Eddie Corridor Names His High 3 Contenders for the 2023 World’s Strongest Man

Corridor sees these strongman stars shining in Myrtle Seaside.

Written by Robert Zeglinski Final up to date on April 19, 2023

One elite strongman will stand tall above his friends by the point the mud settles on the 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) in Myrtle Seaside, SC. It may be two-time reigning WSM champion, Tom Stoltman. Or it may very well be another high-level contender trying to unseat the Scottish famous person earlier than he makes vaunted WSM historical past. One strongman icon has an concept of what he sees unfolding in South Carolina.

On Apr. 17, 2023, Eddie Hall, the 2017 WSM champion, mentioned the prospects for the 2023 iteration of the competition. Within the course of, he outlined his high three contenders for the title, together with 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.

Earlier than he broke down his private perspective on the 2023 WSM, Corridor made one factor clear: there’s nothing extra monumental for a strongman than successful the celebrated contest. Full cease. It’s a real dream fulfilled to be formally named probably the most bodily highly effective particular person on the planet.

“To be the World’s Strongest Man might be one of the childhood dream titles that individuals dream of,” Corridor defined. “In case you ask a person in the event that they wish to be the World’s Strongest Man and so they say no, they’re mendacity.”

As is the same old precedent, the 2023 WSM will begin with 30 opponents before cutting down to 10 athletes for the weekend’s Closing on Apr. 22-23, 2023. Corridor expressed who he needs to see duke it out for the WSM title when all is claimed and executed.

Corridor appeared to love so lots of the opponents’ probabilities that he even threw in an additional identify for the heck of it.

“That is my dream Closing getting into, my high ten,” Corridor 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, however no matter.”

As for the format and event schedule for the 2023 WSM, Corridor believes this yr’s competitors favors strongmen who lean on dimension greater than agility and athleticism. Regardless that he wouldn’t make a concrete ultimate prediction, Corridor thinks strongmen of that mould — like Tom Stoltman, Shaw, and Mitchell — are strongly positioned (no pun supposed) to win all of it.

“I feel it’s actually leaning in direction of the heavier males this yr,” Corridor mentioned. “I feel it will be a heavy, heavy Closing. I feel that’s going to go well with the larger, taller, heavier guys … I’m not going to say who’s going to win, as a result of I’m associates with all these folks. I don’t wish to put anybody down. My high three are undoubtedly Brian Shaw, Tom Stoltman, and Trey Mitchell. Simply due to the sheer dimension and physique weight of those guys.”