Olympia Blog

The whole time, I was all for Ronnie Coleman to win his 9th sandow and to make history.

But when I showed up for the pre-judging, and when I took a good look at Ronnie & Jay it look like Jay was bigger and and more defined than Ronnie Coleman was.

But in my heart I wanted Ronnie to win, but Jay Cutler brought his “A” game to the Olympia this year and conquered the stage, maybe because Jays hair was on the line.  Jay well deserved to become the new officially crowned 2006 “Mr. O”.

This was a big one! Say what you will about different federations, changing hotels or venues for the event or whatever, this Olympia had a record crowd on their feet.

The big Mr. O title went to the long struggling Jay Cutler. A combination of surprise and elation swept over Jay’s face when the announcement was made despite whispers all day that he was ahead after yesterday’s rounds. And I must say that there was some surprise and disappointment on the face of the defending champion, Ronnie Coleman.

Obviously there was no hint of the outcome during the moment of this photo during the posedown. But another big upset was Victor Martinez breaking into the top three. So keep watching for Victor. Big galleries of photos right here on BodyBuilding.com. More to follow….

Hey everyone, here are some shots of the new Mr.Olympia!!!

Every year we have events in our life that makes your heart stop in anticipation as seconds turn in to hours waiting: that describes the finals minutes when they called Jay Cutler & Ronnie Coleman to the center stage to announce the winner of the 2006 Mr. Olympia.

When Jay Cutler’s name came out of the announcer’s mouth the entire arena filled with cheers & moans depending on what side you were rooting for. How is this going to affect the bodybuilding world? Well as the new World Champion said moments after winning:. “It’s Miller Time!

I’ll give a full report tomorrow but there are after parties to be at for now…

What was the first thing you thought about when you heard the news tonight?

In news that shocked the world, 8-time Mr. Olympia, Ronnie Coleman LOST just about an hour ago to JAY CUTLER!!!

Watch for photos and a review here later on tonight (or early, early morning!)!!!

While you’re waiting, check out this additional content at Flex (but don’t forget to come back here in a few minutes for more content here!).

In case you missed them, we have tons of contest photos and contest results already up, here:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2006olympia.htm

…with more being added each night.  =)