It was obvious from the very first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok that the Hulk was the Grandmaster’s chosen champion. After all, it’s how and why he ended up fighting Thor. But Hulk was far from the first champion of the planet Sakaar, and there are some pretty great clues about who the previous champions were. The first face (the one with the elephantine nose) is Man-Thing. Yes, Man-Thing, infamous for appearing in a comic known as, I shit you not, Giant-Sized Man-Thing. Down and to the right of him is Marvel’s Ares. Perhaps not coincidentally, Michael Avon Oeming, who wrote the comic book story that inspired much of this movie, also wrote a killer Ares comic. On the left you will find none other than Beta Ray Bill. That’s a character we would all desperately like to see in a Marvel movie one of these days. And if it isn’t Bill himself, it could very well be a member of his race, but based on the fact that in the the animated version of Planet Hulk, it was Bill who fought Hulk rather than Thor, he would make sense here. Don’t believe us? Watch the video for proof!
Thor: Ragnarok arrives on Blu-ray and DVD this week. You can order it here.
