Prince
Board Sponsor
Over the course of the last ten years we’ve had the opportunity to see how several men take to being the best bodybuilder in the world. Unlike the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s, where one champion ruled most of each decade, the sport has been able to see how several different guys held the title over the last ten years. If we go back exactly one decade ago, we’d be in 2015. At that point, the sport had Phil Heath. Phil emerged from the Jay and Ronnie eras to herald in something purportedly new. That said, he continued the ages old approach of being a road warrior!
For Heath, Cutler wasn’t just his predecessor, but he was a dear friend and mentor. They came up together in many ways and shared time as being part of the MuscleTech brand. MT was the premier supplement line paying huge contracts to guys like Jay, Phil, Gustavo, Dexter and others. Those others included Branch Warren, Johnny Jackson, even as far back as Gregg Kovacs. MuscleTech had a roster of huge stars and they paid them very well.
As a result, Phil emulated what guys before had done. He saw what worked and at least in that regard, he didn’t let his ego mess up a good thing. Guys like Jay, Ronnie, and. Phil hit the ground running and made it a point to visit the world. After Phil, the sport had Rhoden. He had every intention of carrying the torch in similar fashion, but we all know what happened to him. It was an injustice and he was basically put on the shelf. Forget innocent until proven guilty, he was sidelined immediately by the sport he loved so dearly. Shawn was heartbroken. The next Mr O, Brandon Curry carried on. The Prodigy seemed to continue from where Heath left off. And then…, then things went sideways.