Word's Strongest Men: 10 of the Strongest Wrestlers Ever

John Cena lifts two men onto his shoulders for the Attitude Adjustment.
John Cena lifts two men onto his shoulders for the Attitude Adjustment.

6. Ken Patera

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Patera is a gold medalist weightlifter and former Olympian and World's strongest man finalist who has also enjoyed an illustrious wrestling career.

With his legitimate power, he would often show off for the wrestling fans, such as driving nails into wood with his bare hands or bending metal bars over his head. There was one feat of strength that cost him two years of his career, however.

Patera was angry because he couldn't be serviced at a closed McDonald's restaurant. His response was to throw a large rock-witnesses described it as a boulder-through their plate glass window. When the local PD arrived at his hotel room to issue a citation for destruction of property, the inebriated Patera brawled with them and wound up spending time in prison.

Patera held many regional championships but his biggest title was probably the WWE Intercontinental championship. The former Olympian is in his seventies but still going strong, though he hasn't wrestled in some time.

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