Author Topic: 1996 Arnold Classic -Kevin Levrone beats Flex Wheeler (Read 23072 times)

Hulkster · « **Reply #25 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:15:05 PM »

Quote from: Mr Nobody on December 06, 2009, 02:22:44 PM

So you think ND is wrong?

when was he ever right?

Royalty · « **Reply #26 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:21:51 PM »

Levrone was around 260 for that show supposedly. Huge.

njflex · « **Reply #27 on:** December 07, 2009, 10:01:25 AM »

great show.lineup too,last yr for ray with fake hair to change look,and flex too.they all looked full and conditioned enough ,not sick dry but good enough,builds had good overall look and at least everyone had different look .today all the same blocky,short,spongy look to muscle.

Hurricane Beef ! · « **Reply #28 on:** December 07, 2009, 10:13:24 AM »

That was the year Shawn wore the hair replacement system.

The Beef

Royalty · « **Reply #29 on:** March 04, 2014, 09:04:06 AM »

Man! 1996....... That was an Arnold CLASSIC

Ronnie Rep · « **Reply #30 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:04:11 AM »

Quote from: Royalty on December 06, 2009, 06:21:51 PM

Levrone was around 260 for that show supposedly. Huge.

No way, Dillet was 270 at 6'1"!

Disgusted · « **Reply #31 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:28:47 AM »

Damn they looked good. Would love to see those type of physiques again on stage.

kreator · « **Reply #32 on:** March 04, 2014, 12:01:29 PM »

somebody died for us shortly afterwards, now that's dedication unlike the pros of today display

The Grim Lifter · « **Reply #33 on:** March 04, 2014, 01:40:15 PM »

Quote from: Flexb on December 06, 2009, 04:59:05 PM

Flex got robbed. The crowd even booed the decision.

Yes but Kevin doesn't look off in any pics like the magazine reports said

StreetSoldier4U · « **Reply #34 on:** March 04, 2014, 01:49:15 PM »

What a difference nearly two decades can make.

hazbin · « **Reply #35 on:** March 04, 2014, 01:57:23 PM »

before this show sean ray said that the day he gets beat by a 40 year old (Vince Taylor) is the day he retires

old-school-lifter · « **Reply #36 on:** March 04, 2014, 02:03:06 PM »

Nice Rugs on Shawn and Porter cottrell

steamboatwillie · « **Reply #37 on:** March 04, 2014, 02:07:24 PM »

If you combined that line up with this years lineup I think Wolfe would have been somewhere around 8th. Progress LOL

JasonH · « **Reply #38 on:** March 04, 2014, 02:19:13 PM »

Surprised to see Shawn Ray competing in the Arnold - I thought his modus operandi was to turn up once a year for a top-five Olympia finish?

US MUSL · « **Reply #39 on:** March 04, 2014, 02:43:05 PM »

At that time Shawn thought he could enter the ASC in less than his usual Olympia shape and win. He was wrong.

forillagorilla · « **Reply #40 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:00:22 PM »

Quote from: NarcissisticDeity on December 06, 2009, 06:26:53 AM

Kevin beats Flex

Do you agree that those guys were FAR superior to the current crop of pros? I know it's all subjective - and no one is "right" - but I just think that if you could time warp the current pros with the pros of 90's that it would be no contest... Dorian - Ronnie - Shawn - Flex - Kevin - Dillett - plenty other good ones...
I don't know what the reason is - just seems like the quality has dropped off

Parker · « **Reply #41 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:01:00 PM »

Quote from: JasonH on March 04, 2014, 02:19:13 PM

Surprised to see Shawn Ray competing in the Arnold - I thought his modus operandi was to turn up once a year for a top-five Olympia finish?

Amnesia, at the time, the Arnold was where Kev and Flex reigned supreme...with no Dorian as the standard bearer, Shawn would have best come in sliced like a mofo. Remember he technically won it twice.

doriancutlerman · « **Reply #42 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:06:18 PM »

Almost everyone at the time thought Flex won that show hands-down. KevLo was a bit harder in the hams and glutes, but Kevin had that classic "bloofy" look going. After the ASC, Dillet couldn't believe a "fat man" like Levrone could've won.

He wasn't fat at all, but he was definitely not at his best. VERY big, but not better.

As I recall, the final placings should've been something like this:

Flex
Kevin
Shawn
Paul
Vince tied with Andy ... Vince looked good, but Andreas was BIG and shredded. Vince was shapely as usual but looked 16 weeks out next to Munzer.

... then maybe Cottrell, then Roland Czir ... err, whatever: that ripped Polish/German kid who got robbed at the '94 O; etc., etc., until you reach Fux in last place. He was huge but smooth as a fucking whale. Even the other Roland, the Arnold lookalike, deserved to whoop his ass by virtue of far superior conditioning.

It was a great ASC overall, though. '95 was OK but Francois steamrolled that line-up. '94 could've been great if Dillet wasn't such a moron; KLo and Vince had a good "battle" :roll:, but without Paul in the mix, the rest of the field was pretty boring. Only '93 and maybe '97 or '98 were better.

Parker · « **Reply #43 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:12:10 PM »

Quote from: doriancutlerman on March 04, 2014, 03:06:18 PM

Almost everyone at the time thought Flex won that show hands-down. KevLo was a bit harder in the hams and glutes, but Kevin had that classic "bloofy" look going. After the ASC, Dillet couldn't believe a "fat man" like Levrone could've won.

He wasn't fat at all, but he was definitely not at his best. VERY big, but not better.

As I recall, the final placings should've been something like this:

Flex
Kevin
Shawn
Paul
Vince tied with Andy ... Vince looked good, but Andreas was BIG and shredded. Vince was shapely as usual but looked 16 weeks out next to Munzer.

... then maybe Cottrell, then Roland Czir ... err, whatever: that ripped Polish/German kid who got robbed at the '94 O; etc., etc., until you reach Fux in last place. He was huge but smooth as a fucking whale. Even the other Roland, the Arnold lookalike, deserved to whoop his ass by virtue of far superior conditioning.

It was a great ASC overall, though. '95 was OK but Francois steamrolled that line-up. '94 could've been great if Dillet wasn't such a moron; KLo and Vince had a good "battle" :roll:, but without Paul in the mix, the rest of the field was pretty boring. Only '93 and maybe '97 or '98 were better.

in 95 Flex had better shape, and to me was better than Mike Francois from the front. But, when they turned around, Mike had him. Flex was soft from the lower back-glute-hams, his trouble spot.

DanielPaul · « **Reply #44 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:19:28 PM »

Hey Andreas you are looking exceptionally ripped by the way you do know you have baseball size Styrofoam tumors in you liver right, oh ok just checking , I hear those things can kill ya.

ESFitness · « **Reply #45 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:31:07 PM »

that was the first bbing show I ever saw.

flex was making his comeback after his car accident and was a fan fav.

back then I thought flex got robbed, but now, looking back I can see how you could give levrone the nod.

flex was a lil watery and 'thin' in some areas compared to levrone.

it was right after that that levrone supposedly found 'igf1' and put on 10-15lbs of muscle.. most likely he just bumped his gh dosage and added insulin.

levrone the year after looked like complete shit at the Arnold classic.. I think that was the year??.. but was the biggest I'd ever seen him at the MrO, then cut way down and tightened up for the Grand Prix and had his best ever showings during that grand prix... after that he had back problems and quit training legs... and probably started drinking a lil more. lol.

Bevo · « **Reply #46 on:** March 04, 2014, 03:42:35 PM »

That was when kevin would drink jack Daniels before prejudging and the finals and come out sliced

Wonder how munzers organs looked at this point?

wild willie · « **Reply #47 on:** March 04, 2014, 09:06:35 PM »

Quote from: lovemonkey on December 06, 2009, 03:39:31 PM

Holy shit Darrem competed even back then? The dude has been around for a while.

darrem has been a pro since 92

ARNIE1947 · « **Reply #48 on:** March 04, 2014, 09:48:42 PM »

http://www.flexonline.com/general-news/tales-columbus?page=5

Roger Bacon · « **Reply #49 on:** March 04, 2014, 09:49:20 PM »

Quote from: NarcissisticDeity on December 06, 2009, 06:26:53 AM

Kevin beats Flex

I was in fucking kindgegarten or first grade or something