Game Of Thrones Star 'The Mountain' Loses World's Strongest Man Competition To Eddie Hall

Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall narrowly defeated Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson AKA ‘The Mountain‘ from HBO‘s Game of Thrones at the 2017 World’s Strongest Man competition this weekend.

Hall surprisingly decided to retire following his huge win.

I can’t say how I’ve done at wsm but I can say I’m now retired from wsm! I’ll still be on the British scene for many years to come and I thank all my fans and sponsors and my family and friends to the moon and back. Massive thanks to my wife who I dearly love and ow a lot of my success to her. Also my manager Mo Chaudry not only changed my life for the better but one of my best friends. Big Love The Beast @proteindynamix @xploape @strengthasylum @alphadesignsuk @bobosbeard @blakemans @wrightspies @pulseworldwide @getnewage @sbdapparel @giantslive #alphadesign #wrightspies #strengthasylum #giants #giantslive #proteindynamix #bobosbeardoil #beast #beard #deadlift #deadlifts #boss #bosslife #hulk #strong #strongman #strongmantraining #pulse #getnewage #performance #mouthguard #SBD #supports #SBDapparel

A post shared by Eddie hall (@eddie_hall_strong) on May 28, 2017 at 12:17pm PDT

The Mountain was less than pleased with how things unraveled.

From BroBible:

The Beast was mightier than The Mountain during the World’s Strongest Man competition in Botswana. However, The Mountain believes he was robbed at WSM and refuses to accept the results. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson posted and then quickly deleted an Instagram photo with the caption: “This weekend I was robbed. The integrity of my beloved sport is in question.”

Really proud of my effort in the Viking Press at The Worlds Strongest Man. I completed 15 reps but the referee took the last rep away from me. They say I double dipped. This would have been equal first place with Eddie Hall, which would have scored me one point higher. I know it’s only one point, but sometimes one point can change the game completely. Strongman fans out there what do you think? 🤔

A post shared by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) on May 28, 2017 at 8:57am PDT

The caption reads as follows:

Really proud of my effort in the Viking Press at The Worlds Strongest Man. I completed 15 reps but the referee took the last rep away from me. They say I double dipped. This would have been equal first place with Eddie Hall, which would have scored me one point higher. I know it’s only one point, but sometimes one point can change the game completely. Strongman fans out there what do you think?

There’s always next year…