The Untold Truth Of Strongman Brian Shaw

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Brian Shaw might not have ended his strongman career with a win, but in speaking with The U.S. Sun, he revealed that there were a few things about the 2023 World's Strongest Man competition that made it an incredibly fitting and somewhat poignant way choice to be his last WSM.

For starters, Shaw gave a shout-out to Conan's Wheel, saying, "I've never actually done a Conan's Wheel at World's Strongest Man. It was a very common event towards the start of my career, so I got to see it a lot." Shaw, who was in Group 4 for the Finals Qualifiers, ended up netting only 2 points in the event, almost at the bottom of the rankings.

He shared that he was also looking forward to Fingal's Fingers, saying that he'd competed in that event in his first WSM Final. "So, I guess in a lot of ways, you can kind of say it comes full circle maybe — my first final and potentially my last final, with having Fingal's Fingers as an event there." That event netted him four points. After the competition, he said (via Men's Health), "I feel the love, I'll say that. ... I'm a lucky man. I'm a very, very lucky man, I'm grateful for all of it, I'm grateful for each and every one of you that's been a part of it in some way, shape, or form."

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