On August 28, 2025, an X user claimed that Ghanaian’s powerlift sensation, Evans Nana Ekow Aryee, popularly known as “Evans the Hulk” is the world’s strongest man. This was posted with the picture of Aryee and a write-up on it: “Africa to the World! Ghana’s Evans Nana Ekow Aryee, a.k.a Hulk, Becomes the Strongest Man in the World!”. The X post was captioned, “Ghana to the world”.
@aveai_africa in the comment section wrote “Congratulations Ekow, and all Ghanaians 🇬🇭” and @pillsbby said “These are the type of news we want to hear and not Akwaaba and Oobake nonsense” As of when this report was published, about 180,000 people had viewed it, while it garnered over 11,000 replies, reposts, quotes, likes and bookmarks.
VERIFICATION
Evans Nana Ekow Aryee, also known as Evans the Hulk, is undeniably a highly accomplished strongman and powerlifter from Ghana, who has a rapidly growing career in international strongman competitions. He won the Strongman Champions League, SCL, Portugal titles in both 2023 and 2024 and followed up with another SCL win in 2025 in Serbia. Aryee set a Guinness World Record on January 26, 2024 for the fastest 400 kg incline frame carry over 10 metres, accomplishing it in 8.07 seconds, a remarkable feat that highlights his skill and power.
He made his debut at the World’s Strongest Man, WSM, competition in 2024, progressing through the group stages and even winning the “car walk” event in his heat, but did not advance to the final. In 2025, he participated again in WSM, finishing fourth in his qualification group, behind the eventual champion and other elite competitors; again, he did not make the finals.
The current holder, Rayno Nel, who hails from South Africa, stormed onto the global stage as a rookie and emerged victorious in May 2025. He made history as the first World’s Strongest Man from South Africa, the African continent, and the entire southern hemisphere.
CONCLUSION
The claim that Evans Nana Ekow Aryee, popularly known as “Evans the Hulk” is the world’s strongest man is FALSE. Evans, though a rising star in the world of strongman competitions, with multiple SCL titles and a world record to his name is not the World's Strongest Man, as he has not won the WSM title or reached the final in recent editions. Rayno Nel, who hails from South Africa currently holds the title for the World’s Strongest Man.
