by Christian Duque
If Nick Walker wins – speak about awkwardness you might lower with a knife. Think about Bob Cicherillo asserting him to the world as the brand new Mr Olympia. Think about what that will appear like. There’s no approach Nick would play it down. He would rub it throughout Bob’s face and naturally the message boards would dish it out, the youtubers, the trolls, the bandwagon individuals, it could be a free-for-all. Everyone would take a royal dump on Bob for his completely inaccurate prediction relating to the Olympia. It could be a free-for-all. Everyone would take turns making enjoyable of Bob. However after a few days of whimsical enjoyable, we might be left with a Mr Olympia with the aesthetics of a fridge. In any occasion, Bob apart, let’s speak about what it could imply to have Nick Walker as your 2025 Mr Olympia. The great, the dangerous, and all the things in between. Buckle up my pals, we’re about to take a trip on the wildside
Now one factor is for positive, Nick Walker has achieved his homework. He’s peeled, he’s separated, he’s received that tunnel imaginative and prescient in his eyes. You possibly can inform that it doesn’t matter what occurs on this rock known as Earth, Nick Walker is in Las Vegas and he is able to do the enterprise of bodybuilding. He’s not seeking to be the funniest or the wittiest, he’s most likely not eager about the weigh-ins, the press convention, none of it. I don’t assume he’s occupied with something however getting on stage and ensuring that he’s received a stable spot within the prime six from which he can then go on to win the entire present. No one desires it greater than him. And it’s not as a result of he has extra self-discipline or as a result of he has labored more durable, it’s pleasure. It’s pleasure all day, on a regular basis.
From the second he received the North People, Walker was groomed to be the following Mr Olympia. After which it occurred. Identical to it occurred with Ramy, yr after yr individuals had been scratching their head asking themselves why this man wasn’t holding a Sandow but? When was it going to be his time? After which in fact the final couple of years for no matter motive he’s certified for the Olympia after which not achieved it. That additionally contributed to this. I feel that the 2025 Olympia is make or break for Nick Walker. That is very private, that is pleasure all the best way, and he’s not going to let up. He’s not going to go away any stone unturned. So on the one hand I do admire that gung-ho nature of his, however on the opposite facet? I don’t just like the physique he presents.
When you’ve got a sport like bodybuilding that’s supposedly about aesthetics, symmetry, and stream, and also you’re offered with a physique like Nick’s, it leaves a lot to be desired. Now lots of people in his camp may assume that I’m selecting on him as a result of he blocked me on some social media platforms, however I can guarantee you that that couldn’t be farther from the case. I mentioned it about Jay, I mentioned it about Department, I’ve mentioned it about lots of guys that fairly frankly had the muscle and the hardness however they only didn’t have the aesthetics and the symmetry. However extra so the aesthetics as a result of symmetry may be achieved even with a physique that isn’t actually fairly to have a look at. Now this can be a debatable level but it surely’s my place.
There have been lots of opponents which have received the most important titles and acquired prime honors that didn’t have what I might think about to be creative physiques. In different phrases, they had been a break from what the Golden Period of Bodybuilding was all about. Now some may argue the Golden Period of Bodybuilding was within the Nineteen Seventies. What does that need to do with modern bodybuilding? It has loads to do with it as a result of the Golden Period – despite the fact that it was 50 years in the past – supplies the blueprint for all bodybuilding seems to be afterwards. And guys like Nick Walker are a stark distinction to what these guys had been all about.
Again within the late ’90s and early 2000s bodybuilding was getting in a foul path. You had guys like Markus Ruhl that had been beginning to get an amazing quantity of assist from the followers. May you think about what bodybuilding would have regarded like if Marcus had received the Sandow? Now granted, he’s a terrific man and he was an awesome champion again within the day. He beloved the followers and he put them on a pedestal however the issue was his physique was horrendously ugly to have a look at. And I get it, individuals would name that freaky and they might name that nasty and they might name that just about gargantuan in a really cool sort of approach. And in a really cool sort of approach that’s true perhaps on a dvd, perhaps as a part of a bodybuilding motivational reel, however for that look to be the look of the highest bodybuilder on this planet, that’s disastrous for the division. The identical approach it could have been disastrous within the early 2000s with Markus, it could be equally disastrous in 2025 and 2026 with the likes of Nick Walker. Particularly when you’ve got aesthetically pleasing guys like Andrew, Samson, and Martin. Why go for a appear like Nick’s?
That being mentioned, even supposing he can be a horrendous Mr Olympia when it comes to the look of his physique, Nick would additionally most likely convey lots of new individuals to bodybuilding. He would recharge the game as properly. As an alternative of individuals watching the Tren Twins, they might watch Mr Olympia Nick Walker coaching on the health club, they might have a look at the veins popping in all places, they might have a look at the slabs upon slabs of rock exhausting muscle, they usually might eat that shit up. As a result of on the finish of the day, the aesthetic physique doesn’t promote whey protein powder the identical approach that mass monsters do. So look guys, being completely trustworthy, there’s an upside to having a man with a horrendous trying physique as Mr Olympia, if that horrendously trying physique belongs to a mass monster. Plus we’ve seen how Nick lifts within the health club and I feel that it’s secure to say that there’s a sure leisure worth to it. He understands what will get views and he tries to implement that into his already hardcore coaching. I feel {that a} yr of Nick Walker might doubtlessly see a spike in social media, a spike in complement gross sales, hell it’d even put extra asses in seats at reveals, however it can completely hijack the game. You possibly can overlook about community tv, any film prospects, and you may overlook about interesting to the plenty that hold novice reveals alive. These plenty are guys competing in males’s physique and basic physique. They may assume Nick seems to be actually cool, however no one goes to need to appear like him.
Now if Nick Walker wins the Olympia it’s going to be fascinating as a result of I might virtually assure you he wouldn’t be capable to efficiently defend the title. The one approach in my estimation that Nick Walker can win a Sandow particularly in 2025, is that if a lot of guys are available in off. For starters Samson must be off. I might say that Andrew must be off. In my view, each Samson and Andrew provide stiffer competitors to Nick than anybody else. Why? as a result of they’re giants. They’re borderline mass monsters however they’ve actually stunning physiques. Hadi would additionally need to be off, in addition to Derek. In terms of Martin, that’s a bit of iffy. Martin beat Nick at his greatest on the New York Professional in 2024 however he nonetheless needed to take second. I really feel that even when Martin beats Nick on the Olympia it’s going to be exhausting for him to put above him. Nick is a fan favourite and to a sure extent I feel the judges maybe not directly are going to be a bit of bit extra forgiving and a bit of bit extra beneficiant with Walker than anybody else. I wouldn’t essentially name that politics, I simply assume it’s what it’s.
So assuming that lots of guys are available in off and Nick wins it, he must actually hunker down and actually pound the pavement. He must go to all of the expos, all of the health club appearances he might, do guess posing circuits and so forth and so forth. He might definitely not go to Columbus and simply win the Arnold Basic. I feel that’s a blunder Sampson made that many new Mr Olympians won’t repeat. And on the subject of defending his title, it could be a brief lived run as a result of once more he would have received it as a result of the highest guys had been off. And the highest guys must proceed being off to ensure that him to proceed successful. That’s simply not life like.
Then once more I’m typically advised whether or not you win one otherwise you win eight it doesn’t actually matter. When you’re within the Olympia Membership you’re within the membership eternally. And perhaps 2025 may very well be that one and achieved for Nick Walker. What’s scary although is that he’s nonetheless very younger and if this could be his solely Olympia title what else is he going to do together with his profession? Is he going to maintain attempting to win again the title that no one apart from Jay Cutler in 60 years has been in a position to win again or would he then principally simply compete at smaller reveals? See that’s the factor, if he wins it he can’t hold it. But when he can’t win it this yr, I really feel like his credibility goes to take a serious hit.
The very last thing I need to see is Nick Walker act the idiot on stage. We don’t want a repeat of 2014. However what’s going to occur if he doesn’t win? May you think about ig Derek beats him? I feel this man is more likely to lose his thoughts and never in a great way. Actually , I wrote an article about it for IronMag a few month or two in the past. It’s a very actual fear so far as I’m involved.
However there you’ve got it, the nice, the dangerous, and all the things in between. What would occur if Nick Walker received the Olympia in 5 or 6 days? Do you assume it’s a chance or do you assume it’s extra wishful considering by his hardcore followers? As at all times, thanks for studying my article, right here, at IronMag. I sit up for studying your suggestions within the feedback. Please be sure you copy and paste a hyperlink to this text on all of your social media feeds.