Who are the PWI Top 500 Wrestlers 2001?

Answer 1

Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years

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1. Hulk Hogan

2. Ric Flair

3. Andre Rousimoff

4. Bret Hart

5. Antonio Inoki

6. Mitsuharu Misawa

7. Bob Backlund

8. Harley Race

9. Randy Savage

10. Shawn Michaels

11. Dusty Rhodes

12. Jushin Liger

13. Rick Steamboat

14. Bruiser Brody

15. Sting

16. Stan Hansen

17. Roddy Piper

18. Nick Bockwinkel

19. Steve Austin

20. Lex Luger

21. Undertaker

22. Terry Funk

23. Jerry Lawler

24. Kerry Von Erich

25. Great Muta

26. Shohei Baba

27. Big Van Vader

28. Jumbo Tsuruta

29. Jimmy Snuka

30. Riki Coshu

31. Tatsumi Fujinami

32. Ted DiBiase

33. Kenta Kobashi

34. Sergeant Slaughter

35. Barry Windham

36. Terry Gordy

37. Tiger Mask

38. Perro Aguayo

39. Carlos Colon

40. Akira Maeda

41. Dynamite Kid

42. Toshiaki Kawada

43. Nobuhiko Takada

44. Genichiro Tenyru

45. Shinya Hashimoto

46. Cactus Jack

47. Road Warrior Hawk

48. Rick Martel

49. Paul Orndorff

50. Don Muraco

51. Junkyard Dog

52. Tully Blanchard

53. Davey Boy Smith

54. Abdullah The Butcher

55. Curt Hennig

56. Rey Mysterio Jr

57. Rick Rude

58. David Von Erich

59. Kevin Nash

60. John Studd

61. Ultimo Dragon

62. Arn Anderson

63. El Hijo del Santo

64. Road Warrior Animal

65. Diamond Dallas Page

66. Owen Hart

67. Jack Brisco

68. Bam Bam Bigelow

69. Chris Benoit

70. Masahiro Chono

71. Michael Hayes

72. Scott Hall

73. Magnum Terry Allen

74. Ole Anderson

75. Bill Goldberg

76. Rocky Maivia

77. Scott Steiner

78. Steve Williams

79. El Canek

80. Hiroshi Hase

81. Eddie Guerrero

82. Dr. Wagner Jr

83. Eddie Gilbert

84. Brian Pillman

85. Kevin Von Erich

86. Sabu

87. Gran Hamada

88. Rick Steiner

89. Mr. Saito

90. Jun Akiyama

91. Bobby Eaton

92. Great Sasuke

93. Tito Santana

94. Mil Mascaras

95. Ricky Morton

96. Dick Murdoch

97. Wahoo McDaniel

98. Kiyoshi Tamura

99. Robert Gibson

100. Jake Roberts

101. Ultimate Warrior

102. Dos Caras

103. Kensuke Sasaki

104. Koji Kanemoto

105. Larry Zbyszko

106. Kevin Sullivan

107. Psychosis

108. Ron Simmons

109. Chris Jericho

110. Pat Patterson

111. Pedro Morales

112. Masked Superstar

113. Nikita Koloff

114. Art Barr

115. Akira Taue

116. Jerry Blackwell

117. Tommy Rich

118. Shane Douglas

119. Greg Valentine

120. Cien Caras

121. Bob Orton Jr

122. Sid Vicious

123. Atsushi Onita

124. King Kong Bundy

125. Shinjiro Ohtani

126. Dustin Rhodes

127. Ken Patera

128. Adrian Adonis

129. Volk Han

130. Chavo Guerrero

131. Konnan

132. Steve Keirn

133. Booker T

134. Iron Shiek

135. Otto Wanz

136. Nikolai Volkoff

137. Paul Wight

138. Big Boss Man

139. Hunter Hearst Helmsley

140. Juventud Guerrera

141. Jeff Jarrett

142. Ronnie Garvin

143. Billy Jack Haynes

144. Kamala

145. Yokozuna

146. Seiji Sakaguchi

147. Taz

148. Negro Casas

149. Dory Funk Jr

150. Jim Garvin

151. Billy Robinson

152. Rob Van Dam

153. Dick Slater

154. The Great Kabuki

155. Bob Armstrong

156. Shiro Koshinaka

157. Jim Duggan

158. Verne Gagne

159. Blackjack Mulligan

160. Chris Adams

161. Dean Malenko

162. Gino Hernandez

163. Phil Lafon

164. Mike Rotunda

165. Scott Norton

166. Maurice Vachon

167. Buddy Roberts

168. Raven

169. Greg Gagne

170. Ivan Putski

171. Tony Atlas

172. La Parka

173. Brutus Beefcake

174. Butch Reed

175. Lizmark

176. Killer Kahn

177. Shawn Waltman

178. Heavy Metal

179. Dino Bravo

180. Jim Brunzell

181. Doug Furnas

182. El Satanico

183. Jesse James

184. Tommy Dreamer

185. Buzz Sawyer

186. Kane

187. Bad News Brown

188. Manny Fernandez

189. Jim Neidhart

190. Pirata Morgan

191. Taka Michinuko

192. Bill Dundee

193. Austin Idol

194. Marty Jannetty

195. Mr. Wrestling II

196. Steve Regal

197. Terry Taylor

198. Super Crazy

199. The Spoiler

200. Bruno Sammartino

201. 2 Cold Scorpio

202. The Barbarian

203. Johnny Ace

204. Apolo Dantes

205. Ernie Ladd

206. Paul Jones

207. Fritz Von Erich

208. The Patriot

209. Jinsei Shinzaki

210. El Samurai

211. Rocky Johnson

212. Ivan Koloff

213. Stan Lane

214. Chief Jay Strongbow

215. Villano III

216. Vamprio Canadiense

217. Jerry Brisco

218. Yuji Nagata

219. Dennis Condrey

220. Hercules Hernandez

221. Marcus Bagwell

222. Jacques Rougeau Jr

223. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

224. Yoshinari Ogawa

225. Atlantis

226. Ken Shamrock

227. Perry Saturn

228. Silver King

229. Jesse Barr

230. Animal Hamaguchi

231. Billy Gunn

232. Jerry Estrada

233. Ray Stevens

234. Avalanche

235. Kengo Kimura

236. Tony Garea

237. Blue Panther

238. Rayo de Jalisco Jr.

239. Jesse Ventura

240. Cobra

241. Buddy Rose

242. Yoshiro Tajiri

243. Eric Embry

244. Dan Spivey

245. Buddy Landell

246. Emillo Charles Jr.

247. Don Frye

248. Stevie Ray

249. Iceman King Parsons

250. Sandman

251. Masakatsu Funaki

252. Dan Severn

253. David Schultz

254. Dutch Mantel

255. Hayabusa

256. Kuniaki Kobayashi

257. Yoshiaki Fujiwara

258. Octagon

259. Gary Albright

260. Reggie Lisowski

261. Super Astro

262. Bobby Duncum

263. Honky Tonk Man

264. Marc Mero

265. Mark Lewin

266. Fuerza Guerrera

267. George Steele

268. Peter Maivia

269. Tommy Rogers

270. Brad Armstrong

271. Brad Rheingans

272. Al Perez

273. Super Calo

274. Jim Valiant

275. Satoshi Kojima

276. Joe Malenko

277. Billy Graham

278. Dave Finlay

279. Tatanka

280. Super Destroyer

281. Jerry Lynn

282. El Felino

283. Hector Garza

284. Latin Lover

285. Masato Tanaka

286. Bobby Fulton

287. Miguel Perez Jr.

288. Mike Von Erich

289. Brian Adams

290. Mongolian Stomper

291. Yoshniki Yatsu

292. Missing Link

293. Brad Armstrong

294. Ron Bass

295. Gene Kiniski

296. Warlord

297. Barry Darsow

298. Hillbilly Jim

299. Tony Anthony

300. Dick Afflis

301. Perro Aguayo Jr.

302. Naoya Ogawa

303. Rip Oliver

304. Naoki Sano

305. Angelo Mosca

306. Baron Von Raschke

307. Kendo Nagasaki

308. Jay Youngblood

309. Solar

310. Kazuo Yanakazi

311. Super Destroyer II

312. One Man Gang

313. Billy Kidman

314. Bugsy McGraw

315. El Solotario

316. Dick Beyer

317. Lance Von Erich

318. Tom Pritchard

319. Alexis Smirnoff

320. Les Thorton

321. Savio Vega

322. Lance Storm

323. Masa Fuchi

324. Fishman

325. Mike Graham

326. Bestia Salvaje

327. Larry Cameron

328. Black Warrior

329. Al Snow

330. Meng

331. Val Venis

332. Robert Fuller

333. Pantera

334. Chris Hazeman

335. Mike Miller

336. Kevin Kelly

337. El Signo

338. Blackjack Lanza

339. Angel Azteca

340. Nelson Frazier Jr

341. El Texano

342. Bob Roop

343. Tom Zenk

344. Mascara Ano Dos Mil

345. Pez Whatley

346. Afa Anoa'i

347. Fatu Anoa'i

348. Black Bart

349. Oro

350. Masked Grappler

351. Kendo Ka Shin

352. La Parka

353. Charles Wright

354. Buh Buh Ray Dudley

355. Pat Tanaka

356. Johnny Smith

357. Brian Blair

358. Chris Candido

359. Angelo Mosca

360. Ox Baker

361. D'Lo Brown

362. Devon Dudley

363. Luke Williams

364. Manabu Nakanishi

365. Doug Gilbert

366. Brazo de Plata

367. Brian Christopher

368. Sheik

369. Lizmark Jr.

370. Ron Fuller

371. Tracey Smothers

372. Mando Guerrero

373. Rey Mysterio Sr

374. Disco Inferno

375. Norman Smiley

376. Brazo de Oro

377. Bart Gunn

378. Scorpio Jr

379. Kodo Fuyuki

380. Ahmed Johnson

381. Mr. Pogo

382. John Kronus

383. Tiger Jeet Singh

384. Masked Outlaw

385. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

386. New Jack

387. Scott McGhee

388. Pierroth Jr.

389. Justin Credible

390. Stevie Richards

391. Bob Holly

392. Wendell Cooley

393. Jean-Pierre Lafitte

394. Tim Woods

395. Reckless Youth

396. Wolfie D

397. Steve Wright

398. Matt Borne

399. Dick Togo

400. Viallano IV

401. Colonel DeBeers

402. Van Hammer

403. Makhan Singh

404. Brett Wayne

405. Villano V

406. Koko B. Ware

407. John Tatum

408. Alex Wright

409. Brian Knobs

410. Adnan Al-Kaissie

411. Mosco de la Merced

412. Curtis Hughes

413. Dick Brower

414. Osamu Nishimura

415. Bobby Jaggers

416. Maunukea Mossman

417. Killer Kox

418. Jeff Hardy

419. Kato Kung Lee

420. Jerry Sags

421. Jimmy Del Ray

422. John Nord

423. Hector Guerrero

424. Sweet Brown Sugar

425. Billy Travis

426. Lanny Poffo

427. Mustafa Saed

428. La Pantera del Ring

429. David Taylor

430. Tim Horner

431. Tiger Mask IV

432. Venum Black

433. Johnny Valiant

434. Paul Roma

435. Jamie Dundee

436. Jerry Valiant

437. Axl Rotten

438. Brian Adias

439. Mike Enos

440. Men's Teoh

441. Mike Quackenbush

442. Ian Rotten

443. Balls Mahoney

444. Kendall Windham

445. Mr. Fuji

446. Papi Chulo

447. Bunkhouse Buck

448. Steve Blackman

449. Vic Steamboat

450. Bill DeMott

451. Brickhouse Brown

452. Cheetah Master

453. Valdimir Koloff

454. Christian Cage

455. Spike Dudley

456. Louie Spicolli

457. Rooco Rock

458. Wayne Bloom

459. Mikey Whipwreck

460. Rex King

461. Scotty Riggs

462. Sika Anoa'i

463. Don Kernodle

464. Bart Sawyer

465. Johnny Grunge

466. Wrath

467. Magnum Tokyo

468. Robert Home

469. Charlie Cook

470. Mighty Igor

471. Shima Nobunaga

472. Mark Henry

473. Sam Houston

474. Tor Kamata

475. Charlie Norris

476. Chainz

477. Rufus R. Jones

478. Tom Brandi

479. Ernest Miller

480. Bruno Sammartino Jr

481. Bruce Hart

482. Headhunter A

483. Mike Jones

484. Leroy Brown

485. Rick McGraw

486. Headhunter B

487. Steve Olsonowski

488. Glacier

489. Julio Sanchez

490. Fred Ottman

491. Scott Putski

492. Joel Deaton

493. Butch Miller

494. Bobby Duncum Jr

495. Prince Iaukea

496. John Layfield Bradshaw

497. Horace Hogan

498. El Gigante

499. El Dandy

500. Blue Meanie

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