For a long time in WWE, Mark Henry was dubbed ‘The World’s Strongest Man.’ However it appears the 2018 World’s Strongest Man, Hafthor Bjornsson, considered a WWE run for himself.
Hafthor Bjornsson spoke to Justin Barrasso for Sports Illustrated about potentially having a squared circle career. Here’s what he said when asked about a potential WWE career and dream match with Braun Strowman:
“I already considered it,” said the 30-year-old Bjornsson, who toured the WWE Performance Center in 2015 with Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Stephanie McMahon. “They did come to me. I saw the facility and I met the people there, but at that time, I was already acting in Game of Thrones. I was already successful in strongman competitions and doing different jobs.
“I wanted to finish my goal and become the world’s strongest man. That’s the same reason I haven’t been taking more acting roles. Right now, I want to do at least one more year of strong man to show the world that I am the strongest man in the world.”
“I am keeping my options open,” said Bjornsson. “But I want to do some more movies, challenging myself in that area, and try to be the best actor I can possibly be.”
Happy to host @ThorBjornsson_ at @WWENXT this week. #TheMountain @GameOfThrones @WWE https://t.co/hJt8Fwnrcr pic.twitter.com/XKFXaCNXjX
— Triple H (@TripleH) May 22, 2015
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