Jay Cutler Calls Out ‘Crazy’ Disrespect Toward Nick Walker, Blames Martin Fitzwater’s Olympia Finish for the Chaos
Jay Cutler Sheds Light on Why Nick Walker Is Facing Disrespect Ahead of His 2025 Pittsburgh Pro Comeback
With Nick Walker absent from competition for months, doubts about his standing among the elite in the Men’s Open division continue to grow.
Over the past two years, Nick Walker’s momentum in the Men’s Open bodybuilding scene has stalled significantly. In 2023, a brutal hamstring and calf injury forced him to withdraw from the prestigious Mr. Olympia contest. He made a highly anticipated return at the 2024 New York Pro, where he narrowly edged out Martin Fitzwater in a closely contested battle on the judges’ scorecards.
Despite the hype surrounding his comeback, Walker was unable to step on the 2024 Mr. Olympia stage, as his body failed to respond adequately to the rigorous demands of contest prep. This unfortunate setback has fueled growing skepticism about his ability to remain a dominant force in the division.
Jay Cutler Weighs In on the Disrespect Toward Nick Walker, Points to Martin Fitzwater’s 4th-Place Olympia Finish as a Key Factor
In a recent YouTube video, Jay Cutler weighed in on the heated back-and-forth between Nick Walker and Regan Grimes, which has stirred up the bodybuilding community. He likened it to the time when eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman famously suggested he was ‘on crack’ for believing he could dethrone him on stage.
“People get so bent. Regan went on there and went, I guess they were laughing on the Fouad podcast and he said, well he’s going to have to go to California to qualify because he’s not winning New York, right?
I’m sure there were some people, ‘Man that’s cocky or whatever else.’ How about when Ronnie backstage on live pay-per-view TV of me standing there with Triple H millions of people watching, said ‘Jay Cutler is smoking crack,'” shared Cutler.
Cutler explained that he never took Coleman’s remark to heart and doesn’t think Walker is losing sleep over Grimes’ comments either, given his unshakable confidence as a top-tier competitor.
“They think that’s the funniest blurp ever. I didn’t take it personal. My family they laughed but could it be any worse than that?
So I’m sure people are like man that was — I don’t know how Nick feels about it. Nick is so confident anyway. That to me is way to left field comparably to someone saying oh he’s going to have to go to another show and qualify,” he said.
However, Cutler finds it shocking how much disrespect Walker has received after missing the last two Mr. Olympia contests.
“It’s just crazy that Nick hasn’t competed for a while and I feel like people give him a lot of disrespect lately because it’s kind of like that thing, what have you done for me lately?
And people are like questioning oh is Nick going to compete? It must be really I don’t know, that would kind of both me a little bit I think.”
He strongly believes that if Martin Fitzwater hadn’t secured a fourth-place finish at the most recent Olympia, the controversy and criticism surrounding Walker wouldn’t be nearly as intense.
“I think if Martin didn’t go and get fourth, I think that’s what’s causing most of this chaos of his questionable career,” explains Cutler.
With the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro lineup still taking shape, fans anticipate a stacked field that could test Walker’s dominance. In addition to Fitzwater, bodybuilding standouts like James Hollingshead, Vitaliy ‘Good Vito’ Ugolnikov, Michael Krizanek, and veteran William Bonac are expected to bring fierce competition.
If Walker claims victory in Pittsburgh, he will officially punch his ticket to the 2025 Mr. Olympia showdown. Be sure to catch his return to the stage on May 10-11—Fitness Volt will be providing live coverage of the action!
