by Christian Duque
If Nick Walker wins – speak about awkwardness you may reduce with a knife. Think about Bob Cicherillo asserting him to the world as the brand new Mr Olympia. Think about what that may seem like. There’s no method 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 folks, it will be a free-for-all. All people would take a royal dump on Bob for his completely inaccurate prediction concerning the Olympia. It might be a free-for-all. All people would take turns making enjoyable of Bob. However after a few days of whimsical enjoyable, we’d be left with a Mr Olympia with the aesthetics of a fridge. In any occasion, Bob apart, let’s speak about what it will imply to have Nick Walker as your 2025 Mr Olympia. The great, the unhealthy, and the whole lot in between. Buckle up my buddies, we’re about to take a journey on the wildside
Now one factor is for positive, Nick Walker has completed his homework. He’s peeled, he’s separated, he’s obtained that tunnel imaginative and prescient in his eyes. You’ll be able to 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 trying to be the funniest or the wittiest, he’s in all probability not serious about the weigh-ins, the press convention, none of it. I don’t suppose he’s excited about something however getting on stage and ensuring that he’s obtained a strong spot within the prime six from which he can then go on to win the entire present. No person needs 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 satisfaction. It’s satisfaction all day, on a regular basis.
From the second he gained the North Individuals, Walker was groomed to be the following Mr Olympia. After which it occurred. Identical to it occurred with Ramy, yr after yr folks have 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 completed 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 satisfaction 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 might have a sport like bodybuilding that’s supposedly about aesthetics, symmetry, and movement, and also you’re introduced with a physique like Nick’s, it leaves a lot to be desired. Now lots of people in his camp may suppose that I’m choosing 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 plenty of guys that fairly frankly had the muscle and the hardness however they simply didn’t have the aesthetics and the symmetry. However extra so the aesthetics as a result of symmetry could be achieved even with a physique that’s not actually fairly to take a look at. Now this can be a debatable level but it surely’s my place.
There have been plenty of opponents which have gained the largest titles and acquired prime honors that didn’t have what I’d take into account to be inventive physiques. In different phrases, they have 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 up to date bodybuilding? It has so much to do with it as a result of the Golden Period – regardless that it was 50 years in the past – gives the blueprint for all bodybuilding seems afterwards. And guys like Nick Walker are a stark distinction to what these guys have been all about.
Again within the late ’90s and early 2000s bodybuilding was stepping into a foul route. You had guys like Markus Ruhl that have been beginning to get an amazing quantity of assist from the followers. Might you think about what bodybuilding would have regarded like if Marcus had gained the Sandow? Now granted, he’s a terrific man and he was an incredible champion again within the day. He cherished the followers and he put them on a pedestal however the issue was his physique was horrendously ugly to take a look at. And I get it, folks would name that freaky and they’d name that nasty and they’d name that just about gargantuan in a really cool sort of method. And in a really cool sort of method that’s true possibly on a dvd, possibly as a part of a bodybuilding motivational reel, however for that look to be the look of the highest bodybuilder on the planet, that’s disastrous for the division. The identical method it will have been disastrous within the early 2000s with Markus, it will be equally disastrous in 2025 and 2026 with the likes of Nick Walker. Particularly when you might have aesthetically pleasing guys like Andrew, Samson, and Martin. Why go for a seem like Nick’s?
That being mentioned, even supposing he can be a horrendous Mr Olympia by way of the look of his physique, Nick would additionally in all probability carry plenty of new folks to bodybuilding. He would recharge the game as nicely. As an alternative of individuals watching the Tren Twins, they may watch Mr Olympia Nick Walker coaching on the health club, they may have a look at the veins popping in all places, they may have a look at the slabs upon slabs of rock onerous muscle, and so they 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 method that mass monsters do. So look guys, being completely sincere, there’s an upside to having a man with a horrendous wanting physique as Mr Olympia, if that horrendously wanting 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 probably 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’ll completely hijack the game. You’ll be able to neglect about community tv, any film prospects, and you’ll neglect about interesting to the plenty that preserve beginner reveals alive. These plenty are guys competing in males’s physique and basic physique. They could suppose Nick seems actually cool, however no person goes to wish to seem 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 method in my estimation that Nick Walker can win a Sandow particularly in 2025, is that if a lot of guys are available off. For starters Samson must be off. I’d say that Andrew must be off. For my part, each Samson and Andrew supply 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 relation to Martin, that’s slightly 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 onerous for him to position above him. Nick is a fan favourite and to a sure extent I feel the judges maybe not directly are going to be slightly bit extra forgiving and slightly bit extra beneficiant with Walker than anybody else. I wouldn’t essentially name that politics, I simply suppose it’s what it’s.
So assuming that plenty of guys are available 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 actually not go to Columbus and simply win the Arnold Traditional. I feel that’s a blunder Sampson made that many new Mr Olympians is not going to repeat. And with reference to defending his title, it will be a brief lived run as a result of once more he would have gained it as a result of the highest guys have 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 informed 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 perpetually. And possibly 2025 could possibly be that one and completed for Nick Walker. What’s scary although is that he’s nonetheless very younger and if this might be his solely Olympia title what else is he going to do along with his profession? Is he going to maintain attempting to win again the title that no person apart from Jay Cutler in 60 years has been capable of win again or would he then principally simply compete at smaller reveals? See that’s the factor, if he wins it he can’t preserve it. But when he can’t win it this yr, I really feel like his credibility goes to take a significant hit.
The very last thing I wish 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? Might you think about ig Derek beats him? I feel this man is prone 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 might have it, the great, the unhealthy, and the whole lot in between. What would occur if Nick Walker gained the Olympia in 5 or 6 days? Do you suppose it’s a chance or do you suppose it’s extra wishful pondering by his hardcore followers? As all the time, thanks for studying my article, right here, at IronMag. I sit up for studying your suggestions within the feedback. Please remember to copy and paste a hyperlink to this text on all of your social media feeds.
