Dorian didn't face the best at their best either.
1993: Flex - soft compared to the AC, had he been in AC shape, could have beaten Yates.
Levrone - poor shape due to a pec tear.
Ray - in shape
Labrada - not up to his previous standards.
Yates faced bigger names. But his 1993 dominant win was NOT over everyone in great shape. It was only against one or two in really good shape. The rest were not at their best. This is exactly the same as Ronnie in 2003 - Dexter and Dennis were in career best shape at the time, Jay and Levrone were not.
Neither faced the best at their best.
Dorian won in a more competitive era overall, but based on some of the grand prix pics posted recently, it looks like most of his wins in the later years were outright gifts, so winning in a more competitive era is meaningless if many of your wins were undeserved.
Are you kidding me ? in 93 they said he set the standard for the new era , that he was so much better than he needed to be to win , and every competitor basically said they're competing for 2nd place and Dorian owned the Sandow until he wanted .
Levrone , Ray and Wheeler were all in fantastic shape , sure Flex wasn't his best ever but he was amazing none the less , Labrada was ontop of his game and he was never off in a contest , he was very consistant , Clairmonte , Munzer , Ferigno and Schimdt were all on !!
And look at the quality of the 92 contest , and in 1995 , I'm sorry Yates faced a much higher quality competitior than Coleman ever did as did Lee Haney in 88 and 91 !!
And again you're saying Yates got a gift in the Grand Prix and you're basing this on a few pics? on what his gut? lol Coleman had a gut for most of his Olympia wins and Yates was much sharper post 94 Olympia so enough with your nonsense of he didn't deserve the win in 94 or the Grand Prix win , watch the video and read the quotes , the only ' controversy ' is in your mind !!
And again Ronnie's first Olympia win is much more impressive than 03 win , even though he beat a past prime Flex just barely .