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{{quote|''"You can't beat me with strength.

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''I am the world's strongest man! You better be worried about surviving through the night."''|'''[[Mark Henry]]'''}}

The [[World's Strongest Man]] is a character who is, well -- [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|the strongest man in the world]] or universe, or, at the very least the strongest ''human''. He may be [[Genius Bruiser|brainy]] or [[Dumb Muscle|stupid]], attractive or [[Gonk|ugly]], but one thing is for ~~sure -- you~~ don't want to mess with him, as he will most definitely wipe the floor with you. He may be going on [[Hero's Journey]], or he may just be [[Smug Super|full of himself and his power]]. If he's a villain, he's usually the [[Big Bad]].

The '''World's Strongest Man''' is a character who is, well -- [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|the strongest man in the world]] or universe, or, at the very least the strongest ''human''. He may be [[Genius Bruiser|brainy]] or [[Dumb Muscle|stupid]], attractive or [[Gonk|ugly]], but one thing is for sure—you don't want to mess with him, as he will most definitely wipe the floor with you. He may be going on [[Hero's Journey]], or he may just be [[Smug Super|full of himself and his power]]. If he's a villain, he's usually the [[Big Bad]].

This trope may be subverted by [[Samus Is a Girl]] or [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]. For the videogame version, see [[Mighty Glacier]]. See also [[Super Strength]]. Determining just who ''is'' the strongest leads to arguments about [[Character Tiers]].

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* The [[Tower of God]] was under the supreme rule of Zahard, the first man to climb up and settle down, and his supporters. Then Phantaminum, an existence [[Shrouded in Myth]], came and not only scaled the tower much faster than Zahard, but in the process killed many of his high rankers. These are the 1000 strongest of 100,000 rankers, and even the lowliest ranker can give the main characters a run for their money. After [[Storming the Castle]] of the ruler, Phantaminum disappeared, never to be seen again, however, similar Irregulars followed, shaking the Tower up once more. It shoud be mentioned that [[Storming the Castle]] is the only battle he participated in and even so was immediately declared strongest.

** And now try and guess what the Main Character is.

* Sensui from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' ~~-- world~~'s strongest human. Kuwabara later receives the title of world's strongest human. {{spoiler|It's a shame that his other companions are stronger demons.}}

* Sensui from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''—world's strongest human. Kuwabara later receives the title of world's strongest human. {{spoiler|It's a shame that his other companions are stronger demons.}}

* ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.

** Goku is the straight version of this trope

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== Pro Wrestling ==

* This is pretty much a stock wrestling character, though [[Mark Henry]] is currently billed as the World's Strongest Man in WWE (And apparently was a winner of several Strongest Man competitions as well as an Olympic weightlifter, which is the source of his gimmick. He is also the current world record holder for the ungeared squat, at ~~430kg~~). Previous World's Strongest Men include Bill Kazmaier (who also won a few Strongest Man competitions, and came to the ring holding a giant inflatable globe to evoke images of Atlas) and Ken Patera (who was an Olympic weightlifter). Let's not forget one of the first with this billing, Ted Arcidi.

* This is pretty much a stock wrestling character, though [[Mark Henry]] is currently billed as the World's Strongest Man in WWE (And apparently was a winner of several Strongest Man competitions as well as an Olympic weightlifter, which is the source of his gimmick. He is also the current world record holder for the ungeared squat, at 430 kg). Previous World's Strongest Men include Bill Kazmaier (who also won a few Strongest Man competitions, and came to the ring holding a giant inflatable globe to evoke images of Atlas) and Ken Patera (who was an Olympic weightlifter). Let's not forget one of the first with this billing, Ted Arcidi.

* Doug Furnas was so billed during his brief [[WCW]] days.

* The late Dino Bravo in [[WWE]], though being a [[Heel]], he was usually billed as the ''Self-Proclaimed'' World's Strongest Man.

** And sometimes he was billed as ''Canada's'' Strongest Man. Guess sometimes people just need more realistic goals...

* The first [[Wrestlecrap]] book posited that any wrestler using this moniker [[The Worf Effect|will inevitably fail]], especially if used to promote weightlifters who cannot actually wrestle (which is often the case).

* [[The Iron Sheik]] is legendary in strongman circles thanks to his Persian Clubs challenge. ~~75lbs~~. may not sound much, but swinging that much weight on what is essentially a lever is ''extremely difficult.'' Mark Henry was the only wrestler to beat the challenge.

* [[The Iron Sheik]] is legendary in strongman circles thanks to his Persian Clubs challenge. 75 lbs. may not sound much, but swinging that much weight on what is essentially a lever is ''extremely difficult.'' Mark Henry was the only wrestler to beat the challenge.