New Rx Muscle Contest: MEGALYMPIA!

[huge285]

Big Contest Announcement!
In 1965, Joe Weider launched the Mr. Olympia contest with a simple and straight-forward premise… rather than allowing past Mr. America and Mr. Universe winners to gradually drift into oblivion, he provided them with a much loftier goal. The initial winner of the Olympia was rewarded for decades of hard training and months of strict dieting with gaudy red velvet and gold foil crown and a check for a grand!

Since then the price money and quality of the competitors has dramatically improved. Next year’s Olympia is boasting the largest purse with a total purse of $800,000 and the winner walking home with a whopping $200,000. Now in an even bigger contest announcement, we proudly launch The Rx Muscle Bodybuilding Federation’s Mr. Megalympia™ Contest.

That’s right! Sure, the Olympia is a decent show but it has its flaws. First off, while the O may have most of the top bodybuilders of any given year battling it out (with only half of them being in peak condition), we can do it one better. The Megalympia™ has the best physique stars of history slugging it out online in their very best shape! Imagine Victor Martinez going head-to-head with Sergio Oliva or Tim Belknap trying to outmuscle Branch Warren!

Secondly, the judging is always problematic to me. Sure the judges seem qualified and most have risen through the system so that they really know what they are looking at, but they are not me. I’d really rather be the one deciding who wins a pro show. With the Megalympia™ we get to choose the victors!

The idea for this online polling-based contest is something I blatantly stole from the IronAge website (thanks guys!). Since the Rx Muscle community has their own unique way of viewing things, I wanted to see which champions rose to the top with us making the call.

First order of business is doling out the special invites. To get us started, I compiled a list of 144 bodybuilding superstars for your consideration. Look the list over carefully and if you notice some obvious omissions, go to the Megalympia thread in the forum (link at the bottom) and tell us which names should be added. Feel free to being your post with, “Steve, you imbecile! How could you have missed [insert name here]…”

You have four days to get your special invite choices posted, after that we will spend three days voting on eliminations (narrowing the field down to a mammoth 128 shredded freaks).
Then its showtime! We pair off the remaining 128 competitors in a one-on-one elimination posedown. After one week of voting (I hope these guys have adequate electrolytes because a seven-day posedown tends to cause cramping) we will be left with the top 64 bodybuilders in the world. Just imagine: Frank Zane versus Lee Labrada in their own mano a mano symmetry round; Erik Fankhouser hitting quad-shots against Tom Platz; Schwarzenegger at his peak battling a monstrous Lee Haney; Melvin Anthony spreading his V-taper next to Brian Buchanon’s; Bertil Fox pitting his brutal mass against Branch Warren’s hardcore size.

Each of these genetic freaks are in their all-time best condition and, because we spare no expense, we have enlisted Dr. Scott Connelly to reinvigorate some of our fallen compatriots (this took his as-of-now unreleased version of Progenex-RIP and plenty of essential fatty acids to lube up those dry joints). These guys have some unfinished business and they came back knowing they will truly be able to rest in peace once they are able to carve a big title on their tombstone!

We have even gone to the legal trouble of arranging a temporary release for Craig Titus and extradition of Bertil Fox and… dammit those “slaughtering the competition” puns are just too damn easy. Leave it at this, both of these guys are hungry for redemption in the bodybuilding community and this may be their last chance.

From there the contestants are matched up with new adversaries and we have another week to whittle the field down to the top 32 in the world. Another week and new match-ups gets us to the top sixteen and on from there to eight, four, two and then our ultimate crowning of the first Rx Muscle Megalympia champion! Don’t worry though, these guys all are granted free consultations with Dave Palumbo so they will able to hold their peak condition for the entire two months!

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Welcome, judges! With 144 competitors currently contracted to compete, you really have your work cut out for you. First off, I’d like you to scan over the list of competitors and see if there is anyone NOT on the list that should be. You have the ability to nominate someone for a special invite. You have three days to submit those nominees.

After that, we will open an elimination round and, through your input, whittle the field down to the top 128 male bodybuilders of all time! Then it will REALLY get interesting…

1. Achim Albrecht
2. Melvin Anthony
3. Michael Antorino
4. Jason Arntz
5. Mike Ashley
6. Gustavo Badell
7. Aaron Baker
8. Samir Bannout
9. Paco Bautista
10. Albert Beckles
11. Tim Belknap
12. Mohammed Benaziza
13. Francis Benfatto
14. John Brown
15. Brian Buchanan
16. Orville Burke
17. Roy Callendar
18. Evan Centopani
19. Brian Chamberlain
20. Darrem Charles
21. Mike Christian
22. Charles Clairmonte
23. Boyer Coe
24. Ronnie Coleman
25. Franco Columbu
26. Vince Comerford
27. Chris Cook
28. Chris Cormier
29. Ed Corney
30. Porter Cottrell
31. Brandon Curry
32. Jay Cutler
33. Shaun Davis
34. J D Dawodu
35. Joe DeAngelis
36. John Defendis
37. Omar Deckard
38. Paul Demayo
39. Berry DeMey
40. Chris Dickerson
41. Paul Dillett
42. Shane Dimora
43. Dave Draper
44. Lance Dreher
45. Mark Dugdale
46. Mat DuVall
47. Eddie Ellwood
48. Moe Elmoussawi
49. Kevin English
50. Erik Fankhouser
51. Lou Ferrigno
52. Edgar Fletcher
53. Bertil Fox
54. Michael Francois
55. Toney Freeman
56. Jean Pierre Fux
57. Rich Gaspari
58. Kai Greene
59. Alq’ Gurley
60. Marcus Haley
61. Lee Haney
62. David Hawk
63. Phil Heath
64. Phil Hill
65. Frank Hillebrand
66. Dexter Jackson
67. Johnnie Jackson
68. Dennis James
69. Richard Jones
70. Shari (King) Kamali
71. Edouard Kawak
72. Mike Katz
73. Jeff King
74. Nimrod King
75. Lee Labrada
76. Kevin Levrone
77. Mike Liberatore
78. Rory Leidelmeyer
79. Ron Love
80. Aaron Maddron
81. Victor Martinez
82. Ray McNeil
83. Mohamed Makkawy
84. JJ Marsh
85. Mike Matarazzo
86. Joe Meeko
87. Matt Mendenhall
88. Mike Mentzer
89. Ray Mentzer
90. Steve Michalik
91. Desmond Miller
92. Pete Miller
93. Johnnie Morant
94. Michael Morris
95. Andreas Munzer
96. Dennis Newman
97. Serge Nubret
98. Edward Nunn
99. Sergio Oliva
100. Danny Padilla
101. Bob Paris
102. Reg Park
103. Thierry Pastel
104. Bill Pearl
105. Tony Pearson (http://www.musclememory.com/showArticle.php?im180310)
106. Tom Platz (http://www.musclememory.com/showArticle.php?im280612,md061032,sh690918)
107. Lee Priest
108. Tom Prince
109. Jim Quinn
110. Mike Quinn
111. Shawn Ray
112. Steve Reeves
113. Vic Richards
114. Craig Richardson
115. Eddie Robinson
116. Robbie Robinson (http://www.musclememory.com/showArticle.php?mb760143)
117. Ronny Rockel
118. Markus Rühl
119. Silvio Samuel
120. Milos Sarcev
121. Gunter Schlierkamp
122. Sonny Schmidt
123. Arnold Schwarzenegger
124. Larry Scott (http://www.musclememory.com/showArticle.php?mb710528,mb710719,mb710723)
125. John Sherman
126. Nasser El Sonbaty
127. Gary Strydom
128. Kalman Szkalak
129. Ernie Taylor
130. Quincy Taylor
131. Vince Taylor
132. Victor Terra
133. Craig Titus
134. Casey Viator
135. Idrise Ward-El
136. Branch Warren
137. Ken (Flex)Wheeler
138. Ben White
139. Phil Williams
140. Bill Wilmore
141. Dennis Wolf
142. Dorian Yates
143. Frank Zane
144. Troy Zuccolotto

[StrongMan.87]

Frank Mcgrath and Guy Cisternino!! :bowdown:

[sba220]

Romano has already asked how many times he can vote for King Tamali.

[huge285]

This is gonna be a real exciting contest!

[vboissiere]

Sounds like fun!

[buster12]

kenny jones??? lmao!

[StrongMan.87]

Bob Cicherillo :popcorn:

[buster12]

lets not forget the worlds most delusional moron... Vince Goodrum!
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["Rodz"]

lets not forget the worlds most delusional moron... Vince Goodrum!
14838

It should be him VS. kamali for the 1st round

["Rodz"]

When do the games begin?

[Mudpro69]

Let's add Palumbo to the list. He maybe old and outta shape. But hey, so are half these contestants.....Can't wait to get this started...

[Mr X]

Let's add Palumbo to the list. He maybe old and outta shape. But hey, so are half these contestants.....Can't wait to get this started...

Dave outta shape ?...yeh good one mate.

[Sandpig]

This should be very interesting.

[SUMO]

lets not forget the worlds most delusional moron... Vince Goodrum!
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Vince isn't a pro. However, Jocelyn Peletier is :D

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/piercedbuddha/noc2003_pelletier01.jpg

[Joe_Clay]

Eddie Abbew

[Biggie973]

This would be funny & great at the same time.

[Gaoshang Xiongshou]

My choices:

Frank McGrath
Sere Nubret
Ed Corney
Branch Warren
Keven Levrone
Frank Zane
Brandon Curry
Orville Burke
Mike Mentzer
Franco Columbu
Rich Gaspari
Phil Heath

[J. Daniels]

Where's Tom Terwilliger?

[Jaredmus]

A few match ups i would love to see areJay Cutler 2001 Vs Dorian Yates 94Phil Heath vs LevroneRich Gaspari vs David HenryShawn Ray vs Silvio SamuelLee Priest vs Kai Greene

[lioninwinter68]

Harold Poole, who was Mr. Universe and a Mr. Olympia runner-up in the 60s.
Jim Morris, who was Mr. USA - AAU in 1972 and Mr. America - AAU in 1973.

[anthony1992]

Cool

[R_U_Red_D]

I want to see Kenny Jones square off against Kai Green in a 30 minute pose down in a WBF format........with a steel chair.

[John Romano]

You guys are going to love this!

[R_U_Red_D]

lets not forget the worlds most delusional moron... Vince Goodrum!
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Wonder how many liters of milk you can get from him in a week?

[Dan Rek]

Steve, you imbecile! How could you have missed Trey Brewer?

[Dan Rek]

And Charles Atlas???

haha

[Thefuture]

Dennis Tinerino,Ricky Wayne

[MichaelWayne]

Arnold wins. Ok, next contest.

[AFTazz06]

Let's add Palumbo to the list. He maybe old and outta shape. But hey, so are half these contestants.....Can't wait to get this started...

What the fuck are you talking about?! Dave's in better shape than many of the pros still competeing today. And he's only in his 40's, old is 70+.

[diego-b]

Hey BiG DAVE you have to be on that list. All in Favor Say Hell Yeah

[Nick Paladino]

Tom Platz VS. Desmond Miller could you picture that!!?? or a 300pound JUMBO PALUMBO VS. Dorian Yates!!

[R_U_Red_D]

Arnold wins. Ok, next contest.

and Mentzer quits the sport again in disgust, deja vu....

[RealLilSwole]

Porter Cotrel (spelling?)

[Dan Rek]

+ 1 for Dave

[flipper]

Hey Dave, there was a bodybuilder from the early 90's that I was a fan of named Santorino (I think). Any idea what happened to him?

[Dan Rek]

I think it would be a good idea to sticky this thread.

:wavey:

[MichaelWayne]

and Mentzer quits the sport again in disgust, deja vu....

'I' lolz

[poiuyt]

Fantastic idea Sir Palumbo, even if i have to admit i dont know half the guys in your list...

[LANCE ADAM]

a 300pound JUMBO PALUMBO VS. Dorian Yates!!

:beerbang:

[Almaz]

Damn i had never seen those pics of Mohammed Benaziza

Dorian at left,Momo at the right.His last Mr.Olympia :bowdown:

[sgtmason]

Possible invites:

Frank McGrath
Dave Palumbo
Ken Waller
John Grimek

[Carlos Godoy]

dave out of shape? WTF//
Do u live in another planet?

[Steve_Colescott]

This is gonna be a slugfest!

[The Thinker]

Bleckman's vote: er ahhh, anybody with striated glutes, yeah, yeah that's it. GLUTES!!!!

[Mudpro69]

dave out of shape? WTF//
Do u live in another planet?

For the record, I was being sarcastic. (eg. Blechman is one jacked SOB...sarcastic, get it)

[thepump]

:popcorn: Will be worth the watch. Great idea.

[flipper]

It was Franco Santoriello....................

[Curt James]

Hey BiG DAVE you have to be on that list. All in Favor Say Hell Yeah

Truth. :beerbang:

And is Ron Teufel on that list?

http://www.ronteufel.com/

[Curt James]

At first glance, I'd add Ron Teufel, Dave Johns, and Ken Waller to the list of competitors.

[Thefuture]

Leroy Colbert
Leon Brown (sick back)
Bill Grant

[Nick Paladino]

Bill grant is still in GREAT shape!!

[Curt James]

Bill grant is still in GREAT shape!!

Truth.

http://billgrant.net

From years ago:

[mikegio1989]

casey viator:D

["Rodz"]

What about the Muscle Chef.......what was his name again?

["Rodz"]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513DFWP9A5L._SS500_.jpg

[poiuyt]

:lmao: Hilarious

[Ryan.]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513DFWP9A5L._SS500_.jpg

that is one of the best pictures ever!

hahaha

[Manavs]

Big Contest Announcement!
The idea for this online polling-based contest is something I blatantly stole from the IronAge website (thanks guys!).

:catfight:

http://ironage.us/yabbse/index.php/board,7.40.html

[JIMMYTHEMUS]

What about roger walker from australia?

[Sandpig]

John Grimek

[Steve_Colescott]

Steve, you imbecile! How could you have missed Sergey Shelestov?!?

[ChunkyThunder]

+1 for Cormier

[JVALDEZ]

VINCE COMERFORD

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m195/joespeedzone/comerf03.jpg

[Mighty]

No palumbo?!?!

[Cyanide]

Frank Mcgrath and Guy Cisternino!! :bowdown:
what the hell? are you serious? are you just trying to kiss some ass or something?

[The Big Sexy]

I can't believe no one has even mentioned Gregg Valentino.... Geesh

[Mudpro69]

I can't believe no one has even mentioned Gregg Valentino.... Geesh
OH, so there are divisions in this contest? He'll be in the retard division...

[Curt James]

What about roger walker from australia?

http://www.muscle.com.au/ALI/rogerwalker_im.jpg

And has Fouad Abiad been mentioned?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/curt_james/MD/fouadabiadtampa08.jpg

I don't believe he was in the original posting.

[Curt James]

OH, so there are divisions in this contest? He'll be in the retard division...

In for the "shopped" division!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/curt_james/MD/progresspic.jpg

[Curt James]

John Grimek

Amen.

How about Jim Haislop, too?

http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/bodybuilder/jimhaislop/jimhaislop11.jpg

http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/bodybuilder/jimhaislop/jimhaislop5.jpg

[evilive138]

No Danny Padilla?!?!?!?!!?!?

http://www.dannypadilla.com/photos/DanFranco81A.jpg

[Curt James]

Padilla is number 100. :beerbang:

Geek that I am, I copied the list to a Word document and then used the "Find" tool.

More Padilla here: http://dannypadilla.com/

[the_gift]

Frank Mcgrath and Guy Cisternino!! :bowdown:

no..

bob cicherillo

[the_gift]

Padilla is number 100. :beerbang:

Geek that I am, I copied the list to a Word document and then used the "Find" tool.

More Padilla here: http://dannypadilla.com/

you can just press control F in the browser.

[the_gift]

Pavol Jabolinichy
Don Long

[BigAl33]

Jusup Wilkosz.. At least for the "Beard Factor"

http://digilander.libero.it/wilkosz/w34.jpg
http://digilander.libero.it/wilkosz/w23.jpg

[evilive138]

Padilla is number 100. :beerbang:

Geek that I am, I copied the list to a Word document and then used the "Find" tool.

More Padilla here: http://dannypadilla.com/

I just skimmed the list. Nice find Curt!

[Curt James]

you can just press control F in the browser.

Oh?

Dang. Learn something new every day. :beerbang:

Do you know about Alt-Print Screen for a screen capture? Some pages are protected but occasionally you can press Alt-PrScr and then paste the image to Paint, crop it, and Save it to your PC.

[buster12]

Don't forget to add curt james to that list!

["Rodz"]

I can't believe no one has even mentioned Gregg Valentino.... Geesh

I didnt realize there would be a "natural" division

[Steve_Colescott]

"Geek that I am, I copied the list to a Word document and then used the "Find" tool."

I should have mentioned that they appear in the original list alphabetically by last name.

[Steve_Colescott]

Steve, you North American-biased imbecile!! How could you have forgotten:
Armin Scholz
Hidegata Yamagishi
Shigeru Sugita

[HeavyDutyGuy]

No Jocelyn Pelletier??? This is an outrage! I'm not playing your reindeer game!

[Steve_Colescott]

The Megalympia is now closed to Special Invites.

We shall begin the first round of posedown very shortly!

[Zetawill]

AGH.....no Tinerino?


I agree that we should have at least one showdown of the most delusional of "Bodybuilders"
V. Goodrum vs. King Kamali

Kamali does have VG on actual size, but VG puts King in his place when it comes to self-inflated mental muscle. The way VG talks his mind has him inflated to just under Droian's size.
Kamali could actually make it deeper in the competition, but VG has him beat in the delusional.

[andyb101]

Here's some people missing off the list:

Jon Hnatyschak
Scott Wilson
Peter Hensel
Steve Davis

[Curt James]

The Megalympia is now closed to Special Invites.

We shall begin the first round of posedown very shortly!

:bowdown: :beerbang:

[Steve_Colescott]

Tinerino is on the list.

[mg659er]

Tom Platz VS. Desmond Miller could you picture that!!?? or a 300pound JUMBO PALUMBO VS. Dorian Yates!!

Or dave vs king salami! branch vs kai vs platz vs d.miller

[mg659er]

dayum was Phil Hernon mentioned??

YouTube - Phil Hernon Posing 1994 USA

Oh well!

[mg659er]

Pavel Jablonicky

[mg659er]

YouTube - 4', 11" ITALY Bodybuilder FLAVIO BACCIANINI
lol

Sorry just saw this thread!

[Curt James]

Tony Pearson versus Ron Teufel! And this time Teuf DESTROYS!

http://davedraper.com/fusionbb/fbbuploads/med_1193626255-RTmag1.jpghttp://www.biosynclasvegas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/tony-pearson.jpg


http://www.bodybuildingreviews.net/frontpages/teufel1.jpg

DESTROYS!

:bowdown: :D

[Steve_Colescott]

UPDATE: I am currently putting up the matches. Since we have so many contenders most with be in three-way matches in the first round; some in two-person face-offs, just so we can get down to 64 competitors for Round Two.

What I did: I put all 173 bodybuilders in alphabetical order and assigned them a number (from 1-173). Then I went onto a random number generator [http://www.random.org/integers/ (http://www.random.org/integers/)] and used that to plug them into a grid, which defined who went up against whom.

To get down to 64 winners, we have 45 three-way match-ups and 19 two-way matches. Like I said, in Round Two all the battles will be one-on-one.

Pardon my fumbling around setting up the threads. I am new to this. I will try to get 6-10 matches up each day (although I may not get any tomorrow since I seriously need sleep).

IMPORTANT: PLEASE POST PHOTOS AND YouTube CLIPS ON THE THREADS IN THE FORUM. ALSO WE ENCOURAGE LIVELY DEBATE THERE. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE POSTING THESE, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I DID WRONG.

THANKS!
Steve

[Maximus7132005]

I predict ronnie coleman at his best wins this contest

[andyb101]

im going with dorian to win

[mg659er]

I predict ronnie coleman at his best wins this contest


I second this motion!:beerbang:

No one can beat his total package head to head!

Or he's at least top 3!

[Curt James]

Or he's at least top 3!

haHA :) You predict the possibility that Arnold and Sergio will both top Ronnie for the crown?

Or are you also considering Dorian as a potential threat?

I say Arnold takes it, but believe Oliva at his peak is the ultimate bodybuilder.

If I'm not mistaken, Schwarzenegger has stated that opinion as well at some point.

[Canuck_Muscle]

This thing is friggin sweet! Great idea and I hope to see plenty more of it.

[Salfetka]

where is the grea flex wheeler??? :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[kratos47]

wow that phil hernon guy looks great

[Addadude]

Damn i had never seen those pics of Mohammed Benaziza

Dorian at left,Momo at the right.His last Mr.Olympia :bowdown:

Crikey, Mohammed Benaziza actually appears to OWN Dorian in those shots! To me, every bodypart looks thicker, proportionately bigger and better shaped. If only he had been taller...

[BigAl33]

Whens this contest start. Can't wait to see how it goes...