Quite simply, bodybuilding (pro bodybuilding) wouldn't exist the way we know it. What champs were around before Arnold? And who came after him?...that's right, nobody with even 5% of his mainstream appeal. Not to blow smoke, but without him, bodybuilding wouldn't have become popular. I can say this because....it's a fuckin' opinion, lol...who the hell knows, but when you think of the 'stars' that Weider Inc. was trying to portray as their 'top guy', you're left with chirping crickets...sure, they'd have cult status, but nothing like a Schwarzenegger.
That is all.