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|'''Tag Teams''' || '''[[The Legion of Doom]]<br>{{small|([[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk]] & [[Road Warrior Animal|Animal]])}}''' || [[The Steiner Brothers]]<br>{{small|([[Rick Steiner|Rick]] & [[Scott Steiner]])}} || [[Fabulous Freebirds]]<br>{{small|([[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]], [[Dale Hey|Buddy Roberts]] & [[Terry Gordy]])}} || [[The Rock 'n' Roll Express]]<br>{{small|([[Ricky Morton]] & [[Reuben Kane|Robert Gibson]])}} || [[British Bulldogs]]<br>{{small|([[Davey Boy Smith]] & [[Dynamite Kid]])}} |
|'''Tag Teams''' || '''[[The Legion of Doom]]<br>{{small|([[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk]] & [[Road Warrior Animal|Animal]])}}''' || [[The Steiner Brothers]]<br>{{small|([[Rick Steiner|Rick]] & [[Scott Steiner]])}} || [[Fabulous Freebirds]]<br>{{small|([[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]], [[Dale Hey|Buddy Roberts]] & [[Terry Gordy]])}} || [[The Rock 'n' Roll Express]]<br>{{small|([[Ricky Morton]] & [[Reuben Kane|Robert Gibson]])}} || [[British Bulldogs]]<br>{{small|([[Davey Boy Smith]] & [[Dynamite Kid]])}} |
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Publisher | Stu Saks |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Golden Boy Enterprises |
First issue | September 1979 |
Company | Sports and Entertainment Publications |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Website | www.pwi-online.com |
ISSN | 1043-7576 |
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Golden Boy Enterprises.
History
The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979. The magazine soon became known for not breaking kayfabe in its articles as it traditionally treated all "angles", or storylines, as real. However, in more recent years, the magazine has taken an editorial approach between kayfabe and "Shoot" writing, differentiating between on-screen feuds and controversies behind the scenes. PWI is not limited to covering only prominent professional wrestling promotions, as it also covers multiple independent promotions in the United States. PWI also publishes other special issues, which include: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts since 1996, Women of Wrestling, and a weekly newsletter entitled PWI Weekly from 1989 to 2000.
PWI has given out annual awards and recognitions since 1972 and has also given out monthly rankings for the big promotions, some select independents, and an overall rankings in singles and tag teams. Additionally, readers are given the ability vote for the winners of the year-end awards with ballots being included in special year-end issues. A special PWI Awards magazine is issued annually, which reveals winners and the number of votes counted. The following is a list of categories in which PWI has issued awards.
- Wrestler of the Year (since 1972)
- Tag Team of the Year (since 1972)
- Match of the Year (since 1972)
- Feud of the Year (since 1986)
- Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (since 1972)
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (since 1972)
- Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (since 1978)
- Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (since 1972)
- Rookie of the Year (since 1972)
- Stanley Weston Award (since 1981)
- Comeback of the Year (since 1992)
- Woman of the Year (since 1999)
- Manager of the Year (1972 to 1999)
- Girl Wrestler of the Year (1972 to 1976)
- Midget Wrestler of the Year (1972 to 1976)
- Announcer of the Year (1977)
PWI 500
PWI has published its list of the top 500 professional wrestlers each year since 1991, in an annual special edition magazine called the PWI 500.[1] Here are the top ten ranked wrestlers for each year:
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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1991 | Hulk Hogan | Lex Luger | Ric Flair | Randy Savage | Sting | Scott Steiner | Ricky Steamboat | Steve Williams | Arn Anderson | Rick Steiner |
1992 | Sting | Randy Savage | Ric Flair | Rick Rude | Bret Hart | Ricky Steamboat | Jerry Lawler | Scott Steiner | Ultimate Warrior | Steve Austin |
1993 | Bret Hart | Big Van Vader | Shawn Michaels | Sting | Yokozuna | Ric Flair | Lex Luger | Rick Rude | Mr. Perfect | Scott Steiner |
1994 | Bret Hart | Hulk Hogan | Ric Flair | Big Van Vader | Shawn Michaels | Steve Austin | Razor Ramon | Sting | Ricky Steamboat | Owen Hart |
1995 | Diesel | Shawn Michaels | Sting | Bret Hart | Sabu | Hulk Hogan | Big Van Vader | Randy Savage | Razor Ramon | Mitsuharu Misawa |
1996 | Shawn Michaels | The Giant | Sting | Kenta Kobashi | Ahmed Johnson | Kevin Nash | Rey Misterio, Jr. | Hulk Hogan | Sabu | Ric Flair |
1997 | Dean Malenko | Mitsuharu Misawa | Steve Austin | Diamond Dallas Page | Lex Luger | Undertaker | Shinya Hashimoto | The Giant | Jushin Liger | Chris Benoit |
1998 | Steve Austin | Goldberg | Mitsuharu Misawa | Diamond Dallas Page | Undertaker | Kenta Kobashi | Booker T | Ken Shamrock | Jushin Liger | Chris Jericho |
1999 | Steve Austin | Rob Van Dam | Mitsuharu Misawa | Rey Misterio, Jr. | The Rock | Diamond Dallas Page | Keiji Mutoh | Undertaker | Goldberg | Taz |
2000 | Triple H | The Rock | Chris Benoit | Kenta Kobashi | Jeff Jarrett | Justin Credible | Mike Awesome | Jushin Liger | Chris Jericho | Kensuke Sasaki |
2001 | Kurt Angle | Steve Austin | Chris Benoit | Keiji Mutoh | Booker T | Triple H | Scott Steiner | Mitsuharu Misawa | Chris Jericho | Rhyno |
2002 | Rob Van Dam | Undertaker | Keiji Mutoh | Chris Jericho | Eddie Guerrero | Kurt Angle | Edge | Yuji Nagata | The Rock | Triple H |
2003 | Brock Lesnar | Triple H | Kurt Angle | Keiji Mutoh | Chris Jericho | Big Show | Booker T | Kenta Kobashi | Eddie Guerrero | Rob Van Dam |
2004 | Chris Benoit | Eddie Guerrero | Triple H | Kenta Kobashi | Randy Orton | Toshiaki Kawada | John Cena | A.J. Styles | Shawn Michaels | Chris Jericho |
2005 | Batista | John Cena | Satoshi Kojima | Triple H | JBL | Kurt Angle | A.J. Styles | Edge | Shelton Benjamin | Hiroyoshi Tenzan |
2006 | John Cena | Kurt Angle | Edge | Samoa Joe | Místico | Rey Mysterio | Brock Lesnar | Kenta Kobashi | Shawn Michaels | Jeff Jarrett |
2007 | John Cena | Edge | Mistico | Kurt Angle | Undertaker | Shawn Michaels | Christian Cage | Perro Aguayo, Jr. | Bobby Lashley | Takeshi Morishima |
2008 | Randy Orton | Kurt Angle | Triple H | Samoa Joe | Edge | Undertaker | Shawn Michaels | Nigel McGuiness | John Cena | Shinsuke Nakamura |
PWI Top 50 Females
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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2008 | Awesome Kong | Beth Phoenix | Gail Kim | Mickie James | MsChif | Sara Del Rey | Roxxi Laveaux | Melina | Natalya | Candice Michelle |
All-Time Top Fives
Recorded accomplishments
Pro Wrestling Illustrated has recognized select singles and tag team championships of six professional wrestling promotions as "world" level accomplishments, which include those of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Of the six entities, only WWE, TNA, and the NWA remain as active organizations. Though different championships within these promotions have been recognized by the magazine, its criteria for selection remains unexplained. As there is no actual method of determining what constitutes a "world" level accomplishment in professional wrestling, or World Championship/World Tag Team Championship, it should be noted that the views presented in the following list are solely those of Pro Wrestling Illustrated and are not authoritative. The following championships are listed by what they are currently referred to in Pro Wrestling Illustrated and currently are or previously were recognized by the magazine.
- AWA Heavyweight Championship
- AWA Tag Team Championship
- ECW Heavyweight Championship
- ECW Tag Team Championship
- NWA Heavyweight Championship
- NWA Tag Team Championship
- TNA World Championship
- TNA World Tag Team Championship
- WCW Heavyweight Championship
- WCW Tag Team Championship
- WWE Heavyweight Championship
- WWE Tag Team Championship
- WWE World Championship
- WWE World Tag Team Championship
References
- ^ "Pro-Wrestling Edge - Pro-Wrestling Illustrated 500 History". Retrieved 2008-11-19.
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- 2005 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts.