PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 1994

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 1994 — all five hundred places, as published. Bret Hart took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 1994 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Bret Hart	98.48	Calibrated
2	Hulk Hogan	99.28	Calibrated
3	Ric Flair	99.79	Calibrated
4	Big Van Vader	59.15	Provisional
5	Shawn Michaels	99.86	Calibrated
6	Steve Austin	99.14	Calibrated
7	Scott Hall	56.56	Provisional
8	Sting	98.80	Calibrated
9	Ricky Steamboat	97.03	Calibrated
10	Owen Hart	58.36	Provisional
11	Yokozuna	59.97	Provisional
12	Sabu	58.98	Provisional
13	Rick Rude	55.54	Provisional
14	Kevin Nash	79.85	Provisional
15	The Great Muta	78.10	Provisional
16	Jerry Lawler	78.48	Provisional
17	Lex Luger	79.14	Provisional
18	Steven Regal	51.77	Provisional
19	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
20	Scott Steiner	80.36	Provisional
21	Jushin Liger	63.16	Provisional
22	The 1-2-3 Kid	52.14	Provisional
23	The Undertaker	99.38	Calibrated
24	Bam Bam Bigelow	53.62	Provisional
25	Tony Anthony	53.41	Provisional
26	Irwin R. Schyster	52.00	Provisional
27	Cactus Jack	51.92	Provisional
28	Rick Steiner	58.59	Provisional
29	Mitsuharu Misawa	66.62	Provisional
30	Brian Christopher	52.83	Provisional
31	Arn Anderson	79.69	Provisional
32	Shane Douglas	54.65	Provisional
33	Terry Funk	99.08	Calibrated
34	Konnan	77.87	Provisional
35	Jeff Jarrett	64.80	Provisional
36	Doink the Clown (Matt Borne)	49.98	Provisional
37	Kenta Kobashi	67.08	Provisional
38	Tracy Smothers	53.09	Provisional
39	Hawk	50.90	Provisional
40	Tatanka	51.31	Provisional
41	Brian Lee	51.83	Provisional
42	Eddie Gilbert	51.27	Provisional
43	Chris Benoit	72.30	Provisional
44	Randy Savage	99.29	Calibrated
45	Chris Candido	53.00	Provisional
46	Rod Price	50.99	Provisional
47	Jimmy Del Ray	50.28	Provisional
48	Steve Austin	99.14	Calibrated
49	Tom Prichard	50.59	Provisional
50	2 Cold Scorpio	52.99	Provisional
51	Johnny B. Badd	50.36	Provisional
52	Jerry Sags	51.14	Provisional
53	Crush	50.94	Provisional
54	Brian Pillman	52.16	Provisional
55	The Guardian Angel	48.15	Provisional
56	Troy Graham	48.13	Provisional
57	Jake Roberts	94.62	Calibrated
58	Kevin Sullivan	50.79	Provisional
59	Kensuke Sasaki	58.55	Provisional
60	Scott Norton	51.86	Provisional
61	Jim Neidhart	51.44	Provisional
62	American Love Machine	48.02	Provisional
63	Fatu	50.68	Provisional
64	Paul Orndorff	52.41	Provisional
65	Chris Adams	51.11	Provisional
66	Brian Knobbs	51.53	Provisional
67	Samu	50.88	Provisional
68	Mr. Hughes	50.74	Provisional
69	Jacques	49.53	Provisional
70	Rick Martel	52.58	Provisional
71	Jim Duggan	51.69	Provisional
72	Iceman King Parsons	50.02	Provisional
73	Bruiser Bedlam	49.17	Provisional
74	Akira Nogami	50.95	Provisional
75	Doug Gilbert	51.17	Provisional
76	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
77	Stan Hansen	55.88	Provisional
78	Typhoon	50.78	Provisional
79	The Patriot	50.87	Provisional
80	Masa Chono	52.07	Provisional
81	Larry Zbyszko	51.26	Provisional
82	Shinya Hashimoto	56.16	Provisional
83	Roddy Piper	53.97	Provisional
84	Bobby Eaton	52.10	Provisional
85	Riki Choshu	51.84	Provisional
86	Bob Backlund	57.95	Provisional
87	Abdullah The Butcher	51.71	Provisional
88	Mabel	51.13	Provisional
89	Tommy Rich	49.97	Provisional
90	Tito Santana	77.63	Provisional
91	Genichiro Tenryu	54.81	Provisional
92	Paul Roma	49.25	Provisional
93	Marcus Bagwell	50.19	Provisional
94	El Hijo del Santo	59.35	Provisional
95	Ray Gonzalez	51.69	Provisional
96	Ricky Morton	77.38	Provisional
97	Hiro Hase	51.75	Provisional
98	Ron Simmons	77.75	Provisional
99	Earthquake	50.85	Provisional
100	The Sheik	50.86	Provisional
101	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
102	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
103	Robert Gibson	51.17	Provisional
104	Mike Samples	49.73	Provisional
105	Ivan Koloff	53.53	Provisional
106	Nobuhiko Takada	51.48	Provisional
107	Tasmaniac	49.00	Provisional
108	Brutus Beefcake	49.32	Provisional
109	Scott Putski	51.08	Provisional
110	Doug Furnas	51.06	Provisional
111	Negro Casas	54.49	Provisional
112	Al Snow	53.13	Provisional
113	Vic Steamboat	50.18	Provisional
114	Butch Reed	49.22	Provisional
115	Frank Andersson	47.87	Provisional
116	Johnny Ace	51.28	Provisional
117	El Canek	49.68	Provisional
118	Akira Taue	52.85	Provisional
119	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
120	Jimmy Snuka	52.84	Provisional
121	Greg Valentine	53.22	Provisional
122	Kendo the Samurai	46.97	Provisional
123	Bob Orton Jr.	49.40	Provisional
124	Gary Albright	50.74	Provisional
125	Bunkhouse Buck	48.81	Provisional
126	Dan Kroffat	49.61	Provisional
127	Takayuki Iizuka	49.86	Provisional
128	Tommy Cairo	49.60	Provisional
129	Rob Van Dam	97.64	Calibrated
130	Invader #1	48.97	Provisional
131	Tatsumi Fujinami	54.14	Provisional
132	The Great Sasuke	54.76	Provisional
133	Mike Davis	49.08	Provisional
134	Nikolai Volkoff	49.44	Provisional
135	Tony Atlas	50.96	Provisional
136	Nailz	49.05	Provisional
137	The Hater	48.87	Provisional
138	Pierre	48.73	Provisional
139	Dick Slater	50.44	Provisional
140	Kamala	50.30	Provisional
141	Eddie Guerrero	98.64	Calibrated
142	Adam Bomb	50.28	Provisional
143	Sid Justice	54.24	Provisional
144	Gran Hamada	51.21	Provisional
145	Vladimir Koloff	48.30	Provisional
146	Junkyard Dog	49.61	Provisional
147	Dory Funk, Jr.	49.91	Provisional
148	Timothy Well	47.33	Provisional
149	Koko B Ware	49.50	Provisional
150	Dutch Mantel	50.25	Provisional
151	Black Tiger	47.95	Provisional
152	Blue Panther	52.50	Provisional
153	Brad Armstrong	51.17	Provisional
154	Miguel Perez Jr.	50.03	Provisional
155	Duke Droese	48.97	Provisional
156	Johnny Smith	50.78	Provisional
157	Marty Jannetty	53.80	Provisional
158	Cien Caras	48.14	Provisional
159	The Barbarian	50.95	Provisional
160	The Sandman	51.92	Provisional
161	Silver King	52.39	Provisional
162	Virgil	50.23	Provisional
163	Tom Zenk	50.70	Provisional
164	La Ley	48.44	Provisional
165	Atsushi Onita	50.38	Provisional
166	Steve Armstrong	49.66	Provisional
167	Dan Spivey	50.38	Provisional
168	Prince Kharis	46.22	Provisional
169	Charlie Norris	50.26	Provisional
170	Steve Dunn	46.15	Provisional
171	Ray Odyssey	49.31	Provisional
172	The Warlord	49.90	Provisional
173	Jimmy Garvin	47.45	Provisional
174	Kwang	46.12	Provisional
175	Joel Deaton	49.45	Provisional
176	Ricky Santana	49.93	Provisional
177	Maxx Payne	49.17	Provisional
178	Alex Porteau	47.34	Provisional
179	Johnny Gunn	48.81	Provisional
180	Pit Bull Psycho Mike	46.01	Provisional
181	King Kong Bundy	49.91	Provisional
182	Jesse Barr	49.80	Provisional
183	Erik Watts	48.96	Provisional
184	Davey Boy Smith	54.80	Provisional
185	John Rambo	49.82	Provisional
186	Bruiser Brian Cox	45.91	Provisional
187	Sumito	47.92	Provisional
188	Mil Mascaras	49.32	Provisional
189	Sparky Plugg	45.84	Provisional
190	Manny Fernandez	50.27	Provisional
191	Dean Malenko	60.45	Provisional
192	Doink the Clown (Ray Apollo)	48.81	Provisional
193	Killer Kyle	47.94	Provisional
194	Scott Armstrong	48.99	Provisional
195	Terry Taylor	46.83	Provisional
196	Dick Murdoch	49.42	Provisional
197	Psychosis	45.96	Provisional
198	Axis the Demolisher	49.22	Provisional
199	Wahoo McDaniel	50.07	Provisional
200	Barry Windham	80.17	Provisional
201	Jerry Estrada	50.73	Provisional
202	Mikey Whipwreck	49.52	Provisional
203	George Smith	46.41	Provisional
204	Dane Rush	46.39	Provisional
205	Jack Hammer	46.93	Provisional
206	Abbudah Singh	46.39	Provisional
207	Rocco Rock	49.95	Provisional
208	Mo	48.60	Provisional
209	Johnny Grunge	49.88	Provisional
210	John Hawk	46.89	Provisional
211	Ron Garvin	49.01	Provisional
212	Terry Gordy	51.18	Provisional
213	Italian Stallion	48.44	Provisional
214	Lizmark	47.31	Provisional
215	Firefighter Adrian	46.79	Provisional
216	Carlos Colon	49.97	Provisional
217	Moadib	46.19	Provisional
218	Scotty McKeever	47.19	Provisional
219	Mickey Doyle	47.19	Provisional
220	Action Jackson	46.70	Provisional
221	Colonel DeBeers	49.70	Provisional
222	Friendly Frank Finnegan	45.32	Provisional
223	Perro Aguayo	50.65	Provisional
224	Kane	79.65	Provisional
225	Jean-Paul Levesque	45.29	Provisional
226	Tex Slazenger	46.81	Provisional
227	T. Rantula	50.13	Provisional
228	Octagon	52.71	Provisional
229	La Parka	52.47	Provisional
230	Tim Horner	50.35	Provisional
231	J. T. Smith	48.54	Provisional
232	Giant Baba	52.69	Provisional
233	Ron Harris	50.40	Provisional
234	Dan Davis	48.81	Provisional
235	Vampire Warrior	48.03	Provisional
236	Haystacks Calhoun, Jr.	45.89	Provisional
237	Don Harris	50.19	Provisional
238	Sergeant Slaughter	50.53	Provisional
239	Kevin Von Erich	49.87	Provisional
240	Joe Savoldi	48.47	Provisional
241	Mohammed Hussein	46.71	Provisional
242	Dusty Wolfe	48.71	Provisional
243	Jamie Dundee	49.52	Provisional
244	911	47.12	Provisional
245	The Mongolian Stomper	46.30	Provisional
246	Super Delfin	51.79	Provisional
247	Tiger Mask III	44.98	Provisional
248	Ron Cumberledge	47.33	Provisional
249	The Cuban Assassin	46.69	Provisional
250	Kendo Nagasaki	45.67	Provisional
251	Hercules	49.59	Provisional
252	Bart Gunn	50.22	Provisional
253	Chaz Taylor	49.40	Provisional
254	Antonio Inoki	54.75	Provisional
255	Vampiro Canadiense	47.84	Provisional
256	Billy Gunn	77.85	Provisional
257	Tony Rumble	47.23	Provisional
258	Al Perez	49.57	Provisional
259	Steve Keirn	44.77	Provisional
260	Kole	44.77	Provisional
261	Black Bart	48.49	Provisional
262	Toshiaki Kawada	58.43	Provisional
263	Bobby Eaton	52.10	Provisional
264	Bushwhacker Butch	49.63	Provisional
265	Moondog Spot	49.80	Provisional
266	Papa Shango	49.21	Provisional
267	Bushwhacker Luke	48.86	Provisional
268	Shanghai Pierce	46.49	Provisional
269	Rick Justice	46.89	Provisional
270	Diamond Dallas Page	59.87	Provisional
271	Flash Flanagan	50.34	Provisional
272	Iron Mike Sharpe	45.89	Provisional
273	Steven Dane	48.28	Provisional
274	Jerry Lynn	54.89	Provisional
275	Evad Sullivan	44.50	Provisional
276	Michelle Starr	48.56	Provisional
277	Jimmy Valiant	47.32	Provisional
278	Rockin' Rebel	47.65	Provisional
279	Wolfie D.	50.25	Provisional
280	Beau Beverly	49.25	Provisional
281	Terry Austin	47.43	Provisional
282	Jeff Gaylord	50.07	Provisional
283	Cruel Connection II	47.64	Provisional
284	El Bronco	48.78	Provisional
285	Blake Beverly	49.11	Provisional
286	Rocky Dellaserra	44.37	Provisional
287	The Intruder	44.30	Provisional
288	The Iron Sheik	52.91	Provisional
289	Moondog Spike	48.96	Provisional
290	Pez Whatley	47.63	Provisional
291	Raymond Rougeau	44.27	Provisional
292	Tony Stetson	48.54	Provisional
293	Jim Pope	47.71	Provisional
294	Diamond Timothy Flowers	46.60	Provisional
295	Bryant Anderson	44.19	Provisional
296	Bart Sawyer	49.70	Provisional
297	Jim Steele	46.62	Provisional
298	Axl Rotten	50.34	Provisional
299	P. J. Walker	47.12	Provisional
300	Russian Assassin #2	45.89	Provisional
301	Ian Rotten	49.20	Provisional
302	Cobra	44.08	Provisional
303	Jim Powers	48.68	Provisional
304	Ryuma Go	46.49	Provisional
305	Tony the Annihalator	44.07	Provisional
306	Bobby Fulton	48.75	Provisional
307	El Mascarado	45.80	Provisional
308	Freight Train Freddy	44.76	Provisional
309	Marc Ash	48.48	Provisional
310	Thunder	48.75	Provisional
311	Jimmy Deo	47.92	Provisional
312	Deke Rivers	43.96	Provisional
313	Killer Brooks	47.20	Provisional
314	Tony Roy	45.09	Provisional
315	Tony Falk	48.24	Provisional
316	Frankie Rose	45.59	Provisional
317	Steve Lombardi	47.51	Provisional
318	Barry Horowitz	49.82	Provisional
319	Horace Boulder	47.23	Provisional
320	Glen Osbourne	50.88	Provisional
321	Muhammad the Butcher	47.40	Provisional
322	Danie Brits	45.57	Provisional
323	Scott D'Amore	49.29	Provisional
324	Scotty Summers	45.50	Provisional
325	Billy Travis	48.80	Provisional
326	Keith Cole	46.70	Provisional
327	Iranian Butcher	43.69	Provisional
328	Masked Maniac	45.92	Provisional
329	Johnny Canuck	43.67	Provisional
330	Metal Maniac	46.09	Provisional
331	Boy Gone Bad	43.66	Provisional
332	Dan Severn	52.15	Provisional
333	Ken Patera	49.91	Provisional
334	Danie Voges	44.36	Provisional
335	Jackie Fulton	47.65	Provisional
336	Billy Black	48.97	Provisional
337	The Spider	46.89	Provisional
338	Kent Cole	46.62	Provisional
339	Al Hardimon	44.28	Provisional
340	Lone Star	44.28	Provisional
341	Rick Conners	46.51	Provisional
342	Morgus the Maniac	48.89	Provisional
343	Moose Montana	43.46	Provisional
344	Chi Chi Cruz	44.28	Provisional
345	Ned Brady	43.40	Provisional
346	Mongolian Mauler	46.11	Provisional
347	Flaming Youth	47.61	Provisional
348	The Black Scorpion	44.76	Provisional
349	Honky Tonk Man	49.07	Provisional
350	Dino Hernandez	44.09	Provisional
351	Austin Steele	46.82	Provisional
352	Masayoshi Motegi	45.47	Provisional
353	Big D	46.59	Provisional
354	Spider #2	43.28	Provisional
355	Awesome Kong	52.07	Provisional
356	Damien Demento	45.40	Provisional
357	Bastion Booger	48.05	Provisional
358	Giant Gonzalez	46.73	Provisional
359	Brian Williams	43.19	Provisional
360	New Jack	51.02	Provisional
361	Mike Stone	43.17	Provisional
362	Flexx Wheeler	43.96	Provisional
363	Sal Bellomo	46.01	Provisional
364	Kendall Windham	47.23	Provisional
365	Lanny Poffo	47.01	Provisional
366	Silver King #2	43.88	Provisional
367	Special Delivery Jones	47.51	Provisional
368	Dan Childers	43.07	Provisional
369	Brett Striker	43.86	Provisional
370	Tennessee Equalizer	43.80	Provisional
371	Leatherface	44.37	Provisional
372	Doug Gilbert	51.17	Provisional
373	The Spider	46.89	Provisional
374	Buddy Rose	45.89	Provisional
375	Festus	49.34	Provisional
376	Terry Embry	43.70	Provisional
377	Chick Donovan	46.40	Provisional
378	Louie Spicolli	48.37	Provisional
379	Max Thrasher	47.50	Provisional
380	Johnny Paradise	45.40	Provisional
381	Karl Pope	45.19	Provisional
382	Buddy Landell	50.30	Provisional
383	Lou Perez	47.81	Provisional
384	Mike Golden	42.80	Provisional
385	Brad Rheingans	48.49	Provisional
386	Johnny Hot Body	48.19	Provisional
387	Bulldozer	42.77	Provisional
388	Bull Pain	48.44	Provisional
389	Rip Sawyer	42.77	Provisional
390	Glenn Jacobs	42.70	Provisional
391	Michael Hayes	50.71	Provisional
392	Brian Armstrong	47.98	Provisional
393	Duane Gill	44.00	Provisional
394	Buddy Wayne	46.29	Provisional
395	Mr. Saito	50.39	Provisional
396	Big Bully Busick	49.38	Provisional
397	Chris Weider	42.60	Provisional
398	Bam Bam Coalson	44.97	Provisional
399	Mike Anthony	45.17	Provisional
400	Giant Ron Reis	42.57	Provisional
401	Wayne Reis	42.57	Provisional
402	Bobby Rogers	46.94	Provisional
403	Wayne Gill	42.50	Provisional
404	King Kong	45.89	Provisional
405	Sasheem	42.49	Provisional
406	B. Brian Blair	48.78	Provisional
407	Don Muraco	50.71	Provisional
408	Mr. Dynamic	42.47	Provisional
409	Jim Brunzell	48.38	Provisional
410	Lou Andrews	44.46	Provisional
411	Robbie Royce	46.61	Provisional
412	Blare Rogers	44.18	Provisional
413	Sunset Jim McGraw	42.37	Provisional
414	Gladiator #2	44.68	Provisional
415	Neil Superior	44.16	Provisional
416	Blaze Bigelow	43.56	Provisional
417	K. C. Knight	42.30	Provisional
418	Greg Hart	42.29	Provisional
419	Barry Houston	43.16	Provisional
420	Bo Dascious	45.17	Provisional
421	Jerry Faith	42.27	Provisional
422	American G. I.	44.28	Provisional
423	Jesse Henning	43.66	Provisional
424	King Kahlua	47.21	Provisional
425	T. J. Jackson	43.26	Provisional
426	Tommy Rogers	48.25	Provisional
427	Chris Carter	43.96	Provisional
428	Spartan Greg Bobchick	42.90	Provisional
429	Keith Hart	45.27	Provisional
430	Vance Nevada	49.01	Provisional
431	Mark Mest	46.22	Provisional
432	Rock Stevens	46.71	Provisional
433	Star Ryder	46.71	Provisional
434	Shawn Summers	45.90	Provisional
435	Killer Konareck	42.07	Provisional
436	Stan Lee	46.30	Provisional
437	Jeff O'Day	43.06	Provisional
438	Derrick Dukes	48.24	Provisional
439	Guido Falcone	45.40	Provisional
440	Irish Bobby Clancy	46.33	Provisional
441	Chris Pillon	43.36	Provisional
442	The Ram Man	43.19	Provisional
443	Eddie Golden	48.02	Provisional
444	Judge Dread	45.60	Provisional
445	Denny Kass	46.18	Provisional
446	J. R. James	43.20	Provisional
447	Cpl. Daril Danials	42.67	Provisional
448	Kirk Dredd	44.17	Provisional
449	Turbo Eric Freedom	44.80	Provisional
450	Plowboy Wilbur	42.79	Provisional
451	Firewalker	41.80	Provisional
452	Spellbinder	46.08	Provisional
453	Sean Casey	48.88	Provisional
454	Ed Atlas	45.57	Provisional
455	Knuckles Nelson	46.99	Provisional
456	Calvin Knapp	43.99	Provisional
457	The Barroom Brawler	41.70	Provisional
458	Lord Zoltan	48.45	Provisional
459	Tyrone Knox	44.88	Provisional
460	Dr. Johnny Wildside	45.17	Provisional
461	Tony Pritchard	44.60	Provisional
462	Tony Golden	45.09	Provisional
463	Wichita Willie	45.07	Provisional
464	Juan Valdes	42.51	Provisional
465	Caveman Broda	41.58	Provisional
466	Woody Lee	43.80	Provisional
467	Paul Lloyd	43.27	Provisional
468	Kid Liberty	41.51	Provisional
469	Rusty Brooks	44.00	Provisional
470	Psycho Mike	49.11	Provisional
471	Rob Morgan	41.50	Provisional
472	Death Row #3620	44.80	Provisional
473	Quinn Nash	43.89	Provisional
474	Chris Duffy	41.48	Provisional
475	Doug Basham	50.83	Provisional
476	Baron Von Raschke	45.78	Provisional
477	Tommy Jammer	47.53	Provisional
478	Troy Mest	45.64	Provisional
479	Steven Debbes	43.61	Provisional
480	Brett Blair	43.20	Provisional
481	Suicide Samson	41.32	Provisional
482	Hollywood Hubie	41.32	Provisional
483	Bobby Blade	43.17	Provisional
484	Tim McNeany	41.30	Provisional
485	Mike Roselli	41.28	Provisional
486	Soulman Alex G.	42.08	Provisional
487	Gorilla Johnson	42.69	Provisional
488	Jimmy Lamb	43.09	Provisional
489	Otis Apollo	46.39	Provisional
490	Randy Tyler	41.20	Provisional
491	Billy Butcher	41.18	Provisional
492	Superkey I	43.99	Provisional
493	Killer	46.99	Provisional
494	Superkey II	43.11	Provisional
495	Bob the Butcher	43.18	Provisional
496	Mr. Right	41.90	Provisional
497	Mean Mike	42.08	Provisional
498	Ninnie Biondo	41.09	Provisional
499	Max Crimson	44.87	Provisional
500	Don E. Allen	42.41	Provisional

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