Rich Piana: 5%ERS!

[Rich Piana]

So I have a question...

I have seen for years Rich called (and calling himself) Mr. California.

I cannot find ANY record of his having won at least a weight class, much less an overall, at the NPC California.

Anyone have documented confirmation?

Hey brother I don't know why you care about my contest history since you have so much hate toward me??? I started competing at 15 and did 13 shows as a teenager winning the overall in most!! In mens division I won the overall at the Orange County and at the Cal in 1998! Most people know of my California win because Quincy Taylor was the favorite to win the show and nobody would beat him! Even Flex magazine printed that a month before the show!! Well I won and Quincy threw his trophy down and broke it in front of Jim Manion!! Theres was tons of coverage and I got 6 magazine covers after that show. The following year went into USA's and got 7th place weighing in at 278! At the time I was the biggest to ever step on stage at a National show! I was doing tons of TV, commercials and movies and It was taking away from my bodybuilding but I could not just give it up I was addicted and honestly should of never competed again! I admit My showings were awful and if you can't put 100% in then give it up!! My best showings were Winning my class at the LA and losing the overall to Mark Dugdale and 6th at Nationals the same year and I won the overall at the Border States but in my opinion I looked like shit!! I gave about 40% but sometimes its not how good you are its how shitty the rest of the competition is!! I don't claim to be anything I just love working out and being the best that I can be! Sorry you dislike me so much!! Keep Killin it brother and and I wish we could all just be iron brothers we have enough hate from the general public!!

[Rich Piana]

1989 NPC California Championships (Teenage and Overall) 1st place

Yes I won that year and then again won the Mens overall in 1998

[RagnarDanneskjold]

Rich is a legend. I don't plan to compete ever but still want to be a 5%er. Im doing it for the feel not for trophies :3

[warthog]

Why is that funny?

It's a bit strange that they have some of the other athletes pictures and not his.I at first it was only on the sites I checked but he also found stuff not listed on other sites.Just wondering what the reason is.Why did they leave out the ones where he was at his best ?

[Triple-H_2005]

Hey brother I don't know why you care about my contest history since you have so much hate toward me??? I started competing at 15 and did 13 shows as a teenager winning the overall in most!! In mens division I won the overall at the Orange County and at the Cal in 1998! Most people know of my California win because Quincy Taylor was the favorite to win the show and nobody would beat him! Even Flex magazine printed that a month before the show!! Well I won and Quincy threw his trophy down and broke it in front of Jim Manion!! Theres was tons of coverage and I got 6 magazine covers after that show. The following year went into USA's and got 7th place weighing in at 278! At the time I was the biggest to ever step on stage at a National show! I was doing tons of TV, commercials and movies and It was taking away from my bodybuilding but I could not just give it up I was addicted and honestly should of never competed again! I admit My showings were awful and if you can't put 100% in then give it up!! My best showings were Winning my class at the LA and losing the overall to Mark Dugdale and 6th at Nationals the same year and I won the overall at the Border States but in my opinion I looked like shit!! I gave about 40% but sometimes its not how good you are its how shitty the rest of the competition is!! I don't claim to be anything I just love working out and being the best that I can be! Sorry you dislike me so much!! Keep Killin it brother and and I wish we could all just be iron brothers we have enough hate from the general public!!

I'm going to take the time to answer you again, because I respect you as a person. Not because I think that another clearly thought-out, courteous reply will open up any kind of dialogue, because you never responded to my last reply to you. You're not interested in a discussion of any kind, you're interested in defense and posting on Social Media.

That being said, I was reading another forum and someone called your claim a lie. I though to myself that there's no way he'd do that because the results of damn near everything in the last 15-20 years are on the net somewhere. Then I got caught up in link jumping, looking at the winners of the Cal. I thought "Damn, if he won that show, he must have beaten some pretty good guys!", so I started trying to find that year. It's nowhere. I was just curious about who else was in the contest. Everything isn't an attack. It was an honest curious question.

Regarding my "hate" toward you... If you had bothered to read my last reply to you (which you clearly either didn't or disregarded entirely) you would know there's no "hate"...only curiosity on some very specific points that you refuse to address.

I said repeatedly that you looked GREAT then...a physique that I could only dream of. So relax for a second, read everything I've written and if you're so inclined, reply and I'm more than eager to hear everything that you have to say.

Like I've said repeatedly, since you don't need the endorsement, you're in the unique position to actually deliver the truth. It would be awesome to see that done in its entirety.

Yes I won that year and then again won the Mens overall in 1998

Dennis Newman didn't win the 1989 Teen Cal? And which Overall? The post indicates Men's Overall, but Flex Wheeler won the Men's Overall in 1989.

I'm sure you can see how one might get a bit confused...

[rinse]

Rich wrote he won the Cal 1998 not 1989.

[Triple-H_2005]

1989 NPC California Championships (Teenage and Overall) 1st place

Yes I won that year and then again won the Mens overall in 1998

Rich wrote he won the Cal 1998 not 1989.

No, he said "I won that year and then again won the Mens overall...".

Rich replied to the top quote with the above quote. I was clarifying which "Overall" was referenced, because he appears to be saying he won "that year" (1989) and "then again in 1998". The verbiage reads 2 that because there was only an open Teenage class in 1989, with no Overall Teenage, then there were two wins in 1989...Teenage and Overall.

He could have only won the Overall "again", if he won it the first time.

I didn't think that's what he meant, so I'm clarifying.

[Curt James]

Next on Perry Mason.

-_-

[Triple-H_2005]

Ha!

Seriously...what did he win at the NPC Cal in 1989?

Dennis Newman won the Teen and Flex won the Overall...

[Curt James]

Was that posted in this thread already?

[Curt James]

Rich Piana Contest History

2010 NPC National Bodybuilding Championships
Men: Super Heavyweight

2009 NPC Sacramento
Mens Bodybuilding: Super Heavyweight (1st)

2009 Border States Classic XXX
Men: Overall Winner
Men: Super Heavyweight (1st)

2004 National Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure Championships
Men: Super Heavyweight (6th)

2003 National Bodybuilding Championship - NPC
Men: Super Heavyweight (16th)

2003 USA Bodybuilding Championships - NPC
Men: Super Heavyweight (11th)

2003 Los Angeles Bodybuilding Championships – NPC
Men: Unlimited Super Heavyweight (1st)

1999 USA Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships
Men: Super Heavyweight (7th)

From http://pics.musculardevelopment.com/...85&mode=browse

That may easily be a partial list.

[Curt James]

Rich Piana DNP at the 2010 NPC Nationals > Trip and me not winning Mr. Podunk

2010 NPC Nationals

Super Heavyweight
1. Robert Burneika
2. Keith Williams
3. Steve Kuclo
4. Drew Jemmott
5. Kirk DeFrancesco
6. Eboni Wilson
7. Sean Allan
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Todd Jewell
10. Yamil Cabral
11. Eric Posejpal
12. Mario Possemato
13. Nathan Steiger
14. Gabriel Latifi
15. Stephen Frazier
16. Chris Smith
16. Dan Newmire
16. Cole Bean
16. Rich Piana
16. Ty Young
16. Walter Sampson
16. Adam Weidel
16. Ryan Pateracki
16. Wil Vaughn
16. Marlon Foots
16. DeCarlo Lewis
16. Rudy Richards
16. Ambrose Middleton

[HTW]

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[HTW]

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[Curt James]