nobody used to root for Ronnie as much as me. I remember seeing his pics when he placed in the top 5 at his first nationals and I said that guy is gonna be great. When he placed near the bottom at the 91 Chicago-I think he that was his first pro show but I'm going off memory so I could be wrong-and the 91 NOC I still said he's gonna rip it up if he gets his shit together. 91 Olympia I remember pics of him standing in the background and thinking he's gonna be great and if he ever decides to do roids he's gonna crush everyone. When Ronnie started winning shows I was like-yes, he finally did it. 96 Toronto, I could not believe it..he beat Flex and I still think he could have won the 96 NOC. 97 I thought he was aswome, front lat spread from the NOC that year was great, still one of the only pics I ever cut out and put on my wall. 1st olympia win, I was all for it but since then I really can't wait to see him loose. He's not what he used to be. Ronnie is actually everything he used to say he didn't want to be. He used to say he'd rather look like he did than some 300lbs monster with no taper..it's kinda sad. He's arrogant, at least he comes across that way in the mags. Dorian never seemed to change when he was winning, same attitude all the time. yeah it's great that ronnie got up to almost 300lbs and was ripped a couple of years ago but what did that do for the sport? Nothing. Thanks to ronnie we've got a bunch of bloated gut no detail having pro's dominating the sport. Ronnie just looked like a drugged up water logged pro, his back isn't even as good as it used to be. He gets so pissed when he looses, not gracious at all. Did you see the look on his face when he lost the challenge round? that's a true champ right there. Did you read any of his comments after Gunter beat him..true class there.
Bottom line Ronnie was the best bodybuilder on the planet...key word "was" now he's just living off his name.
