Franco sucked the right cocks leading up to the show. Plain and simple.
Actually, Franco was the biggest name and so arrogant that he felt the rest of competition had to suck his cock to even compete against him ....All I can say is there is more to just look at some 35 year old bunch of pics, it was another era.. Franco or the judges had no respect for the likes of Padilla Platz etc...
Don't let the "broken English all smiles" fool you, Franco was cockier than Arnold, a Weider boy ,elite BB 76'Mr.O, a promoter and close friend with judges....again, it was another time and with all the big names of the 70's gone they couldn't care less if Platz,Padilla etc were in it .... Franco coming back from devastating injury was to win it no matter what .
Platz was the uncrowned champ in 81' btw
WoooSHHHHHHHHHH