You're exaggerating ND. Yates wasn't leaps and bounds better than Levrone in 1992, Flex in 1993, Shawn in 1994, Shawn in 1996 and Nasser in 1997. All of those men could have taken it that year. There was a natural tendency for the victor of the previous year to still hold the title regardless of what he brought to the table and this has been true since 1985. The streak was finally broken in 2006 (not rightfully so THAT year). I think Dorian WAS deserving from 1992-1995 (1994 IS debatable), but beyond that, he was a SHELL of his former self and there were other competitors who had a lot to offer and who were also injury free.
Ha ha ha sure he wasn't Dorian was eons better at his best than ANYONE and even at his worse he was still better than anyone on stage bodybuilding history corrects your nonsense my friend ,there is a very good reason that the victor from the previous year usually wins even not at his best , it's because he was still miles above anyone else on stage
1992 Dorian destroyed Levrone and whats ironic is you'll get no argument from Kevin , he's never claimed he beat Yates , he claimed he beat Ronnie twice
1993 Flex was a very distant second and in absolutely NO danger of beating Dorian , to echo Samir Bannout's sentiment Yates was first , second and third and , Flex himself said Dorian was untouchable that year , and ironic he he lost to Ronniie 1999 he turned his back on him and claimed he was number 1 , like Levrone you wont find Flex saying he ever deserved to beat Dorian
1994 NO contest despite all the claims to the contrary Shawn wasn't beating Dorian ont on paper or in reality , in fact he was trailing Kevin Levrone after the prejudging for THIRD PLACE and only surpassed him not on the merits of physique but with a better posing routine , and regardless of how Shawn backpeddled after the fact the day of the contest he said he got the placing he deserved
1996 again wasn't close in reality , Dorian was a tad smaller than usual but still the best man on stage
1997 is the only contest one can argue Dorian could have lost or should have been a closer contest
Dorian even at his worse was still far beyond his contemporaries the same with Lee Haney and to a degree Ronnie which is why they never lost even when they were off from their personal best , you can cry politics all you want and how the judging is wrong or fixed which means you don't know anything about the sport and are a hypocrite for having the balls to say they judges get it right when you agree , lets play your game
Flex could have very easily beaten Ronnie in 1998 in all actuality this is one of the closest contests with first and second separated by just 3 points
1999 a clear cut victory for Ronnie despite Flex saying he was number 1
2000 Levrone claims he won this one despite Ronnie being off from the previous two years
2001 whoa nelly another contest Ronnie technically lost by losing the whole prejudging but somehow beat Jay in the posing rounds lol another extremely close contest separated from just 2 points
2002 another year Levone claims he won this one too and he won both posing rounds to boot , another close contest
2003 no contest
2004 Jay moving closer and closer another very close contest just 3 points separates the winner and loser
2005 Ronnie won not but still close on paper
2006 Ronnie lost
the reality of the situation is Ronnie in all actuality was in a very real danger of losing even at his best on multiple occasions , Dorian wasn't these are facts all you can do is deny them but history owns you .
