He promised Ronnie a free membership at his gym if Ronnie entered the 1990 Mr. Texas contest - something like that. At the time, Ronnie may have been delivering pizzas for Domino's, and thought it was an easy way to get a free gym membership. Apparently, knowing next to nothing about competitive bodybuilding, Ronnie looked ready for competition when he first stepped foot in Metroflex in 1989, when Ronnie was 25.