World’s Strongest Man
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The official logo of World's Strongest Man
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| Location | 2018: Philippines |
| Established | 1977 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
 Eddie Hall
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The World's Strongest Man is a strongman competition. Organized by IMG, an Endeavor company, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of December each year. Competitors qualify based on placing in the top three at the four to eight Giants Live events each year.
The current event sponsor is Coregenx, a nutritional supplement manufacturer from Irvine, California. Coregenx succeeded the previous sponsor, The Commerce Hotel and Casino. Other past sponsors include DAF Trucks, Tonka, MET-Rx, and PartyPoker.com.
The event has a number of rival and parallel competitions with which it is sometimes confused, including the Strongman Super Series, the now defunct IFSA Strongman World Championships (run from 2005-2007 after the International Federation of Strength Athletes parted company with WSM in 2004) and Strongman Champions League.
On February 3, 2018, The World's Strongest Man Official Page announced in conjunction with the Department of Tourism, Philippines that the 2018 WSM contest will be held in Manila, Philippines for the first time in its history. Qualifiers: April 28 - May 1 Finals: May 5-6
There are now several documentaries available that chart the history of WSM. The first major one is: Worlds Strongest Man - Thirty Years Of Pain from 2008, celebrating the 30th anniversary. 2017 saw the debut of a series of videos celebrating the 40th anniversary and 2017 contest.
The concept behind "The World's Strongest Men", as it was originally named, was developed in 1977 for CBS by Langstar Inc. David Webster, a Scot who later received an OBE for his services to sport, was the head coordinator of the competition from its inception. Dr Douglas Edmunds, seven-times Scottish shot and discus champion and twice world caber champion worked with Webster and when Webster retired Edmunds took over. These two men were responsible for inviting the competitors and choosing the events. In the meantime, in 1982, CBS sold the rights to the BBC, who in turn sold the rights to TWI. In 1987, the WSM was not held for the only time since its inception. In that year the first and only non-team Pure Strength competition was held but it was not part of the WSM franchise.
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