2006 PDI NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS

The 27th staging of the Night of Champions in New York was this time staged under Wayne DeMilia’s new PDI banner. This 2006 NOC 2 Disc Set is the FIRST EVER NOC release on DVD. In fact this famous event has almost never ever had a video record made for public consumption.

*HISTORIC DVD – LEE PRIEST’S LAST EVER CONTEST IN USA!

It was held in the Town Hall Theatre on 43rd Street where Arnold Schwarzenegger won his first ever Mr Olympia title in 1970. It was also the home of many early NOC events. As the event flyer said “See the hottest, sexiest best-built men in the world” – “The ultimate in Professional Bodybuilding Entertainment”. Those words pretty well summed up the tone and the feel of the contest. The PDI’s stated aim is to put far greater emphasis on entertainment value in their events.

Includes the complete amateur contest which was the Pro Qualifier with 14 top guys going for their pro cards. The top 2 in each class qualified for the NOC Pro show. The results of the Pro Qualifier. Also includes an interview with Wayne DeMilia, founder of the PDI, plus a photo gallery of the guys in the Pro Qualifier.

Then we get to see the complete NOC Professional event. Both discs contain the all judging rounds, all posing routines, posedowns and awards.  The evening finals commenced with the free posing routines of all 23 competitors. Many innovative and entertaining routines were presented, some with amazing props. The use of props was optional and added to the entertainment value which is an important focus of the PDI.

LEE PRIEST PHOTO GALLERY.

See LEE PRIEST take the crown for his first ever NOC victory. ANDREAS FREY and SAMI AL-HADDAD were worthy runners up.  Also see the famous Guru SRI CHINMOY lifting BILL PEARL in various strength feats. Special awards were made to both men.

COMPLETE RESULTS:

2006 NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS
1  Lee Priest   Australia
2  Andreas Frey  Germany
3  Sami Al-Haddad  Bahrain, UAE
4  Zoltán Vörös  Hungary
5  Steph Sinton  UK
6  Valentin Jabes  France
7  Sean Allan  USA
8  Geoff Hargreaves  UK
9  Jason Palafox  USA
10  Tom Jimenez  USA
11  Eduard Duque  Venezuela
12  Per Juhl  Sweden
13  Raphael Lapoirie  France
14  Danny Rapposelli USA
15  Liam Stewart  Rep. Ireland
16  Troy Moore  USA
17  Billy Bourne  Rep. Ireland
18  Jack ‘Rhino’ London  USA
19  Luis Castillo  USA
20  Georgie Maiorano  USA
21  Anthony Forgione  USA
22  Jim Vest   USA
23  Joe Layton  USA

Pro Qualifier

Friday, September 15, 2006 NY, New York.

CLASS A
1.    George Maiorano
2.    Anthony Forgione
Reuben Dennis

CLASS B
1.    Edward Duque
2.    David Washington
Joe Stokes
Ben Rodriguez
Saiid Kamara
Mirco Salomone
Arnold Valentine

CLASS C
1.    Jason Palafox
2.    Daniel Rapposelli

CLASS E
1.    James Vest
2.    Joe Lyton

Complete set of results in our RESULTS section  from the NOC

Wayne’s Hard News report on the event.

DVD Review