Eddie Hall and Hafthor ‘Thor’ Bjornson are two of the biggest names in the history of Strongman – and they also have a huge rivalry between them.
Together they have a combined 10 top three finishes and two wins on the The world’s strongest man.
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Neither of the stars will compete in Sacramento this year, but there will still be a lot of talking about their long -term feud, as there is always.
The couple has had a public war war, a struggle to break records and a complete punch-up over the years.
Here Sunsport breaks out why the two man-mountains have so much vitriol to some …
Where it all started
Hall and Thor were friends for a long time before everything went wrong during the 2017 edition of the world’s strongest man.
It was the show 2017 that Brit Hall Pip Bjornsson saw for the title – since 1993 the first winner of the UK.
His Icelandic counterpart, however, did not take a friendly to fail.
Hall, nicknamed ‘The Beast’, said to the BBC: “I was friends with Hafthor for many years, but he lost me and he just couldn’t handle it.
“He was willing to throw away a friendship.”
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Bjornsson immediately joined Instagram To tell his millions of followers that he felt that Hall had cheated – robbed him of the title.
He wrote: “This weekend I was robbed. The integrity of my beloved sport is questioning.”
Bjornsson refused to shake Hall’s hand after everything was said and done, claiming that he was incorrectly punished for bending his knees during the Viking press event.
The Viking press sees competitors trying to press so many in one minute, with each representative being allowed to be only one push with the legs straight.
But referee Colin Bryce, a British Hall, considered Bjornsson to have used an incorrect form for his last lift – Hall handed the title with one point.
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The storm is raging
From there things started to deteriorate.
Bjornsson did not want to let go of his “theft”, regularly “smear” the victory of Hall “and let him know that he felt that he deserved to win in 2017.
Hall was even so sick of Thor’s constant arguments against his WSM title that he tried to prove that he had bent his knees during the Viking press.
The 6ft 2 in Englishman shared a video of the event that he claimed was the proof that he was not playing false and Bjornsson was right not to have won.
That video led even more anger between the couple, where Thor later admitted that he didn’t even like Hall.
He said: “The whole world knows Eddie and I can’t get along. Some people just can’t get along in life and that’s okay.
“I don’t have to deal with him. And that’s fine, but I don’t necessarily hate the man, I wouldn’t go that far. I mean, I don’t like him.”
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The weight
Determined to get one on his new rival, Bjornsson decided that he should look away stronger To get under the skin of Hall.
Hall had previously set the world record for the heaviest deadlift in history, managed to pick up 500 kg In 2016.
Hall had committed itself to earn that title, as a result of being suffering from a brain haemorrhage and temporary blindness, but Bjornsson was still determined to break it.
The 6ft 9 in Icelandic giant, who played the mountain Game of ThronesTrained for a few months to give it a crack.
If they say that that is 501 kg on the bar, I don’t trust them
Eddie Hall
And after he had worked on his lifting, he successfully managed to lift a typically small 501 kg to take the record away in his own gym.
Hall was understandably fake due to the determination of Bjornsson to record him and claimed that the strong man should not be the attempt of the TV star.
In one YouTube Q&A video, he said: “I don’t trust the Icelandic. I don’t trust them.
“With the strongest man in the world 2017 they were the ones who were crying and stamped their feet and said that the referee cheated on them and that is the only reason why I won the strongest man in the world.”
Add: “I don’t trust the Icelandic, they would get everything out of their pockets to try to beat me and do something to surpass someone.
“So I don’t trust them. I don’t trust them. If they say that that is 501 kg at the bar, I don’t trust them”.
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The gloves are … on
Bjornsson wanted to record things a notch after breaking Hall and shout him for a fight.
After offering a seven -digit figure box Deal, Thor focused on Hall.
He said, “I just switched off your record, and now I’m ready to eliminate you”.
After three years of a controversial hatred, the two strong man were Ready to arrange the score in the ring.
A fight was arranged and labeled as ‘the toughest boxing match in history’, in which the hunters entered with a combined 294 kg.
It ended in a unanimous decision victory for Bjornsson after he had hit Hall twice to the Canvas and won the second round.
After defeat Hall followed by a bet to get a tattoo Read: “World strong man, Hafthor Julius Bjornsson” on his foot.
And it seemed that it was the end of their rivalry with Hall and said: “The aftermath of the fight made me think very hard.
“I think it’s time for me and Thor to continue with our differences in 2017 with the strongest man in the world.
“I understand why Thor did what he was doing and why he said what he said. I understand what the outcome was in his head.
“Nothing will change that and he will always have this perception that he was robbed in 2017. He wins the fight will not change that.
“I wanted to hit him for a long time and I got the chance. It was solved a lot for me and helped to push a lot aside.”
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