Coverage of the event CWAME (broadcast the 5th of December 2023): Highlights from the event

 Coverage of the event CWAME (broadcast the 5th of December 2023) held at CWA’s Studio 2:

In this post we have gathered all the highlights from the event form 1 through 5!

See the highlights coverage in our INSTA! 

Highlights from the event, part 1

Hello all you fans around the globe!

This is what you all have been waiting for since CWAME was held on the 5th of December 2023!

At the live broadcast of the event (on 05.12.23) we left you all in a bit of a cliffhanger didn't we!?

And surely many of you must have thought that the whole event was a charade and a marketing trick……we assure you it was not!

As you have witnessed (see episode 15) we did indeed find a person worthy enough to lift up the mighty MJOLNIR from our very own studio floor!

Here we present you the highlights of the whole event called Coffee With Arnold Mjolnir Extravaganza! FULL COVERAGE of the whole event will appear on our homepage very soon! (Just look for COVERAGE OF CWAME!)

As you all remember at the very beginning of CWAME (see: COFFEE WITH ARNOLD MJOLNIR EXTRAVAGANZA THE EVENT, PART 1) we presented you all with a new Thor even before the whole event had started….well, it was all in jest and it was in fact our very own intern Matty Michelaine who played the role of the newly chosen God of Thunder. 

Matty had a go at the hammer and like others before him fared poorly.

Then it was time for the actual competition to begin. We had so many participants at CWAME that we had to divide them into different divisions.

In this part 1 of the highlights from CWAME you get to know what happened in divisions 1 and 2.

Division 1 consisted of 14 different competitors (of which 8 chose to remain anonymous for the competition, see homepage and CWAME the event for more info!) of whom no one was able to move the hammer.

Division 2 consisted of 20 different competitors (of which 17 chose to remain anonymous for the competition).

In this division....something completely unexpected and spectacular happened.....

(In highlights of CWAME, part 2 you will get to know what exactly happened!)

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Highlights from the event CWAME , part 2 (see it in our INSTA!)

In our previous coverage of CWAME (Highlights from the event, part 1) we told you how the competitors had been divided into different divisions. We also told you how in division 2 an anonymous competitor number 10 was able to move the MJOLNIR...

THIS WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED since number 10 was NOT one of the front-runner favorites in the competition!

So is that it!? Do we now have a new THOR!?

The anonymous competitor number 10 was indeed able to move the MJOLNIR for…drum roll!....exactly one inch! 

Once again: WOW! We did not see that one coming!

There was a heated debate on the matter and the official supervisor had to check form the official CWAME rule book if this indeed was a winning situation. Unfortunately for anonymous competitor number 10 being able to move the MJOLNIR for one inch does not constitute the person as being worthy of the title of THOR..so the event continued!

Who is this anonymous competitor nr. 10 then? As we promised all will be revealed in due time! 

In this Highlights from the event, part 2 you will now find out how the competitors fared in division 3 of CWAME!

Unfortunately not one of the 13 of contestants (of whom 9 chose to remain anonymous for the competition) in division 3 of CWAME were able to move the hammer at all!

The hulking contender in the green cape was not able to do it..... 

.......nor was the Pippi Longstocking, the strongest girl in the world! 

Not even world-renowned strongman Obelix could move them hammer! MJOLNIR stood exactly where masked competitor 10 had left it!

The anonymous front-runner favorites in division 3: a contender dressed as a giant bear... 

...and another competitor dressed as a giant squirrel did not not fare any better than their competition as they were not able to move the hammer at all either.

Interested in knowing what happened in division 4 of CWAME....keep watching our coverage of the event, highlights nr. 3!

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Highlights from the event, part 3

In this highlights from the event, part 3, you will now find out how the competitors fared in division 4 of CWAME!

In division 4 there were altogether 13 contestants of whom 11 chose to remain anonymous for the CWAME.

Unfortunately no one in this division was able to move the MJOLNIR at all.

Anonymous competitor in a black top and yellow trunks (might he be a Hollywood star or a celebrity of some kind?), was not able to move the hammer. 

Neither was another anonymous contestant dressed as Winnie-the-Pooh's friend Tigger (could he be a very well known leading man - see episode 16! - or perhaps a rock star?).

A favorite for the position of THOR, the anonymous competitor dressed as a giant elephant, couldn't move the hammer either (who might that be? Some internationally known celebrity perhaps?). 

 

Not even an anonymous competitor who was a real force of positivity could channel that energy to lift up the MJOLNIR. This contestant kept up the real sporting spirit throughout the competition and motivated everyone to try their best. We at CWA give a big thumbs up to this anonymous competitor in a red outfit!

Then one of the really strong contenders for the throne had her try on the hammer, Wonder Woman herself...in the flesh! We must say we were very surprised when we learnt that she was not able to even make the magical hammer tremble as she huffed and puffed and tried her best to lift it from the studio floor.

The anonymous competitor dressed as a bunny couldn't move MJOLNIR either (some legendary character behind that mask, perhaps?). 

Nor could the true fan favorite and peoples's champ: the anonymous competitor masked as a pink animal of some kind (who in the world might that be!?!).

An anonymous competitor dressed all in black fared as poorly as the rest in this division.....

......and so did another anonymous contestant dressed in a leather jacket and a blue mask with curious long locks! (we must say even we at CWA aren't sure who these competitors were behind their masks! But we will surely find out! As we promised you fans: every single contestant's identity will be revealed in due time!)

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Highlights from the event CWAME, part 4

In this highlights coverage (part 4) you will find out how the competitors fared in division 5 of CWAME!

In division 5 there were altogether 13 contestants of whom 12 chose to remain anonymous for the CWAME. That means that only Bamse, The World's Strongest Bear, showed their face at the event! But don't worry, they will all be revealed during the year 2024! We will leave no stone unturned when it comes to entertaining our fans!

Unfortunately no one in this division was able to move the MJOLNIR.

The anonymous competitor in a yellow top and yellow trunks (could they be a well known Hollywood star?) was one of THE front-runner favourites for the win, but not even they was able to move the hammer. 

Neither was the anonymous contestant dressed in a blue top and leather sandals (WHO could that BE behind the mask!?).

The anonymous competitor wearing a red sweater and blue shorts fared no better (are they perhaps someone well-known?). 

The anonymous contestant wearing a black top and silver could not move it either. 

Nor the anonymous contestant wearing a white t-shirt and khakis (could this be someone VERY famous!?).

Then four sharp dressed anonymous contestants wearing matching suits tried their luck on the hammer.....but even their combined efforts could not lift the MJOLNIR up (who were they? A bunch of lawyers or stock-brokers perhaps?)

The anonymous contestant wearing an orange full body-suit (someone very famous perhaps?) was another BIG favorite for the win but fared no better than the rest. 

And finally another front-runner favorite dressed as Peppa Pig (an internationally known celebrity this one perhaps?) tried their chances.....but with no luck!

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Highlights from the event CWAME, part 5

In this highlights coverage (part 5) you will find out how the competitors fared in division 6 of CWAME, which was also the last division to compete at the event!

This was the final division of competitors and here in division 6 we had some REAL BIG favorites for the win! Let us walk you through how the contestants fared in this division!

Division 6 consisted, all in all, of 17 of contestants (of whom 13 chose to remain anonymous for the competition).

                                       

In this division the first one to try their luck was a flamboyantly dressed contestant who was one of the BIG BIG TIME favorites to win the whole thing......

Before competition in this division began there was a passing of the torch....the anonymous contestant dressed in stars and stripes passed their torch on to Arnie. We are not quite sure what this all symbolizes but clearly it was a gift of some kind form this contestant to our host. 

Unfortunately, coming as quite a surprise if nor outright shock to all of us, not even this contestant was able to move the hammer at all (who could such a contestant be that made such a big entrance and surely commanded the attention of everybody watching the event!?).

Next to try their luck on the hammer was an anonymous contestant in a plaid shirt, corduroy trousers and dress shoes. This competitors choice of dress harkened back to the old-school style of sporting oufits of times gone by; of times when "men were made of iron and boats were made of wood": Our own Arnie recollected in an interview that when he originally came to the USA from Austria in the 1970s bodybuilding was not yet the popular sport it became later on in the 1980s. Arnie continued by telling that when he started going to the legendary Gold's Gym in Venice Beach he saw people lifting weights in jeans and plaid shirts. Imagine people hitting the gym dressed like that in the 2020s! These days even Rocky would get laughed at for running up those stairs wearing sweats and not technical outdoor gear ;) (so.....could this competitor perhaps be a very famous star of a bygone era?).

Maybe they were indeed from an age when men were hard as steel but that didn't help the contestant in 2023 as they were not able to make any kind of movement in the MJOLNIR.

Then it was time for another one of the BIG BIG TIME front-runner favorites! This musclebound contestant in a white top, red trunks and a striped beenie was indeed one of the competitors that we all thought would surely be able to lift the hammer up.....but to our BIG BIG surprise.....the hammer stood exactly where it had stood before no matter how much the contestant cursed and flexed their muscles on it (Who could this contestant be? Why were everybody so sure that they could lift the hammer form the floor?).

Then an anonymous contestant dressed as some kind of a rodent (a squirrel perhaps...) wearing a red hat had their go......but fared no better than the rest (we are quite sure this is someone famous behind this outfit!).

Then a contestant dressed as a clown tried their luck...but it was no laughing matter as the hammer didn't even flinch (could this be a world-famous comedian dressed as a clown or perhaps some very serious thespian is hiding behind that funny mask?).

Then an anonymous contestant disguised as a giant frog (was it perhaps Mr. Toad himself behind that mask?) had their go.....with no luck! (a celebrity this one perhaps? Maybe someone you, yes you the viewer reading this, are a fan of?) 

After that this athletic contestant in a red overall tried their luck.....but luck had run out on them just like it had on the others before (who could this physical man of action be? Someone working in the entertainment industry maybe?)

Then it was time for these two cuties who shed their Arnie-masks and revealed their identities to the audience right as they had their turn! Everyone cheered as Winnie-the-Pooh and his trusty friend Eeyore (known as Ihaa to all the Finnish kids form one to 92....) tried to lift the hammer. But not even their personal affability, or the fact that they are loved around the world, helped them...and the MJOLNIR stood silent as it had stood almost the duration of the whole event....

Then this contestant dressed in all black and wearing a yellow mask, that could easily be mistaken for a character made by the vert famous Nordic toy manufacturer, had a go at the hammer. Not even their tenacity in the face of adversity and their resilience helped here as the hammer betrayed none of it's steadfastness (we revealed this contestants identity in episode 15 of CWA!).

Then it was time for this anonymous contestant dressed in pink to see if they could indeed become THOR, the God of Thunder.....sadly they couldn't! (Could this contestant perhaps have some ties to the one before them, who's identity we revealed in episode 15!? Watch and see!)

After that contestant's try there was a tiny break and the audience waited in anticipation what would happen at the very end of the whole spectacle....many wanted to see our host, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, have a go at the MJOLNIR! Could Arnie become the new THOR!? It surely seemed possible!

When the break was over audiences around the world grasped for air when the very final contestants of CWAME were presented!

Were our eyes fooling us or was that indeed Arnie's old arch nemesis, THE LEGENDARY Mr. Sylvester Stallone, who was standing there in our studio...IN THE FLESH! And wearing klompen on his feet!  

But was thiz indeed the real Sly....because the person standing in our Studio 2 was wearing a mask, disguising their true identity! They were in a mighty physical form as we've come to expect form the legend behind Rocky and Rambo...but yet....we could't help but ponder whether there was someone else than Sly behind that iconic John Rambo mask!

And on top of it all Arnie had disguised himself as well......wearing a mask depicting.....his own face! Things were now getting almost surreal! The stakes were getting higher and higher! And if this wasn't already putting our heads in a spin there were two other mystery contestants who entered the arena alongside Sly at this very late hour as the competition was almost over!

One of them was an anonymous competitor dressed as a shark.....did it actually say SHARKNOLD on that name tag on the competitor's leg!? And to make it all even more confusing the shark outfit resembled a certain comic book character very much...namely a certain King Shark....famously played by....SYLVESTER STALLONE in the movie The Suicide Squad! Wow!!

Who was behind Stallone's mask!? Who was behind Arnie's mask!? And who was underneath that King Shark suit!? (could it be the same person who was wearing the suit when that supervillain battled Arnie and Mr. Finland right here in the same studio!?) 

An who was that fourth anonymous mystery competitor who was wearing burgundy and looking like they had come here to kick ass, take names and perhaps lift some hammers in the process!? 

In the middle of it all The Incredible HULK (!!!) had a go at the MJOLNIR, with not much result, but his whole try was overshadowed by the amount of of attention the rivalry between these old arch-enemies gathered! 

Would on of them become THOR!? Could that even be possible!? The whole idea seemed like something of which' vastness a mortal mind could not completely grasp!

And although we ALL basked a fair amount of time in the GLORY of the whole age-old rivalry between THESE TWO TITANS and all the potential it held within, sooner or later the show had to go on.......

First it was SHARKNOLD (or KING SHARK....or Sylvester Stallone.....) who had a go.......this creature might be the king of the vast seas..and perhaps the person inside the suit was the king of the vast seas of pop-culture (at least in the 80s and 90s) but today they were just another competitor...who failed to move the hammer!

Or was this the person who had single-handedly created not one, but TWO, ICONS into our shared cultural realm!? The man who had shaped our culture and minds with his vision of a BOXER and a trained SOLDIER and what these CHARACTERS could say about the HUMAN CONDITION!? Was this indeed Sylvester Stallone behind that mask depicting one of these EXTREMELY iconic portrayals of his!? 

Maybe it was or maybe it wasn't but on this fateful day, the 5th of December 2023, the man behind a LEGEND's FACE fared no better than the mere mortals competing against him....LEGEND, ICON, TITAN or just a layman like the rest.......this competitor could not make the MJOLNIR move any more than the others (save for that one contestant in Division 2 who moved it for exactly ONE inch!) 

And then it was our very own SUPERHERO's TURN! (if the person behind that mask indeed was our ARNIE!). He was an ICON, a man in a class of his own! A LEGEND IN HIS LIFETIME! The Terminator, the GOVERNATOR the man who killed The Predator, The Last Action Hero! He was Conan the Cimmerian! A Running Man, a weight-lifting MAN! A Commando, SEVEN times Mr. Olympia, HERCULES! A man who had a Total Recall and spotted True Lies! If anyone then HE could become the GOD of THUNDER and add that title to his resume!

But......as we've seen in sports, and life alike, things don't always go as we predict.......

By now you can imagine how our BELOVED Arnie fared.........

To the surprise of may...he fared no better than the rest.......the hammer stood silent....crushingly silent......

And then it was time for the final contestant of the evening to step into that feared square....to face their inner demons as they gripped the handle of THAT HAMMER! Now there was no one else! Just the contestant and their will to survive! Face to face with the TRUTH, WITH LIFE ITSELF! Could they do it!? Could they lift up thay HAMMER and become....a GOD!? The noise and clatter of the studio audience fades away......

Now there is only the blood rushing through the temples of the contender! This is the final MOMENT! The MOMENT OF TRUTH! The moment when one has to truly face oneself! Outside of that square you can talk all kinds of lies to yourself, tell yourself stories to make you feel better and to get you through the day...but inside this SQUARE THERE IS ONLY TRUTH!

......and we had no words for this....none of us had......THIS FINAL CONTESTANT had been our lifeline! They were supposed to WIN weren't they!? The last one, the final one! The one to lift it up and make us cheer and rejoice!? But as we all looked at each other with unbelief and dumbfoundedness in our eyes the truth began to sink in: no one had managed to lift up the MJOLNIR this evening......not a single one of all these EXTRAORDINARILY talented competitors......

The official supervisor was called in to look into the official CWAME rulebook for a situation like this. SURELY the last contestant should be appointed the NEW THOR shouldn't they!? Even though they had not been able to lift up the hammer! Should they? Had they been able to do it tin the past!? And if so what did the past mean NOW, IN THIS VERY PRESENT!?

But the rulebook stood as silent as the HAMMER....there was nothing in it for a situation like this....had we all been fools for thinking we could decide among ourselves who would become our new GOD!? We surely felt as fools!  

The last contestant began to furiously browse the pages of the official CWAME rulebook but was encountered by blank pages after blank pages....there were no ANSWERS to be found there...just as the square had put them face to face with themselves the emptiness of those white pages screamed LOUD in all their SILENCE: there were no answers to be found here!

Everybody stood a moment in utter amazement and numbness......then the competitor wearing Stallones war weary face let our a cry and began furiously kicking the origin of their AGONY: the HAMMER...the hammer that just stood there, mocking everyone who had taken part int his extravagant endeavor! Mocking the whole event! Mocking everything these MIGHTY men stood for!

Did the contestant wearing Arnie's face try to stop the other one form kicking the hammer? Or did age old resentments bubble to the surface and he out right attacked the furiously kicking klampen-wearing rival of his?

We are not sure! This is when the lights in the studio shut down and the network announced the event to be over! Members of the audience were ushered to the exits and the TV-cameras were tured off. 

This was THE END