World's Strongest Man 1978 Recap - Part 2

World's Strongest Man 1978 Recap - Part 2

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[matthouse078]

they need to bring back tug of war

[treetoptop]

That tug of war final was heartbreaking. Don is the nicest guy in the world, and Bruce was an asshole to him the whole show calling him "fat", "whale", etc.. I believe this is because one year before, Bruce was the victim of this same treatment from Ken Patera. I am glad that Don was able to win the show in 1979. Bruce is a strength legend, just was being a real jerk to Don here.Reinhoudt is one of the true strongest man to ever walk the earth!

[Troy Mounie]

Wilhelm number one...........DICK.

[mrhonkeytonker]

Agreed Bruce lacked alot of class there

[khalsasikh]

Never saw that. I guess those parts were cut out on the Youtube version I saw. I didn't even know Wilhelm beat Patera in Tug of War.

[treetoptop]

I will give you one example, there are many more in the 1977WSM. After Bruce beats Ken in the tug of war, Patera says something to him like " I never knew 30 pounds of fat could make such a difference." Although Ken and Bruce are friends and that type of banter was fairly lighthearted, the insults Bruce laid on Don the next year were very crude and in very poor taste. There are current interviews around with Renhoudt, where he says that he was very upset with the way Bruce acted

[khalsasikh]

I watched the entire 1977 WSM, and not once did I hear Patera talking like that to Wilhelm.

[treetoptop]

I never said Ken and Bruce were not friends. I said that Ken talked crap to Bruce all through the 1977 strongest man show, calling him fat the entire time. When Bruce started in on Don in 1978, that was a response in my opinion to the ribs that Ken put out the year before.

[khalsasikh]

Also, it is an extremely difficult event and it really wears out the competitors. I think they decided that lifting weight off the ground is a better indicator of pure strength. Armwrestling used to be part of it too.

[khalsasikh]

No, that's not true about Patera. He and Bruce are the best friends. Whoever told you this is wrong.

[treetoptop]

Putski was a strong wrestler and a strong man, but could never compare with the bulk and power of a guy like Don Reinhoudt.  He was just too small. Don was world class power, one of the strongest ever.