Flex Wheeler vs. Ronnie Coleman @ 1999 Grand Prix England
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- "Uncrowned Mr. Olympia" Kenneth "Flex" Wheeler (August 23, 1965; Fresno, CA) vs. the Greatest Of All Time Ronnie Coleman (May 13, 1964; Monroe, LA) @ the IFBB Dorian Yates Grand Prix England on Sunday, October 31st, 1999 @ the Apollo Theater in Manchester.
0:00 introduction
0:45 comparison [with Kevin Levrone]
2:33 Flex Wheeler's posing routine
5:13 Ronnie Coleman's posing routine
9:06 award ceremony
Hardest judging in bb history
not hard. Easy win for Flex. Big legs so impressive abs, arms shoulder etc and etc.
Are you serious bruh...
@@fiz0746 you clearly don’t understand bodybuilding
@@fiz0746 yeah cause ronnie didn’t have big legs🤦🏼♂️
@vikash nyt on what planet does Flex have a thicker back than Ronnie Coleman? Lmao
The lighting at this show was incredible. Current day show organisers need to step up
The lighting and background at this year's Olympia was an actual outrage.
No matter how much we say they will never lets just do a riot all together and burn it down. Yes we might go jail but things such as lighting will be better for the good if we attack and protest. Who's with me
All are real deals unlike recent years
Besides Ronnie has gyno these two look better than anyone on an IFBB stage since maybe Phil Heath in 2011
Incandescent bulbs>>>>>LED lighting
I was at this show , make no mistake everyone looked incredible. Probably one of best shows in history!
Did Flex deserve to beat Kevin?
@@scerkann3966 yeah !
Did flex deserve to beat ronnie?
Some of comments are saying 1999flex beat ronnie
Or robbed
@scerkann3966 plz replay bro
@@jojojacob2279 everyone at that show looked amazing, but Ronnie definitely deserved it.
Three of the best ever, at the same time, this is priceless. Kevin and Flex looked crazy muscular when they pose, but Ronnie muscularity was on a whole other level. This man is looking rediculous.
The nuances is what it must have came down to considering how great those men had their conditioning. The back on ronnie is untouchable. Flex coulda had smaller waist and flatter abs and cemented himself as the goat of physique. But the goat of physique to me is still in the hands of charles glass
Flex and Kevin where full with oil
@@flipperboy7023how lol 😂😂
El cuerpo de coleman es feo el trapecio exagerado en flex el hombro sobresale el cuerpo de flex es el mejor cuerpo de la historia es lo que se busca el sueño de todo culturista. no ese cuerpo feo de coleman con abdominales separados por la distensión abdominal
🤷♂️
@@flipperboy7023 Kevin didn't have synthol like Flex
Ronnie's back was unbelievable
This version of ronnie is untouchable till this DAY.. unbelievable, i dont htink we will see another BB that will reach this level or beyond in our life time...
Jay Cutler coming back to win again was by far the best body outside of Arnold.
ok but check out Ronnie 2002 he was unbeatable that year
@@kevinpostler6834lol NO, 2009 Cutler was awesome and his best physique but not even close to Ronnie, Jay would even tell you this
@@kevinpostler6834I hope you are joking. It s thousands here behind Ronnie, Dorian and so many others
@rxw5520no cavles..half is missing as well
Im as big a Ronnie fan as the next guy but Flexs symmetry holy shit. Flex just born at the wrong time lol
Flex also didn’t have the heart and work ethic of Ron.
Dear flex was good but ronie was fat better than flex
I don't really agree. I prefer Ronnie's shape, which, at this point, was still freakish with all that mass and very small waist. Also, Wheeler's arms and shoulders look overblown in comparison to the rest of his body (looks like obvious seo use).
Ronnie was more balanced, nothing out of proportion, Flex had huge SYNTHOL arms, soft glutes and hamstrings.
Ronnie SMOKES him from behind, not even close, Ronnie's back and glutes/ hams destroy flex or kevin
It's hard to imagine anyone beating this Flex, then Ronnie walks out.
LOL
Same thing I just said ... if he was in any other Era but Ronnie's prime he would be a mr o
@@jayjilla3510 he also was in Dorian's era and couldn't beat him either
@@SureBone99 did you miss the part where he said "this Flex"
@@SureBone99 in actuality flex did be Dorian Dorian had nothing on flex the judges pick who they want to pick win lose or draw
Flex had the perfect physique he literally looks like the Sandow trophy itself
Full of oil
@@flipperboy7023 no that was nassar not to say flex didnt but there much worse offenders.
Phil Heath would dominate Flex, two different eras but Phil looked like Flex but freakier and NO SYNTHOL
@@mikebird5148Phil já assumiu ter usado shyntol. Em seus braços.
Damn, Ronnie really got in Flex's way of being a superstar. Also, they must have had better gear in the 90s and early 2000s, I think this is easily the best era in bodybuilding
Same gear, just better work ethic.
@@ngatiwarrior6975 Better judging too? Their legs werent disproportionately huge compared to their upper bodies
synthetic growth hormone was available and also the use of insulin, thats the big difference. The cadaver gh in the 80s was shit
It's synthol brother synthol has ruined bodybuilding. It blurs detail and stresses heart and kidneys big time.
Yea the timing was bad for flex
It's crazy how underrated Kevin Levrone is. He deserves more credit.
The greatest top 3 in the history of competitive bodybuilding and the greatest lighting of all time
Makes me proud to be English to see this lighting and stage setup at a whole other level. You can see every detail in every muscle fibre from the back of the hall, these top 3 legends of the 90s have never looked better. 😊
Época em que genética, qualidade e competitividade eram verdadeiramente importante e subjugadas. Era de ouro ❤️
People say Flex should have won in 1999 but for God's sake, just look at that extraterrestrial bodybuilder by the name Ronnie Coleman from 'PLANET MUSCLE' 😱.... unbelievable and unbeatable. Period!✌️😊💪😎
No it was undeniable lol
@@yessirrr5182 😂👌
@Dom Bodybuilding Hey Dom.. I have replied to you to your other message...plz check there 😊
Flex has zero chance. It's not gonna happen.
Ronnie looks like he's posing next to his children it's insane.
@@modo203 Ronnie even said he thought flex was going to win cause of his shape
I think Dorian was the reason why this show was some awesome and and he knew what they needed!
This was Flex at his best for sure. I feel that he won this hands down and I love Ronnie
Synthol
Ronnie era 3x maior
@@gencademi9362 Hell No
@@F_antomas delusional fanboy
@@gencademi9362 I am not a fan and I don't think you lift any weights . You have no clue about muscles and synthol . I am not a boy either, I started Bodybuilding when you were still in your daddy's nutsack . No go away little boy
An amazing selection of songs
if ronnie had flex wheeler's abs and midsection he would have won every olympia
What about if flex had ronnie's thigh
@@Kelorie Clavícula too
He won already
Damn , great Vid. But , for all the work these guys out in, they deserve a hell of a lot more the 10k,7k,5k... Even in 1999. These men are worth so much more then that.
Very true
Should have been 50k at least. 5k wouldn't even cover their steroids, let alone their dieting
The top BBs always made more money from endorsements etc.
90s Era will never be replicated. Legendary 🫡😎👑
I loved Flex Wheeler back in the day. I thought he would dominate after Yates...but you have to admit Coleman is just too good here...the size while maintaining the ripped symmetrical look is insane.
Coleman's separation,size and detail look alien to the rest of them; Flex, most balanced like a anatomy chart; KL, shoulders.
its so much better seeing these routines with the original music n crowd reactions
Flex, Kevin, and Ronnie looked phenomenal.
Flex was great, but coleman is unbeatable
I'm sry but first eyes went to Flex because he looked most impressive. Ronnie didn't look impressive. He had a bubble gut and his chest was melting.
@@fiz0746 flex mr synthol, ronnie is real muscle.
@@robertohernandez8274 bruh
Ronnie the shit GuT Coleman sucks.
@@fiz0746 flex didn't even have shredded glutes here my guy
this is what bodybuilding has to look like, aren't we all just in awe with this?
I don't get all the Flex Wheeler fans claiming this is hard to judge. Coleman had insane symmetry as well at this points with incredible mass and superior hardness. Also, Wheeler's arms seem overblown (looks like obvious seo use).
The more I look at flex and Levron, it's so pleasing to the eyes...
..But the moment Ronnie comes in the picture, all this fantasy is over
*Ronnie the king* 👑
Yes, agreed. He is noticeably larger all around. Monster Ronnie!
@@D52M5 Bigger but an ugly physique.
@@granddaddyofthemall6320 no wrong Ronnie physique wasn't bad at all Markus rhule had the ugly ugly super ugly physique
That lighting though😳😳😳
Flex is ridiculous!! The 🐐!!
NO....King Coleman is the GOAT, Phil Heath who came after Flex would beat Flex.
Wow I didn't know that's where that infamous Flex Wheeler photo was from! This show was one of Kevin's best showings! Flex also I think was improved here from the Olympia that year. Amazing top 3.
I also think Kevin should have been 3rd at that years Olympia.
Ronnie dominated even all era of bodybuilding in this body
All three at their best physics 💪💪
Any of these 3 would mop the floor with modern day Olympia competitors.
To see Flex and Ronnie then...
And to see them both now... ☹️
Nejlepší roky kulturistiky ...všichni vypadali super ještě v nějakých hranicích hmota vs symetrie 👌
Per me FleX meritava questa edizione dell'Olimpia...come in altri casi...
Only Ronnie can beat Ronnie Coleman.
Flex could beat him. Ronnie never hit abs and thighs and he wasn't posing very good. He was an overrated bodybuilder.
@@fiz0746 What are you smoking ? Ronnie overrated ? lol, Everybody, even Flex, Kevin, Dorian, Cutler you name it says Ronnie is the best ever, overrated lol.
@@fiz0746 LOL!
@@fiz0746 I love flex I think he should have won this contest and he is my favorite Bodybuilder but Ronnie is the GOAT 🐐no one not even Flex, Cutler, Levrone, Dorian, Phil, Kai, Victor, etc could touch Coleman in his prime.
@@fiz0746 one pose? You’re judging the entire contest on a single pose? Aye..no bother
Amazing video ❤❤❤
3 dos melhores da história desse esporte, no palco ao mesmo tempo. Provavelmente não veremos outra competição de tamanha qualidade.
Ronnie Colemans back! Game over!
Demon back activated!
The Best Back of All time...
To each their own but to me, Flex looked better. More aesthetic and amazing and.
This was Open, not Classic Physique. King Ron was a monster!
I believe flex had a major flaw. 1. He was relying alot on site enhancement. That is not apparent in Kevin or Ronnie. Just like Nasser and Milos, you could see a block look to the biceps and to the legs. Ronnie out massed him and out classed him getting the crowd involved. Kevin, was just overwhelmed in this video.
Yeah Levrone never had a back on the level of any of the other serious challengers. That side chest is one of the best poses by any bodybuilder ever, but as soon as he turned around he was out of the contest.
I really doubt Flex put SEO in his legs. SEOs ruin separation in the muscle its put in and Flex's legs were insanely separated. The video quality is not good enough to show how separated his legs were. The reason I believe Flex did not use SEOs to the extent people think is because he was separated all over his body. I believe that if you have that kind of roundness to your physique even a little synthol makes the muscle look ridiculous. Its mostly obvious in his shoulders though.
@@lukeemmanuelhammond6024 Flex admited that he was shooting SEO in every muscle. In biceps it is too much. Just look. More than at Olympia.
9:35 failed the handshake😂
Levrone's shoulders and chest look insane
side tricep pose from flex wheeler facing front is godly!
Holy Smokes 🚬
Old school bodybuilding fan who has never seen this footage.
FLEX looks better then he did at the O.
What a great era for Bodybuilding!
Thats a really tough call, as much as i love The GOAT, Flex looked a bit sharper. WHAT A LINEUP!! Levrone, & Flex ON POINT, but the judges favored Ronny.
I feel like Ronnie’s chest never gets much love, so underrated.
El cuerpo más estético que vi en mi vida, flex debió ganar y no el panzon de Ronnie mírenlo es ridículo
Que vergüenza 🤦
Coleman é insano!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Flex Wheeler had the best body of all time.
he was flawless.
Well I believe Zane did hands down
The toll the sport has taken on Flex and Ronnies health is truly terrifying.
Ronnies health is ok he just has that horrible back issue.
@@mikebird5148Hes taking boat loads of painkillers so His health is anything but good. Trust me they sap your soul and make it hard to feel good, unless you’ve just had your next dose and even then it’s bad.
Incredible!
On their own Flex and Levrone were two of the greatest bodybuilders of all time but Ronnie Coleman was on another planet.the annunaki DNA is strong with this one
For some reason, Ronnie coming out and posing to to Brian McKnight is just so damn hilarious
I love big Ron....but that decision was a rob, maybe the biggest upset in culturism history. Flex Wheeler had the best body that year!! look at his abs and then look at Ronnie. The difference was huge!!!
You forgot every other body part... 😂
Ronnie was at that point the perfect exemplification of size with quality. Maybe the best physic of his life
You are crazy. There's no comparison. Ron is way bigger wtfk
All THESE MEN WERE PEEEEELED..BUT KING KING COLEMAN WAS BIGGGGER
When Ronnie Hits lats spread:- thanks for coming everyone 💀😂🔥
Ronnie’s back is just jaw dropping lay amazing
THE greatest show on earth!
Flex has the most perfect body but you can't beat a monster I don't care how perfect you are. Ronnie is just a beast.
This has been the best contest for the level of all Athletes brought on stage. All where at their all time best ALL . Too bad Dorian from 93 was not there too.
The contest is pretty close. Like never before. Especially between Coleman and Flex but the side chest and the lat spread clarify who is 1st and who is 2nd.
Kevin looked awesome too but from rear mot in the same lever of the other 2.
Flex was aesthetic as fuck with that mass. Thats hard to achieve. Bumstead would be the only one on track to even come close but would need at least 30 more pounds of muscle on him and more genetically sculpted arms. Flex has the perfect balance of symmetry and sculpted dense muscle
Thats line up🔥❤️
Flex looks better aesthetically and shape but Ronnie bigger and more conditioned
Best lighting ever
We should have this quality lighting and this quality camera in Mr Olympia competitions.
Atleast in the free posing rounds.
Flex should have won. Just looking at the still pic of this promo he had better proportion and mid-section.
Ronnie's was massive, Kevin 's was really impressive, but Flex Wheeler had a more classy, and beautiful physique.
And Flex was the least conditioned of the three.
Its open. I dont care about beautiful. Ronnie won get over it
His body shape was better in Ronnie's era than in today's era
Ronnie’s physique itself is already ridiculous, but his posing skill just elevates it. The way he hits the flex at the perfect time with style
The sequence from 6:05-6:15 and the hand flourish at 7:43 go so hard
Os caras são grandes mais o Coleman é mais grande ainda 😮😮😮😮 imagina o tamanho desse cara mano 😱😱😱😱 no palco os caras ficam pequeno perto dele
Dude our current bb couldn’t hold these dudes jockstrap. This was bb peak.
My judging (Ronnie 5, Flex 3, Levrone 1)
FBD - Flex
FLS - Ronnie
SC - Ronnie/levrone tied
BDB - Ronnie
LS - Ronnie
ST - Flex
AT - Flex
MM - Ronnie
Remember MM wasn't mandatory.
wow wow wow amazing
I don't like King Ron's physique but he was a monster!
10k check!! Barely covers snacks at the hotel!
One of the GOAT Era !!
Flex physique = perfection
Ronnie has that medieval armor look to his shape. Every pose is just symmetrical and freaky. An unbeatable combination of conditionining, size and a dense strength to his physique.
Wheeler could defeat anyone in this time easily but he came in coleman's era
Coleman made everyone look small and less conditioned. He was huge, full, shredded and symmetrical. No one had a chance in the history of bodybuilding and it's 2023. Phil heath maybe could have beat Coleman at his prime but that's a big maybe.
phil would have a similar problem to flex in that Ronnie has a much bigger bone structure. huge ribcage and chest on a short torso, but still 5'11
Flex looks like the winner until they turned around, then Ronnie blows away them both
Flex was more rounded and less chemically loaded.
I really wish i could have seen Ronnie in person..Im sure in person he was even more impressive
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Flex won. Let us be honest here. From the BB stand point he looked the best.
Flex won: Side tricep and Abs
Ah yes, the best bodybuilding show there ever was
ronnie won from the back flex won from the front case closed
Nope in both won ronnie just in front difference wasnt big but in the back was huge difference
@@truthman1677 I'm sry but first eyes went to Flex because he looked most impressive. Ronnie didn't look impressive. He had a bubble gut and his chest was melting.
@@truthman1677 Flex won front. Ronnie won from back by a long shot
Nope Ronnie had better front poses for sure
Flex Wheeler: uncrowned robbed Mr Olympia
Arnie would say
“Now THAT! That’s what I call lighting”
Uncrowned king..flex wheeler. The sultan of symmetry
The sultan of symmetry is beaten by the God of muscles
And you are the chutya of the comment section
The sultan of syntholmmetry
@@ravsinghrajput2105 nope. The god of the ugly and just big muscles. He didn't know how to pose well and he was pregnant with 10 kids. He never and never and never deserved to win.
@@fiz0746 se der um chute no saco do flex vai quebrar teus dentes
Flexs abs/gut looks SO much better than Ronnies that you have to give it to him.
It was anyday Flex.. Ronnie just had that massive size.. that's it
I would love to have seen Phil Heath under stage lights like this in his prime, he would smoke Flex and Leveone.
Yes he would take second
Debo ser el único, pero en éstas imágenes se ve a Flex con mejor estética que Coleman…
Desde siempre en estetica. Pero ronnie lo supera en otras cosas
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Thể hình đang đi ngược với thời gian..Ngay lúc này ngay cả một vận động viên cầm cúp Mr.Olympia xem được video này tôi nghĩ anh ta vẫn cảm thấy bản thân thua kém các bậc tiền bối của mình quá nhiều..Thật tuyệt vời khi mọi thứ đều cân đối trên cơ thể Flex,những khối cơ rất to và rõ ràng nhưng anh ấy vẫn giữ được vòng eo nhỏ và chiếc bụng đầy cơ bắp rất đẹp..Còn Ronie ngoài chiếc bụng hơi thô thì cơ bắp anh ấy thể hiện tôi nghũ sẽ không một ai đạt tới được ngưỡng ấy nữa.Duy nhất chỉ anh ấy,độ khô xé và chi tiết đến mức đỉnh nhất có thể..