, you had the chance to meet him?
@howstrongis not him. I met his nephew and the man's sons. One is a Oklahoma high school heavyweight wrestling champion. Goodness gracious. I thought I gave a handshake. But these Hodges are no joke.
@@TexasTeamRoper1 that is an awesome story, that’s the reason I love this comment section. Hope the hand is ok :)
@@howstrongis hand is good. ☺️
What's more dangerous/powerful..
Ken Patera, fueled by McDonalds.. or Ken Patera, enraged, after being denied Mcdonalds?
Trick question, all 3 :)
@CP-kb1du the story is still crazy to this day
@user-ud4sd5md5z He was a strong guy for sure.
Legit powerlifter and dedicated, driven strongman.
Both he and Dr D David Shultz had the worst hair though, lol.
They went for the Ric Flair, Buddy Rose etc bleach look, but both had really big, curly looking "white-man-fro's".
I obviously wouldn't have said that to them (if alive, or around them then.. Or even now for that matter).
Almost.. dare I say it.. Ronald McDonald-like 😄
Ken Patera could literally yank a parking meter out of the ground, pole and all
For a second list, Nathan Jones would have to be included. He competed in the worlds strongest man competition in the mid 90s
Actually completely forgot about him, great mention
He actually won it.
But he barely qualified as a “wrestler.” He was awful.
I think this is a pretty good accurate list. With wrestling a list like this is always going to leave some guys off just because there are so many to pick from. Not to mention if you go too far back or use some of the more obscure guys then it won't be as interesting because people at least want to know who you are talking about at least a little bit.
Appreciate it. While making the list, i realised what a impossible task it was. There might be a part two, left too many out.
What about Ivan Putski crushing oil drums with a bear hug
Ivan will be in the next list. The polish legend
Big show said kane was the strongest wrestler he ever worked with
Saw the same interview, might include Kane(and big show)for part two
Goldberg lifting the giant (big show) in the jack hammer and holding him in the air for about 2.5 seconds in my opinion is the greatest show of strength in a wrestling match. I would be very interested in knowing his best lifts back in his day. Also John Cena and Kane are 2 freakishly strong wrestlers that deserve to be on a list of legit strong men. Great video by the way.
The road warriors hawk and animal and the warlord are also worthy of a mention for a future video.
I remember that. Goldberg deserves his spot too. I covered John Cena and the road warriors in a video before, if not they would have made the list for sure. Speaking of the jackhammer, I remember the British bulldog holding up Kevin Nash in the air with a suplex.
Will cover both British Bulldogs next week.@ninjazombie8969
@noyb12345 Everyone played in the NFL got some serious strength, and his match with Scott Steiner is still one of my favorites.
According to the Big Show, the strongest guys he ran into (based on who could lift him and easily hold him) are Mark Henry (no surprise), Kane (who is a massive workout fiend), and John Cena (who supposedly deadlifted 600 pounds). Henry added that The Great Kahli was the absolute toughest guy to get off his feet.
All great mentions there.I covered Cena in a separate video, that guy is a beast. As far as Kane goes, he will be up in a video next week actually.
I believe the car that Andre flipped was a full-sized car too, I think the reports cited that it was something along the lines of a Grand Marquie, or something of similar size.
That is awesome. Imagine the guys who have to report to the police, that a giant came out and flipped their car over
@@howstrongis I was mistaken, turns out it was a Volkswagon, and it happened in Quebec.
Thanks for the info. Flipping over any type of car is impressive. @@MidnightLost01
I heard it was tipped onto its side. It helps that he was tall; helps more that he was pissed and likely fairly/very tipsy
Though there were still 4 adults in the car at the time, so until the two on the driver side shifted towards the passenger side, that’s quite a bit of ~extra~ weight… still it’s a car though; not bad
A drunk dangerous giant@@TheMulToyVerse
Great list, super fun amd inspiring video.
Sup from New Zealand 🇳🇿🥝🙃, hope everyone's having a great day 💛🌏💛
Appreciate your time for watching and even commenting. Training some pro wrestlers from New Zealand, love that place
Nice thumbnail lmao, my favorite professional wrestler, Bill Kazmier
Yeah, never seen this event in Strongman before.
Great list! But I wouldn't forget either Superstar Billy Graham or the Polish Power, Ivan Putski!
Putski will be in a separate list on Tuesday. Billy Graham I just got recently into it, want to dedicate a whole video to him, super interesting guy. Thanks for the feedback
Honestly the image of Mark Henry easily lifting 400+lb vader overhead is insane. Also the Big show is definitely one of the strongest wrestlers of all time. also Braun Strauman's legit strongman past make him part of the list too.
Mark is a beast. Braun will be actually covered next week, found some pretty cool footage.
Why anyone would mess with Andre got a death wish.
I never understood how people in bars pick the biggest guy in the room for a fight. Especially a giant like Andre
Others said to be freakishly strong and dangerous - Dr. Death Steve Williams, Ron Simmons, Glen Jacobs (Kane), John Cena, Carlo Castignoli (Caesaro)
All awesome choices. I actually covered Cenas, Cesaro and Dr Deaths training routine in 3 separate videos. Ron probably soon. As for Kane I still couldn’t gather enough material
Loved this. New sub!
Appreciate it. If you got any ideas for athletes I should cover in the future let me know.
Not a bad list, better than expected. I personally would have included Paul Anderson, arguably the strongest man to ever live.
Actually fully agree. I completely forgot about Anderson in the first list, thinking about a part 2. Too many others who also deserved to be mentioned
I would add Ted Arcidi,who like Bill Kazmier was a former worlds strongest man.Doug Furnas should be in the list for string men.For tough guys you have to put on Steve "Dr.Death" Williams,,Bam Bam Bigelow,Vader,Bruiser Brody,the Barbarian and Bad News Allen
All great choices. I added Furnas and Arcidi in another list of the strongest Bench Pressers. Dr Death and Broody got a seperate video dedicated to the. Bad News is especially a great mention since he was a legit Judoka.
Ron " DAMN " Simmons !!! Luger and Buff Bagwell had a conversation about how strong he was !!! Go ask Ahmed how he got his tail whooped
No one was messing backstage with Simmons, not even the Steiners.
Exactly !!!! Look where he went to college and who his head coach was in football . Bobby Bowden the GOAT 🐐 of all college football head coaches . He said that Simmons was his favorite player of all time .
One correction. Haku ate the pepper spray
Think he inhaled their souls too :)
The warlord.
Dude was a monster on the bench.
Indeed, maybe i will cover him in a seperate episode. From the interviews i watched with him super humble too.
Andre flipped a Car! Nuff said
Never mess with a Giant. I heared that he nearly threw someone out the window.
John "Earthquake" Tenta was also immensely strong. At one match he catches the Big Boss Man on the air as if he was a child. That would be like catching a fridge!
He was a machine, accomplished Sumo and outside the ring one of the nicest guys. Hope i can cover him in detail in a future episode.
Kane should’ve absolutely been on this list
The vice-grip apple guy could’ve been bumped to make room for Kane. In his prime he was an absolute monster of a man
Many people backstage mentioned Kane. Think his Bench was pretty solid.
Where's Dino Bravo? He benched 715lb back in 1988 Royal Rumble! 😁😁
Dino Bravo should be there, agree.
@@howstrongisSo should Rick Rude.😉
Rick is a league of his own. Top 1 oustache for sure. He got a whole seperate video only dedicated to him.@@douglaspaterson5269
That was a work like Studd a work
@@buckyou7365 I know, it was a joke. Hence the smilie faces at the end.
Strongest and Toughest should be two different lists. Hard to be strong when Haku rips your eyeball out.
Thought about the same thing. Might make some sub categories, like toughest, or best bencher in the future.
lesnar is a true freak of nature. A man that big with that level of athleticism...
Fully agree 100%. Just made a video about his training routine recently, he is a freak of nature.
Shit everyone knows Haku and Barbarian were the two toughest men in wrestling
Scariest tag team ever
a lot of the wrestlers were legitimately afraid of Meng, and if Andre was afraid of him, that should be fair enough warning to give him a whole lot of ‘Leave Alone’
I have one that isn't mentioned much but he certainly should be. Toughest. My pal, Bad News Allen. I owned a wrestling promotion here in Calgary, HWC, which the late Rick Bognar falsely tried to claim as his own, but anyone who knows, knows the truth. Allen was my pal, partner and co booker. Allen was legendary in the business for being a legit badass/shooter who you did not cross. Famously, when Andre called Allen a n***r on a WWF bus trip in Japan, Allen called him off the bus to fight and Andre froze then apologized extremely politely. Why? Cause Andre knew who Allen was and knew if he stepped off the bus he was a dead man. Allen was a bronze medalist in Judo in the 76 Olympics and still the only American heavyweight to every medal in Judo and 2X gold medalist in the Pan Am games. Plus he started as a streetfighter. He even worked as a bodyguard for Aretha Franklin, and I believe, Roberta Flack , if i recall Allen's stories correctly. If Allen sincerely wanted to fuck you up, you were done for. Plus Allen squatted 700l bs regularly, before he destroyed his knees, and he was cardio monster doing dozens of reps. This is pretty well known. But, Allen was easygoing and didn't need to flex. People knew it.
Allan was the man. Just watched a little of his shoot fighting stuff in Japan the other day. Amazing stuff
The Great Kali was in a match with Carlito, Carlito had a signature move where he would spring off the bottom rope into a backward elbow his whole body in the air and Kali with 1 opem hand slapped that dude to the mat!
Kane definitely should have been on this list. He’s one of the few guys that can pick up Big Show without help.
He got that natural strength. 10 on the list were not enough
@@howstrongis yes, he’s one that I believe was truly naturally strong. Mark Henry claimed to be all natural as well. I believe he was, he was just simply huge. Goldberg is one I also believe was natural.
@@gregrowe1168Goldberg was on drugs as revealed by himself in an interview.
Haku and Harley Race are the only 2 Wrestlers that Andre the Giant Feared!
That tells you how scary those 2 were
Mark Henry also deserves credit for being as kind of a man as he is strong. A great person.
Agree, never once anyone had something bad to say about Henry
It's been said there are two men Andre the Giant legit feared. Haku/Meng was mentioned in the video. The other was Harley Race.
Yeah, and that coming from Andre really means something
Cool vid but where's Goldberg? He threw 250lb+ men around like they were 150lbs and no wrestler to this day could do what he did. He also had impressive lifts in the gym like bench and incline.
Goldberg rocks. I specifically in the ring he showed some impressive strength
10 strongest wrestlers IMO (in no particular order):
Mark Henry
Paul Anderson
Ken Patera
Doug Furnas
Ted Arcidi
Bill Kazmaier
Scott Norton
Big E
Road Warrior Animal
Nick Busick
There's a few guys who would go on the list on benchpress alone (Warlord, Dino Bravo, Brian Adams, Superstar Billy Graham, Jim Neidhart, Barbarian) but benchpress isn't the sole measure of strength - I don't think Mark Henry ever benched over 600lbs but there's no doubt he's one of the top 2 or 3 strongest wrestlers ever.
There's a few other guys who were very accomplished powerlifters but may not have been at their strongest by the time they turned their hand to wrestling - Fred 'Typhoon' Ottman claims some HUGE numbers when he lifted in college but there's no proof. Same with Barry Darsow, who recently claimed that in his youth, he was the strongest of all the Robbinsdale boys. Tom Magee's accomplishments speak for themselves.
Then you've got guys like Brock Lesnar, the Steiners and Steve Williams who weren't the tippety top in the weights room but could throw pretty much anyone around in the ring. Functional strength combined with technique, knowledge of leverage etc.
And just for fun, I'd say the top 5 strongest WOMEN wrestlers ever were:
Becca Swansen (by MILES but like Paul Anderson and Kaz, she was a powerlifter first and a wrestler second)
Reggie Bennett
Chyna
Jordynne Grace
Nicole Bass
Hell yeah, awesome list. Scott Norton and Furnas was another one I considered. Paul Anderson I completely forgot, thanks for mentioning him. Let me check Ted Arcidi
@@howstrongis First guy to bench 700lbs.
Slightly off-subject, but..
Even though he might not compare to some on this list, Davey Boy Smith was pretty strong and retained some unbelievable agility (in the early 90's), despite adding substantial bulk to his frame.
There's a match with Regal ("Steven", in WCW days) in 1993, where he's still doing nip-ups, cartwheels, front-flips and allsorts.
Such moves impress me anyway, but when they're performed by a 250lb(?) monster.. just wow!
@@Ghoulies good mention. He and his tag partner are next after I cover Steve Williams
@@howstrongis Dynamite? Class wrestler.
I look forward to that video and whatever else you have coming up!
The Road Warrior's Hawk Animal 👌👍💪😮
One of my favourite Teams. I made a whole video about them and their manager Paul Ellering, if you got a chance check it out.
In terms of Power, I'd rate Mark Henry and Andre at the top. Andre with his Gigantism just had freakish power. Big Show as well has that kind of power.
Big Show goes on to Say MArk Henry is the most powerful man he knows.
Others on this list could include John Cena and Kane.
As for Toughness. Barbarian, Haku and Race were the top 3, and that comes from ALL of their peers.
All awesome choices. Should have made rather a top 20
Ron Simmons
100%. Will cover him soon
Just put Haku on all spots...
Best list ever
Mark Henry is also one of the only wrestlers to ever successfully lift the inch dumbbell
I was always wondered if anybody accomplished to lift it after him...
@@howstrongisYes Rich Williams was the second person to lift it overhead with one arm after Henry. Till now there r plenty of guys that have done that. Brian Shaw , a great strongman did it in his first try casually back in 2007-08. He is a huge guy , 6'8 and 450 lbs during his peak. Before Mark Henry, Bill Kazmaier already lifted that db with one arm overhead in 1990 but the style to do that was different. As far as i remember, Kaz continental cleaned and then pressed it.
Loved your content, just wanna know if u can tell me which tts software you used in this video?
Thanks. I used elevenlabs
As far as strength goes, The Big Show/The Giant is the strongest man to ever enter the ring.
Heared he did a 500 pound Bench when challanged, but didnt really put any effort in it. Makes me wonder how strong he actually could have been if his main focus would have gone towards strength sports...
Mark Henry is the strongest man to ever enter the ring. Ask big show, even he will tell u mark was stronger .
Ron Simmons & Earthquake were strong.
Ron Simmons I actually completely forgot, thanks for the mention. As for earthquake, thought about doing him in a separate video, since he was a big deal here in Japan.
Nothing will ever compare to Scott Steiner "injuring his back" and being out for an extended period of time, only to return as The Genetic Freak/Big Poppa Pump, with not only way bigger arms, but an entirely new bicep on top of each one😂😂😂
The famous wrestler off time, think Orton and Styles enjoyed recently the same ;)
I worked the early morning shift at Gold’s Gym in the 90s. The wrestlers would show up in a hotel shuttle together to work out. I watched Steiner behind-the-neck shoulder press with 365 lbs on a straight bar. He did sets of 15 reps and didn’t break a sweat. As a former competitive power lifter, I was impressed. The guy was a bada$$
@@joecool2125 love those anecdotes. Same here, my former mentor here in Tokyo used to train some of the wcw guys 25 years ago. I will try to get them for a interview
Scott Steiner became the poster boy for Anabolic Steroid use
Mark Henry is probably the nicest guy on here too.
By far, heared also Earthquake was an awesome guy too
Strength and ability to complete lifts has more to do with arm and leg length than absolute strength. Most people that have completed heavy lifts have short arms and legs in comparison to their body structure.
As someone who works in the field of strength and conditioning I have to agree. There is an enormous amount of things which can affect strength, from muscle insertion, muscle size, cns, connective tissue, muscle moment arms and so on.
Harley never did steroids drank a lot of beer like Andre
He did roids
Decent list, but it's comical to think anyone at all is ever going to be as strong as strong as Andre. Giant + gym time. Look at peak Brian Shaw (aruguably stronger than Mark Henry), then add half a foot + 100lbs. Braun Strowman, Kane, and Cena should be on this list as well.
True, with Andre it is always “What if”. If he would have decided to compete in something else, no doubt he would have succeeded.
Legends.
10 were not enough
Andre probably didn't work out but he should have been higher
True, in retrospect should have separate the list with the toughest and another with the strongest
Nobody ever mentions Jerry Blackwell. The guy was incredibly strong and tough as nails, not to mention moving in the ring like a guy half his size.
Johnny Stambuli PRESS SLAMMED Rikishi.
Find me another guy that did that.
Also, Rick Boogs lifted INSANE weights in his training videos
Both great options, actually forgot completely about both. Noted in my list for next time
Van Vader aka Leon white another tough man love to have the passion mask
Huge Vader fan, i want to make a special episode about him near future, got plenty of material.
I had a friend like Harley race I guess you could call him a friend he was like 3 years older than I was in school, we knew each other I hung out with him and his friends some, but let me tell you nobody messed with that guy nobody, cops, nobody. He was super strong and felt no pain. he really was a very nice guy though, I guess.
Many of the bigger and stronger guys are pretty chill since they do t have much to proof I guess.
Ken Paters said if he couldve trained Andrea the giant for a year or two he couldve been the strongest man ever but pound for pound Ken is as strong as anyone think Mark Henry couldnt break his records , Harley Race with 1 arm grabed Ricky Steamboat and picked him from standing in the ring reached over grabbed Ricky by his trunks and basically curled him up and put him in the ring so he curled with one arm 225 if not more wow
Ken might be on something right there. Didnt knew the Harley stroy, thanks for sharing.
You forgot Ted Arcidi
Ivan putski and superstar billy Graham competed in the strong man competition
Actually so many people mentioned those two, so I made a separate episode about Graham and a Bench Press episode with Ted. But I agree, both super legit guys
Big Show, Kane and Cena are all missing from this list ..
I considered both Big Show and Kane, list just got too long. Cena a covered in a seperate clip, he is a beast.
One dude with some super power was Tugboat. He get a little steam built up off those ropes and lay anybody in wrestling out.
Huge fan of both natural disasters. The older a got, the more i appreciated them.