PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 1993

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 1993 — all five hundred places, as published. Bret Hart took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 1993 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Bret Hart	98.48	Calibrated
2	Big Van Vader	59.15	Provisional
3	Shawn Michaels	99.86	Calibrated
4	Sting	98.80	Calibrated
5	Yokozuna	59.97	Provisional
6	Ric Flair	99.79	Calibrated
7	Lex Luger	79.14	Provisional
8	Rick Rude	55.54	Provisional
9	Curt Hennig	55.34	Provisional
10	Scott Steiner	80.36	Provisional
11	Barry Windham	80.17	Provisional
12	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
13	Marty Jannetty	53.80	Provisional
14	Jerry Lawler	78.48	Provisional
15	Davey Boy Smith	54.80	Provisional
16	Rick Steiner	58.59	Provisional
17	Hulk Hogan	99.28	Calibrated
18	Brian Pillman	52.16	Provisional
19	The Great Muta	78.10	Provisional
20	Ricky Steamboat	97.03	Calibrated
21	Jushin Liger	63.16	Provisional
22	Jeff Jarrett	64.80	Provisional
23	Steve Austin	99.14	Calibrated
24	Arn Anderson	79.69	Provisional
25	Sid Justice	54.24	Provisional
26	Doink the Clown (Matt Borne)	49.98	Provisional
27	Steve Austin	99.14	Calibrated
28	Randy Savage	99.29	Calibrated
29	Eddie Gilbert	51.27	Provisional
30	Ted DiBiase	79.69	Provisional
31	Stan Hansen	55.88	Provisional
32	Tracy Smothers	53.09	Provisional
33	Bam Bam Bigelow	53.62	Provisional
34	The 1-2-3 Kid	52.14	Provisional
35	Crush	50.94	Provisional
36	Ron Simmons	77.75	Provisional
37	Owen Hart	58.36	Provisional
38	Paul Orndorff	52.41	Provisional
39	Road Warrior Hawk	52.83	Provisional
40	Brian Lee	51.83	Provisional
41	Brian Christopher	52.83	Provisional
42	Tony Anthony	53.41	Provisional
43	Terry Gordy	51.18	Provisional
44	Chris Benoit	72.30	Provisional
45	Terry Funk	99.08	Calibrated
46	The Undertaker	99.38	Calibrated
47	Scott Norton	51.86	Provisional
48	Bobby Eaton	52.10	Provisional
49	2 Cold Scorpio	52.99	Provisional
50	Kensuke Sasaki	58.55	Provisional
51	Johnny B. Badd	50.36	Provisional
52	Irwin R. Schyster	52.00	Provisional
53	Cactus Jack	51.92	Provisional
54	Tom Prichard	50.59	Provisional
55	Riki Choshu	51.84	Provisional
56	Sabu	58.98	Provisional
57	Jacques	49.53	Provisional
58	Big Boss Man	53.33	Provisional
59	Rod Price	50.99	Provisional
60	Chris Adams	51.11	Provisional
61	Tatanka	51.31	Provisional
62	Mr. Hughes	50.74	Provisional
63	Akira Nogami	50.95	Provisional
64	Bob Backlund	57.95	Provisional
65	Kevin Sullivan	50.79	Provisional
66	Jim Duggan	51.69	Provisional
67	Tim Horner	50.35	Provisional
68	Tito Santana	77.63	Provisional
69	Kenta Kobashi	67.08	Provisional
70	Brian Knobbs	51.53	Provisional
71	Lord Steven Regal	50.11	Provisional
72	Shane Douglas	54.65	Provisional
73	Maxx Payne	49.17	Provisional
74	Greg Valentine	53.22	Provisional
75	Jimmy Snuka	52.84	Provisional
76	Jerry Sags	51.14	Provisional
77	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
78	Abdullah The Butcher	51.71	Provisional
79	Ricky Morton	77.38	Provisional
80	Jake Roberts	94.62	Calibrated
81	Jesse Barr	49.80	Provisional
82	Iceman King Parsons	50.02	Provisional
83	Chris Candido	53.00	Provisional
84	Erik Watts	48.96	Provisional
85	Masa Chono	52.07	Provisional
86	Jimmy Del Ray	50.28	Provisional
87	Scott Hall	56.56	Provisional
88	Hercules	49.59	Provisional
89	Genichiro Tenryu	54.81	Provisional
90	Charlie Norris	50.26	Provisional
91	Don Harris	50.19	Provisional
92	Mitsuharu Misawa	66.62	Provisional
93	Ron Harris	50.40	Provisional
94	Earthquake	50.85	Provisional
95	Brad Armstrong	51.17	Provisional
96	Colonel DeBeers	49.70	Provisional
97	C. W. Bergstrom	48.14	Provisional
98	Samu	50.88	Provisional
99	Robert Gibson	51.17	Provisional
100	Dan Spivey	50.38	Provisional
101	Joe Malenko	48.63	Provisional
102	Don Muraco	50.71	Provisional
103	Typhoon	50.78	Provisional
104	Marcus Bagwell	50.19	Provisional
105	Fatu	50.68	Provisional
106	Vic Steamboat	50.18	Provisional
107	Beau Beverly	49.25	Provisional
108	Paul Roma	49.25	Provisional
109	Ricky Santana	49.93	Provisional
110	Takayuki Iizuka	49.86	Provisional
111	Tatsumi Fujinami	54.14	Provisional
112	Van Hammer	49.30	Provisional
113	Steve Armstrong	49.66	Provisional
114	Blake Beverly	49.11	Provisional
115	Dan Kroffat	49.61	Provisional
116	Scotty Flamingo	48.71	Provisional
117	Koko B Ware	49.50	Provisional
118	Doug Furnas	51.06	Provisional
119	Hiro Hase	51.75	Provisional
120	Vladimir Koloff	48.30	Provisional
121	Rob Van Dam	97.64	Calibrated
122	Johnny Smith	50.78	Provisional
123	Chaz Taylor	49.40	Provisional
124	Scott Putski	51.08	Provisional
125	Konnan	77.87	Provisional
126	The Dark Patriot	46.89	Provisional
127	Mil Mascaras	49.32	Provisional
128	Tasmaniac	49.00	Provisional
129	Tony Atlas	50.96	Provisional
130	Invader #1	48.97	Provisional
131	Al Perez	49.57	Provisional
132	Junkyard Dog	49.61	Provisional
133	Mike Davis	49.08	Provisional
134	Doink the Clown (Ray Apollo)	48.81	Provisional
135	John Tatum	48.26	Provisional
136	Black Bart	48.49	Provisional
137	Miguel Perez Jr.	50.03	Provisional
138	Dan Davis	48.81	Provisional
139	Billy Travis	48.80	Provisional
140	The Warlord	49.90	Provisional
141	Angel of Death	48.60	Provisional
142	The Barbarian	50.95	Provisional
143	The Patriot	50.87	Provisional
144	Adam Bomb	50.28	Provisional
145	Ludvig Borga	46.57	Provisional
146	The Convict	46.56	Provisional
147	Scott Armstrong	48.99	Provisional
148	Joel Deaton	49.45	Provisional
149	Steven Dane	48.28	Provisional
150	Dean Malenko	60.45	Provisional
151	Brutus Beefcake	49.32	Provisional
152	Ivan Koloff	53.53	Provisional
153	Rex King	48.58	Provisional
154	Yoshihiro Asai	47.75	Provisional
155	Stan Lane	50.36	Provisional
156	Rick Martel	52.58	Provisional
157	Moondog Spike	48.96	Provisional
158	Bob Orton Jr.	49.40	Provisional
159	Dick Slater	50.44	Provisional
160	Joe Savoldi	48.47	Provisional
161	The Sandman	51.92	Provisional
162	Naoki Sano	47.05	Provisional
163	Mike Samples	49.73	Provisional
164	Papa Shango	49.21	Provisional
165	Vampire Warrior	48.03	Provisional
166	Virgil	50.23	Provisional
167	El Bronco	48.78	Provisional
168	Tom Zenk	50.70	Provisional
169	Gary Young	48.98	Provisional
170	Kevin Von Erich	49.87	Provisional
171	Kamala	50.30	Provisional
172	Tugboat Taylor	47.92	Provisional
173	Sumito	47.92	Provisional
174	Tony Stetson	48.54	Provisional
175	J. T. Smith	48.54	Provisional
176	Johnny Gunn	48.81	Provisional
177	Terry Taylor	46.83	Provisional
178	Tex Slazenger	46.81	Provisional
179	Bushwhacker Butch	49.63	Provisional
180	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
181	Jerry Lynn	54.89	Provisional
182	Booker T	95.05	Calibrated
183	Giant Gonzalez	46.73	Provisional
184	Morgus the Maniac	48.89	Provisional
185	Ray Odyssey	49.31	Provisional
186	Jim Pope	47.71	Provisional
187	Keith Cole	46.70	Provisional
188	Bushwhacker Luke	48.86	Provisional
189	Cruel Connection II	47.64	Provisional
190	Kent Cole	46.62	Provisional
191	Awesome Kong	52.07	Provisional
192	A. J. Fritzoid	46.60	Provisional
193	Dutch Mantel	50.25	Provisional
194	Wahoo McDaniel	50.07	Provisional
195	Mo	48.60	Provisional
196	Dick Murdoch	49.42	Provisional
197	Jim Neidhart	51.44	Provisional
198	New Jack	51.02	Provisional
199	Shanghai Pierce	46.49	Provisional
200	John Rambo	49.82	Provisional
201	Toshiaki Kawada	58.43	Provisional
202	Steve Ray	45.63	Provisional
203	Ricky Rice	48.27	Provisional
204	Bobby Fulton	48.75	Provisional
205	The Equalizer	46.73	Provisional
206	Muhammad the Butcher	47.40	Provisional
207	Dane Rush	46.39	Provisional
208	Thunder	48.75	Provisional
209	Watsumi the Rising Sun	46.31	Provisional
210	The Spider	46.89	Provisional
211	Jeff Gaylord	50.07	Provisional
212	Pez Whatley	47.63	Provisional
213	Buddy Wayne	46.29	Provisional
214	La Ley	48.44	Provisional
215	Yoshi Kwan	46.21	Provisional
216	Jimmy Deo	47.92	Provisional
217	Italian Stallion	48.44	Provisional
218	The Iron Sheik	52.91	Provisional
219	Mohammed Hussein	46.71	Provisional
220	Max Thrasher	47.50	Provisional
221	Ice Train	46.69	Provisional
222	Unknown Male Wrestler	45.32	Provisional
223	Bart Sawyer	49.70	Provisional
224	Johnny Mantell	45.30	Provisional
225	Terry Austin	47.43	Provisional
226	Axis the Demolisher	49.22	Provisional
227	Sal Bellomo	46.01	Provisional
228	Big D	46.59	Provisional
229	Bruiser Brian	45.21	Provisional
230	Ron Cumberledge	47.33	Provisional
231	Killer Kyle	47.94	Provisional
232	Pierre	48.73	Provisional
233	D. C. Drake	47.41	Provisional
234	Tony Falk	48.24	Provisional
235	Flaming Youth	47.61	Provisional
236	King Kong	45.89	Provisional
237	Jackie Fulton	47.65	Provisional
238	Dory Funk, Jr.	49.91	Provisional
239	Killer Brooks	47.20	Provisional
240	Fury	45.08	Provisional
241	Jimmy Garvin	47.45	Provisional
242	Ryuma Go	46.49	Provisional
243	Moondog Cujo	48.21	Provisional
244	Bill Wilcox	47.23	Provisional
245	Black Tiger	47.95	Provisional
246	Rockin' Rebel	47.65	Provisional
247	Jimmy Valiant	47.32	Provisional
248	Robbie Eagle	44.91	Provisional
249	Miss Texas	45.69	Provisional
250	Jamie Dundee	49.52	Provisional
251	Dusty Wolfe	48.71	Provisional
252	Wolfie D.	50.25	Provisional
253	Larry Winters	46.21	Provisional
254	Flex Lavender	47.33	Provisional
255	Frankie Rose	45.59	Provisional
256	Frank Lancaster	46.78	Provisional
257	Mongolian Mauler	46.11	Provisional
258	Jeff Collette	46.10	Provisional
259	Steve Collins	44.77	Provisional
260	Rick Conners	46.51	Provisional
261	Bobby Blaze	49.33	Provisional
262	Billy Black	48.97	Provisional
263	Mad Max Anthony	45.47	Provisional
264	Masayoshi Motegi	45.47	Provisional
265	Johnny Hot Body	48.19	Provisional
266	Damien Demento	45.40	Provisional
267	Ray Gonzalez	51.69	Provisional
268	Austin Steele	46.82	Provisional
269	Terry Simms	47.99	Provisional
270	Skyfire	45.37	Provisional
271	Shinobi	44.57	Provisional
272	Mr. Saito	50.39	Provisional
273	The Sheik	50.86	Provisional
274	George Smith	46.41	Provisional
275	Axl Rotten	50.34	Provisional
276	Brad Rheingans	48.49	Provisional
277	Ian Rotten	49.20	Provisional
278	Melvin Penrod, Jr.	45.27	Provisional
279	Jim Powers	48.68	Provisional
280	Karl Pope	45.19	Provisional
281	Ken Patera	49.91	Provisional
282	Sledgehammer McGill	45.17	Provisional
283	Scotty McKeever	47.19	Provisional
284	The Mongolian Stomper	46.30	Provisional
285	Bubba Monroe	45.16	Provisional
286	Moondog Spike	48.96	Provisional
287	Vito Mussolini	44.30	Provisional
288	Lord of Discipline	44.30	Provisional
289	The Cuban Assassin	46.69	Provisional
290	Mabel	51.13	Provisional
291	Preston Steele	46.48	Provisional
292	Billy Blaze	44.27	Provisional
293	Manny Fernandez	50.27	Provisional
294	Bill Dundee	50.94	Provisional
295	Tommy Ferrara	44.19	Provisional
296	Ron Garvin	49.01	Provisional
297	Tommy Cairo	49.60	Provisional
298	Billy Gunn	77.85	Provisional
299	Haku	49.25	Provisional
300	Bart Gunn	50.22	Provisional
301	John Hawk	46.89	Provisional
302	Homeboy	44.08	Provisional
303	Bill Irwin	49.20	Provisional
304	Giant Baba	52.69	Provisional
305	Lightning	47.71	Provisional
306	Steve Lombardi	47.51	Provisional
307	Bull Pain	48.44	Provisional
308	Psycho Mike	49.11	Provisional
309	Bobby Rogers	46.94	Provisional
310	The Black Scorpion	44.76	Provisional
311	Adrian Street	47.52	Provisional
312	Nikolai Volkoff	49.44	Provisional
313	Kendall Windham	47.23	Provisional
314	Gladiator #2	44.68	Provisional
315	Cheetah Kid	46.92	Provisional
316	Rage	47.71	Provisional
317	Russian Assassin #2	45.89	Provisional
318	Mike Anthony	45.17	Provisional
319	Dr. Johnny Wildside	45.17	Provisional
320	Honky Tonk Man	49.07	Provisional
321	Silver Shadow	43.79	Provisional
322	Ricky Gonzales	43.77	Provisional
323	Mickey Doyle	47.19	Provisional
324	The Hater	48.87	Provisional
325	Sam Houston	47.64	Provisional
326	Michael Hayes	50.71	Provisional
327	Kouji Ishinriki	43.69	Provisional
328	Silver King	52.39	Provisional
329	Steve Doll	47.45	Provisional
330	Lou Andrews	44.46	Provisional
331	Guido Falcone	45.40	Provisional
332	Bastion Booger	48.05	Provisional
333	Barry Horowitz	49.82	Provisional
334	Jim Brunzell	48.38	Provisional
335	Baron Von Raschke	45.78	Provisional
336	Buddy Landell	50.30	Provisional
337	Dr. Jerry Graham, Jr.	43.56	Provisional
338	Horace Boulder	47.23	Provisional
339	B. Brian Blair	48.78	Provisional
340	The Berzerker	49.54	Provisional
341	Butch Reed	49.22	Provisional
342	Dogcatcher 1	43.47	Provisional
343	Ivan Putski	46.24	Provisional
344	Big Bully Busick	49.38	Provisional
345	Blare Rogers	44.18	Provisional
346	Buddy Rose	45.89	Provisional
347	White Cloud	46.91	Provisional
348	Dogcatcher 2	43.37	Provisional
349	Neil Superior	44.16	Provisional
350	Lanny Poffo	47.01	Provisional
351	Brian Armstrong	47.98	Provisional
352	Tommy Rogers	48.25	Provisional
353	Lou Perez	47.81	Provisional
354	White Cloud	46.91	Provisional
355	Bob Roop	43.27	Provisional
356	Agent Orange	44.06	Provisional
357	Calvin Knapp	43.99	Provisional
358	Wayne Rogers	43.20	Provisional
359	Keith Hart	45.27	Provisional
360	Rasta the Voodoo Man	44.56	Provisional
361	Mike Graham	48.70	Provisional
362	Larry Cameron	48.62	Provisional
363	Mark Starr	45.79	Provisional
364	Charlie Fulton	43.89	Provisional
365	King Kahlua	47.21	Provisional
366	Denny Kass	46.18	Provisional
367	Derrick Dukes	48.24	Provisional
368	Chick Donovan	46.40	Provisional
369	Death Row #3620	44.80	Provisional
370	Giant Warrior	46.30	Provisional
371	One Man Gang	49.06	Provisional
372	Special Delivery Jones	47.51	Provisional
373	Ron Starr	46.51	Provisional
374	Tommy Rich	49.97	Provisional
375	Silver King #2	43.88	Provisional
376	American G. I.	44.28	Provisional
377	Chris Walker	47.44	Provisional
378	Tommy Jammer	47.53	Provisional
379	Al Snow	53.13	Provisional
380	Akron Al Hussain	42.88	Provisional
381	Chris Hahn	42.87	Provisional
382	Mike Jackson	46.27	Provisional
383	Rocky Jones	46.82	Provisional
384	Disco Inferno	50.18	Provisional
385	Nightmare I	43.58	Provisional
386	Blaze Bigelow	43.56	Provisional
387	Crybaby Buxton	42.77	Provisional
388	Bo Dascious	45.17	Provisional
389	Dan Severn	52.15	Provisional
390	The Gladiator	43.49	Provisional
391	Haystacks Calhoun, Jr.	45.89	Provisional
392	Mike Incognito	42.69	Provisional
393	Rusty Brooks	44.00	Provisional
394	Kirk Dredd	44.17	Provisional
395	Sunny Beach	47.54	Provisional
396	Billy Brooks	42.67	Provisional
397	Doc Holliday	42.60	Provisional
398	Johnny K-9	43.97	Provisional
399	Rick Patterson	42.59	Provisional
400	Bobby Wales	42.57	Provisional
401	Chris Pillon	43.36	Provisional
402	Adrian Hall	45.97	Provisional
403	Brent Putski	42.50	Provisional
404	David Capps	42.50	Provisional
405	Hillbilly Willie	42.49	Provisional
406	Danie Brits	45.57	Provisional
407	G. Q. Knight	43.26	Provisional
408	T. J. Jackson	43.26	Provisional
409	Brett Blair	43.20	Provisional
410	The Ram Man	43.19	Provisional
411	Crusher Davidson	42.40	Provisional
412	Alex Shane	42.39	Provisional
413	Danie Voges	44.36	Provisional
414	Barry Houston	43.16	Provisional
415	Dino Hernandez	44.09	Provisional
416	Steve Regal	47.31	Provisional
417	Crusty Staubach	42.30	Provisional
418	Wichita Willie	45.07	Provisional
419	Flexx Wheeler	43.96	Provisional
420	Nightmare 2	42.27	Provisional
421	Jeff O'Day	43.06	Provisional
422	Killer	46.99	Provisional
423	Jeff Victory	43.99	Provisional
424	Rochester Roadblock	47.03	Provisional
425	Al Madril	47.22	Provisional
426	Tennessee Equalizer	43.80	Provisional
427	Fernando Bull	42.17	Provisional
428	Rick Garren	42.90	Provisional
429	Shawn Summers	45.90	Provisional
430	Judge Dread	45.60	Provisional
431	Star Ryder	46.71	Provisional
432	Regulator Steel	42.09	Provisional
433	Chief Dennis Creamer	42.07	Provisional
434	Scotty Summers	45.50	Provisional
435	Skippy	42.07	Provisional
436	Prime Time Dee	42.01	Provisional
437	Plowboy Wilbur	42.79	Provisional
438	Turbo Eric Freedom	44.80	Provisional
439	Killer Kanareck	45.20	Provisional
440	Scott D'Amore	49.29	Provisional
441	Spartan Greg Bobchick	42.90	Provisional
442	Manu from Hawaii	41.91	Provisional
443	Paul Lloyd	43.27	Provisional
444	Gorilla Johnson	42.69	Provisional
445	Stan Lane	50.36	Provisional
446	Irish Bobby Clancy	46.33	Provisional
447	The Big Kahuna	41.87	Provisional
448	Steven Debbes	43.61	Provisional
449	Rock Stevens	46.71	Provisional
450	Prof. Jack Graham	41.80	Provisional
451	Woody Lee	43.80	Provisional
452	Cpl. Daril Danials	42.67	Provisional
453	The Moose	41.78	Provisional
454	Juan Valdes	42.51	Provisional
455	Superkey I	43.99	Provisional
456	Mark Mest	46.22	Provisional
457	Eddie Golden	48.02	Provisional
458	Max Crimson	44.87	Provisional
459	Terry Embry	43.70	Provisional
460	J. R. James	43.20	Provisional
461	Superkey II	43.11	Provisional
462	Billy the Butcher	42.99	Provisional
463	Troy Mest	45.64	Provisional
464	The Nomad	43.68	Provisional
465	Super Brat	41.58	Provisional
466	Bob the Butcher	43.18	Provisional
467	Vinnie Biondo	44.00	Provisional
468	Charlie Morgan	41.51	Provisional
469	Tony Golden	45.09	Provisional
470	Spann Decks	41.50	Provisional
471	Dr. Red Roberts	41.50	Provisional
472	The Vagrant	41.48	Provisional
473	The Ripper	41.48	Provisional
474	Wild Samoan Nick	41.48	Provisional
475	Otis Apollo	46.39	Provisional
476	The Miser	41.41	Provisional
477	Tony Pritchard	44.60	Provisional
478	Johnny Ace	51.28	Provisional
479	Danny Cama	41.38	Provisional
480	Spooky Kool Kid Keene	41.38	Provisional
481	The Looter	41.32	Provisional
482	Danny Law	41.32	Provisional
483	Miss Texas	45.69	Provisional
484	Mean Mike	42.08	Provisional
485	Jamie Dundee	49.52	Provisional
486	James Blonde	41.28	Provisional
487	The Demon Hellstorm	46.38	Provisional
488	Dr. Ricardo Montanna	41.22	Provisional
489	Mr. Nasty	41.21	Provisional
490	Barney Mungia	41.20	Provisional
491	Soulman Alex G.	42.08	Provisional
492	Jimmy Lamb	43.09	Provisional
493	The Night Breeder	41.18	Provisional
494	American Scorpion	41.12	Provisional
495	Hawaiian Kid	41.12	Provisional
496	Kim Bokamper	41.11	Provisional
497	Mr. Right	41.90	Provisional
498	Mr. Loverman	41.09	Provisional
499	Super Marimo	41.09	Provisional
500	Garbage Man	41.08	Provisional

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