PWI 500 '06

[Better Than You]

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 2006

1. John Cena
2. Kurt Angle
3. Edge
4. Samoa Joe
5. Mistico
6. Rey Mysterio Jr.
7. Brock Lesnar
8. Kenta Kobashi
9. Shawn Michaels
10. Jeff Jarrett
11. Taiyo Kea
12. Christian Cage
13. AJ Styles
14. Satoshi Kojima
15. Christopher Daniels
16. Bryan Danielson
17. Perro Aguayo Jr.
18. Rob Van Dam
19. King Booker
20. Jun Akiyama
21. Triple H
22. Ultimo Guerrero
23. Batista
24. Ric Flair
25. Kensuke Sasaki
26. Sting
27. Carlito
28. Dr. Wagner Jr.
29. Chris Benoit
30. Randy Orton
31. Tiger Mask IV
32. El Hijo Del Santo
33. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
34. Atlantis
35. CM Punk
36. KENTA
37. Shelton Benjamin
38. Abyss
39. Rey Bucanero
40. Jushin Liger
41. Mark Henry
42. Rhino
43. Hiroshi Tanahashi
44. The Big Show
45. Dos Caras Jr
46. Chris Harris
47. Nigel McGuinness
48. Averno
49. Katsuhiko Nakajima
50. Kane
51. Bobby Lashley
52. Keiji Muto
53. James Storm
54. Mephisto
55. Kaz Hayashi
56. CIMA
57. Naomichi Marufuji
58. Black Warrior
59. The Undertaker
60. Takeshi Rikio
61. Austin Aries
62. Hector Garza
63. Roderick Strong
64. John Bradshaw Layfield
65. Tarzan Boy
66. Masahiro Chono
67. Colt Cabana
68. Genichiro Tenryu
69. Doug Williams
70. Shocker
71. Milano Collection A.T.
72. Johnny Nitro
73. Brother Devon
74. Tokyo Magnum
75. L.A. Park
76. Brother Ray
77. Minoru Suzuki
78. Olimpico
79. Ikuto Jidaka
80. Brent Albright
81. Minoru Fujita
82. Negro Casas
83. Toshiaki Kawada
84. Mr. Aguila
85. Takeshi Morishima
86. Petey Williams
87. Paul London
88. Mitsuharu Misawa
89. Halloween
90. Matt Hardy
91. Akira Taue
92. Sabu
93. Damian 666
94. Monty Brown
95. Ultimo Dragon
96. Maximo
97. Takashi Sugiura
98. Umaga
99. Adam Pearce
100. Masato Tanaka
101. Matt Sydal
102. Kip James
103. Texano Jr.
104. Genki Horiguchi
105. B.G. James
106. Dragon Kid
107. Chris Sabin
108. Shinjiro Otani
109. Cibernetico
110. Minoru Tanaka
111. Fit Finlay
112. Yuji Nagata
113. Jack Evans
114. Universo 2000
115. Akebono
116. Elix Skipper
117. Yoshihiro Tajiri
118. Seth Skyfire
119. Super Crazy
120. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
121. Gedo
122. D-Lo Brown
123. William Regal
124. La Parka
125. Taka Michinoku
126. Kenny Doane
127. Chris Hero
128. Vampiro
129. Razor Ramon H.G.
130. Shinsuki Nakamura
131. Giant Bernard
132. Ron Killings
133. La Mascara
134. Nicky Nemeth
135. Chet The Jet
136. Chase Stevens
137. Oriental
138. Charlie Haas
139. Juventud Guerrera
140. Mike Knox
141. Mikey Mondo
142. Senshi/Low-Ki
143. Andy Douglas
144. The Great Khali
145. Davey Richards
146. Koji Kanemoto
147. Johnny Jeter
148. Brian Kendrick
149. Sangre Azteca
150. The Sandman
151. Scott Steiner
152. Zorro
153. Gregory Helms
154. Manabu Nakanishi
155. Nunzio
156. Felino
157. Dr. X
158. Viscera
159. Homicide
160. Jado
161. Elijah Burke
162. Psicosis
163. C.W. Anderson
164. Eugene Dinsmore
165. Bobby Roode
166. Matt Striker
167. Aaron Stevens
168. Robbie McAllister
169. Konnan
170. Jay Lethal
171. Justin Credible
172. Eric Young
173. Nitro
174. Mike Mizanin
175. Tommy Dreamer
176. Rory McAllister
177. Jody Fleisch
178. Tony Mamaluke
179. Sonjay Dutt
180. Heavy Metal
181. Black Tiger IV/Rocky Romero
182. Orlando Jordan
183. Val Venis
184. Al Snow
185. Kikutaro
186. Charly Manson
187. Chavo Guerrero Jr.
188. Taiji Ishimori
189. Misterioso II
190. Kenzo Suzuki
191. Trevor Murdoch
192. Volador Jr.
193. Ares
194. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
195. Scorpio
196. Jinsei Shinzaki
197. Rob Conway
198. Ryo Saito
199. El Terrible
200. Osamu Nishimura
201. Nick Mitchell
202. Balls Mahoney
203. Blue Panther
204. Ken Kennedy
205. Bull Buchanan
206. Don Fuji
207. Joey Mercury
208. Dick Togo
209. Hooligan
210. Mikami
211. Claudio Castagnoli
212. Lizmark Jr.
213. Super Dragon
214. Silver King
215. Jonny Storm
216. Gene Snitsky
217. Kohei Suwama
218. B.J. Whitmer
219. Chris Masters
220. Mr. Niebla
221. Brother Runt
222. Kohei Sato
223. Big Vito
224. El Canek
225. Shark Boy
226. Electro Shock
227. Sal Rinauro
228. Kid Kash
229. Brazo De Plata
230. Ricky Marvin
231. Jamie Noble
232. Takao Omori
233. Raven
234. Roadkill
235. Lance Cade
236. Antifaz Del Norte
237. Kudo
238. El Dandy
239. El Samurai
240. Mascara Sagrada
241. Masao Inoue
242. Gordon XXX
243. Hirooki Goto
244. Virus
245. Mohammed Yone
246. Jimmy Yang
247. Paul Birchall
248. Alex Shelley
249. Tamon Honda
250. Super Delfin
251. Stevie Richards
252. Sho Funaki
253. Test
254. Naruki Doi
255. Ricky Reyes
256. El Sagrado
257. Takuma Sano
258. Tatanka
259. The Boogieman
260. Masaaki Mochizuki
261. Jimmy Jacobs
262. David Young
263. Romeo Roselli
264. Steve Corino
265. Arik Cannon
266. Mick Foley
267. Yutaka Yoshie
268. Danny Doring
269. Arkangel De La Muerte
270. Masato Yoshino
271. Kevin Nash
272. NOSAWA
273. Chad Collyer
274. Tiger Mask I
275. Harry Smith
276. Lance Hoyt
277. Mazada
278. A-1
279. Ace Steel
280. Hombre Sin Nombre
281. Scotty 2 Hotty
282. Yoshinara Ogawa
283. Chris Cage
284. Machete
285. Johnny Parisi
286. Ryouji Sai
287. Tank Toland
288. Joey Ryan
289. Mike Quackenbush
290. Chad Toland
291. Ruckus
292. Great Sasuke
293. Shad Gaspar
294. El Generico
295. Delirious
296. Matt Bentley
297. Akira
298. Simon Diamond
299. Necro Butcher
300. El Angel
301. Jake Gymini
302. Sterling James Keenan
303. Tony Kozina
304. M-Dogg 20
305. Arch Kincaid
306. Miyawaki
307. Alebrije
308. Jesse Gymini
309. Kevin Matthews
310. Derrick Neikirk
311. Antonio Thomas
312. Sylvan Grenier
313. Eddie Colon
314. Tyson Dux
315. Octagon
316. Cody Hawk
317. Hallowicked
318. Toru Owashi
319. Jimmy Rave
320. Tony Santareli
321. Milanito Collection A.T.
322. Simon Dean
323. Mike Taylor
324. Scott Lost
325. Intocable
326. Shinjitsu Nohashi
327. Mark Briscoe
328. Chris Bosh
329. Shane Storm
330. Jay Briscoe
331. Alan Stone
332. Johnny Devine
333. Lash LeRoux
334. Excalibur
335. Ryan Reeves
336. Larry Sweeney
337. Fuerza Guerrera
338. Suwa
339. Dice Domino
340. B-Boy
341. Fergal Devitt
342. Kevin Steen
343. Shannon Moore
344. Human Tornado
345. Zumbido
346. Julio Deniro
347. Puma/TJ Perkins
348. Prince Nana
349. Ray Gordy
350. Jigsaw
351. Mr. Mexico
352. Shuji Kondo
353. Cassidy Riley
354. Bradley Jay
355. Tigre Blanco
356. Katsushi Takemura
357. Icarus
358. Mac Daddy Johnson
359. Emil Sitochi
360. Tony Rivera
361. Naofumi Yamamoto
362. Gran Akuma
363. Tigre Metalico
364. Scorpio Sky
365. Spud
366. Gran Hamada
367. Niles Young
368. Antonio Banks
369. Kennichiro Arai
370. Steve Douglas
371. Joker
372. Men's Teioh
373. Quicksilver
374. Josh Daniels
375. Eddie Kingston
376. Blue Demon Jr.
377. Jack Crist
378. Mikey Batts
379. Sonny Siaki
380. Amigo Suzuki
381. Rene Dupree
382. Abismo Negro
383. David Crist
384. Jack Bull
385. Skayde
386. Eric Perez
387. Maxime Boyer
388. Chessman
389. Freakin' Deacon
390. Turbo
391. Danny Gimondo
392. Sabian
393. Shane Matthews
394. Pantera
395. Shigeo Okumura
396. Deuce Shade
397. Jagged
398. Matt Styker
399. Derek Frazier
400. Ryuji Ito
401. Vries Kastelein
402. Sexxxy Eddie
403. Yoshiaki Yago
404. Danny Daniels
405. Nick Gage
406. Scorpio Jr.
407. Travis Tomko
408. Tasutoshi Goto
409. Tracey Smothers
410. Matt Morgan
411. Norman Smiley
412. Frankie Kazarian
413. Billy Maverick
414. Andre Lyonz
415. Justice Pain
416. Trent Acid
417. Extreme Tiger
418. Adam Flash
419. John McChesney
420. Bryan Logan
421. Teddy Hart
422. Conrad Kennedy III
423. Ric Converse
424. Dos Caras
425. Bolen
426. Riki Choshu
427. Equinox
428. Chaz
429. Tengkwa
430. Nick Berk
431. Rodney Mack
432. Darren Burridge
433. Black Thunder
434. Crossbones
435. Francisco Ciatso
436. Josh Abercrombie
437. Joey Knight
438. Freak Nasty
439. Darin Corbin
440. Xavier
441. Crazy Boy
442. Kahagas
443. Ryan Cruz
444. Troy Lords
445. Andrew Dalton
446. Eric Everlast
447. Jon Moxley
448. Andy Boy Simmonz
449. Lance Steel
450. Chasyn Rance
451. Shirley Doe
452. Bruiser
453. Robin Knightwing
454. Frank Parker
455. Nate Mattson
456. Mike Kruel
457. Quinn Magnum
458. Sinn
459. Mickey Gambino
460. Jarrelle Clark
461. The Stro
462. Marshall Gambino
463. Pepper Parks
464. Cheech
465. Stronko
466. Jason Static
467. Preston Quinn
468. Glenn Spectre
469. Tony Givens
470. Darin Childs
471. Beau James
472. Don Paysan
473. Roughhouse O'Reilly
474. Dennis Gregory
475. Brian Ash
476. Cloudy
477. Billy Bart
478. G.Q. Gallo
479. Vito Thomaselli
480. Shawn Cook
481. Mikal Adryan
482. Don Basher
483. Sal Thomaselli
484. Boomer Payne
485. Johnny Graham
486. Matt Riviera
487. Larry Huntley
488. Seth Shai
489. Kevin Knight
490. Horrowshow
491. Masacara Purpura
492. Brian Christopher
493. Wataru Inoue
494. Kamikaze Kid
495. Robert Anthony
496. Shawn Christopher
497. Phil Davis
498. Eddie Edwards
499. Sean Davis
500. Mike Paige

[Xero]

Uh, why is Stevie Richards even on this list? And Al Snow? And I'm sure a shit-load others?

[Savio]

Brock Lesnar?

[KingofOldSchool]

You know you better hang up your boots if you're outranked by Scotty 2 Hotty.

[Xero]

Brock Lesnar?
Japan.

[Xero]

500. Mike Paige = pwnd

[Savio]

Japan.thought that was 05

[Blue Demon]

Viscera?

[Xero]

thought that was 05
He wrestled through May.

http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/b/brock-lesnar.html

[Blitz]

314. Tyson Dux
455. Nate Mattson
Hell yes :cool:

[Nervous Ferret]

JOHN CENA CHAIN GANG SLODIERS REPRESENT

[The One]

I could have pulled a better list out of my ass. 5 of the top 10 don't even belong in the top 25.

[FourFifty]

I could have pulled a better list out of my ass. 5 of the top 10 don't even belong in the top 25.
Don't bother making a list of your top 10 of 2006. I built a time machine and found your list.



1. Kevin Nash
2. Kevin Nash
3. Kevin Nash
4. Kevin Nash
5. Kevin Nash
6. Kevin Nash
7. Kevin Nash
8. Billy Gunn
9. Ric Flair
10. JBL
FUCK ALL NASH HATERS :foc:


By the way, you old history teacher, the one you had the thing for, comes out of the closet next week.

[The One]

While your do present a very well put together and obviously well thought out list, I will simply leave my statement of their list being totally worthless with a few thoughts...

C.W. Anderson out ranked Tommy Dreamer, Finley being one of 2006's hottest stars was ranked #111 below even Essa Rios, and Eric Young (another one of 2006's break out stars) is put under Vis (who had a sub-par year...even by Viscera standards).

But before I end this post, I should note: FUCK ALL THE NASH HATERS! :foc:

[The One]

A 271 for Nash is simply UNACCEPTABLE! This year was MAKE IT or BREAK IT for PWI, and they BROKE IT!

[FourFifty]

Okay, The One, I'm gonna take your side on this...
There is NO FUCKING WAY that The Miz could be higher on the list than Nash, let alone over 100 wrestlers higher. 174 for Poochy.

[The One]

FourFifty, I am so tempted to say something that would possibly build to conversation between the two of us, maybe even officially announce I have some faith in you as a poster here at TPWW, but in doing such ativities I would be defying and going against my own desire to dance on your grave at the earliest possibly date. :yes:

NASH HATER! :foc:

[Dave Youell]

Man I love this list, every year they are soooo wide of the mark it's scary

[Impact!]

How did Steiner get a better ranking than Raven...

[The One]

Steiner had a better year than Raven did. It's sad, but if you are fallowing win/lose and who had the more high profile matches, Steiner goes ahead. Infact, this year may have been one of Raven's worst years in all truthfulness.

[M-A-G]

Who the f*ck are 3/4 of these people?

[M-A-G]

And does ANYONE take these seriously? Cause if so, you're a f*cking retard. No offense.

[The One]

People from Mexico and Japan who really arn't that great but in order to try and trick idiotic marks into thinking PWI has any type of qualification to rank the top 500 performers of the year they add in worthless forigners to confuse and wow them...

[Tb1]

124. La Parka

[Jordan]

Hard Gay ahead of Kennedy?

[Loose Cannon]

KK @489. Good job.

[KingofOldSchool]

Orlando Jordan outranks Val Venis :rofl:

[What Would Kevin Do?]

A lot of those "Foreigners" are pretty badass actually.... Some should be higher.

[Shadow]

So...let me get this straight. Jeff Hardy comes back after a long time absent, has the greatest year anyone could ever think of and...doesn't make the list?

Wow is that list off by I dunno...alot.

[Xero]

I bet at least one person on there didn't have anything what-so-ever to do with wrestling this past year.

[Better Than You]

People from Mexico and Japan who really arn't that great but in order to try and trick idiotic marks into thinking PWI has any type of qualification to rank the top 500 performers of the year they add in worthless forigners to confuse and wow them...Well, I don't know if you do, but if you actually follow the global scene of pro-wrestling you're probably gonna think this list is pretty fair. You have to keep in mind this list is in Kayfabe and that win/loss record is a very big player in deciding the order of this list.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Honestly though, this list is pretty "not good." Alas, there's really no way to rank 500 wrestlers anyway.

Wait a minute... Nevermind, this list is a fucking joke...

Shuji Kondo ranks below Prince Nana....... Has Nana even wrestled once this year?

[Better Than You]

Yeah, a lot actually. He hasn't wrestled in RoH this year, but he's had a lot of matches. And hell, in the RoH as a manager he's been pretty entertaining. If this list wasn't Kayfabed I'd think it was shit too.

[Nervous Ferret]

422. Conrad Kennedy III


Where is Dez Tore on this list?

[Innovator]

Marufuji should be top 10, cmon now

[KingofOldSchool]

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSTTTEEEEERRRRR TWO HUUUUNNNDDDRREEEED AND FOOOOOUURRRR...






FOUR.

[Blitz]

422. Conrad Kennedy III


Where is Dez Tore on this list?
Fuck didn't even notice CK3 on the list :love:

[El Fangel]

Cena :rant:
Daniels should be there.

[ChiefStubbs]

LOL at Matt Hardy getting #90 and Jeff getting jack shit.

[El Fangel]

Shadow not going to be happy 'bout dat.

[Xero]

Shadow not going to be happy 'bout dat.
So...let me get this straight. Jeff Hardy comes back after a long time absent, has the greatest year anyone could ever think of and...doesn't make the list?

Wow is that list off by I dunno...alot.

[St. Jimmy]

This list is absolutely terrible.

[El Fangel]

This list is absolutely terrible.

[Xero]

This list is absolutely terrible.

[El Fangel]

Xero is quoting me?

[Xero]

Looks that way.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Johnny Nitro got hosed.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

BTW, this list is back from October, which may explain no Jeff Hardy.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Ohhhhhhh. Well, that explains a lot, actually.

[KayfabeMan]

What Dave Youell said.

They just put names in a hat and draw them out it seems.

Although I'm sure that process would even put the list in a more sensible order. Ugh.

[MVP]

LOL Christian is higher than Triple H.

[El Fangel]

LOL Jeff Hardy is higher than Triple H.

[M-A-G]

^ Double meanings rule

[El Fangel]

:yes:

[Fignuts]

PWI has been shit for a while now.

[El Fangel]

PW has been shit for a while now.

[weather vane]

No Kenny Omega?

[Volare]

Wow and no K-Fed on this list!! This top 500 list is BOGUS!!

[Fignuts]

Only thing worth reading is Brandi Mankewiez's letter responses.

[tucsonspeed6]

Was this list made in Kayfabe? I figured a third party dirtsheet website would have based this list on other things like wrestling ability or mic skills or something like that. I stopped reading the list after "1. John Cena"

[AdrianM]

kennedy 204 :nono: