Hawaii arm wrestling tournament headlines Hi Fit Expo 2026 in Honolulu
Right- and left-hand divisions, six men’s classes and women’s open made Honolulu’s Hi Fit Expo card a full armwrestling tournament, not a side attraction.
The Hawaii Arm Wrestling Tournament brought right-hand and left-hand divisions to Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, giving the sport a full competition platform inside Hi Fit Expo 2026 instead of a tabletop demo on the expo floor. Held during the June 27-28 weekend in Honolulu, the card was set in front of an event that expected about 2,500 to 3,000 attendees, the kind of crowd that can turn first-time spectators into first-time pullers.
That wider stage mattered because the format was built like a real tournament. Athletes were told to check in before weigh-ins closed, with weigh-ins running from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and competition starting at noon on Sunday, June 28. The page made one thing plain: there was no late entry, a hard cutoff that kept the bracket clean and the table schedule tight.
The class structure gave Hawaii pullers a complete test. Men’s divisions were listed at 154, 175, 198, 220, 242 and 243-plus pounds, and women’s open was included as well. Staging both right- and left-hand brackets under the same roof signaled a more serious competition, since arm wrestling without both arms leaves half the sport out of the picture. For local athletes, that meant a chance to show actual table depth, not just one specialized lane.
Hi Fit Expo tied the tournament into a broader weekend program that also included live competitions, vendors, healthy food, youth sports, athlete meet-and-greets and other strength events. The expo also pushed the Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Self Defense Experience, led by former Bellator champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and linked to her Warriors Don’t Bully initiative, plus a Strongman Corporation-sanctioned Hawaii’s Strongest Man and Woman qualifier on Saturday, June 27. Arm wrestling sat right beside those events, which is exactly how the sport gets legitimacy: on the same schedule, in the same hall, in front of the same paying crowd.
Spectators entered through Hi Fit Expo tickets rather than a separate armwrestling gate, with weekend passes sold through Ticketmaster and a buy-one-get-one-free promo code, HIFITBOGO. The tournament page also listed promoter contact at (808) 341-8629 and directed updates to Top Roll HI. In a weekend built around performance sports, Hawaii arm wrestling was not treated as an add-on. It was one of the main draws.
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