NICK BEST (VOICEOVER):
hit me with old man jokes.
How does that feel having the car
that you learned to drive in on display?
[laughs] But I'm still running with them.
I'm still putting the heat on them.
Well done, guys.
You just lost to a 50-year-old man.
I might be getting older, but that fire
still really burns in me.
[screams] Oh, my god.
EDDIE HALL: Wanna go lie down now?
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
ANNOUNCER: "The Strongest Man in History."
NICK BEST (VOICEOVER): All right, guys.
We're going to do our first Viking challenge today.
So let's see if we can find something to carry.
This one's 345.
MAN (VOICEOVER): So what's the weight we've got to pick up?
NICK BEST: It's heavier than that.
341. - 341?
[clattering]
NICK BEST: 345.
Well, this is our stone.
What we decided to do is walk the stone 100 feet
and see from there who could keep going the furthest.
MAN: Go, Nick!
Whew!
Nick's perfect for moving rocks,
'cause when he first started lifting weights, that's all
they had to train with.
It would be a caveman here and a caveman there,
and they would see who could pick up the biggest rock.
EDDIE HALL: I'd hold it higher than that.
ROBERT OBERST: All right, here we go, Nick!
There you go.
There you go!
I'm the old man in the group.
I'm 50 years old.
But I hold the world record in the Shield Carry,
so I knew before I even touched the thing I was going to win.
They don't stand a chance. ROBERT OBERST: Let's go, Nick!
Almost there, almost there. BRIAN SHAW: Come on, buddy!
ROBERT OBERST: There you go.
Good job.
EDDIE HALL: Yeah.
Oh, he's going for more!
Oh, he's gonna do more.
Oh!
Way to go, Nick!
EDDIE HALL: Go, Nick!
What the [bleep]?
[laughter]
What the hell?
You young little kids can't beat the old man at this event.
This is my event.
Mine.
I am one step closer now to being a Viking,
and I beat the kids.
Well done, guys.
You just lost to a 50-year-old man.
ROBERT OBERST: Wow.
That is really cool looking.
We can't leave Minnesota without trying the most
notorious Viking feat of strength that there is--
the 1,433 pound mast of Orm Storulfsson.
All right, Nick.
You got us out here.
We're doing the Viking challenge because you wanted to do it.
This is your log.
Pick this thing up.
Let's go.
This is as Viking as it gets.
ROBERT OBERST: Big breath.
Give it a good attempt here, buddy.
Come on.
EDDIE HALL: Get those legs set.
Big breath.
[shouts]
EDDIE HALL: Oh.
That was good.
[bleep] me.
Fantastic.
Strongman is not just about strength.
It's about figuring out how to lift something
so awkward that if you make a wrong move, it could kill you.
[cheering]
ROBERT OBERST: Yeah!
Awesome, Nick!
EDDIE HALL: Well done, man.
I was elated when I got that thing completely off the rig.
It's hard trying to figure out how to balance that right so I
could put all my force in the direction
up to where it wouldn't roll down my back.
How's your back feeling?
I feel good, and it's shorter.
[laughter]
I guess the old man's still got it.
I think it's pretty obvious that between the four of us,
Nick won.
Yeah?
He fully lifted it off, so you got--
you gotta hand it to him, man.
That was awesome.
Well done, well done.
Well done, mate.
NICK BEST: Thanks, guys.
You know what?
Orm Storulfsson did 1,433 pounds.
Well, I'm going to call it here.
You stood up with 1,450.
In my eyes, that's a world record,
and that makes you a legend, Nick Best.
Thanks, Eddie.
Orm Storulfsson is obviously a huge Viking back in the day.
But from what I heard, it crushed him.
It broke his back.
Nick is very lucky he didn't break his neck.
As far as I'm concerned, Nick beat Orm Storulfsson.
Oh, my god.
EDDIE HALL: Wanna go lie down now?
Uh-huh.
Yeah?
[applause]
NICK BEST: That looks great, huh?
For our final challenge, we wanted
to take on the carousel lift that Paul Anderson
did on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
NICK BEST: I'd rather go the heavier weight.
Yeah?
Yeah.
You do have the world record in this type of lift,
so I think you're the man to beat.
All right.
So why don't we do this, Nick.
Will, can you step up, please?
Will?
EDDIE HALL: Swap William for--
ALL: Will.
EDDIE HALL: --for Will.
Good trade. NICK BEST: Will for William.
Perfect.
EDDIE HALL: Good trade.
That'll give us a grand total of 2,791 pounds.
91 pounds over what Paul Anderson
did on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
You ready for this?
Yeah.
Do this for Paul.
Let's get it.
Let's go, Nick!
[applause]
BRIAN SHAW: Come on, Nick.
Down and up, let's go!
EDDIE HALL: Get it done!
Get it done!
MAN: Clear!
MAN: Stop!
Stop, stop!
[shouts]
[cheering]
CROWD: Yeah!
Go, Nick!
[applause]
Don't want to spoil anyone's fun--
NICK BEST: Pretty sure it did.
That definitely didn't leave the ground.
Huh. ROBERT OBERST: All right.
Now we're going to ask him to do it again?
If you want to be respectful to Paul,
that never broke the floor.
Eddie called BS on my lift, saying that I didn't
get the side off the ground.
[breathing heavily]
I put everything I had into that,
and it just sent me over the edge.
ROBERT OBERST: Let's go, Nick!
EDDIE HALL: Get it done!
BRIAN SHAW: Nice and straight, Nick!
CROWD: Do it for Paul!
That's it.
All the way.
BRIAN SHAW: Yep.
There you go.
Yeah!
[cheering]
You good?
EDDIE HALL: Yeah!
There was no way I was getting off
that carousel without doing it and showing everybody I had it.
Yeah!
They always count me out.
But at the end of the day, I'm the one that
lifted more than Paul Anderson.
The oldest man beat you.
[laughs]
BRIAN SHAW: You guys ready to put on a show today or what?
Hell, yeah.
Yeah.
This looks good, man.
That's freaking cool.
How does that feel having the car
that you learned to drive in on display?
[laughs]
Does it bring back memories?
It does.
[inaudible] was a showman, and he
did a lot of live performances.
So I wasn't going to let the guys leave
Las Vegas without going big.
So for our final challenge, we're
going to leg press the Model T right
in the middle of Fremont Street and put it on our own show.
He supported a car.
We're going to lift a car.
EDDIE HALL: Ladies and gentlemen, the biggest show
on earth is about to go down!
[cheering]
Step right up!
We have the most spectacular lift!
This car weighs 1,675 pounds, and the apparatus
weighs 400 pounds.
So these guys are lifting 2,075 pounds right now.
Who wants to see Nick Best lift this car?
If you're off just this much with that kind of weight,
you're either not going to lift it,
or you're going to get hurt.
(CHANTING) Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick!
Are you ready?
[cheering]
EDDIE HALL: Come on!
[shouts]
ROBERT OBERST: Come on, Nick!
There we go!
EDDIE HALL: This is 2,075 pounds!
ROBERT OBERST: Come on, Nick.
EDDIE HALL: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
[crowd cheering]
EDDIE HALL: Come on, Nick!
ROBERT OBERST: There it is!
Come on, finish it!
NICK BEST: [bleep]
I don't know what's going on here.
I can't find the balance with this thing.
And if I don't do this in front of my hometown
and in front of my crowd and my friends, I think I'm--
I feel like I'm going to ruin the show.
ROBERT OBERST: Come on, Nick! WOMAN: Come on, Nick!
[cheering]
I was just--
[shouts]
ROBERT OBERST: Yes!
Yes!
Yeah!
[applause]
Yeah!
2,075 pounds supporting that and lifting it,
with it floating around, is something
not a whole lot of people are going to be able to do.
I guess the old man's still got it.
[cheering]
EDDIE HALL: Ladies and gentlemen, you know what?
We don't call him Nick Best for nothing,
because he is the best.
Fantastic!
[cheering]
Having the guys in Vegas this week
has really reminded me that a big part of being a Strongman
is being a performer.
I might be getting older, but that fire
still really burns in me.