--- title: Game of Thrones' The Mountain Loses Arm Wrestling Battle description: Game of Thrones' The Mountain actor loses arm wrestling match canonical: https://time.com/4037112/the-mountain-arm-wrestling/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-16T20:25:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:47.323Z og:title: "Game of Thrones'" The Mountain Met His Arm Wrestling Match og:description: Trial by combat? og:url: https://time.com/4037112/the-mountain-arm-wrestling/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: "Game of Thrones'" The Mountain Met His Arm Wrestling Match twitter:description: Trial by combat? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Mountain from _Game of Thrones_ Has Met His Arm Wrestling Match  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 16, 2015 8:25 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 16, 2015 8:25 PM UTC The Mountain and…the pro arm wrestler? If you keep up with _Game of Thrones_ at all, you probably know that Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane has been terrorizing characters and fans alike since season one of the hit show. Now we finally get to see Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson—the [third actor](http://nypost.com/2014/05/21/game-of-thrones-mountain-is-worlds-2nd-strongest-man/) to reprise the role of the terrifying Ser Clegane—lose! And for real lose. He went up against [Devon Larratt](https://www.facebook.com/devonlarrattfanpage), two-time World Armwrestling League Heavyweight Champion, in a hand-to-hand challenge. Luckily, the professional arm wrestler doesn’t waste any time trying to [wrangle a confession](http://time.com/2807501/game-of-thrones-recap-mountain-viper/) out of Björnsson. Larratt, who is almost half the size of the Icelandic strongman, smiles and defeats his opponent in less than a minute. Although as fans know, his technique of making Björnsson focus on his eyes is certainly a risky move. Outside of acting, Björnsson is a frequent competitor in “World’s Strongest Man” events and [recently broke](http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a32210/mountain-game-of-thrones-strength-record/) a log-carrying record that had previously stood for 1,000 years. No biggie. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4037112/the-mountain-arm-wrestling/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4037112/the-mountain-arm-wrestling/"},"headline":"The Mountain from Game of Thrones Has Met His Arm Wrestling Match","datePublished":"2015-09-16T20:25:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:47.323Z","description":"Trial by combat?","url":"https://time.com/4037112/the-mountain-arm-wrestling/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4037112/the-mountain-arm-wrestling/","name":"The Mountain from Game of Thrones Has Met His Arm Wrestling Match"}}]}] ```