Mendenhall vs Rory

[Nether Animal]

Regardless of where they placed or how long they competed, who, at their best, do you prefer?

Remember, Rory was closer to 6'2''.

Matt:

[Nether Animal]

Rory:

[Shizzo]

Why did Rory turn into Tarzan, complete with the leopard thong?


Rory loses because he used a gimmick.

[Megalodon]

Why did Rory turn into Tarzan, complete with the leopard thong?

He didn't have a choice. Rory is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the Atlantic coast of Africa by mutineers. When Rory was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Rory was adopted.

[jaejonna]

I feel like every year these two are brought up as dudes (+ Jeff King) that never reached their potential as a pro, with the combined 6 pics btw the both of them ...BB has really progressed 

[BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT]

Rory absolutely.

[MORTALCOIL]

Neither of them got their pro-card, right? The current state of Bbing is laughable.

[Simple Simon]

Rory had better flow to his physique, Matt looked a little blocky.

[MORTALCOIL]

Rory had better flow to his physique, Matt looked a little blocky.

And Rory has him on the arms. Matt had good bis but triceps lacked the pop that Rory has.

[Old School Trainer]

I saw Matt compete back in the day and he had really sick calves like Vince Taylor's.  He picked a really bad year to attempt his comeback as that was about the deepest heavyweight class ever.  Virtually everyone in the top 10 wound up or could have been a great pro.

[Rudee]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-mendenhall-10376b6

[Matt]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-mendenhall-10376b6

LOL. Who is that in the photo?

[Ronnie Rep]

Neither of them got their pro-card, right? The current state of Bbing is laughable.

QFT. fucking joke.

[jude2]

Rory.

[Danimal77]

Regardless of where they placed or how long they competed, who, at their best, do you prefer?

Remember, Rory was closer to 6'2''.

Matt:

I have a Muscle & Fitness magazine from the early 80's featuring Rory, saying he was 5'11" and 235 pounds off-season and 225 onstage, with 20" biceps. That being said, Rory was definitely taller than Bob Paris who was listed as 6'0" in the 80's. Some inconsistencies for sure. Personally, I think Bob was 5'11" at best (maybe even 5'10") and Rory about 6'0"-6'1".

Matt was listed as 5'11" and 255 pounds in an early/mid 80's Muscle & Fitness magazine as well (same height as Lee Haney).

Mike Christian was 6'1".

[Danimal77]

Matt was pretty damn impressive

[Simple Simon]

I have a Muscle & Fitness magazine from the early 80's featuring Rory, saying he was 5'11" and 235 pounds off-season and 225 onstage, with 20" biceps. That being said, Rory was definitely taller than Bob Paris who was listed as 6'0" in the 80's. Some inconsistencies for sure. Personally, I think Bob was 5'11" at best (maybe even 5'10") and Rory about 6'0"-6'1".

Matt was listed as 5'11" and 255 pounds in an early/mid 80's Muscle & Fitness magazine as well (same height as Lee Haney).

Mike Christian was 6'1".

I stood next to Bob in 1989 at a seminar, he was taller than me , Im 5'10, hes definitely 6ft.

[BSN]

Matt

[BSN]

Rory

[Pet shop boys]

They both had good genetics,  unlike Palumbo and Chicherillo who were heavily  juicing for over two decades and yet couldn't turn pro



WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH   LE VRO NEEEEEEEEEEEE

[jude2]

They both had good genetics,  unlike Palumbo and Chicherillo who were heavily  juicing for over two decades and yet couldn't turn pro



WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH   LE VRO NEEEEEEEEEEEE

Great body and hair genetics.

[Coach is Back!]

Rory

Find another pic. That's a pic of him at his worst, no thanks to Jeff Feliciano at 190lbs for the America (Belknap won that year and I was the featured training article in Muscle Digest) where dumbass Feliciano told him to completely quit training two weeks before the show on fish, water and cross tops to get to the LT. Heavies.

[Rudee]

And Rory has him on the arms. Matt had good bis but triceps lacked the pop that Rory has.

His triceps lacked pop?   

[MORTALCOIL]

His triceps lacked pop?   

Lacked the pop that Rory had. Semantics, man.

[JAGO]

I remember when Dave Palumbo and Romano interviewed Rory . . . Rory said Matt was on the run because of child molestation accusation.

J