Hall sees these strongman stars shining in Myrtle Beach.
One elite strongman will stand tall above his peers by the point the dust settles on the 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) in Myrtle Beach, SC. It may be two-time reigning WSM champion, Tom Stoltman. Or it may very well be one other high-level contender trying to unseat the Scottish superstar before he makes vaunted WSM history. One strongman icon has an idea of what he sees unfolding in South Carolina.
On Apr. 17, 2023, Eddie Hall, the 2017 WSM champion, discussed the prospects for the 2023 iteration of the competition on his YouTube channel. In the method, he outlined his top three contenders for the title, including Stoltman, four-time winner Brian Shaw (2011, 2013, 2015-2016) in his final WSM appearance, and two-time defending Shaw Classic (SC) champion (2021-2022) Trey Mitchell.
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Before he broke down his personal perspective on the 2023 WSM, Hall made one thing clear: there may be nothing more monumental for a strongman than winning the celebrated contest. Full stop. It’s a real dream fulfilled to be officially named probably the most robust person on the planet.
“To be the World’s Strongest Man might be one of the vital childhood dream titles that folks dream of,” Hall explained. “In the event you ask a person in the event that they wish to be the World’s Strongest Man they usually say no, they’re lying.”
As is the same old precedent, the 2023 WSM will start with 30 competitors before cutting all the way down to 10 athletes for the weekend’s Final on Apr. 22-23, 2023. Hall expressed who he desires to see duke it out for the WSM title when all is alleged and done.
Hall appeared to like so lots of the competitors’ possibilities that he even threw in an additional name for the heck of it.
“That is my dream Final getting into, my top ten,” Hall began. “Tom Stoltman, Luke Stoltman, Pavlo Kordiyaka, Oleksii Novikov, Mitchell Hooper, Trey Mitchell, Aivars Šmaukstelis, Kevin Faires, Adam Bishop, Evan Singleton, Brian Shaw. That’s eleven, but whatever.”
As for the format and event schedule for the 2023 WSM, Hall believes this 12 months’s competition favors strongmen who lean on size greater than agility and athleticism. Though he wouldn’t make a concrete final prediction, Hall thinks strongmen of that mold — like Tom Stoltman, Shaw, and Mitchell — are strongly positioned (no pun intended) to win all of it.
“I feel it is basically leaning towards the heavier men this 12 months,” Hall said. “I feel it will be a heavy, heavy Final. I feel that’s going to suit the larger, taller, heavier guys … I’m not going to say who’s going to win, because I’m friends with all these people. I don’t wish to put anyone down. My top three are definitely Brian Shaw, Tom Stoltman, and Trey Mitchell. Just due to the sheer size and body weight of those guys.”
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In a strongman field that features just three current or previous champions (Stoltman, Shaw, and Oleksii Novikov), anyone seems able to winning the 2023 WSM. Nonetheless, Hall’s thoughts about size and mass being the deciding aspects might hold true by the top of the weekend. Fans of the strength sport will discover as results are available in until a latest (or reigning) victor is crowned.
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