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August 10 2024 Defeated Chance Shaw 3-1 at East vs West 14, weighing in at 105 kg (his lightest match weight in 8 years). The match involved controversy, including accusations of Shaw pushing Larratt's arm off the pad and Larratt confronting Shaw's corner after Round 2.
April 20 2024 Lost to Levan Saginashvili 4-0 in a right-handed best of 7 supermatch at East vs West 12, passing on the East vs West Super-Heavyweight Title to Saginashvili.
April 20 2024 Returned from a severe wrist injury to defeat Devon Larratt and win the East vs West Super Heavyweight championship.
January 8 2024 Suffered first left-hand loss since 2018, losing to Kamil Jablonski 5-1 at the Arm Wars The Gathering II event.
January 5 2024 Defeated 3rd-ranked American Super-Heavyweight Pavlo Derbedyenyev 3-1 in an exhibition supermatch at Arm Wars The Gathering II event in Las Vegas, competing on the left hand.
2023 Levan Saginashvili acted in the action film 'Extraction 2'.
December 9 2023 Larratt defeated Georgi Tsvetkov 6-0 in a right-handed match at King of the Table 9 for the Super-Heavyweight title.
November 11 2023 In a highly anticipated rematch at East vs West 10, Larratt defended his East vs West Super-Heavyweight Title against Denis Cyplenkov, winning 5-0 in what was considered by many to be 'the biggest match in the history of the sport'.
August 30 2023 Larratt defeated Georgi Tsvetkov 6-0 in a challenging left-handed match at Arm Wars Dark Card 3.
August 26 2023 Larratt defeated Ermes Gasparini 5-0 in a best-of-five rounds match, becoming the oldest Super-Heavyweight champion in arm wrestling history at age 48. He won through fouls in the first round and pinned Gasparini in the second and third rounds.
August 12 2023 Larratt defeated Sergey Kalinichenko in an exhibition supermatch.
July 1 2023 Larratt defeated Ryan Espey at the Canadian National Championships, though the match's legitimacy was later questioned by Espey.
June 24 2023 At King of the Table 7, Larratt defeated Dave Chaffee 6-0 for the King of the North title, despite having food poisoning just two days before the match.
June 10 2023 Larratt continued his left-hand winning streak by defeating Bulgarian champion Yordan Tsonev at Be Strong Armwrestling 4.
May 6 2023 Larratt competed in his first Super-Heavyweight match of the year against Genadi Kvikvinia, ultimately losing 3-2 after a difficult 5-round match.
February 4 2023 Devon Larratt won two matches against Sandris Sedis in a pre-recorded Arm Wars Dark Card event, winning both right and left-handed matches 6-0 and 4-2 respectively, and retaining his Heavyweight title.
November 19 2022 Devon Larratt makes his first East vs West appearance, replacing Michael Todd against Evgeny Prudnik. He wins the match 3-0 and gains the Heavyweight Title of the event.
June 25 2022 Devon Larratt faces Levan Saginashvili at King of the Table 4 in Dubai. Despite being a heavy underdog, Larratt loses 6-0 after suffering an early bicep injury.
2021 Levan Saginashvili appeared in the historical drama film 'The Lady of Heaven'.
December 18 2021 King of the Table announces Devon Larratt will face Levan Saginashvili at King of the Table 4 (KOTT 4), set to take place in Dubai.
December 11 2021 At King of the Table II, Devon Larratt beat legendary arm-wrestler John Brzenk 4-0 for the right-hand heavyweight title. Larratt demonstrated exceptional control, dominating the match by controlling Brzenk's hand and wrist in three of four rounds. He weighed in at 285.5 pounds (129.5 kilos).
September 18 2021 Larratt fought Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson in Dubai, losing by technical knockout. He landed an early right hook but was ultimately stunned by Björnsson's left hook near the end of the first round, with the referee stopping the fight.
August 16 2021 Devon Larratt accepted a boxing match with World's Strongest Man Champion Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, despite having no previous boxing experience. He trained for the match at Tristar Gym under Firas Zahabi.
May 28 2021 Devon Larratt defeated Michael Todd at King of the Table (KOTT) in Dubai for the right-hand heavyweight title. He avenged his 2018 loss by winning 6-0, surprising the arm-wrestling community by weighing in at 293 pounds. Michael Todd acknowledged Larratt as the strongest arm-wrestler he had ever faced.
March 2021 At BAL 204, Larratt defeated Janek Kwias in a supermatch.
2019 At WAL 506, Larratt beat Brazilian champion Wagner Bortolato left-handed 3-1.
July 2019 At WAL 504, Larratt beat Dave Chaffee 3-1, displaying an improved king's move and strength.
May 23 2019 At WAL 501, Larratt beat Todd Hutchings 3-0.
March 26 2019 Larratt beat Australian champion Ryan Scott 3-0 in an AAF supermatch at the Arnold Classic.
2018 At WAL 405, Larratt defeated Matt Mask 3-1. At WAL 406, he lost the right-hand championship to Michael Todd.
2018 During Armfight #50, Larratt lost a left-handed supermatch against Russian armwrestler Denis Cyplenkov 0-6, subsequently rededicated himself to strength training, and sent the right-handed and left-handed legacy hammers to Todd and Cyplenkov respectively.
2018 Achieved multiple championship victories, including EuroArm, World Arm-wrestling Championship, and Vendetta All Stars #50 in Rumia, Poland.
May 17 2018 At WAL 402, Larratt defeated American super heavyweight 'Big Daddy' Jerry Cadorette 3-2 in a right-handed supermatch.
2017 Larratt retained the WAL right-hand and left-hand heavyweight titles by defeating Matt Mask, and defended his right-hand legacy hammer against 'Big Frank' Budelewski at Buffalo Fitness Expo, as well as his left-hand hammer against Zhao Zi Rui of China at the Super Armwrestling League (SAL).
2016 Underwent surgery on his left elbow and quickly recovered, returning to win the WAL championship in the same year.
2016 Larratt defeated Matt Mask left-handed and right-handed at WAL Northern Regionals, successfully defending his left-hand title and winning the WAL right-hand title against Marcio Barboza and Ron Bath.
2015 Larratt defeated Ron Bath left-handed and right-handed at WAL Southern Regionals and won the WAL Championships left-hand heavyweight title after Marcio Barboza withdrew due to injury.
January 2015 Larratt won the WAL left-handed title by defeating Marcio Barboza 2-0, but lost the right-handed title to Barboza 0-2.
2014 Devon Larratt joined the World Armwrestling League (WAL) after recovering from elbow surgery.
2013 Larratt beat Oleh Zhokh, Wilton Brock, and Eric Woelfel at Ultimate Armwrestling League 4 (UAL 4), retaining his left hand heavyweight title.
2013 Underwent surgery on both elbows, which resulted in losing his number one pound-for-pound ranking.
2013 Won the World Police and Fire Games arm-wrestling gold medal in Belfast, subsequently awarded a first-degree merit by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
2012 Devon Larratt defeated Tim Bresnan at the Toronto Pro Super Show in Ontario, Canada, winning the Major League Armwrestling (MLA) right hand super heavyweight title.
2012 Larratt defeated Andriy Pushkar at Professional Armwrestling League (PAL) Armfight #42, winning 5-1 and securing the left hand world title.
2011 Lost left-hand title to Travis Bagent at UAL Backyard Brawl, but subsequently defeated Bagent 3-0 for the right-hand title at the same event.
2011 Beat 'Monster' Michael Todd and Christophe Ladu.
2010 Became the #1 ranked arm-wrestler globally (both left and right) by beating Travis Bagent 4-3, Tim Bresnan 5-1, and Don Underwood 4-3.

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