PWI 500

The PWI 500 — 2007

The complete Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 for 2007 — all five hundred places, as published. John Cena took the number one spot.

PWI 500, 2007 — all 500 places
Rank	Wrestler	GOAT	Evidence
1	John Cena	99.37	Calibrated
2	Adam Copeland	66.43	Provisional
3	Místico	59.71	Provisional
4	Kurt Angle	97.99	Calibrated
5	The Undertaker	99.38	Calibrated
6	Shawn Michaels	99.86	Calibrated
7	Christian Cage	95.07	Calibrated
8	Perro Aguayo, Jr.	56.31	Provisional
9	Bobby Lashley	65.92	Provisional
10	Takeshi Morishima	55.16	Provisional
11	Ultimo Guerrero	59.60	Provisional
12	Samoa Joe	96.26	Calibrated
13	Batista	95.98	Calibrated
14	Minoru Suzuki	56.30	Provisional
15	Randy Orton	97.91	Calibrated
16	Mitsuharu Misawa	66.62	Provisional
17	Bryan Danielson	96.49	Calibrated
18	King Booker	53.64	Provisional
19	Sting	98.80	Calibrated
20	Yuji Nagata	57.40	Provisional
21	Ken Kennedy	50.31	Provisional
22	Umaga	52.30	Provisional
23	Abyss	56.24	Provisional
24	Rob Van Dam	97.64	Calibrated
25	Nigel McGuinness	56.57	Provisional
26	Cibernetico	53.02	Provisional
27	Naomichi Marufuji	54.13	Provisional
28	Chris Sabin	55.76	Provisional
29	Jeff Hardy	97.49	Calibrated
30	Christopher Daniels	59.71	Provisional
31	El Hijo del Santo	59.35	Provisional
32	AJ Styles	97.33	Calibrated
33	Finlay	51.84	Provisional
34	Jushin Liger	63.16	Provisional
35	Big Show	60.36	Provisional
36	Matt Hardy	69.07	Provisional
37	Rocky Romero	53.29	Provisional
38	Negro Casas	54.49	Provisional
39	Rhino	54.60	Provisional
40	Hiroshi Tanahashi	66.35	Provisional
41	Carlito	53.58	Provisional
42	CM Punk	98.11	Calibrated
43	La Parka, Jr.	49.37	Provisional
44	Gregory Helms	50.01	Provisional
45	Hideo Itami	54.59	Provisional
46	Chavo Guerrero	55.67	Provisional
47	Montel Vontavious Porter	53.04	Provisional
48	Dr. Wagner Jr.	58.31	Provisional
49	Chris Hero	52.95	Provisional
50	Senshi	49.62	Provisional
51	Triple H	98.94	Calibrated
52	CIMA	53.03	Provisional
53	Averno	52.04	Provisional
54	Homicide	53.39	Provisional
55	Roderick Strong	63.77	Provisional
56	John Morrison	53.56	Provisional
57	Kensuke Sasaki	58.55	Provisional
58	Sabu	58.98	Provisional
59	Scott Steiner	80.36	Provisional
60	Charly Manson	50.54	Provisional
61	Milano Collection A. T.	50.98	Provisional
62	Marcus Cor Von	48.02	Provisional
63	Brent Albright	50.74	Provisional
64	Satoshi Kojima	57.74	Provisional
65	Kane	79.65	Provisional
66	Chris Harris	51.21	Provisional
67	Claudio Castagnoli	63.49	Provisional
68	L. A. Park	54.48	Provisional
69	Tiger Mask IV	54.77	Provisional
70	Ric Flair	99.79	Calibrated
71	Bobby Roode	65.92	Provisional
72	Jun Akiyama	58.13	Provisional
73	Black Warrior	52.13	Provisional
74	Brother Ray	51.17	Provisional
75	Alex Shelley	55.61	Provisional
76	Davey Richards	57.31	Provisional
77	William Regal	55.80	Provisional
78	Jay Briscoe	56.52	Provisional
79	Atlantis	53.67	Provisional
80	Brother Devon	52.83	Provisional
81	Hiroyoshi Tenzan	56.66	Provisional
82	James Storm	55.89	Provisional
83	Mark Briscoe	70.94	Provisional
84	Doug Williams	52.40	Provisional
85	Zorro	49.99	Provisional
86	Minoru Tanaka	53.84	Provisional
87	Elijah Burke	49.34	Provisional
88	Delirious	51.12	Provisional
89	Chris Masters	51.05	Provisional
90	Mephisto	51.72	Provisional
91	Shelton Benjamin	64.08	Provisional
92	Intocable	48.82	Provisional
93	Petey Williams	54.38	Provisional
94	Kevin Thorn	48.21	Provisional
95	Jay Lethal	64.29	Provisional
96	Shinsuke Nakamura	74.47	Provisional
97	Paul London	53.62	Provisional
98	Brian Kendrick	54.90	Provisional
99	Toshiaki Kawada	58.43	Provisional
100	Travis Tomko	48.10	Provisional
101	The Great Khali	53.39	Provisional
102	Austin Aries	56.57	Provisional
103	Yoshinari Ogawa	50.74	Provisional
104	Hector Garza	54.54	Provisional
105	Giant Bernard	50.90	Provisional
106	Hotstuff Hernandez	49.34	Provisional
107	Ricky Marvin	49.93	Provisional
108	Colt Cabana	53.34	Provisional
109	Mr. Aguila	50.07	Provisional
110	Jimmy Wang Yang	48.93	Provisional
111	Dragon Kid	51.24	Provisional
112	Vampiro	52.03	Provisional
113	Kotaro Suzuki	49.54	Provisional
114	The Boogeyman	48.89	Provisional
115	Dos Caras, Jr.	50.99	Provisional
116	Manabu Nakanishi	53.03	Provisional
117	Jeff Jarrett	64.80	Provisional
118	B.J. Whitmer	50.58	Provisional
119	Keiji Mutoh	62.34	Provisional
120	Eric Young	61.17	Provisional
121	Toscano	46.97	Provisional
122	Ares	49.11	Provisional
123	Kenny Dykstra	47.70	Provisional
124	Super Crazy	52.81	Provisional
125	Masato Yoshino	50.03	Provisional
126	Ron Killings	52.99	Provisional
127	Rey Bucanero	53.05	Provisional
128	Matt Sydal	52.10	Provisional
129	Shocker	54.27	Provisional
130	Gene Snitsky	49.38	Provisional
131	Togi Makabe	52.18	Provisional
132	Octagon	52.71	Provisional
133	Naruki Doi	52.23	Provisional
134	Sonjay Dutt	52.12	Provisional
135	Trevor Murdoch	50.90	Provisional
136	Universo 2000	47.88	Provisional
137	Lance Cade	51.09	Provisional
138	Jay Bradley	48.87	Provisional
139	Jerry Lynn	54.89	Provisional
140	Marco Corleone	50.52	Provisional
141	Dick Togo	50.67	Provisional
142	Jimmy Rave	50.23	Provisional
143	Masao Inoue	46.64	Provisional
144	Juventud Guerrera	54.14	Provisional
145	Sean Waltman	48.35	Provisional
146	TAKA Michinoku	53.82	Provisional
147	Volador, Jr.	52.39	Provisional
148	Mike Mizanin	47.33	Provisional
149	Jack Evans	51.63	Provisional
150	Andrew Martin	46.47	Provisional
151	Kaz Hayashi	52.28	Provisional
152	Ephesto	47.23	Provisional
153	Paul Burchill	49.08	Provisional
154	Abismo Negro	50.19	Provisional
155	Joey Mercury	50.59	Provisional
156	Koji Kanemoto	54.63	Provisional
157	Hardcore Holly	51.84	Provisional
158	Damien 666	48.69	Provisional
159	Lance Hoyt	49.79	Provisional
160	Shawn Spears	54.89	Provisional
161	La Mascara	51.02	Provisional
162	Charlie Haas	54.17	Provisional
163	Heavy Metal	51.57	Provisional
164	Basham	46.26	Provisional
165	Lizmark, Jr.	48.78	Provisional
166	Aaron Stevens	49.71	Provisional
167	Adam Pearce	52.78	Provisional
168	B. G. James	50.07	Provisional
169	Halloween	50.27	Provisional
170	Kip James	48.62	Provisional
171	Chessman	51.14	Provisional
172	Cody Rhodes	96.29	Calibrated
173	Matt Striker	47.55	Provisional
174	Taiji Ishimori	52.05	Provisional
175	Damaja	50.11	Provisional
176	Felino	51.95	Provisional
177	Mike Quackenbush	51.44	Provisional
178	Don Fuji	46.81	Provisional
179	Santino Marella	52.14	Provisional
180	Kevin Owens	74.64	Provisional
181	Katsuhiko Nakajima	53.38	Provisional
182	Tommy Dreamer	78.01	Provisional
183	PAC	63.25	Provisional
184	Mark Henry	78.57	Provisional
185	Alex Koslov	49.82	Provisional
186	The Sandman	51.92	Provisional
187	Steve Corino	53.27	Provisional
188	Maximo	49.86	Provisional
189	Genki Horiguchi	49.73	Provisional
190	Eugene	51.55	Provisional
191	Super Delfin	51.79	Provisional
192	Ricky Reyes	50.06	Provisional
193	Shad Gaspard	49.75	Provisional
194	Mike Kruel	48.75	Provisional
195	Tank Toland	49.54	Provisional
196	Brother Runt	46.52	Provisional
197	Mohammed Yone	50.27	Provisional
198	Eddie Colon	48.44	Provisional
199	JTG	50.80	Provisional
200	Olímpico	49.05	Provisional
201	Matt Cross	51.55	Provisional
202	Gedo	51.24	Provisional
203	Domino	47.18	Provisional
204	Ryo Saito	47.94	Provisional
205	Danny Doring	50.58	Provisional
206	Muerte Cibernetica	45.60	Provisional
207	Deuce	47.27	Provisional
208	Apolo	46.32	Provisional
209	Jinsei Shinzaki	51.28	Provisional
210	Johnny Devine	50.02	Provisional
211	Osamu Nishimura	51.25	Provisional
212	Jamie Noble	51.01	Provisional
213	Ultimo Dragon	56.57	Provisional
214	Dave Taylor	46.22	Provisional
215	Fuerza Guerrera	50.58	Provisional
216	Matt Bentley	46.21	Provisional
217	Nunzio	50.41	Provisional
218	Takashi Sugiura	56.94	Provisional
219	Human Tornado	48.15	Provisional
220	Mike Knox	50.27	Provisional
221	Tatsumi Fujinami	54.14	Provisional
222	Jake Gymini	46.10	Provisional
223	Nick Sinn	45.31	Provisional
224	Joey Ryan	51.01	Provisional
225	Shuji Kondo	47.09	Provisional
226	Jesse Gymini	46.08	Provisional
227	Daivari	45.28	Provisional
228	Brazo De Plata	46.59	Provisional
229	Frankie Kazarian	60.54	Provisional
230	Takuma Sano	48.38	Provisional
231	Erick Stevens	49.00	Provisional
232	Shinjiro Otani	52.60	Provisional
233	El Sagrado	46.89	Provisional
234	Robbie McAllister	49.17	Provisional
235	Latin Lover	51.23	Provisional
236	Mike Mondo	50.13	Provisional
237	Sangre Azteca	48.90	Provisional
238	Andy Douglas	49.55	Provisional
239	Shiro Koshinaka	46.40	Provisional
240	Rory McAllister	48.23	Provisional
241	Chase Stevens	49.64	Provisional
242	Texano, Jr.	50.64	Provisional
243	Johnny Jeter	50.01	Provisional
244	Sami Zayn	73.95	Provisional
245	Val Venis	53.90	Provisional
246	Susumu Yokosuka	47.02	Provisional
247	Derek Wylde	47.64	Provisional
248	Raven	57.27	Provisional
249	Taiyo Kea	52.83	Provisional
250	Nick Nemeth	48.08	Provisional
251	Akira Taue	52.85	Provisional
252	Jimmy Jacobs	52.71	Provisional
253	A-1	46.18	Provisional
254	Oz	45.59	Provisional
255	Big Daddy V	47.23	Provisional
256	Jim Duggan	51.69	Provisional
257	Sylvester Terkay	46.21	Provisional
258	Shark Boy	50.91	Provisional
259	Steve Lewington	47.10	Provisional
260	Nick Mitchell	46.43	Provisional
261	El Angel	45.49	Provisional
262	Rene Dupree	50.00	Provisional
263	Jado	50.49	Provisional
264	Balls Mahoney	51.10	Provisional
265	El Oriental	48.91	Provisional
266	Stevie Richards	51.81	Provisional
267	Sylvain Grenier	51.89	Provisional
268	Shannon Moore	52.05	Provisional
269	Antoni Polaski	44.59	Provisional
270	Sho Funaki	50.67	Provisional
271	Brett Major	44.57	Provisional
272	Harry Smith	49.57	Provisional
273	Brian Major	44.57	Provisional
274	Laredo Kid	60.30	Provisional
275	Rob Conway	52.40	Provisional
276	Karl Anderson	53.32	Provisional
277	Vito	45.40	Provisional
278	Rick Steiner	58.59	Provisional
279	Kassidy James	45.20	Provisional
280	Kikutaro	47.24	Provisional
281	Jerry Lawler	78.48	Provisional
282	Rey Cometa	46.29	Provisional
283	Super Dragon	46.81	Provisional
284	Brad Armstrong	51.17	Provisional
285	Takao Omori	51.69	Provisional
286	K. C. James	44.37	Provisional
287	Ryusuke Taguchi	51.32	Provisional
288	Tony Mamaluke	48.16	Provisional
289	Chet The Jett	47.55	Provisional
290	Michael Kovac	44.27	Provisional
291	Orlando Jordan	51.26	Provisional
292	Minoru Fujita	50.39	Provisional
293	C. W. Anderson	51.49	Provisional
294	Gran Akuma	48.81	Provisional
295	Justin LaRouche	44.19	Provisional
296	Pantera	47.44	Provisional
297	Adam Flash	48.35	Provisional
298	Scorpio	50.03	Provisional
299	Chris Bosh	44.89	Provisional
300	Vladimir Kozlov	50.58	Provisional
301	KUDO	46.89	Provisional
302	Psicosis	52.24	Provisional
303	Icarus	48.76	Provisional
304	Scott Lost	47.81	Provisional
305	Justin Credible	55.30	Provisional
306	Jesse Dalton	44.00	Provisional
307	Dan Rodman	43.99	Provisional
308	Sicodelico Jr.	43.99	Provisional
309	Scotty 2 Hotty	51.85	Provisional
310	Necro Butcher	50.24	Provisional
311	Josh Daniels	49.00	Provisional
312	Festus Dalton	43.96	Provisional
313	El Bronco	48.78	Provisional
314	Chuck Taylor	51.02	Provisional
315	Brian Milonas	46.61	Provisional
316	T. J. Perkins	51.82	Provisional
317	Romeo Roselli	48.87	Provisional
318	Hallowicked	49.21	Provisional
319	Brian Jennings	44.58	Provisional
320	Teddy Hart	49.29	Provisional
321	Maxime Boyer	44.56	Provisional
322	Drake Younger	48.99	Provisional
323	Elix Skipper	50.58	Provisional
324	Ace Steel	49.52	Provisional
325	Jigsaw	49.18	Provisional
326	Murat Bosporus	43.70	Provisional
327	Mitch Ryder	44.58	Provisional
328	Cody Hawk	49.18	Provisional
329	Finn Bálor	74.54	Provisional
330	D-Ray 3000	46.08	Provisional
331	Larry Sweeney	45.48	Provisional
332	Aden Chambers	47.31	Provisional
333	Viking	43.59	Provisional
334	David Young	49.83	Provisional
335	Martin Stone	48.49	Provisional
336	Matt Stryker	49.28	Provisional
337	Brandon Thomaselli	44.30	Provisional
338	Steve Douglas	44.29	Provisional
339	Eddie Kingston	64.58	Provisional
340	Devon Moore	48.28	Provisional
341	Aaron Aguilera	45.09	Provisional
342	Shaun Koen	43.47	Provisional
343	Miyawaki	44.78	Provisional
344	Sal Thomaselli	45.20	Provisional
345	David Crist	44.18	Provisional
346	Jake Matthews	43.39	Provisional
347	Vito Thomaselli	45.62	Provisional
348	Brian Fury	45.17	Provisional
349	Jake Crist	51.79	Provisional
350	Madman Pondo	47.42	Provisional
351	Charles Evans	44.09	Provisional
352	Bad Bones	44.08	Provisional
353	John Saxon	44.66	Provisional
354	Pelle Primeau	44.78	Provisional
355	El Blazer	43.27	Provisional
356	Mascara Purpura	44.06	Provisional
357	Ruckus	49.07	Provisional
358	Antonio Thomas	49.22	Provisional
359	Ganger	43.19	Provisional
360	BxB Hulk	51.62	Provisional
361	Dru Onyx	45.81	Provisional
362	Chris Cole	43.17	Provisional
363	Shane Hagadorn	44.26	Provisional
364	Kornbred	43.16	Provisional
365	Sexxxy Eddie	46.05	Provisional
366	Tigre Metalico	43.90	Provisional
367	Danshoku Dino	44.40	Provisional
368	Shiima Xion	47.95	Provisional
369	Frank Parker	48.46	Provisional
370	Chad Parham	45.16	Provisional
371	Jon Moxley	93.42	Calibrated
372	Sterling James Keenan	47.56	Provisional
373	Robert Anthony	49.59	Provisional
374	Justice Pain	46.09	Provisional
375	Navajo Warrior	45.58	Provisional
376	Rhett Titus	51.23	Provisional
377	Yoshiaki Yago	43.69	Provisional
378	Josh Prohibition	47.85	Provisional
379	Chance Prophet	48.58	Provisional
380	Arik Cannon	50.17	Provisional
381	Sirus Lavey	42.87	Provisional
382	Damien Wayne	45.88	Provisional
383	Kid Mikaze	42.87	Provisional
384	Dan Paysan	43.58	Provisional
385	Christian York	50.70	Provisional
386	Ricochet	68.46	Provisional
387	Alan Wasylychyn	42.77	Provisional
388	Rob Eckos	49.70	Provisional
389	La Sombra	51.40	Provisional
390	Scott Summers	43.49	Provisional
391	Ikuto Hidaka	50.18	Provisional
392	Turbo	46.17	Provisional
393	Ric Converse	45.50	Provisional
394	Hangtime	42.67	Provisional
395	Lince Dorado	50.37	Provisional
396	Aaron Epic	46.23	Provisional
397	Frankie The Mobster	46.64	Provisional
398	Tommy Vandal	42.59	Provisional
399	Ultramantis Black	46.41	Provisional
400	Ricky Landell	45.87	Provisional
401	The Great Sasuke	54.76	Provisional
402	The Stro	47.87	Provisional
403	Trent Acid	47.22	Provisional
404	Freak Nasty	44.68	Provisional
405	Scott Zenzen	44.91	Provisional
406	Kimera	42.49	Provisional
407	Red Anderson	43.26	Provisional
408	Hiromi Horiguchi	46.00	Provisional
409	Rick Fuller	47.20	Provisional
410	Quinton Lee	43.19	Provisional
411	Scorpio Sky	53.87	Provisional
412	Billy Maverick	43.17	Provisional
413	Jerrelle Clark	46.89	Provisional
414	Jason Blade	47.40	Provisional
415	Skayde	47.64	Provisional
416	Bishop	42.30	Provisional
417	Billy Roc	43.29	Provisional
418	Danny Havoc	47.62	Provisional
419	Jerry Reiner	42.29	Provisional
420	Biff Wellington	42.27	Provisional
421	Tony Scarpone	42.27	Provisional
422	Onyx	47.61	Provisional
423	Toby Klein	42.21	Provisional
424	Aaron Williams	42.20	Provisional
425	Derek Frazier	45.87	Provisional
426	Seth Shai	45.98	Provisional
427	Andy Dalton	44.27	Provisional
428	Kory Chavis	48.15	Provisional
429	Go Shiozaki	53.86	Provisional
430	Excalibur	44.36	Provisional
431	Mike Tobin	45.07	Provisional
432	Ed Gonzalez	42.09	Provisional
433	Shane Storm	44.99	Provisional
434	Tommy End	47.62	Provisional
435	Player Uno	47.11	Provisional
436	Ken Steel	43.50	Provisional
437	Chakal	42.79	Provisional
438	Jagged	43.39	Provisional
439	Darin Childs	44.12	Provisional
440	Brian Ash	42.77	Provisional
441	Tank	47.63	Provisional
442	Soldier Ant	42.88	Provisional
443	Justin White	41.91	Provisional
444	Michael Von Payton	41.90	Provisional
445	Sabian	44.70	Provisional
446	Shawn Cook	43.68	Provisional
447	Kapu	41.87	Provisional
448	Mace	47.30	Provisional
449	Pierre-Carl Ouellet	41.81	Provisional
450	Dylan Starr	42.67	Provisional
451	Sal Rinauro	47.96	Provisional
452	Zach Gowen	48.45	Provisional
453	Johnny Palazzo	41.78	Provisional
454	Amigo Suzuki	43.66	Provisional
455	Luke Hawk	43.08	Provisional
456	Tony Torres	41.71	Provisional
457	Ronin	41.70	Provisional
458	Daniel Cross	41.69	Provisional
459	Eric Draven	42.47	Provisional
460	Wade Chism	45.30	Provisional
461	HENTAI	44.09	Provisional
462	Johnny Kashmere	47.44	Provisional
463	Bino Gambino	41.60	Provisional
464	Kirby Mack	45.48	Provisional
465	Chasyn Rance	47.79	Provisional
466	John Kermon	44.66	Provisional
467	Shayne Hawke	44.67	Provisional
468	Danny Daniels	48.77	Provisional
469	Joey Harder	41.51	Provisional
470	Ted DiBiase, Jr.	52.14	Provisional
471	Bobby 2-Badd	43.67	Provisional
472	Dick Rick	41.48	Provisional
473	Justyn Glory	41.48	Provisional
474	J. T. Stahr	42.37	Provisional
475	Shane Matthews	47.10	Provisional
476	Rex Sterling	41.41	Provisional
477	Jason Glory	41.40	Provisional
478	Darin Corbin	48.69	Provisional
479	Hook Bomberry	44.50	Provisional
480	Mike DiBiase	47.54	Provisional
481	Shane Valentine	41.32	Provisional
482	Anthony Bishop	41.32	Provisional
483	Tracy Smothers	53.09	Provisional
484	Mason Childs	43.96	Provisional
485	Ala Hussein	41.28	Provisional
486	Matt Riviera	50.45	Provisional
487	Corporal Robinson	43.70	Provisional
488	Jey Granham	41.22	Provisional
489	Azrieal	47.88	Provisional
490	Richard Phillips	41.20	Provisional
491	Justin Blaze	41.18	Provisional
492	Dustin Thomas	41.18	Provisional
493	Joey Spector	41.18	Provisional
494	Emil Sitoci	43.98	Provisional
495	Eric Fantabulous	41.12	Provisional
496	Patrick Brink	41.11	Provisional
497	Quicksilver	44.36	Provisional
498	Brian Blade	41.09	Provisional
499	Vincent Nothing	41.09	Provisional
500	Andre Heart	41.08	Provisional

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