This is crazy!!!! So Jay Cutler was #1 this year. Reality check: he would NOT have been #1, or not even in the top 6 from 1995-2000. He is not a quality bodybuilders, with size, sick conditioning, striations, cuts and definition all over.
Levrone was better than him.
Wheeler was better than him.
Yates was better than him.
Coleman was better than him.
Dillett was better than him.
Cormier was better than him.
Vince Taylor was better than him.
Haney was better than him.
Mike Francois was better than him.
Shawn Ray was better than him.
Nasser was better than him.
Here's a question? Many of those men did NOT win a single title, yet they were ALL in a different league than Cutler at HIS best.
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In 2001 Jay served notice and actually beat Ronnie during the prejudging rounds. Ronnie may not have been at his all time best, but was still no slouch in 2001 either. Are we to believe that the physiques only a year prior to that in 2000 would have destroyed the 2001 version of Jay? Hardly. There are bodybuilders you list who were better, in theory only. Dillett could have been a monster unlike any ever seen before, but didn't amount to even a fraction of what he could have. Shawn Ray? Shawn never changed drastically from year to year. Where did Shawn place in 2001? Levrone, though accomplished, never really seemed to put it all together for the O. He had years where he looked very good, like 1995, but are we to believe 2001 Jay wouldn't be able to hang with him? He would have and may even defeat 1995 Levrone. Francois was very good, but never had a chance to explore his full potential and would not have defeated 2001 Jay or 2009 Jay. Nasser, well, Nasser was too one dimensional. Flex had the world by the balls, but not once did he ever come into the Olympia at his all time best. I'll put 2001 Jay against any
Olympia version of Flex Wheeler, any day. All time best Flex, that might be different. Cormier? Could of, should of, would of, but didn't.