WSM 2020

Mikeneto said:Basically perfect events for Shaw.

Can see him winning Hercules Hold, keg toss for sure. Then top 3 in the rest. On paper he looks like the obvious winner.

But i haven't seen a good deadlift from him in a whole...but he was good at it in Santa Monica Arnold and hasn't been obviously injured since.

WILLSAN said:what are the events?

WILLSAN said:have we ever seen kila do keg toss in competition before?

those events make me think they maybe wanted to slow him down a bit.

PaulSavage said:
Got 3rd in bag toss at Arnold's. Should be good event for him, good height, good athleticism, just a case of training it (there's a video on YouTube of him doing so). If it is farmers to yoke medley like we think I'd say these are pretty useful events for kila, obviously likely to win first two events if so. Again will depend on deadlift and how his training on Hercules and keg toss goes.

WILLSAN said:
kila has the potential to run away with most comps that dont have thor in them. I think if you took all possible event combinations he would win a good percentage more than he would lose as he is so versatile.
I dont think he would run away with this though. which makes me think they want to make it competitive.
he will always be up there with oh and stones no matter the set up. having yoke a farmers together is good for him yes. but if they were separate that would be good points on 2 events rather than one. then you have 3 events that are non bankers for him. out of all events how many non bankers does he actually have? cant be many more than 3!
not saying it is rigged for him to lose. maybe just tipped into the balance of ensuring he doesnt run away with it.
https://media.tenor.com/images/ae792f21527232313ddff48ed079a331/tenor.gif
^ felix breaking the hercules hold wr at wsm.

WILLSAN said:
kila has the potential to run away with most comps that dont have thor in them. I think if you took all possible event combinations he would win a good percentage more than he would lose as he is so versatile.
I dont think he would run away with this though. which makes me think they want to make it competitive.
he will always be up there with oh and stones no matter the set up. having yoke a farmers together is good for him yes. but if they were separate that would be good points on 2 events rather than one. then you have 3 events that are non bankers for him. out of all events how many non bankers does he actually have? cant be many more than 3!
not saying it is rigged for him to lose. maybe just tipped into the balance of ensuring he doesnt run away with it.
https://media.tenor.com/images/ae792f21527232313ddff48ed079a331/tenor.gif
^ felix breaking the hercules hold wr at wsm.

PaulSavage said:
obviously likely to win first two events if so.

PeteHodgson said:
Reckon he'd beat Hixxy and Luke Stoltman at log ladder?

WILLSAN said:the only way oberst could be a big favourite to win wsm is if all the other athletes were killed in a freak accident on the way to the comp leaving him the sole surviving competitor and de facto winner.

PaulSavage said:
No with those events i said he would be one of the favs for sure. Maybe not for casual fans but would be within the competitors etc is a very strong squatter (watch recent redcon squat video), very strong in toss just not fast, very strong in log, good at farmers / yoke, very strong in Hercules hold (check how he's done in it at wsm), very strong in stones especially now there heavier. Could win 2 events and would have no bad events. He's stronger than you think, is one of the top guys just not at deadlift.

PaulSavage said:
No with those events i said he would be one of the favs for sure. Maybe not for casual fans but would be within the competitors etc is a very strong squatter (watch recent redcon squat video), very strong in toss just not fast, very strong in log, good at farmers / yoke, very strong in Hercules hold (check how he's done in it at wsm), very strong in stones especially now there heavier. Could win 2 events and would have no bad events. He's stronger than you think, is one of the top guys just not at deadlift.