Sorry to insult your hero kev, ray were all better what I meant was the Olympia was practically handed to him, yet he didn't get the job done. Chris clearly beat him in 99
Most pros at one point use oil. Synthol whatever u want to call it bu Nasser and flex took it to another level.. Plus flex had one good year arguebly 93, that's it!
Actually, you didn't insult him, you never made an argument...
Flex's best years-93, 97,98, and one can include 99 and 2000, but I won't because he went to far with the oil...Flex had a issue after his 94 car accident. And he came back from breaking his neck in two places to win the 95 Ironman and come 2nd at that yr's Arnold. That's a feat in itself...but, Flex was broken...and instead of taking incremental jumps in weight later on, he tried to play Ronnie's game, and Chad encouraged him...Flex doesn't/didn't have the bone structure for it. Plus, he mentally didn't think he could win, sabotaging himself...
If anything, he needed a life coach...his best Pro yr was 93, and like Phil and many others (Branch) his best look was his Rookie look. His best two yrs was 92 and 93.
Chris had his issue with Flex, he said he couldn't get past---or beat Flex's mystique...this was said at the 2000 Arnold---Flex won, Chris was second...Chris was just coming into his own...and he is another one---partying, drugs, he could have won the Arnold in 2000. And when he lost to Jay twice...