2007 PWI 500

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Credit goes to "jwrestle" over on CRZ's board, whose Walmart broke the street date on the issue, and who typed out all 500 names.

 

1. John Cena

2. Edge

3. Mistico

4. Kurt Angle

5. The Undertaker

6. Shawn Michaels

7. Christian Cage

8. Perro Aguayo Jr.

9. Bobby Lashley

10. Takeshi Morishima

11. Ultimo Guerrero

12. Samoa Joe

13. Batista

14. Minoru Suzuki

15. Randy Orton

16. Mitsuharu Misawa

17. Brayan Danielson

18. King Booker

19. Sting

20. Yuji Nagata

21. Ken Kennedy

22. Umaga

23. Abyss

24. Rob Van Dam

25. Nigel McGuinness

26. Cibernetico

27. Naomichi Marufuji

28. Chris Saban

29. Jeff Hardy

30. Christopher Daniels

31. El Hijo Del Santo

32. A.J. Styles

33. Finlay

34. Jushin Liger

35. The Big Show

36. Matt Hardy

37. Rocky Romero

38. Nergo Casas

39. Rhino

40. Hiroshi Tanahashi

41. Carlito

42. C.M. Punk

43. LA Parka (Not the original)

44. Gregory Helms

45. Kenta

46. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

47. Montel Vontavious Porter (M.V.P)

48. Dr. Wagner Jr.

49. Chris Hero

50. Senshi (Lo Ki)

51. Triple-H

52. Cima

53. Averno

54. Homoicide

55. Roderick Strong

56. John Morrison

57. Kensuke Sasaki

58. Sabu

59. Scott Steiner

60. Charly Manson

61. Milano Collection A.T.

62. Marcus Cor Von

63. Brent Albright

64. Satoshi Kojima

65. Kane

66. Chris Harris

67. Claudio Castagnoli

68. L.A. Park (the Original)

69. Tiger Mask IV

70. Ric Flair

71. Bobby Roode

72. Jun Akiyama

73. Black Warrior

74. Brother Ray

75. Alex Shelley

76. Davey Richards

77. William Regal

78. Jay Bisscoe

79. Atlantis

80. Brother Devon

81. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

82. James Storm

83. Mark Briscoe

84. Doug Williams

85. Zorro

86. Minoru

87. Elijah Burke

88. Delirious

89. Chris Masters

90. Mephisto

91. Shelton Benjamin

92. Intocable

93. Petey Williams

94. Kevin Thorn

95. Jay "Black Machismo" Lethal

96. Shinsuke Nakamura

97. Paul London

98. Brian Kendrick

99. Toshiaki Kawada

100. Travis Tomko

101. The Great Khali

102. Austin Aries

103. Yoshinari Ogawa

104. Hector Garza

105. Giant Bernard

106. Hotstuff Hernandez

107. Ricky Marvin

108. Colt Cabana

109. Mr. Aguila

110. Jimmy Wang Yang

111. Dragon Kid

112. Vampiro

113. Kotaro Suzuki

114. The Boogeyman

115. Doss Caras Jr.

116. Manabu Nakanishi

117. Jeff Jarrett

118. B.J. Whitmer

119. Keiji Muto (The Great Muta)

120. Eric Young

121. Toscano

122. Ares

123. Kenny Dykstra

124. Super Crazy

125. Masato Yoshino

126. Ron Killings

127. Rey Bucanero

128. Matt Sydal

129. Shocker

130. Gene Snitsky

131. Togi Makabe

132. Octagon

133. Naruki Doi

134. Sonjay Dutt

135. Trevor Murdoch

136. Universo 2000

137. Lance Cade

138. Jay Bradley

139. Jerry Lynn

140. Marco Corleone

141. Dick Togo

142. Jimmy Rave

143. Masao Inque

144. Juventud Gurrera

145. Sean Waltman

146. Taka Michinoku

147. Volador Jr.

148. Mike Mizanin

149. Jack Evans

150. Andrew Martin

151. Kaz Hayashi

152. Ephesto

153. Paul Birchall

154. Abismo Negro

155. Joey Mercury

156. Koji Kanemoto

157. Hardcore Holly

158. Damian 666

159. Lance Hoyt

160. Shawn Spears

161. LA Mascara

162. Charlie Haas

163. Heavy Metal

164. Basham

165. Lizmark Jr.

166. Aaron Stevens

167. Adam Pearce

168. B.G. James

169. Halloween

170. Kip James

171. Chessman

172. Cody Rhodes

173. Matt Striker

174. Taiji Ishimori

175. Damaja

176. Felino

177. Mike Quackenbush

178. Don Fuji

179. Santino Marella

180. Kevin Steen

181. Katsuhiko Nakajima

182. Tommy Dreamer

183. Pac

184. Mark Henry

185. Alex Koslov

186. The Sandman

187. Steve Corino

188. Maximo

189. Genki Horiguchi

190. Eugene

191. Super Delfin

192. Ricky Reyes

193. Shad Gaspard

194. Mike Kruel

195. Tank Toland

196. Brother Runt

197. Mohammed Yone

198. Eddie Colon

199. JTG

200. Olimpico

201. Matt Cross

202. Gedo

203. Domino

204. Ryo Saito

205. Danny Doring

206. Muerte Cibernetica

207. Deuce

208. Apolo

209. Jinsei Shinzaki

210. Johnny Devine

211. Osamu Nishimura

212. Jamie Noble

213. Ultimo Dragon

214. Dave Taylor

215. Fuerza Guerrera

216. Matt Bentley

217. Nunzio

218. Takashi Sugiura

219. Human Tornado

220. Mike Knox

221. Tatsumi Fujinami

222. Jake Gymini

223. Nick Sinn

224. Joey Ryan

225. Shuji Kondo

226. Jesse Gymini

227. Daivari

228. Brazo De Plata

229. Frankie Kazarian

230. Takuma Sano

231. Erick Stevens

232. Shinjiro Otani

233. El Sagrado

234. Robbie McAllister

235. Latin Lover

236. Mike Mondo

237. Sangre Azteca

238. Andy Douglas

239. Shiro Koshinaka

240. Rory McAllister

241. Chase Stevens

242. Texano Jr.

243. Johnny Jeter.

244. El. Generico

245. Val Venis

246. Susumu Yokosuka

247. Derek Wylde

248. Raven

249. Taiyo Kea

250. Nick Nemeth

251. Akira Taue

252. Jimmy Jacobs

253. A-1

254. Ozz

255. Big Daddy V

256. Jim Duggan

257. Slvester Terkay

258. Shark Boy

259. Steve Lewington

260. Nick Mitchell

261. El Angle

262. Rene Dupree

263. Jado

264. "Balls" Mahoney (They didn't print his first name.)

265. Oriental

266. Stevie Richards

267. Sylvan Grenier

268. Shannon Moore

269. Antoni Polaski

270. Shoichi Funaki

271. Brett Major

272. Harry Smith

273. Brian Major

274. Laredo Kid

275. Rob Conway

276. Karl Anderson

277. Vito

278. Rick Steiner

279. Kassidy James

280. Kikutaro

281. Jerry Lawler

282. Rey Cometa

283. Super Dragon

284. Brad Armstrong

285. Takao Omori

286. K.C. James

287. Ryusuke Taguchi

288. Tony Mamaluke

289. Chet the Jet

290. Michael Kovac

291. Orlando Jordan

292. Minoru Fujita

293. C.W. Anderson

294. Gran Akuma

295. Justin LaRoche

296. El Pantera

297. Adam Flash

298. Scorpio

299. Chris Bosh

300. Vladimir Kozlov

301. Kudo

302. Psicosis

303. Icarus

304. Scott Lost

305. Justing Credible

306. Jesse Dalton

307. Dan Rodman

308. Sicodelico Jr.

309. Scotty 2 Hotty

310. Necro Butcher

311. Josh Daniels

312. Festus Dalton

313. El Bronco

314. Chuck Taylor

315. Brian Milonas

316. T.J. Perkins

317. Romero Roselli

318. Hallowicked

319. Brian Jenings

320. Teddy Hart

321. Maxime Boyer

322. Drake Younger

323. Elix Skipper

324. Ace Steel

325. Jigsaw

326. Murat Bosporus

327. Mitch Ryder

328. Cody Hawk

329. Fergal Devitt

330. D-Ray 3000

331. Larry Sweeney

332. Aden Chambers

333. Viking

334. David Young

335. Martin Stone

336. Matt Stryker

337. Brandon Thomaselli

338. Steve Douglas

339. Eddie Kingston

340. Devon Moore

341. Aaron Aguilera

342. Shaun Koen

343. Miyawaki

344. Sal Thomaselli

345. Dave Crist

346. Jake Matthews

347. Vito Thomaselli

348. Brain Fury

349. Jake Crist

350. Madman Pondo

351. Charles Evans

352. Bad Bones

353. John Saxon

354. Pelle Primeau

355. El Blazer

356. Mascara Purpura

357. Ruchus

358. Antonio Thomas

359. Ganger

360. BXB Hulk

361. Dru Onyx

362. Chris Kole

363. Shane Hagadorn

364. Kornbred

365. Sexxxy Eddy

366. Tigre Metalico

367. Danshoku Dino

368. Shiima Xion

369. Frank "The Tank" Parker

370. Chad Parham

371. Jon Moxley

372. Sterling James Keenan

373. Robert Anthony

374. Justice Pain

375. Navajo Warrior

376. Rhett Titus

377. Yoshiaki Yago

378. Josh Prohibition

379. Chance Phophet

380. Arik Cannon

381. Sirus LaVey

382. Damien Wayne

383. Kid Mikaze

384. Dan Paysan

385. Christian York

386. Ricochet

387. Alan Wasylychyn

388. Rob Eckos

389. La Sombra

390. Scot Summers

391. Ikuto Hidaka

392. Turbo

393. Ric Converse

394. Hangtime

395. Lince Dorando

396. Aaron Epic

397. Franky The Mobster

398. Tommy Vandal

399. Ultramantis Black

400. Ricky Landell

401. The Great Sasuke

402. The Stro

403. Trent Acid

404. Freak Nastty

405. Scott Zenzen

406. Kimera

407. Red Anderson

408. Hiromi Horiguchi

409. Rick Fuller

410. Quinten Lee

411. Scorpio Sky

412. Billy Maverick

413. Jerrelle Clark

414. Jason Blade

415. Skayde

416. Bishop

417. Billy Roc

418. Danny Havoc

419. Jerry Reiner

420. Beef Wellington

421. Tony Scarpone

422. Onyx

423. Toby Klein

424. Aaron Williams

425. Derek Frazier

426. Seth Shai

427. Andy Dalton

428. Kory Chavis

429. Go Shiozaki

430. Excalibur

431. Mike Tobin

432. Ed Gonzales

433. Shane Storm

434. Tommy End

435. Player Uno

436. Ken Steel

437. Chakal

438. Jagged

439. Darin Childs

440. Brian Ash

441. Tank

442. Soldier Ant

443. Justin White

444. Michael Von Payton

445. Sabian

446. Shawn Cook

447. Kapu

448. Mace

449. Pierre-Carl Ouellet

450. Dylan Starr

451. Sal Rinauro

452. Zach Gowen

453. Johnny Palazzo

454. Amigo Suzuki

455. Luke Hawk

456. Tony Torres

457. Ronin

458. Daniel Cross

459. Eric Draven

460. Wade Chism

461. Hentai

462. Johnny Kashmere

463. Bino Gambino

464. Kirby Mack

465. Chasyn Rance

466. John Kermon

467. Shayne Hawke

468. Danny Daniels

469. Joey Harder

470. Ted DiBiase Jr.

471. Bobby 2 Bad

472. Dick Rick

473. Justyn Glory

474. J.T. Stahr

475. Shane Matthews

476. Rex Sterling

477. Jason Gory

478. Darin Corbin

479. Hook Bomberry

480. Mike DiBiase

481. Shane Valentine

482. Anthony Bishop

483. Tracy Smothers

484. Mason Childs

485. Ala Hussein

486. Matt Riviera

487. Corporal Robinson

488. Jey Granham

489. Azrieal

490. Richard Phillips

491. Justin Blaze

492. Dustin Thomas

493. Joey Spector

494. Emil Sitoci

495. Eric Fantabulous

496. Patrick Brink

497. Quicksilver

498. Brian Blade

499. Vincent Nothing

500. Andre Heart

[Boxer 0]

So how many years has Cena been #1? 2006 and 2007?

[Youth N Asia 0]

I hate this list because of the laziness. Seems like tag team partners are never more than 10 spots away from each other

[foleyfanforever88 0]

How is this list determined again? I can't figure out any way in which this guys were ordered considering guys like RVD, Carlito, Cor Von, and Finlay are many spots above Khali.

[Youth N Asia 0]

The list is random, hell Malenko made number one years back. there's no way the same people that put him 1 could put Cena 1

 

[AlexPuma 0]

The only problems I have with this list:

 

101. The Great Khali

 

Khali deserve to be in the top 40 at least. Yeah he sucks, but this list is half-kayfabe anyway. This guy had a main event feud with John Cena and won the World Title. That alone should put him above Carlito and Shelton Benjamin.

 

 

203. Domino

204. Ryo Saito

205. Danny Doring

206. Muerte Cibernetica

207. Deuce

 

I can't imagine any universe that anybody would think that Domino is better than Deuce. Even blind marks know he sucks.

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For those that were wondering about the criteria and how long Cena has been #1:

 

John Cena is ranked number one in the 2007 edition of the PWI 500. He was ranked number one last year as well. The other two wrestlers to be honored in two consecutive years as number one in the PWI 500 are Bret Hart and Steve Austin.

 

Before we get to the list, here is a reminder of the criteria used for ranking the PWI 500, which is based on a grading period of August 2006 to July 2007.

 

# Win-loss record

# Technical Ability

# Influence on the sport

# Success against the highest grade of competition

# Success against the most diverse competition

# Activity

[Taker666 0]

Noticed Matt Stryker is the very last WWE superstar on that list. I would think someone like Val Venis, Scotty 2 Hotty or even Funaki would be last. Stryker had a more active year than any of those guys. even a wrestlemania match.

[Scroby 0]

win-loss record? Yeah because every wrestler who has a match has a control over that.

[Chalmation 0]

too low: elijah burke, randy orton, c.m. punk, matt hardy, kane, chris masters, kevin thorne

 

too high: bobby lashley, big show, sabu, ric flair

[cabbageboy 0]

Malenko was #1 in 1997 because there was no one else who stood out that year to them. Austin probably should have been ahead of him though, besides his match with Bret he did win the tag titles with 2 different partners and also the IC title as well. I might have said UT in 1997 for #1, since he was WWF champion and had successful PPV title defenses vs. Mankind, Austin, Vader.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

It's mostly kayfabed. We go through this every year.

[HollywoodSpikeJenkins 0]

Noticed Matt Stryker is the very last WWE superstar on that list. I would think someone like Val Venis, Scotty 2 Hotty or even Funaki would be last. Stryker had a more active year than any of those guys. even a wrestlemania match.

 

That might be the OTHER Matt Stryker. The one with a Y. The one on ECW is Striker with a I.

[Jingus 0]

I hate this list because of the laziness. Seems like tag team partners are never more than 10 spots away from each other

Yep.

It's mostly kayfabed. We go through this every year

Yep.

too low: chris masters

Not possible.

[AboveAverage484 0]

Ehhh, the list is kayfabed all to hell but that doesn't mean it couldn't provide me with a month's worth of toilet reading for the last twelve or thirteen years.

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w00t Mistico!!!!!

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131. Togi Makabe

 

Entirely too low, especially considering that Tenzan is in the top one-hundred despite having a huge slump this year.

[Mike wanna be 0]

I was wondering if half a year was enough to put Benoit in the top 500.

 

Apparently not, although he could've gone out on a 6-month winning streak with every title and still been left off the list.

 

And how does Angle fall behind Cena? Sure Cena's one reign lasted almost the entire year but Angle held way more belts. He was the tag team champions by himself for a few weeks, that's gotta put him over the top.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

I think if a wrestler is deceased he is off the list.

[tbondrage99 0]

How does Angle fall behind Cena? Sure Cena's one reign lasted almost the entire year but Angle held way more belts. He was the tag team champions by himself for a few weeks, that's gotta put him over the top.

 

 

Because the PWI 500s grading period was between August 2006 and July 2007. Angle didnt have the Tag or X titles until August 12, 2007. He was also only the TNA World champion for a month when the grading period was over, Cena had the WWE Title the entire time.

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51. Triple-H

 

What did Triple H do from August 06 to December 06 to be ranked this high?

[haws bah gawd 0]

^^^ Could've been the 2 or 3 weeks that he was active in early January? I don't remember what he accomplished during that time though, aside from the quad tear?

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What's Carlito done to get slotted at #41?

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For those that were wondering about the criteria and how long Cena has been #1:

 

John Cena is ranked number one in the 2007 edition of the PWI 500. He was ranked number one last year as well. The other two wrestlers to be honored in two consecutive years as number one in the PWI 500 are Bret Hart and Steve Austin.

 

# Technical Ability

 

John Cena?!?!? #1?!?!? Technical Ability?!?!? LMAO. That's all I got to say about that.

 

I think if a wrestler is deceased he is off the list.

 

If a wrestler had a name change, is retired, or in the worst-case scenario, deceased, then regardless what he did in the 12 months that the issue is based on, he is no longer considered for the PWI Top 500 and is listed under a separate section indicating what his status is.

[tbondrage99 0]

One would have to think that even if they did have deceased wrestlers on the list they still would of not put Benoit on there.

[JJMc 0]

I think if a wrestler is deceased he is off the list.

 

Beef Wellington made it.

 

And so did....RICK FULLER!!

[bob_barron 0]

That's a different Wellington, he wrestles in Canada.

[Hawk 34 0]

Kayfabe or not, I'm happy to see Morishima in the top ten.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

The thing with Dean Malenko gets discussed every year.

 

Basically in kayfabe terms, Malenko was the most active upper level champion in North America that year. He held multiple titles and wrestled the whole year, while guys like Austin, Hogan, and Hart all had long stretches of inactivity.

[Boxer 0]

It's funny the OP said that wal-mart broke the street date, because I took a look at it from my library on Friday. The list really has some headscratchers here on where they are ranked.

 

I don't really like the comparison of Cena with Austin and Hart, but I guess different strokes for different folks.