Though I haven't seen it in its entirety, the best show I've ever seen is the 1991 World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF) Championship.
I have footage of the posing routines of Tony Pearson and eventual WBF Champion Gary Strydom on tape (from episodes of BodyStars that I recorded).
I've also seen the routines of Eddie Robinson, Mike Christian, and Berry DeMey from that show. Unfortunately, I was at school (college) at the time and couldn't record them, because I was watching TV in a building with no VCR.
Some of you may recall DeMey's routine, with the stage being morphed into a "sauna" and four ladies, wrapped in towels, eagerly awaiting the presence of the "Flexing Dutchman".
Robinson's routine consisted of his pre-film, showing him having fun on the beach in Florida, followed by Robinson "parasailing" down to the stage.
Christian has some chain-mail outfit in his routine, and after hitting some dramatic poses, he is undress by, of course, one of the WBF stage ladies.
And, of course, Strydom hits the stage, large and in charge, with two ladies in evening gowns escorting him to the ring. One takes his cane;the other takes his top hat. They look Strydom up and down, do an about-face, and exit stages left and right, allowing Strydom to style and profile his way to the WBF title..."You've seen the rest; Now, see the best!!!"
Compared to the IFBB shows at that time, the WBF Championship was FAR BETTER PRODUCED, actually resembling a world-class event.
