Ronnie is the greatest of all time. No one could touch Ronnie at his best. However, if Phil Heath came in at 100% he would have beat 3 to 4 versions of Ronnie at the Olympia (2002, 2004, 2005, maybe 01). Phil is always shredded, always big. You guys have your "nostalgia" goggles on. Everyone had flaws. Ray was small, Wheeler was narrow from the back and lacked ham/glute conditioning(also weird shoulders). Levrone wasn't 100 and didn't have the wheels nor the back Heath has. Cormier would have battled with him in 99 but Heath's conditioning/density would win out.
Lets talk about what Heath beats Ronnie in. Heath has better calves, better separation in his thighs and better abs(although not great). Heath has a bdb that is about on par with Ronnies, although he lacks the width Ronnie had on the rear lat spread but Heath would be able to hang where these other guys would fall off.
Phil is a 3xMr. Olympia. For whatever reason people are bashing Phil but here is the bottom line- Phil has more Mr. Olympias than Wheeler, Levrone, Ray, Cormier, El Sonbaty combined. And no way in hell Phil beats Ronnie in 99. End of thread.
