1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage

[Royalty]

LurkerNoMore, Beakdoctor, Humble Narcissist, Pet Shop Boys (same person) wants to pretend that Arnold didn’t have sex with Paul Graham.

Arnold brought “Gay for Pay” to the MR OLYMPIA contest.

[Dokey111]

In that shot alone Dickerson crushes everyone



WooooSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

i thought the same

[Humble Narcissist]

LurkerNoMore, Beakdoctor, Humble Narcissist, Pet Shop Boys (same person) wants to pretend that Arnold didn’t have sex with Paul Graham.

Arnold brought “Gay for Pay” to the MR OLYMPIA contest.

You seem to be the only one here interested in gay sex.

[LurkerNoMore]

Little Bitch worries as much about gay sex with Arnold as she worries about gay sex involving her and Danimal.  Creepy ass weirdo.

[Palumboism]

Recent Samir interview on the 1980 Olympia.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Recent Samir interview on the 1980 Olympia.

Samir made the mistake. Arnold was not competing against 1972/1973 Arnold, He was competing with the guys on-stage in 1980 was he good enough to win? some say yes others say no. It was all academic anyway on point no one in that line up could beat Arnold

[Humble Narcissist]

^^^  Mentzer was a mental midget.

[hench]

Think I posted that before, arnold intimidated and mentzer nearly cried.

[Royalty]

Boyer Coe and Roger Walker both said that Mentzer stood over Arnold ....and Mentzer could’ve knocked Arnold out cold.

I believe that Ben Weider ran over and stopped Mike before he sent Arnold to the hospital.

[LurkerNoMore]

Boyer Coe and Roger Walker both said that Mentzer stood over Arnold ....and Mentzer could’ve knocked Arnold out cold.

I believe that Ben Weider ran over and stopped Mike before he sent Arnold to the hospital.

That's the problem right there.  You are not very good at this "believing" stuff.  You believe a man missing for years is under 75 different gimmicks on this board and has the sexiest hands you ever lusted over. 

Arnold would have beat the brakes off that girl voiced piss drinking Mentzer in a heartbeat.  Instead he was just happy to break his little mind and send him into the gutter and then grave.

[Royalty]

That's the problem right there.  You are not very good at this "believing" stuff.  You believe a man missing for years is under 75 different gimmicks on this board and has the sexiest hands you ever lusted over. 

Arnold would have beat the brakes off that girl voiced piss drinking Mentzer in a heartbeat.  Instead he was just happy to break his little mind and send him into the gutter and then grave.

There was a room full of witnesses.  Multiple people stepped in.... Ben Weider was one of them.


Go to 1:40 (then go to 3:15)

Great statements

[hench]

Arnold destroyed mike mentally and physically

[Royalty]

▫️

[Eric2]

Boyer Coe and Roger Walker both said that Mentzer stood over Arnold ....and Mentzer could’ve knocked Arnold out cold.

I believe that Ben Weider ran over and stopped Mike before he sent Arnold to the hospital.

The Mentzer fan boys are all alike. Since Mike has zero accolades to speak of compared to Arnold. All they can do is religiously bring this stupid picture up.
You can always count on a Mentzer fan boy to bring this up as though it means anything.
What Arnold did here was make Mike mad enough to lose his cool and control of the situation. Arnold never lost control of the room. Mike was pissed cause he knew before the contest started that he could not beat Arnold.
Divided weight classes or not. Arnold was not a fighter, neither was Mike. Maybe Mike could have beat up Arnold who knows who cares.
This picture is of a man who lost control of the room and himself and could only try to be threatening by wagging his finger. Give me a break.
We get it , Arnold was and is a dick. He did everything he could do to win, everything.
Guys like Mike where stupid and nieve enough to think contests are fair because it has a panel of judges. Mike and guys like him used words like "didn't deserve to win".
Shit....deserves got nothing to do with a bodybuilding contest.

[hench]

Arnold had said himself when it comes down to it you have to laugh and can't take it seriously standing there in a little bathing suit posing. Unfortunately some took it too seriously

[Palumboism]

What Arnold did here was make Mike mad enough to lose his cool and control of the situation. Arnold never lost control of the room. Mike was pissed cause he knew before the contest started that he could not beat Arnold.

Now pointing is losing your cool and control of the situation?

[Vince B]

Look at the grin on Mike’s face while Arnold looks broken. Arnold wasn’t in the first call out so must have felt he had lost.

[Pet shop boys]

Look at the grin on Mike’s face while Arnold looks broken. Arnold wasn’t in the first call out so must have felt he had lost.

Chris Dickerson wasn't in the first call out either and beat all them as well ....

Dennis was in the first call out and couldn't make the top 6.


WooooSSSHHHHHHHHHHH  10.4.80

[Humble Narcissist]

Chris Dickerson wasn't in the first call out either and beat all them as well ....

Dennis was in the first call out and couldn't make the top 6.


WooooSSSHHHHHHHHHHH  10.4.80

Yeah, that photo proves nothing.

[NarcissisticDeity]

 


Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had announced his retirement from competition in 1975 ( just after he had taken the Olympia for a sixth consecutive time. ) was coming back. That was the rumor being spread around at the gyms and physique contests just prior to the 1980 Olympia, held this past October in Australia. In a year that also witnessed the comeback of another " Greatest " Muhammad Ali. nothing could come as too great a surprise. But in both these cases, along with the excitement there were some nagging doubts. Why were these men returning to competition? Certainly the prize money itself must be regarded as one of the factors. Both had garnered top dollars from their sports; it could also been a simple desire for one more shit at the Fame and Glory.

 In Arnold's case, the doubts and rumors took on a different shade however. There was talk about certain people wanting to produce a sequel to the successful Pumping Iron film, which was released in 1976. The film, based on a best-selling work by Charles Gaines and George Butler ,helped launch bodybuilding as an accepted sport, and made a house-hold word of Arnold's name. There was also the " Hollywood type " publicity over the on-again ,off-again status of the film , Conan the Barbarian with Arnold in the title role. Would it ever be made , and were the producers even sure there was a market for the film? Could Arnold's return be a coincidence that had nothing to do with either of these events? Then there was the question of whether Arnold was in shape or not. How intensively had he been training these past five years , especially this past year? The bottom line was , Could Arnold , No would Arnold be able to take the 1980 Mr Olympia? The answer to both is now an unequivocal " Yes " He did it!... Or did he?

Nagging doubts don't disappear quickly. Had Ali been declared the winner of his bout over Larry Holmes, in spite of his poor performance , all of us would hang our heads a little in shame. The sport of boxing would have lost a great deal of integrity it might have once have had. Holmes unquestionably fought a fair fight and deservedly won. Alas if only the same could be said of the recent Olympia.  But the question now is no loner one of " would " or " could " it has become a matter of whether Arnold should have taken the 1980 Olympia. A number of people don't think so. Boyer Coe. who placed third in the Olympia, is one of them. BODY-BUILDER had the opportunity to be at a no-questions-barred seminar given by Coe at the opening of the Valencia Health Club East , in Long Island , New York , one month after the Olympia.

There were approximately fifty in attendance , the majority of whom were bodybuilder themselves. The opening question. " What did happen at the Olympia " made for some interesting answers. The first thing Boyer mentioned was that no one could put the rumors to rest. Arnold didn't show up until six o'clock on the evening before the prejudging. The whole contest was taking on the air of something farcical , judging from the description of the events which sounded very unprofessional for an event of such a high caliber. " We really got a screwing. " said Coe about the contest. From the time Arnold arrived on the scene , it became a showcase for Arnold , and the rest of us ( competitors ) were the bit players. " There were other things about which Boyer was upset. He claims that the entrants were to have some of their expense paid , and yet they didn't receive what they had been promised. He criticized the haphazard means for dividing by height , rather than weight , which he suspects could be an indication that next year's contest is being " set up for Franco. " ( ED: it has been a criticism of others that because of Arnold's sheer height advantage over the smaller Columbu , it would be impossible for Franco's ever taking an Olympia whenever Arnold was in the lineup. The argument bears some weight by virtue of the fact that Columbu never did take an Olympia when Arnold was in competition as well , he could only take his division. )  Was there indeed , then a question of the event being fixed?

Supposedly, ( this couldn't be independently verified ) the published score sheets showed that Arnold was given four perfect scores. Boyer Coe thought this incredible, and told the seminar audience he didn't believe that " Arnold should have placed higher than 8th. " out of a field of sixteen. There was also mention that CBS had turned their coverage over to 60 Minutes for further investigation. When the CBS Sports Department was contacted , we were told by Lorene Fadil the Program Director for the " Sports Spectacular " that " no footage of the Olympia coverage was given to CBS' " 60 Minutes " She also informed us that there had been no air date set for their coverage of the Mr Olympia contest. Was CBS News suspicious of the day's events? It apparently seems not. Coe also expressed hope that CBS or any other medium that covered the event would not " whitewash " their reporting. In addition , Coe spoke of Bill Pearl's firmly insisting on strict adherence to all the rules , and continued with a story about an incident that occurred during the day's proceedings. Certainly if the incident recounted did take place , it would seem that some sort of infringement had taken place. At one point. Arnold has reportedly stopped the show and called for a towel so he could wipe the perspiration from his chest before continuing his posing. while doing so , he joked and wise-cracked with the audience. As far as Coe knew , Arnold had received no penalty for his actions. Of course everyone wanted to know exactly what Arnold looked like.

Coe told the crowd that Arnold had no tan , no choreographed posing routine, that he didn't go through the compulsory poses when the judged called for them , and his legs and chest hadn't been shaved. To my own question what kind of details he could provide about the situation backstage, both before and after the event. Coe said " When Arnold stripped ( we knew ) he didn't have a prayer. " Arnold was putting his reputation as a professional bodybuilder on the line by appearing in such condition , and it would seem then that the general consensus among the other contestants was that this was one year when they had nothing to fear by Arnold's entrance in an event. After the contest , Coe stated that there were feelings of anger and bitterness among the other competitors ( sour grapes? ) " I mostly wanted to hurry up and get out of there. " said Boyer. He also announced that he wouldn't compete next year.

This in turn led to questions about could be done , and whether professional bodybuilding could be saved. Coe talked about the possibilities of alternate contests to the Olympia and mentioned the Grand Prix Circuit which has gained a tremendous amount of respect and prestige in the last year. He said that we could hope that the new year would even see two or three professional events that would exceed the prize money paid out at the Olympia. For Coe " the Olympia is no longer the professional contest. " His resignation seemed due to a feeling of Arnold's betrayal of professional bodybuilding competition. Though he mourned that the system that us supposed to have been so good " just fell apart " he also expected much good to come out of any inquiry that may follow.

It was his philosophy that out of every bad happening comes some good chance for everyone involved to mature m grow and improve. It could be inferred , then , that Arnold may have won the contest but in doing so , lost a great deal more - namely the respect of his peers and fans. Unfortunately BODYBUILDER wasn't in Sydney , Australia to cover the event firsthand. We can only rely at this point on others to provide support or denial. We had heard the rumors and allegations , and now we've gotten an eyewitness report. We welcome any information that our readers or anyone else can offer , because we are concerned with the future of the sport. We do know , however , that if any of these allegations prove true in any way , then the sport and the art with which we are all deeply involved has indeed seen a back day. we can only hope it isn't so.   

[Donny]

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had announced his retirement from competition in 1975 ( just after he had taken the Olympia for a sixth consecutive time. ) was coming back. That was the rumor being spread around at the gyms and physique contests just prior to the 1980 Olympia, held this past October in Australia. In a year that also witnessed the comeback of another " Greatest " Muhammad Ali. nothing could come as too great a surprise. But in both these cases, along with the excitement there were some nagging doubts. Why were these men returning to competition? Certainly the prize money itself must be regarded as one of the factors. Both had garnered top dollars from their sports; it could also been a simple desire for one more shit at the Fame and Glory.

 In Arnold's case, the doubts and rumors took on a different shade however. There was talk about certain people wanting to produce a sequel to the successful Pumping Iron film, which was released in 1976. The film, based on a best-selling work by Charles Gaines and George Butler ,helped launch bodybuilding as an accepted sport, and made a house-hold word of Arnold's name. There was also the " Hollywood type " publicity over the on-again ,off-again status of the film , Conan the Barbarian with Arnold in the title role. Would it ever be made , and were the producers even sure there was a market for the film? Could Arnold's return be a coincidence that had nothing to do with either of these events? Then there was the question of whether Arnold was in shape or not. How intensively had he been training these past five years , especially this past year? The bottom line was , Could Arnold , No would Arnold be able to take the 1980 Mr Olympia? The answer to both is now an unequivocal " Yes " He did it!... Or did he?

Nagging doubts don't disappear quickly. Had Ali been declared the winner of his bout over Larry Holmes, in spite of his poor performance , all of us would hang our heads a little in shame. The sport of boxing would have lost a great deal of integrity it might have once have had. Holmes unquestionably fought a fair fight and deservedly won. Alas if only the same could be said of the recent Olympia.  But the question now is no loner one of " would " or " could " it has become a matter of whether Arnold should have taken the 1980 Olympia. A number of people don't think so. Boyer Coe. who placed third in the Olympia, is one of them. BODY-BUILDER had the opportunity to be at a no-questions-barred seminar given by Coe at the opening of the Valencia Health Club East , in Long Island , New York , one month after the Olympia.

There were approximately fifty in attendance , the majority of whom were bodybuilder themselves. The opening question. " What did happen at the Olympia " made for some interesting answers. The first thing Boyer mentioned was that no one could put the rumors to rest. Arnold didn't show up until six o'clock on the evening before the prejudging. The whole contest was taking on the air of something farcical , judging from the description of the events which sounded very unprofessional for an event of such a high caliber. " We really got a screwing. " said Coe about the contest. From the time Arnold arrived on the scene , it became a showcase for Arnold , and the rest of us ( competitors ) were the bit players. " There were other things about which Boyer was upset. He claims that the entrants were to have some of their expense paid , and yet they didn't receive what they had been promised. He criticized the haphazard means for dividing by height , rather than weight , which he suspects could be an indication that next year's contest is being " set up for Franco. " ( ED: it has been a criticism of others that because of Arnold's sheer height advantage over the smaller Columbu , it would be impossible for Franco's ever taking an Olympia whenever Arnold was in the lineup. The argument bears some weight by virtue of the fact that Columbu never did take an Olympia when Arnold was in competition as well , he could only take his division. )  Was there indeed , then a question of the event being fixed?

Supposedly, ( this couldn't be independently verified ) the published score sheets showed that Arnold was given four perfect scores. Boyer Coe thought this incredible, and told the seminar audience he didn't believe that " Arnold should have placed higher than 8th. " out of a field of sixteen. There was also mention that CBS had turned their coverage over to 60 Minutes for further investigation. When the CBS Sports Department was contacted , we were told by Lorene Fadil the Program Director for the " Sports Spectacular " that " no footage of the Olympia coverage was given to CBS' " 60 Minutes " She also informed us that there had been no air date set for their coverage of the Mr Olympia contest. Was CBS News suspicious of the day's events? It apparently seems not. Coe also expressed hope that CBS or any other medium that covered the event would not " whitewash " their reporting. In addition , Coe spoke of Bill Pearl's firmly insisting on strict adherence to all the rules , and continued with a story about an incident that occurred during the day's proceedings. Certainly if the incident recounted did take place , it would seem that some sort of infringement had taken place. At one point. Arnold has reportedly stopped the show and called for a towel so he could wipe the perspiration from his chest before continuing his posing. while doing so , he joked and wise-cracked with the audience. As far as Coe knew , Arnold had received no penalty for his actions. Of course everyone wanted to know exactly what Arnold looked like.

Coe told the crowd that Arnold had no tan , no choreographed posing routine, that he didn't go through the compulsory poses when the judged called for them , and his legs and chest hadn't been shaved. To my own question what kind of details he could provide about the situation backstage, both before and after the event. Coe said " When Arnold stripped ( we knew ) he didn't have a prayer. " Arnold was putting his reputation as a professional bodybuilder on the line by appearing in such condition , and it would seem then that the general consensus among the other contestants was that this was one year when they had nothing to fear by Arnold's entrance in an event. After the contest , Coe stated that there were feelings of anger and bitterness among the other competitors ( sour grapes? ) " I mostly wanted to hurry up and get out of there. " said Boyer. He also announced that he wouldn't compete next year.

This in turn led to questions about could be done , and whether professional bodybuilding could be saved. Coe talked about the possibilities of alternate contests to the Olympia and mentioned the Grand Prix Circuit which has gained a tremendous amount of respect and prestige in the last year. He said that we could hope that the new year would even see two or three professional events that would exceed the prize money paid out at the Olympia. For Coe " the Olympia is no longer the professional contest. " His resignation seemed due to a feeling of Arnold's betrayal of professional bodybuilding competition. Though he mourned that the system that us supposed to have been so good " just fell apart " he also expected much good to come out of any inquiry that may follow.

It was his philosophy that out of every bad happening comes some good chance for everyone involved to mature m grow and improve. It could be inferred , then , that Arnold may have won the contest but in doing so , lost a great deal more - namely the respect of his peers and fans. Unfortunately BODYBUILDER wasn't in Sydney , Australia to cover the event firsthand. We can only rely at this point on others to provide support or denial. We had heard the rumors and allegations , and now we've gotten an eyewitness report. We welcome any information that our readers or anyone else can offer , because we are concerned with the future of the sport. We do know , however , that if any of these allegations prove true in any way , then the sport and the art with which we are all deeply involved has indeed seen a back day. we can only hope it isn't so.   

Boyer Coe ..a Legend 

[Humble Narcissist]

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had announced his retirement from competition in 1975 ( just after he had taken the Olympia for a sixth consecutive time. ) was coming back. That was the rumor being spread around at the gyms and physique contests just prior to the 1980 Olympia, held this past October in Australia. In a year that also witnessed the comeback of another " Greatest " Muhammad Ali. nothing could come as too great a surprise. But in both these cases, along with the excitement there were some nagging doubts. Why were these men returning to competition? Certainly the prize money itself must be regarded as one of the factors. Both had garnered top dollars from their sports; it could also been a simple desire for one more shit at the Fame and Glory.

 In Arnold's case, the doubts and rumors took on a different shade however. There was talk about certain people wanting to produce a sequel to the successful Pumping Iron film, which was released in 1976. The film, based on a best-selling work by Charles Gaines and George Butler ,helped launch bodybuilding as an accepted sport, and made a house-hold word of Arnold's name. There was also the " Hollywood type " publicity over the on-again ,off-again status of the film , Conan the Barbarian with Arnold in the title role. Would it ever be made , and were the producers even sure there was a market for the film? Could Arnold's return be a coincidence that had nothing to do with either of these events? Then there was the question of whether Arnold was in shape or not. How intensively had he been training these past five years , especially this past year? The bottom line was , Could Arnold , No would Arnold be able to take the 1980 Mr Olympia? The answer to both is now an unequivocal " Yes " He did it!... Or did he?

Nagging doubts don't disappear quickly. Had Ali been declared the winner of his bout over Larry Holmes, in spite of his poor performance , all of us would hang our heads a little in shame. The sport of boxing would have lost a great deal of integrity it might have once have had. Holmes unquestionably fought a fair fight and deservedly won. Alas if only the same could be said of the recent Olympia.  But the question now is no loner one of " would " or " could " it has become a matter of whether Arnold should have taken the 1980 Olympia. A number of people don't think so. Boyer Coe. who placed third in the Olympia, is one of them. BODY-BUILDER had the opportunity to be at a no-questions-barred seminar given by Coe at the opening of the Valencia Health Club East , in Long Island , New York , one month after the Olympia.

There were approximately fifty in attendance , the majority of whom were bodybuilder themselves. The opening question. " What did happen at the Olympia " made for some interesting answers. The first thing Boyer mentioned was that no one could put the rumors to rest. Arnold didn't show up until six o'clock on the evening before the prejudging. The whole contest was taking on the air of something farcical , judging from the description of the events which sounded very unprofessional for an event of such a high caliber. " We really got a screwing. " said Coe about the contest. From the time Arnold arrived on the scene , it became a showcase for Arnold , and the rest of us ( competitors ) were the bit players. " There were other things about which Boyer was upset. He claims that the entrants were to have some of their expense paid , and yet they didn't receive what they had been promised. He criticized the haphazard means for dividing by height , rather than weight , which he suspects could be an indication that next year's contest is being " set up for Franco. " ( ED: it has been a criticism of others that because of Arnold's sheer height advantage over the smaller Columbu , it would be impossible for Franco's ever taking an Olympia whenever Arnold was in the lineup. The argument bears some weight by virtue of the fact that Columbu never did take an Olympia when Arnold was in competition as well , he could only take his division. )  Was there indeed , then a question of the event being fixed?

Supposedly, ( this couldn't be independently verified ) the published score sheets showed that Arnold was given four perfect scores. Boyer Coe thought this incredible, and told the seminar audience he didn't believe that " Arnold should have placed higher than 8th. " out of a field of sixteen. There was also mention that CBS had turned their coverage over to 60 Minutes for further investigation. When the CBS Sports Department was contacted , we were told by Lorene Fadil the Program Director for the " Sports Spectacular " that " no footage of the Olympia coverage was given to CBS' " 60 Minutes " She also informed us that there had been no air date set for their coverage of the Mr Olympia contest. Was CBS News suspicious of the day's events? It apparently seems not. Coe also expressed hope that CBS or any other medium that covered the event would not " whitewash " their reporting. In addition , Coe spoke of Bill Pearl's firmly insisting on strict adherence to all the rules , and continued with a story about an incident that occurred during the day's proceedings. Certainly if the incident recounted did take place , it would seem that some sort of infringement had taken place. At one point. Arnold has reportedly stopped the show and called for a towel so he could wipe the perspiration from his chest before continuing his posing. while doing so , he joked and wise-cracked with the audience. As far as Coe knew , Arnold had received no penalty for his actions. Of course everyone wanted to know exactly what Arnold looked like.

Coe told the crowd that Arnold had no tan , no choreographed posing routine, that he didn't go through the compulsory poses when the judged called for them , and his legs and chest hadn't been shaved. To my own question what kind of details he could provide about the situation backstage, both before and after the event. Coe said " When Arnold stripped ( we knew ) he didn't have a prayer. " Arnold was putting his reputation as a professional bodybuilder on the line by appearing in such condition , and it would seem then that the general consensus among the other contestants was that this was one year when they had nothing to fear by Arnold's entrance in an event. After the contest , Coe stated that there were feelings of anger and bitterness among the other competitors ( sour grapes? ) " I mostly wanted to hurry up and get out of there. " said Boyer. He also announced that he wouldn't compete next year.

This in turn led to questions about could be done , and whether professional bodybuilding could be saved. Coe talked about the possibilities of alternate contests to the Olympia and mentioned the Grand Prix Circuit which has gained a tremendous amount of respect and prestige in the last year. He said that we could hope that the new year would even see two or three professional events that would exceed the prize money paid out at the Olympia. For Coe " the Olympia is no longer the professional contest. " His resignation seemed due to a feeling of Arnold's betrayal of professional bodybuilding competition. Though he mourned that the system that us supposed to have been so good " just fell apart " he also expected much good to come out of any inquiry that may follow.

It was his philosophy that out of every bad happening comes some good chance for everyone involved to mature m grow and improve. It could be inferred , then , that Arnold may have won the contest but in doing so , lost a great deal more - namely the respect of his peers and fans. Unfortunately BODYBUILDER wasn't in Sydney , Australia to cover the event firsthand. We can only rely at this point on others to provide support or denial. We had heard the rumors and allegations , and now we've gotten an eyewitness report. We welcome any information that our readers or anyone else can offer , because we are concerned with the future of the sport. We do know , however , that if any of these allegations prove true in any way , then the sport and the art with which we are all deeply involved has indeed seen a back day. we can only hope it isn't so.   

No way did Arnold show up like Boyer said. Lots of sour grapes.

[Griffith]

No way did Arnold show up like Boyer said. Lots of sour grapes.

Didn't even bother to shave his legs or chest! 

[Humble Narcissist]

Didn't even bother to shave his legs or chest! 

Yeah, never heard that before. Does anyone actually believe Arnold would show up like that?

[illuminati]

Look at the grin on Mike’s face while Arnold looks broken. Arnold wasn’t in the first call out so must have felt he had lost.

Coe & Dickerson also wernt in 1st callout they must've also they'd lost
Yet all 3 placed ahead of Mike.    Try again Vince.