However, only Hulk was strong enough to wear the Infinity Gauntlet in Avengers: Endgame and durable enough to snap his fingers and bring everyone Thanos had killed back. In a fair world, the Grandmaster’s interference would make this fight invalid. So, a Hulk that’s even more formidable than before, then. Several consecutive punches from The Hulk enable Thor’s “the-power-was-in-you-all-along” moment. He is a Feature, Comic Breakouts and News writer. His favorite Avenger is Captain America, and that was long before the character starred in a very successful film franchise. Thor entered the arena without his beloved hammer Mjölnir, to find a Hulk who’s enjoyed a two-year ramp-up in strength in addition to the bolstering that basking in the glory of his successes in the ring — not to mention private quarters and a hot tub — inevitably bring. The Hulk didn’t seem to have an answer to his electric blows, and the Grandmaster’s intervention supports the theory that Thor would have won had the fight continued.
We don’t always agree with the referee, and if we’re to treat this as a real fight, then it doesn’t matter how great your flow is in the 12th round if you lost the first 11. Fans have seen Hulk take down Abomination, entire Chitauri Leviathans by himself, as well as Hela’s Fenris wolf.
That is, if the fight hadn’t ended prematurely due to tampering by the Grandmaster. Out of all Marvel’s heroes, or powerhouses more specifically, they’re probably the most evenly matched, especially when it comes to those who often come to blows with each other.
In the MCU, the God of Thunder and the Jade Giant have had a rivalry as to who is really the ‘strongest Avenger.’, In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Avengers are heroes, through and through. Post-awakening, Thor lands just two massive electrically charged blows on The Hulk. Even after the two joined forces later in the film, they argued over who was stronger -- even when Hulk transformed back into Banner. At the end of the day, fans could debate as much as they want as to who is the strongest Avenger.
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Therefore, perhaps Tony Stark had it right and Hulk really is the strongest Avenger. Not to be outdone, the God of Thunder has his own transformation to make in Ragnarok.
In the film, Loki willingly surrendered himself to S.H.I.E.L.D. Maybe Thor would have been able to handle it, but it'll likely remain a mystery.
When put to the fans, however, there was a clear frontrunner: In terms of the wider Avengers storyline, the fight served its purpose in introducing the audience to Awakened Thor. On paper this is a one-sided fight, as our ‘tale of the tape’ shows: But if size meant everything, then we wouldn’t be obsessed with the terrifyingly adorable Flerken just introduced into the MCU in Captain Marvel. You merely adopted the lag.
Given a chance to shake away the stars in his eyes and get furious about what just happened, who knows how strong the Strongest Avenger would get? He’s trapped on Sakaar, unable to break free from the Obedience Disk the Grandmaster has implanted in his neck, and forced to fight.
Before, of course, Thor could reconnect with his long-lost ‘friend from work’ Hulk and alter ego Bruce Banner to plan their escape. But also because cinematically, this fight has a purpose — to introduce us to a new Thor.
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We saw the foul play.
The stats are heavily affected by one particular combo from an angered Hulk, who pummels away while Thor daydreams about Odin. As a rampaging Hulk started tearing through the Helicarrier, Thor stepped in to fight the rage-fuelled monster.
Both faced Thanos in battle, and both lost in their own way.
Thor doesn’t miss Mjölnir, as it turns out, and is able to knock down The Hulk with the Sakaarian weapons just as easily.
According to Fandom’s Vs Battles community, which is dedicated to quantifying power levels and abilities for the grand purpose of “who would win” arguments, the training Hulk undergoes on Sakaar is significant. In other MCU films, both Thor and Hulk have shown just how powerful they really are. I was born in it.
Nonetheless, Thor’s numbers hold steady in the early fight as he trades blows with The Hulk, hitting 93% of his strikes.
Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Danai Gurira as Okoye and Bradley Cooper as Rocket, with Gwyneth Paltrow Pepper Potts, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Benedict Wong as Wong, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie and Josh Brolin as Thanos. The Hulk powers up as time goes on and his anger increases during the fight, and the crowd’s bloodthirsty chants also have an effect on his aggression.
He’s trapped on Sakaar, unable to break free from the Obedience Disk the Grandmaster has implanted in his neck, and forced to fight.
An argument could be made for having more faith in The Hulk. Those Asgardians might be hard to perish, as Korg says. While fighting his other wayward sibling, Hela (mythological families are so dysfunctional), Thor was granted a vision from Odin. So we give this one to Thor.
As for Thor, his levels of power have continuously evolved, to the point that he learned lightning was his to command -- even without a hammer. Still, the smackdown between the two created a matter of competition, as seen later in the film when Hulk hilariously throws a punch at Thor for no good reason.
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What’s more, an identification code on the Avengers Quinjet revealed Tony Stark considered Banner the strongest Avenger, something Thor didn’t like that. To do this, Thor would need to be able to generate more than 1.5 million joules of energy with his lightning punch.
Narrative-wise, it was clear that this was building towards a Thor victory, and the poll above agrees.
In the film, Loki willingly surrendered himself to S.H.I.E.L.D. By most standards of fight scoring, The Hulk would have taken this bout in a unanimous decision.
He's been in love with comics for a very long time, and believes there is some good to be found even in the industry's more difficult times. Thor had only scored two electricity-powered blows before the towel was thrown in.
That’s more than 10,000 times the punching strength of an average human. As the grand showdown in Ragnarok nears, we don’t yet know who Thor will be fighting. But as the audience, we know the score. The battle was a whopping display of power for both characters, and it showed that, in terms of strength, they were close to equals -- at least, at the time. The film is available on Digital HD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD.
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Here’s a breakdown of how that epic fight went down, blow by mighty blow — concluding with who actually emerged victorious.
Out of this stems one of the bigger rivalries of the MCU, which can be found between the God of Thunder and the Jade Giant, who have long argued over which of them is the ‘strongest Avenger.’. Something that Ragnarok had previously foreshadowed, when the Grandmaster noted the “sparkles” coming from his fingers. While simple-minded, his sessions with Valkyrie are enough to consider post-Sakaar Hulk a different entity entirely — one with no reservations about smashing his one-time friend/colleague, for sure, but also one akin to Dragon Ball’s Goku reaching a new level of Super Saiyan. Within the Sakaarian arena, all of Thor’s strength and durability still can’t protect him from the Grandmaster’s Obedience Disk. and manipulated Bruce Banner into transforming into the Hulk.
Ahead of Avengers: Endgame, the final instalment in what Marvel boss Kevin Feige has labelled the ‘Infinity Saga’, let’s take a close look at one of the MCU’s biggest and baddest matches to date. RELATED: When Does Avengers: Infinity War Arrive on Disney+?
From the moment he enters the arena, there’s a full two minutes and 19 seconds when we’re staring at nothing but sweet, sweet Hemsworth.
Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Just when it looked like the Asgardian was about to win this round, however, an intervention from the Grandmaster allowed Hulk to be crowned the winner. But even though they are willing to lay everything on the line to save the lives of countless people, their egos still take up a whole lot of room.