In the annals of 1974, the audience appeared not as mere fans, but as imperial Caesars presiding over a spectacle, exulting in the mortal combat of gladiators, not by sword, but by the sinewy clash of veins and striations. The murmurs of the hard of hearing former sheet metal worker Lou Ferrigno’s resolve to confront the hard to understand Arnold Schwarzenegger in a symphony of poses had disseminated with the swiftness of a blazing conflagration among their devotees, and each loyal enthusiast felt compelled to imprint their personal verdict, raising their thumbs either in approbation or disdain, thus invoking the spirit of ancient arenas. These colossal titans engaged in a battle of brawn within the modern confines of a Roman Coliseum, known as Madison Square Garden, and when the rivulets of blood ceased to flow, they had etched an unparalleled saga of strife, a monumental chapter unfurled in the chronicles of bodybuilding history.
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