Not much was mentioned about this potential collaboration of the century until yesterday when the 4 times WSM winner , uploaded a Q&A video.

He is the first man to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic and the World’s Strongest Man contest in the same calendar year, a feat he accomplished in 2011 and then replicated in 2015. Brian Shaw (born February 26, 1982) is an American professional strongman competitor and winner of the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2016 World's Strongest Man competitions. “I would go with the max squat. Patrik quickly responded clarifying a few things from Brian’s video and saying he’s down to come to Brian Shaw’s home gym and suggested they contest their strengths in a max squat battle.

No equipment outside of a belt and knee wraps and a proper squat … Baboumian goes on to choose the lift he would prefer to challenge Shaw on.