PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2003

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2003 — all five hundred places, as published. Brock Lesnar took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2003 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	Brock Lesnar	99.08	Calibrated
2	Triple H	98.94	Calibrated
3	Kurt Angle	97.99	Calibrated
4	Keiji Mutoh	62.34	Provisional
5	Chris Jericho	97.96	Calibrated
6	Big Show	60.36	Provisional
7	Booker T	95.05	Calibrated
8	Kenta Kobashi	67.08	Provisional
9	Eddie Guerrero	98.64	Calibrated
10	Rob Van Dam	97.64	Calibrated
11	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
12	John Cena	99.37	Calibrated
13	Chris Benoit	72.30	Provisional
14	El Hijo del Santo	59.35	Provisional
15	Jeff Jarrett	64.80	Provisional
16	Shinya Hashimoto	56.16	Provisional
17	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
18	The Undertaker	99.38	Calibrated
19	Rey Mysterio	97.16	Calibrated
20	Christopher Daniels	59.71	Provisional
21	The Hurricane	50.33	Provisional
22	Raven	57.27	Provisional
23	Kane	79.65	Provisional
24	Koji Kanemoto	54.63	Provisional
25	Charlie Haas	54.17	Provisional
26	Low Ki	54.51	Provisional
27	Shocker	54.27	Provisional
28	Christian Cage	95.07	Calibrated
29	Jerry Lynn	54.89	Provisional
30	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
31	Yuji Nagata	57.40	Provisional
32	Shawn Michaels	99.86	Calibrated
33	Chavo Guerrero	55.67	Provisional
34	Adam Copeland	66.43	Provisional
35	Dustin Rhodes	63.63	Provisional
36	Hector Garza	54.54	Provisional
37	Lance Storm	55.25	Provisional
38	Genichiro Tenryu	54.81	Provisional
39	Goldberg	96.90	Calibrated
40	Scott Steiner	80.36	Provisional
41	Mr. Niebla	52.79	Provisional
42	The Amazing Red	51.78	Provisional
43	Spanky	50.72	Provisional
44	Test	52.86	Provisional
45	Paul London	53.62	Provisional
46	Masa Chono	52.07	Provisional
47	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
48	Ron Killings	52.99	Provisional
49	A-Train	49.24	Provisional
50	Jamie Noble	51.01	Provisional
51	Doug Basham	50.83	Provisional
52	La Parka	52.47	Provisional
53	Ric Flair	99.79	Calibrated
54	Val Venis	53.90	Provisional
55	Dr. Wagner Jr.	58.31	Provisional
56	Bubba Ray Dudley	77.84	Provisional
57	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	56.66	Provisional
58	Michael Modest	51.07	Provisional
59	Rikishi	77.62	Provisional
60	Yoshihiro Takayama	51.85	Provisional
61	American Dragon	50.16	Provisional
62	Tajiri	53.24	Provisional
63	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
64	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
65	Damaja	50.11	Provisional
66	Jushin Liger	63.16	Provisional
67	William Regal	55.80	Provisional
68	Nick Dinsmore	50.03	Provisional
69	D-Von Dudley	77.80	Provisional
70	Sean O'Haire	49.91	Provisional
71	Kid Kash	52.05	Provisional
72	Chuck Palumbo	51.16	Provisional
73	Chris Harris	51.21	Provisional
74	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
75	Christopher Nowinski	48.02	Provisional
76	Spike Dudley	52.89	Provisional
77	James Storm	55.89	Provisional
78	Billy Kidman	53.02	Provisional
79	Nunzio	50.41	Provisional
80	D-Lo Brown	52.05	Provisional
81	Brian Lawler	47.66	Provisional
82	Mitsuharu Misawa	66.62	Provisional
83	Kendo Ka Shin	51.94	Provisional
84	Rey Bucanero	53.05	Provisional
85	Rodney Mack	49.37	Provisional
86	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
87	Steve Corino	53.27	Provisional
88	Maven	49.71	Provisional
89	Tiger Mask IV	54.77	Provisional
90	Juventud Guerrera	54.14	Provisional
91	Shannon Moore	52.05	Provisional
92	Glenn Gilberti	48.24	Provisional
93	Bill DeMott	47.45	Provisional
94	Latin Lover	51.23	Provisional
95	Sonny Siaki	49.60	Provisional
96	Black Tiger IV	51.19	Provisional
97	Rene Dupree	50.00	Provisional
98	Nova	49.14	Provisional
99	Rico	49.17	Provisional
100	Johnny Stamboli	48.94	Provisional
101	Takehiro Murahama	49.11	Provisional
102	Donovan Morgan	50.75	Provisional
103	C. W. Anderson	51.49	Provisional
104	Rob Conway	52.40	Provisional
105	Perry Saturn	51.86	Provisional
106	Steven Richards	52.36	Provisional
107	Shark Boy	50.91	Provisional
108	Elix Skipper	50.58	Provisional
109	Heavy Metal	51.57	Provisional
110	CIMA	53.03	Provisional
111	Brian Lee	51.83	Provisional
112	Felino	51.95	Provisional
113	Doug Williams	52.40	Provisional
114	Konnan	77.87	Provisional
115	Carly Colon	47.87	Provisional
116	Sho Funaki	50.67	Provisional
117	Slash	47.80	Provisional
118	Sylvain Grenier	51.89	Provisional
119	Glamour Boy Shane	48.78	Provisional
120	Rosey	49.05	Provisional
121	Super Delfin	51.79	Provisional
122	Devon Storm	51.18	Provisional
123	Jody Fleisch	48.89	Provisional
124	Crash Holly	52.42	Provisional
125	Seven	48.69	Provisional
126	Ray Gonzalez	51.69	Provisional
127	Riki Choshu	51.84	Provisional
128	Jamal	47.66	Provisional
129	Jonny Storm	48.66	Provisional
130	Lance Cade	51.09	Provisional
131	Frankie Kazarian	60.54	Provisional
132	Kanyon	48.52	Provisional
133	The Great Sasuke	54.76	Provisional
134	Nicho El Millonario	51.46	Provisional
135	Sabu	58.98	Provisional
136	Tokyo Magnum	51.02	Provisional
137	Nathan Jones	48.05	Provisional
138	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
139	Mark Jindrak	50.60	Provisional
140	Scoot Andrews	49.96	Provisional
141	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
142	Syxx-Pac	48.90	Provisional
143	Gran Apolo	48.76	Provisional
144	Don Harris	50.19	Provisional
145	Damien 666	48.69	Provisional
146	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
147	Masato Tanaka	54.67	Provisional
148	Ron Harris	50.40	Provisional
149	Jose Maximo	48.65	Provisional
150	The Predator	47.84	Provisional
151	B. G. James	50.07	Provisional
152	David Young	49.83	Provisional
153	Kaz Hayashi	52.28	Provisional
154	Sean Casey	48.88	Provisional
155	Samoa Joe	96.26	Calibrated
156	Vampiro	52.03	Provisional
157	Flash Flanagan	50.34	Provisional
158	Joel Maximo	48.48	Provisional
159	Manabu Nakanishi	53.03	Provisional
160	Trash	46.33	Provisional
161	Judo Suwa	46.33	Provisional
162	Halloween	50.27	Provisional
163	The Sandman	51.92	Provisional
164	B. J. Payne	47.04	Provisional
165	Ricky Banderas	50.51	Provisional
166	Shane Douglas	54.65	Provisional
167	Danny Doring	50.58	Provisional
168	Scorpio	50.03	Provisional
169	Matt Morgan	53.62	Provisional
170	Malice	47.12	Provisional
171	CM Punk	98.11	Calibrated
172	Shinjiro Otani	52.60	Provisional
173	E. Z. Money	47.04	Provisional
174	TAKA Michinoku	53.82	Provisional
175	Orlando Jordan	51.26	Provisional
176	El Alebrije	48.58	Provisional
177	Todd Shane	48.54	Provisional
178	Michael Shane	50.67	Provisional
179	Mike Sanders	46.93	Provisional
180	Mike Shane	48.45	Provisional
181	Tom Howard	47.75	Provisional
182	Jorge Estrada	46.73	Provisional
183	Joey Matthews	50.13	Provisional
184	Matt Stryker	49.28	Provisional
185	Octagon	52.71	Provisional
186	Dragon Kid	51.24	Provisional
187	Johnny Jeter	50.01	Provisional
188	Buff Bagwell	50.65	Provisional
189	Julio Dinero	49.32	Provisional
190	Eddie Colon	48.44	Provisional
191	Kensuke Sasaki	58.55	Provisional
192	Chad Collyer	49.81	Provisional
193	Mascarita Sagrada	48.97	Provisional
194	Jimmy Rave	50.23	Provisional
195	Travis Bane	45.80	Provisional
196	Johnny Spade	47.92	Provisional
197	Negro Casas	54.49	Provisional
198	Bobby Roode	65.92	Provisional
199	Tony Kozina	49.39	Provisional
200	Electro Shock	51.29	Provisional
201	Tony Mamaluke	48.16	Provisional
202	Mike Quackenbush	51.44	Provisional
203	Chris Hamrick	47.81	Provisional
204	Lobo	45.62	Provisional
205	Billy Fives	47.44	Provisional
206	Hotstuff Hernandez	49.34	Provisional
207	Christian York	50.70	Provisional
208	Milano Collection A. T.	50.98	Provisional
209	Rey Misterio	46.31	Provisional
210	Big Bad John	46.30	Provisional
211	Bronco	46.29	Provisional
212	Jonah Adelman	45.49	Provisional
213	Justin Credible	55.30	Provisional
214	Mark Magnus	47.48	Provisional
215	Osamu Nishimura	51.25	Provisional
216	Chris Cage	48.56	Provisional
217	Hurricane Castillo, Jr.	46.78	Provisional
218	B.J. Whitmer	50.58	Provisional
219	Dick Togo	50.67	Provisional
220	YOSSINO	46.18	Provisional
221	Thunder	48.75	Provisional
222	Tony Jones	48.44	Provisional
223	Simon Diamond	49.61	Provisional
224	Tom Brandi	49.32	Provisional
225	Xavier	47.09	Provisional
226	Bison Smith	49.82	Provisional
227	New Jack	51.02	Provisional
228	Lightning	47.71	Provisional
229	Sumo Fuji	46.00	Provisional
230	Chance Beckett	45.21	Provisional
231	Jeremy Lopez	46.51	Provisional
232	Otto Schwanz	47.32	Provisional
233	Tenacious Z	45.18	Provisional
234	Shane Ballard	47.50	Provisional
235	Homicide	53.39	Provisional
236	Cody Hawk	49.18	Provisional
237	Heat	47.99	Provisional
238	Shannon Ballard	47.44	Provisional
239	Quiet Storm	47.71	Provisional
240	Johnny Swinger	50.13	Provisional
241	Aaron Stevens	49.71	Provisional
242	Colt Cabana	53.34	Provisional
243	Akira Nogami	50.95	Provisional
244	Mark Henry	78.57	Provisional
245	Gillberg	49.55	Provisional
246	Jason Cross	46.30	Provisional
247	The Blue Meanie	49.95	Provisional
248	Minoru Fujita	50.39	Provisional
249	Dean Jablonski	47.02	Provisional
250	Chicano	48.66	Provisional
251	Mike Sullivan	47.02	Provisional
252	Mike Barton	48.80	Provisional
253	Dr. Luther	46.18	Provisional
254	Ace Steel	49.52	Provisional
255	Rico Suave	46.18	Provisional
256	Horshu	46.17	Provisional
257	Alex Arion	47.23	Provisional
258	Johnny Moss	47.30	Provisional
259	Prince Nana	48.06	Provisional
260	Dan Maff	47.75	Provisional
261	Lex Lovett	47.21	Provisional
262	Keiji Sakoda	46.10	Provisional
263	Stefano	44.69	Provisional
264	Gedo	51.24	Provisional
265	Monsta Mack	46.41	Provisional
266	Frank Parker	48.46	Provisional
267	Evan Karagias	49.22	Provisional
268	Chicky Starr	46.38	Provisional
269	Jado	50.49	Provisional
270	Mikey Henderson	46.08	Provisional
271	Jimmy Vegas	46.09	Provisional
272	Glen Osbourne	50.88	Provisional
273	Iceberg	46.69	Provisional
274	Takao Omori	51.69	Provisional
275	Balls Mahoney	51.10	Provisional
276	Chet Jablonski	46.69	Provisional
277	Adam Firestorm	46.72	Provisional
278	Super Crazy	52.81	Provisional
279	Victor the Bodyguard	44.47	Provisional
280	Jinsei Shinzaki	51.28	Provisional
281	Naoya Ogawa	51.57	Provisional
282	Vinny Massaro	47.62	Provisional
283	Scottie Wren	45.97	Provisional
284	Ricky Santana	49.93	Provisional
285	Dennis Gregory	47.72	Provisional
286	Onyx	47.61	Provisional
287	Trevor Rhodes	47.35	Provisional
288	Savio Vega	51.84	Provisional
289	John Rambo	49.82	Provisional
290	Masaaki Mochizuki	51.31	Provisional
291	Bobby Blaze	49.33	Provisional
292	Rico Casanova	46.49	Provisional
293	Tank	47.63	Provisional
294	Chris Candido	53.00	Provisional
295	Chris Divine	44.96	Provisional
296	Tony DeVito	47.22	Provisional
297	Jacey North	46.20	Provisional
298	Tarus	46.80	Provisional
299	Nigel McGuinness	56.57	Provisional
300	Andre Baker	46.69	Provisional
301	Adam Windsor	45.47	Provisional
302	Boomer Payne	46.41	Provisional
303	H. C. Loc	45.80	Provisional
304	Hiro Hase	51.75	Provisional
305	Jason Rumble	46.58	Provisional
306	Ikuto Hidaka	50.18	Provisional
307	Dusty Wolfe	48.71	Provisional
308	Miguel Perez Jr.	50.03	Provisional
309	Vance Nevada	49.01	Provisional
310	Slyck Wagner Brown	46.90	Provisional
311	Yoshinari Ogawa	50.74	Provisional
312	J. R. Ryder	47.13	Provisional
313	Naphtali	46.42	Provisional
314	Azrieal	47.88	Provisional
315	Gabriel	45.76	Provisional
316	Gran Hamada	51.21	Provisional
317	Don Montoya	48.57	Provisional
318	Inferno	45.77	Provisional
319	Quinn Magnum	47.05	Provisional
320	Maxx Justice	46.61	Provisional
321	Afa Jr.	48.54	Provisional
322	Atsushi Onita	50.38	Provisional
323	Lash LeRoux	48.96	Provisional
324	Tommy Diablo	46.91	Provisional
325	Paul Vault	45.07	Provisional
326	Biggie Biggs	47.00	Provisional
327	Juggernaut	46.94	Provisional
328	Genki Horiguchi	49.73	Provisional
329	Tony Stradlin	43.67	Provisional
330	Tiger Khan	45.60	Provisional
331	Mike Kruel	48.75	Provisional
332	Todd Sexton	45.39	Provisional
333	King Kong Bundy	49.91	Provisional
334	Kevin Northcutt	48.36	Provisional
335	The Stro	47.87	Provisional
336	Sedrick Strong	44.38	Provisional
337	Brandon K.	45.78	Provisional
338	John Walters	47.23	Provisional
339	Anarchy	43.50	Provisional
340	Preston Quinn	46.23	Provisional
341	Blade Boudreaux	46.41	Provisional
342	Akira Taue	52.85	Provisional
343	T. Rantula	50.13	Provisional
344	Navajo Warrior	45.58	Provisional
345	Wade Chism	45.30	Provisional
346	Ian Rotten	49.20	Provisional
347	Superstar Steve	44.76	Provisional
348	Rapid Fire Maldonado	45.40	Provisional
349	Gran Naniwa	49.17	Provisional
350	Mr. Ooh La La	47.46	Provisional
351	Majik	44.67	Provisional
352	Brock Singleton	44.66	Provisional
353	Shiro Koshinaka	46.40	Provisional
354	Ghost Walker	43.28	Provisional
355	Rob Eckos	49.70	Provisional
356	Ace Darling	50.27	Provisional
357	Eric Alexander	45.27	Provisional
358	Chris Hero	52.95	Provisional
359	Super Hentai	46.17	Provisional
360	Tyo Saito	43.19	Provisional
361	Jimmy Cicero	49.84	Provisional
362	Arch Kincaid	47.11	Provisional
363	Nikita Allanov	44.97	Provisional
364	Jimmy Snuka, Jr.	45.71	Provisional
365	Epi the Phat Samoan	43.10	Provisional
366	Johnny Heartbreaker	44.46	Provisional
367	Marc Ash	48.48	Provisional
368	Jaguar Vijay Singh	43.86	Provisional
369	Murder One	43.07	Provisional
370	Rod Steel	46.99	Provisional
371	Bart Sawyer	49.70	Provisional
372	Scott D'Amore	49.29	Provisional
373	Rikki Nelson	45.69	Provisional
374	Joey Knight	46.96	Provisional
375	Michelle Starr	48.56	Provisional
376	Eric Priest	44.56	Provisional
377	Cheetah Master	49.31	Provisional
378	Dominican Boy	42.90	Provisional
379	Tommy Drake	43.68	Provisional
380	Dirk Ciglar	43.66	Provisional
381	Doug Delicious	42.87	Provisional
382	Striker	46.58	Provisional
383	Vito Thomaselli	45.62	Provisional
384	Rainman	44.26	Provisional
385	Johnny The Body	43.58	Provisional
386	Japanese Pool Boy	45.28	Provisional
387	Robin Knightwing	46.93	Provisional
388	Stone Mountain	44.06	Provisional
389	Dino Divine	43.58	Provisional
390	Agent Steele	42.70	Provisional
391	Romeo Valentino	45.07	Provisional
392	Jonnie Stewart	47.10	Provisional
393	Steve Madison	46.20	Provisional
394	J. P. Black	44.28	Provisional
395	Scott Savage	43.46	Provisional
396	Beau Douglas	43.40	Provisional
397	Tyson Dux	51.86	Provisional
398	Josh Prohibition	47.85	Provisional
399	Frank Murdoch	45.78	Provisional
400	Bob Evans	47.34	Provisional
401	J. C. Bailey	43.36	Provisional
402	Matt Vandal	43.30	Provisional
403	Earl The Pearl	45.30	Provisional
404	Danny Garnell	42.50	Provisional
405	Scott Bishop	46.01	Provisional
406	Shaggy 2 Dope	46.03	Provisional
407	Bryan Wenzel	43.86	Provisional
408	Shorty Smalls	46.72	Provisional
409	Major DeBeers	47.87	Provisional
410	Steve Rivers	43.77	Provisional
411	Judas Young	45.30	Provisional
412	T. J. Powers	44.67	Provisional
413	Qenaan Creed	45.91	Provisional
414	Mozart Fontaine	45.34	Provisional
415	Terry Allen	45.18	Provisional
416	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
417	Eric Everlast	44.90	Provisional
418	The Codfather	43.08	Provisional
419	Johnny Maxx	44.07	Provisional
420	Rockin' Rebel	47.65	Provisional
421	J-Rocc	45.10	Provisional
422	Stamp Lickage	43.00	Provisional
423	Human Time Bomb	42.21	Provisional
424	Rollin' Hard	43.57	Provisional
425	Tejas	43.77	Provisional
426	Dewey Cheatum	42.97	Provisional
427	Joey Corman	44.27	Provisional
428	Rich Myers	45.69	Provisional
429	Bruiser Bennett	46.53	Provisional
430	E. C. Negro	44.60	Provisional
431	Rod Bell	43.47	Provisional
432	Sonjay Dutt	52.12	Provisional
433	The Bruiser	46.03	Provisional
434	K. C. Blade	43.19	Provisional
435	The Prophet	42.80	Provisional
436	Samir	42.79	Provisional
437	Nova Cain	44.17	Provisional
438	Joey Maxx	41.99	Provisional
439	Kenny King	54.32	Provisional
440	Ruffhouse Rivera	43.30	Provisional
441	Mike The Miz	43.78	Provisional
442	Derek Neikirk	41.91	Provisional
443	Spanky Malone	42.69	Provisional
444	Scab	44.18	Provisional
445	Rory Fox	48.15	Provisional
446	The Bouncer	44.78	Provisional
447	Bobby 2-Badd	43.67	Provisional
448	Poison	43.67	Provisional
449	Roman	44.10	Provisional
450	Ladies' Choice	45.37	Provisional
451	Shane Shadows	44.91	Provisional
452	Adam Booker	44.27	Provisional
453	Xero	42.57	Provisional
454	Dukes Dalton	42.51	Provisional
455	Mace Mendoza	44.39	Provisional
456	Sean Lei	42.67	Provisional
457	Hadrian	43.39	Provisional
458	Johnny Handsome	45.99	Provisional
459	Buff-E	44.39	Provisional
460	John Balsamo	44.69	Provisional
461	Larry Destiny	44.82	Provisional
462	Crusher Hansen	44.48	Provisional
463	Supreme Lee Great	44.59	Provisional
464	Chasyn Rance	47.79	Provisional
465	Mace	47.30	Provisional
466	Chris Sanders	41.58	Provisional
467	John Curse	43.40	Provisional
468	Frankie Capone	44.48	Provisional
469	Jeff Starr	44.20	Provisional
470	Greg Spitz	44.31	Provisional
471	Dash Bennett	43.99	Provisional
472	James Champagne	43.36	Provisional
473	Chakal	42.79	Provisional
474	Treach Phillips, Jr.	43.16	Provisional
475	Kevin Knight	50.94	Provisional
476	Mike Knox	50.27	Provisional
477	Snatch Haggis	43.30	Provisional
478	Mega	45.44	Provisional
479	Bull Pain	48.44	Provisional
480	Marshall Knox	42.99	Provisional
481	Dave Greco	43.17	Provisional
482	Frankie The Mobster	46.64	Provisional
483	Jimmy Jacobs	52.71	Provisional
484	Gino Martino	43.79	Provisional
485	J. T. Lightning	45.42	Provisional
486	Luis Ortiz	43.57	Provisional
487	Spyder	43.86	Provisional
488	Gutter	43.50	Provisional
489	Hoss	43.76	Provisional
490	Hallowicked	49.21	Provisional
491	Paul Atlas	43.47	Provisional
492	Bruiser Graham	42.70	Provisional
493	Don Basher	45.63	Provisional
494	C. B. Cane	42.91	Provisional
495	Flat Face Jeremy	41.12	Provisional
496	David Isley	41.11	Provisional
497	Salvatore Thomaselli	41.10	Provisional
498	Uncle Ernie	41.09	Provisional
499	Darin Childs	44.12	Provisional
500	Billy K.	41.08	Provisional

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