95 Levrone vs 99 Levrone

[Rambone]

His decline started in 1999

Despite this, even at 85% of his previous best he was leagues ahead of everyone else bar Ronnie and perhaps Cormier

I was watching backstage footage recently of the 2002 O and Kevin was simply in a class of his own (with the exception of Coleman)

I admire this kind of dedication to the sport

[Royalty]

I admire this kind of dedication to the sport

Rambone why did this “tug of war” approach to pumping up become so widespread?

[Rambone]

Rambone why did this “tug of war” approach to pumping up become so widespread?

BB can correct me on this, but I believe this style of “tug of war” was popularized in 1981 when competitors backstage showed support for the Christian side of the Lebanese civil war, and clearly Samir didn’t take kindly to such disrespect and whipped out his 100% cotton Turkish bath towel and challenged some of the largest “athletes” backstage, Jusup Wilkosz being one of them. It’s a modern-day David vs Goliath story that schmoes still talk about to this day.