I just gotta say how much I appreciate the channel for uploading all the classic past years of WSM. This is a great way to preserve the history on modern platforms and bring in new fans. I was a sophomore in HS when this aired lol
And he was also runner up at the Arnold classic that year and he also won multiple events on the strongman circuit that year. It was his best year of competition and one of the only two people to beat him was Pudz. The dude was so close to the perfect year.
Yeah... but Mariusz had a calf injury and still won. If he wasn't injured he would've won before the final event just like he did in 3 of his 5 wins. Mariusz's mental strenght was no joke.
Watching this final had me on the edge of my seat. I seriously thought poundstone had it but he just lost that leverage right at the last second. But watching pudgzilla get a 5th was legendary. 👌
I absolutely love this competition every year. I've been watching since 2002. I gotta say it's one of my top 5 favorite sports. These guys are excellent competitors and really put a lot of hard work in. I love how they show great sportsmanship and root for each other.
Pudzilla. The most legendary contest in the history. Decades will pass before anyone gets 5 titles. Centuries before someone will snatch 6. And we lived in times this once happened. For the first time, 5 titles.
@@hankheavy well, Arnold Classic isn't that prestigious, on WSM you have to perform under big pressure and show mental strenght too. So a true strongman will perform the best under the biggest pressure. Man trained 5 hours a day and all the other guys looked like fat daddies next to him, he deserves his respect and not people mentioning Big Z whenever Pudzian comes up
He has probably a myostatin deficit, like Försterman the German cyclist. Otherwise, he could not gain this much lean muscle without large amounts of steroids.
It wasn't nice of Pudzianowski to celebrate in front of Poundstone and interrupt his lift, but he was in such an euphoric state he didn't even realize it
Lol,really dude ? Come on now,pudzianowski wasn’t being anything towards anyone he powered through all of them and has every right to celebrate ffs. Your being a snowflake,get a teaspoon of concrete into ya.
"Kiepskiej baletnicy przeszkadza róg spódnicy"?. Oczywiste jest że Pudzian nie przemyślał tamtego zachowania jednak uczciwie wygrywał zawody bez wątpliwości
Poundstone made such a rookie mistake that cost him the title. That's why Mariusz is the GOAT when it comes to the WSM competition. As far as experience goes, no one was more experienced than him! It had started to rain and both the stones and platforms were slippery. Poundstone got desperate and lifted the stone without having a full grip and his stone fell while Mariusz took his time until he had full control of the stone under the most enormous pressure! DOMINATOR!
@@A-A-RonDavis2470 you mean with advanced training, programming, equipment and recovery methods like they have? Hes beaten them head to head before and would do it again. His lifts are on par with Novikov licis, matteusz. I guess those guys couldn't win 🤣😂
Okay. This was like 15 years ago. Watching this, I didn't know who won it, but I was pulling for Mariusz in the last two events. When I saw he won, I was yelling like "YES!!".
Mariusz Pudzianowski is like Mike Tyson in the field of WSM. People may not consider him to be the greatest or the strongest of all, but he surely made the sport the most exciting. All of his performances were spectacular.
Que final aquella! recordando al gran Mariusz Pudzianowski, el mejor en el WSM de todos los tiempos, muy notorio el gran físico que siempre exhibió en esas competencias! Y aunque muchos diran que no es el mas fuerte, es cierto, no es el mas fuerte pero venció a los mas fuertes, incluidas las bestias pardas Brian Shaw y el mas fuerte de todos los tiempos: Žydrūnas Savickas!
I think Kaz could've had 6, 7, or 8 if they decided to invite him back after his reign of terror. That's the only other person that could probably claim best to ever do it.
Maybe but if that was the case than pudz would have gone longer, and would have trained for the 09 instead of mma. He would have won 6 in 09, probably pushed out some more in the 2010s, since he was in his early 30s.
I thought it was rude and unfair that Pudzianoski started celebrating while Poundstone was trying to finish! At any rate, Pudzianoski is a true modern Hercules!
I've watched every WSM in reverse chronological order until this year, and I have to Mariusz's performance on the plane pull was *ridiculously* intense. The pressure was very much on his shoulders, and he won that despite having much less mass than his competition. 🥶 Congrats to these amazing athletes!
The car walk highly favors the shorter guys like Mariusz but nowadays I'm pretty sure they changed it to the yolk walk and it has adjustable bar height
Mike Jenkins is there watching! (At 11:21, just before Dave Ostlund's run in the car walk.) (and at 27:01, before Pounstone's turn in the car deadlift.)
Back in the day my tv sports network would slot in WSM after NHL or NBA. If the game went beyond the usual time we wouldn't get WSM. That was always a disappointment. Now I don't have cable but I can watch it on youtube.
After that competition, that boy from the USA did not do much in other events. Pudzianowski demonstrated once again that he is the best, and that it was not his best presentation on his best days, not even Big Z could beat him
In all fairness that boy from America lives in a country where steroids are illegal which means to have them he might pay 3000$ a month, while in Europe steroids are legal. Mariusz probably a state funded athlete, like Ivan Drogo
now days they say you got to have a lot of body fat for the weight if you wanna have a chance in WSM, he had little body fat if any and he won it more times then any
They spoiled all these by putting the winner the the thumbnail! A lot of people are watching it because they've never seen it, or hadn't seen in a long time, can't remember who won, and want to re-experience it.
It was just a lack of patience. You could see Pudz took his time on the 4th stone and 5th. He made sure his grip was there. Pound stone expected the stone to roll using the corner of the platform in adverse conditions. Simply put, pound stone let his fear of failure dictate his strategy
@@moretestmorebreasts2218 Agreed. Lack of patience and rookie mistake. It had rained a little bit before the final and the stones were slippery. Poundstone got desperate in the end and Mariusz's patience and experience won him the final despite having a calf injury.
Pudz was so dominate in wsm and european strongman that big z quit, as did other guys to do the other comps. They didn't come back until pudz retired. But then pudz last second decided to do 09 with a torn arm, barely any training and beat Shaw and almost beat z in that 09.
I've been watching WSM every year since 1981 when I was a wee kid and Mariusz is still the best I've ever seen
Same.
No one has thrown the no ped testing in the face of the world more than him. Guy is in off season bodybuilder condition. Insane.
Oh my god
You are very old.
@@LCFCV9 same 💪
@@AB-nv7bz They're all on massive stacks of every kind of gear imaginable.
I just gotta say how much I appreciate the channel for uploading all the classic past years of WSM. This is a great way to preserve the history on modern platforms and bring in new fans. I was a sophomore in HS when this aired lol
Class of 08 here...man oh man where does the time go lol
I graduated elementary school this year lol.
Mariusz is absolutely a beast. He's clearly the best of all time in this competition.
He's great but he should of lost that last event. Jon Paul is the best!
@@oriondx72 explain???
@@oriondx72 I agree John Paul 2 is the best, but Mariusz is amazing too
He fights to… imagine him being across the ring yikes
@@oriondx72 because he's dead?
Mariusz is a legend................. the best to ever to it!
This was the golden age for me. Loved watching these guys go at it.
Viejos recuerdos el poder ver nuevamente estos eventos...grande Mariusz!
I absolutely love that we can watch all these back. Thank you for these wsm!
Derek Poundstone almost beat the greatest WSM ever in his rookie year 💯🔥💪🏽
And he was also runner up at the Arnold classic that year and he also won multiple events on the strongman circuit that year. It was his best year of competition and one of the only two people to beat him was Pudz. The dude was so close to the perfect year.
Really a shame for him not being the champion of that year, but he faced the best, the legend in his favorite event: the Atlas Stones!
Poundstone should have won because of the injury Mariusz had to his calf
Yeah... but Mariusz had a calf injury and still won. If he wasn't injured he would've won before the final event just like he did in 3 of his 5 wins. Mariusz's mental strenght was no joke.
@@TheFlash3237 He flopped once in 2006 final against Phil Pilaster
They really liked the plane pull in the editing room.
I like watching plane pull with fart noises in the background
They always seem to show a lot of the pulling events. I'm not a fan. I'd rather see them pull a 2000lbs rock up a hill.
I wanted to see the overhead log press but they skipped that.
Nice I have been binge watching all of these. Best sport
One of the best finals. Wish it was talked about more!
Absolutely
Watching this final had me on the edge of my seat. I seriously thought poundstone had it but he just lost that leverage right at the last second.
But watching pudgzilla get a 5th was legendary. 👌
@@corporealcasimir4885Well that's a baseless assumption
I absolutely love this competition every year. I've been watching since 2002. I gotta say it's one of my top 5 favorite sports. These guys are excellent competitors and really put a lot of hard work in. I love how they show great sportsmanship and root for each other.
Pudzilla. The most legendary contest in the history. Decades will pass before anyone gets 5 titles. Centuries before someone will snatch 6. And we lived in times this once happened. For the first time, 5 titles.
@c a m Many said it is not true:) And anyway - WSM is a more prestigious title.
@c a m 8 Arnold Classic Wins is also one reason why he is The GOAT
No one will ever have 5, everything is too heavy these days and only Brian shaw had chance to gret fifth
@@hankheavy well, Arnold Classic isn't that prestigious, on WSM you have to perform under big pressure and show mental strenght too. So a true strongman will perform the best under the biggest pressure. Man trained 5 hours a day and all the other guys looked like fat daddies next to him, he deserves his respect and not people mentioning Big Z whenever Pudzian comes up
@@PoPMichalpl9 he deserves respect sure but youre acting like hes the GOAT which he isnt. Z however is
Damn, what a body Mariusz has! He can easily be Mr Olympia if he trained for it.
Yeah, he really couldn't easily 😂
That’s just muscles for show. Better to win WSM
He has probably a myostatin deficit, like Försterman the German cyclist. Otherwise, he could not gain this much lean muscle without large amounts of steroids.
@Saskatchetooner stronger than 99% human on earth. Fro show? Nice. Not many people stronger than CBum or Arnold
Pudzianowski is still a Beast, Currently he is Kicking Ass in MMA
It wasn't nice of Pudzianowski to celebrate in front of Poundstone and interrupt his lift, but he was in such an euphoric state he didn't even realize it
Lol,really dude ? Come on now,pudzianowski wasn’t being anything towards anyone he powered through all of them and has every right to celebrate ffs. Your being a snowflake,get a teaspoon of concrete into ya.
True
Totally cool reaction from Poundstone
"Kiepskiej baletnicy przeszkadza róg spódnicy"?. Oczywiste jest że Pudzian nie przemyślał tamtego zachowania jednak uczciwie wygrywał zawody bez wątpliwości
@@robertiwan2814 in english!
Mariusz is a beast. 309lbs at 6’1” is insane.
@@YetAnotherRetardedYTUpdate look him up 6'1"
Ronnie Coleman was 320lbs at 5’11. Just something to compare it to.
@@diamondhead203yeah Ronnie juicing like crazy tho
@@marekambroziewicz9715 and you don’t think Mariusz isn’t….lol. Dude is glowing with juice.
@@diamondhead203 not as much trust me Ronnie can’t walk pudzianowski fighting in mma to this day
Mariusz was the few guys that was an athlete as well as a strongman which I think set him apart.
Geoff capes was the best 😂😂
Had a good motivation for shoulders training. Let`s go work hard
Poundstone made such a rookie mistake that cost him the title. That's why Mariusz is the GOAT when it comes to the WSM competition. As far as experience goes, no one was more experienced than him! It had started to rain and both the stones and platforms were slippery. Poundstone got desperate and lifted the stone without having a full grip and his stone fell while Mariusz took his time until he had full control of the stone under the most enormous pressure!
DOMINATOR!
I mean...he was a rookie. 😂 So...
@@LogHewer Yes. It looked more like desperation as well.
marusz is underrated despite winning 5X. he was 1 second away from 7 titles. hes the greatest at moving events
7 titles lol you mean 6
@@dalewilson9602 Actually was really really close to 7, but different years ofc ^^
@@zxxXMETALLICAXxxz oh cool
@@A-A-RonDavis2470 you mean with advanced training, programming, equipment and recovery methods like they have? Hes beaten them head to head before and would do it again. His lifts are on par with Novikov licis, matteusz. I guess those guys couldn't win 🤣😂
Yeah I think 2006 was the only one he lost himself. 2009 he wasn't good enough to beat big z.
Bill Kazmaier great commentary
Pujanowski's the greatest ever I've never seen a man like him in my life God bless Yorkshire mosh my brother
Pudz is definitely one of the greatest ever. If he could’ve ported his success from WSM to other shows he would undoubtedly be the best
Okay. This was like 15 years ago. Watching this, I didn't know who won it, but I was pulling for Mariusz in the last two events. When I saw he won, I was yelling like "YES!!".
HD WSM 2008 final. That's an hour of my day sorted!
More full finals please WSM!!
Mariusz Pudzianowski is like Mike Tyson in the field of WSM. People may not consider him to be the greatest or the strongest of all, but he surely made the sport the most exciting. All of his performances were spectacular.
It’s annoying that they skipped over the log press event in favor of showing so many competitors for the plane pull and car walk.
Que final aquella! recordando al gran Mariusz Pudzianowski, el mejor en el WSM de todos los tiempos, muy notorio el gran físico que siempre exhibió en esas competencias! Y aunque muchos diran que no es el mas fuerte, es cierto, no es el mas fuerte pero venció a los mas fuertes, incluidas las bestias pardas Brian Shaw y el mas fuerte de todos los tiempos: Žydrūnas Savickas!
Interesante dato. Gracias, Lobo.
Mariusz y Zydrunas son unas bestias completas para estos eventos. Leyendas!
pudzianowski was a beast
Now He’s a beast in MMA
Mariusz sin dudas el mejor de todos los tiempos
That Polish dude was built different 💪🏽
The best times ever ! I watched these with my dad back then and we fell in love with this sport
subscribed! thank you for the classic full contest. Much respect to these athletes and your competition!
Ja pierdole co to były za czasy... Co to były za emocje.
Finally a decent crowd to cheer the strongmen!!!!!!
poundstone shudn't have stopped competing, he was destined to be one of the greats!
Geez look at the physiques of Pudz and Poundstone. The third place guy is like "I'll just keep my shirt on"
Lol
I think Kaz could've had 6, 7, or 8 if they decided to invite him back after his reign of terror. That's the only other person that could probably claim best to ever do it.
I agree
Maybe but if that was the case than pudz would have gone longer, and would have trained for the 09 instead of mma. He would have won 6 in 09, probably pushed out some more in the 2010s, since he was in his early 30s.
Yeah, In the 81 I think Kaz deadlifted 900 and some odd and looked like he could have done waaaay more.
Co za emocje. Polska górą..
Slava Ukraini!!!!
@@JaRule83fpo co piszesz takie gówna pod Polskim komentarzem ?
@@TheGB1 Ukraińcy walczą ze złymi Rosjanami, dlatego świętuję Ukrainę. Zwolennicy Bandery wyświadczają nam wielką przysługę.
Mariusz, is the best of all time.
Has there ever been a more awesome competitor than Pudzain?
I thought it was rude and unfair that Pudzianoski started celebrating while Poundstone was trying to finish! At any rate, Pudzianoski is a true modern Hercules!
it was unfair, he was lucky for not being disqualified but... on the other hand I can understand his euphorie
Zajebista atmosfera , coś pięknego :)
I've watched every WSM in reverse chronological order until this year, and I have to Mariusz's performance on the plane pull was *ridiculously* intense. The pressure was very much on his shoulders, and he won that despite having much less mass than his competition. 🥶
Congrats to these amazing athletes!
He is the beast in carnate for real ❤
Super!
marius has personality =love hime ...best ever
man these were the days in world strongest man, those cool events, with the steps nowadays its just a boring heavy lift
hate that they didn't show the log lift.
I remember watching this on TV after school when it first aired.
good times
So vi nesse vídeo por causa do Podzianowski 🇵🇱 o melhor conheci a pouos anos!
Phil Phister on that car carry was unbelievable
50:24 LEGENDARY POLSKA GÓRĄ
ممتاز رائع الأبطال
That 5th title by Mariusz .. it was the draining of the tank. The grit of an unrelenting Man
Tyle czipsów nigdy nie zjadłam... takie emocje
Used to see fat looking strongmen, it’s refreshing to remember Mariusz
Polen❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Mariusz was built different
the stone slipping for Derek must haunt him to this day! so damn close!!!!
He should have won
@@darylkanofski9327 Yes he should!!
51:32 Dave didn't seem too much happy for being third or Marius winning
At the 10:25 mark in the crowd pretty sure that's Mike Jenkins!
The car walk highly favors the shorter guys like Mariusz but nowadays I'm pretty sure they changed it to the yolk walk and it has adjustable bar height
Marius is the ultimate winner 🎉
The Stone did not slipped, he didn't lifted the stone high enough.😂
What? You mean the stone didn't SLIP. He didn't LIFT it high enough.
@@aaronflowers8881Congarts Aron. Your so smarts.
How do these stones compare to the current set ?
Poundstone amazing guy
14:31 Pudz going for a groupie.
Dominator 💪💪💪
This was in my hometown and I never knew 😂
Kindly upload the 2021 to 2024 world strongest man final.
44:56 "ill get oxygen in a minute... i just gotta get this one sock off" lol
Terry and Travis doesn't look anything like they do now. I barely recognized Terry. ^^
me either = we change with life kid .
pudzian looks pretty much the same ;D @@jasonread5017
Mike Jenkins is there watching! (At 11:21, just before Dave Ostlund's run in the car walk.)
(and at 27:01, before Pounstone's turn in the car deadlift.)
I saw too
Wow maruish pudszianowski is massive amazing
My name is Mariusz, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
How much the atlas stones in WSM become heavier by the years or didnt they?
poundstone was so close to winning and he dropped the stone. I can't even imagine how disappointing that would be
Marisuz was so excited he couldn't help but get into Derek's space while he was still just trying to put the stone up lol.
13:32 that "kurwa" I felt it :D
Back in the day my tv sports network would slot in WSM after NHL or NBA. If the game went beyond the usual time we wouldn't get WSM. That was always a disappointment. Now I don't have cable but I can watch it on youtube.
After that competition, that boy from the USA did not do much in other events. Pudzianowski demonstrated once again that he is the best, and that it was not his best presentation on his best days, not even Big Z could beat him
In all fairness that boy from America lives in a country where steroids are illegal which means to have them he might pay 3000$ a month, while in Europe steroids are legal. Mariusz probably a state funded athlete, like Ivan Drogo
@@clawsewitz4316 Ivan Drugo lol
Poundstone did go on to beat big z at the Arnold. But could never beat pudz at wsm.
@@clawsewitz4316Are you claiming Derek was natural? Because he absolutely wasn't, not a single competitor at WSM is natural
@@richardturrell1484 Phil Pfister for an example looks natural .
One thing about Mariusz -he never took his foot off the gas until the event was over-never beat himself
now days they say you got to have a lot of body fat for the weight if you wanna have a chance in WSM, he had little body fat if any and he won it more times then any
Those days : no smartphones , just being in the moment
They spoiled all these by putting the winner the the thumbnail! A lot of people are watching it because they've never seen it, or hadn't seen in a long time, can't remember who won, and want to re-experience it.
Bloody hell that was close, Poundstone so unlucky at the end.
It was just a lack of patience. You could see Pudz took his time on the 4th stone and 5th. He made sure his grip was there. Pound stone expected the stone to roll using the corner of the platform in adverse conditions. Simply put, pound stone let his fear of failure dictate his strategy
@@moretestmorebreasts2218 Agreed. Lack of patience and rookie mistake. It had rained a little bit before the final and the stones were slippery. Poundstone got desperate in the end and Mariusz's patience and experience won him the final despite having a calf injury.
Did anyone else think Marius was a sore winner here by touching Poundstone while Poundstone was still in the middle of putting the 5th stone up there?
@@YetAnotherRetardedYTUpdate I think that sums it up. Thanks for the comment.
Polska górą!!!
Phister punching in 13:12 against cop Poundstone was a big surprise
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Unlucky at the end for Poundstone, so close but that stone spun on him.
Anyone else notice young Brian Shaw appearing from future at 30:50?
I think he participated in the qualifiers that year
The turns to pieve scripted commentary is annoyig, sounds like a game
Was that a young Brian Shaw equipment testing the plain pull?
do we have to wait 14 years before we can watch 22 WSM for free?
You complaining that we won't show you our show for free? Make that make sense, Ian.
@@theworldsstrongestman you expect people to pay to watch fat roid heads lift things when companies like Rouge show it for free.... ?
Our competition isn't funded by marketing or ticket sales. In fact, our show is free to attend and watch live.
@@theworldsstrongestman Then release WSM 2022. "Watch live" is completely untrue. 🙄
When did Brian Shaw start competing? And also Big Z, was this during the Era where many athletes were competing in the IFSA instead of WSM?
Pudz was so dominate in wsm and european strongman that big z quit, as did other guys to do the other comps. They didn't come back until pudz retired. But then pudz last second decided to do 09 with a torn arm, barely any training and beat Shaw and almost beat z in that 09.
Yaba daba duue! Wilma im coming❤️
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