Gotta call you on this one. Frank Zane.
True. With the exception of Zane. I am basically looking at the Arnold-to-Haney-to-Dorian-to-Ronnie progression. I mean between those few guys you're talking 29 Olympias. I think that's what the previous poster meant about there being a progression with each successive Mr. O.
And besides, with Zane you had the judges selecting a bodybuilder with aesthetic appeal. They went in a completely different direction. With Jay they are still rewarding mass, because he is essentially built like a fridge. However, in rewarding that mass you can say Jay has not progressed the sport to a new level because his mass has
already been surpassed by a previous Mr. Olympia...Ronnie Coleman.