Eddie Hall’s feud with Thor Bjornsson is so heated that the Brit wants absolutely no a part of his rival, even when it means getting revenge within the ring or cage.
The pair famously fought in Dubai three years ago, with the large 6’9 Game of Thrones star coming out on top after each man had floored the opposite. It was an enormous hit online, but neither man was fully paid – a problem for which Hall blames his rival.
After the very fact, the Brit has continued to fight, winning his debut in KSW earlier this yr. Hall brutally knocked out five-time former World’s Strongest Man winner Mariusz Pudzianowski inside seconds, and is now eyeing his next move within the ring or cage.
Eddie Hall doesn’t need a business relationship with Thor Bjornsson
Despite the plain box office draw of one other fight between the 2, Eddie Hall and Thor Bjornsson each seem relatively bored with a second bout. And speaking with Bloody Elbow earlier this yr, the Brit explained that their feud runs so deep that he couldn’t complete the obligatory business endeavors.
“I feel it’s done,” Hall told Bloody Elbow before his MMA debut back in April. “We had our discrepancies, he had a sore loser moment where he couldn’t take a loss and we had a fight about it. Unfortunately the flawed man won in that circumstance but I got to punch the person within the face which for me was a delight.
“He’s gone back to strongman because he’s got nothing going for him so let him crack on. I don’t think he’ll ever come back to do the rematch so let him crack on. I’m done with that f—ing d—head…
“I feel doing business or doing sport with a person that you simply hate that much is a nasty idea and I just feel there have been such bad omens.
“We didn’t receives a commission for that fight! It was meant to be $1million each and all of it just fell through. I feel numerous that was people just being f—-ies and wanting guaranteed money and never counting on pay-per-views and I feel he was a giant brunt of that problem.
“Just doing business with that man? I don’t wish to do it. There was just an excessive amount of hatred there and there still is and it’s not a great idea to do business, which is what the fight game is, with someone you hate that much.”
Eddie Hall reacts as Thor Bjornsson breaks his legendary 500kg deadlift record
Despite the bitter feud between the pair as Hall admitted during our interview, he was classy in his response as Bjornsson broke his deadlift record over the weekend. For years, 500kg, or 1102.3lb was the record lift in strongman history, however the Icelandic star broke that as he pulled 505kg or 1104.5lb.
“Massive respect to Thor for making history & setting the official WR at 505kg,” Hall wrote on Instagram after seeing the video of his rival’s achievement. “That’s one hell of a pull. Records are made to be broken. Big respect, Big Love.”
Thor supposedly outdid him with a 501kg (1104.5lbs) pull during coronavirus lockdowns in 2020. Nonetheless, many individuals questioned the validity of the deadlift because it took place outside of competition in a non-public gym and Hall never recognized it as an actual victory.
The 6ft 9in Icelandic giant left little doubt about his 505kg lift by doing it on the Eisenhart Black Competition, which is an elite, invite-only strength contest held every July in Bavaria.