Haney competed in 91 to win his 8th putting him one ahead of Arnold's 7
There would have been no point in him competing in 92 to try for a 9th
Dorian came second in 91 Dorian has stated that if Haney had turned up in 92, then he, Dorian would still have won and been Mr O that year
Dorian would have dethroned Haney the same way as Jay dethroned Ronnie after Ronnie got his 8th, no 9th for Ronnie, and there would have been no 9th for Haney
Did Haney stay away because he knew Dorian would beat him? Or did he always know he would retire undefeated once he had his 8th?
Haney had his long run, then Dorian, then Ronnie
Nasser, Shawn, Flex and Kevin were all runner up under Dorian, usually made up the top four, and any of them could have theoretically won on their year if they unseated Dorian
Ronnie was way down the list so when Dorian didn't come out for his seventh, any of these four should or could have won that year
So it was decided somewhere that Ronnie would be put into first place and stay there
Nasser, Shawn, Flex and Kevin should each have had a Sandow and held the title at least once in their career, the same way Samir and Dickerson did
1992
Dorian
Kevin 2nd
Shawn 4th
Ronnie 16th his Olympia debut
1993
Dorian
Flex 2nd
Shawn 3rd
Kevin 5th
Ronnie no sign
1994
Dorian
Shawn 2nd
Kevin 3rd
No Flex
Ronnie 15th
1995
Dorian
Kevin 2nd
Nasser 3rd
Shawn 4th
Flex 8th
Ronnie 11th
1996
Dorian
Shawn 2nd
Kevin 3rd
Flex 4th
Ronnie 5th
Nasser scored 3rd disqualified
otherwise 96 would be
Dorian
Shawn 2nd
Nassar 3rd
Kevin 4th
Flex 5th
Ronnie 6th
a chance to have them all together in a classic lineup
1997
Dorian last Olympia
Nasser 2nd
Shawn 3rd
Kevin 4th
Ronnie 9th
1998
Ronnie first win
Flex 2nd
Nasser 3rd
Kevin 4th
Shawn 5th
We have Flex, Nasser, Kevin and Shawn occupying the runner up top five slots right through there
In 98 anyone of them could have been number one, with the other three lining up behind them
Somehow Ronnie comes from lower down the pile to win the show, with the four of them lining up after him
With Dorian we saw him come 2nd to Haney in 91 then inherit the title in 92
Jay came up the ranks and held second for consecutive years until he won
So how did Ronnie jump over the four top guys and then stay there ?
