personally, I think that this thread is dying because the evidence for the Ronnie side is just so overwhelming.
You can only ignore pics and videos that show the obvious winner for so long..
and besides, once the video for the 1999 Olympia prejudging shows up on Youtube, this debate will be over once and for all.I just watched it the other day and could not believe the condition Ronnie was in. His back double bi even destroyed Flex's in DETAIL, which normally does not happen. He was that good in 1999. He most muscular has to be seen to be believed.
After watching the night show and the prejudging, I am not so sure Ronnie was harder at the pre-judging than at the night show.
I think the lighting was better, he had more oil, but most of all, the camera is focased right on Ronnie doing each mandatory in turn during the prejudging. During his posing routine, the camera is all over the place. This makes a big difference when assessing their physiques. Also, during the prejudging, Ronnie holds his poses much longer than during his routine. This also makes a differerence. Ronnie has bad habit of going too quickly during his posing. This prevents him from really tightening up his poses.
During the prejuding, you can really see how good he was.