Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2001

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(see also the PWI Female 50/100/150 listings)

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
1		Kurt Angle	13	+12
2		Steve Austin	N/A	N/A
3		Chris Benoit	3	0 (=)	deceased
4		Keiji Mutoh	22	+18
5		Booker T.	61	+56
6		Triple H	1	-5
7		Scott Steiner	12	+5
8		Mitsuharu Misawa	14	+6	deceased
9		Chris Jericho	9	0 (=)
10		Rhyno	19	+9
11		The Undertaker	N/A	N/A
12		Genichiro Tenryu	90	+78
13		Lance Storm	40	+27
14		The Rock	2	-12
15		El Hijo del Santo	15	0 (=)
16		Kane	34	+18
17		Jeff Hardy	30	+13
18		Toshiaki Kawada	32	+14
19		Diamond Dallas Page	17	-2
20		Edge	51	+31
21		Dr. Wagner Jr.	25	+4
22		Matt Hardy	45	+23
23		Minoru Tanaka	N/A	N/A
24		Jeff Jarrett	5	-19
25		Jushin Liger	8	-17
26		Hector Garza	220	+194	deceased
27		Yoshihiro Tajiri	23	-4
28		Mike Awesome	7	-21	deceased
29		Christian	57	+28
30		Buh Buh Ray Dudley	53	+23
31		Hurricane Helms	144	+113
32		Albert	112	+80
33		Nicho El Millonario	120	+87
34		Kazuyuki Fujita	N/A	N/A
35		Steve Corino	155	+120
36		D-Von Dudley	60	+24
37		Test	103	+66	deceased
38		Billy Kidman	72	+34
39		Jun Akiyama	42	+3
40		Hugh Morrus	164	+124
41		Kensuke Sasaki	10	-31
42		Chavo Guerrero	98	+56
43		Sean O'Haire	N/A	N/A	deceased
44		Tokyo Magnum	N/A	N/A
45		Bradshaw	87	+42
46		Silver King	159	+113	deceased
47		Shinya Hashimoto	125	+78	deceased
48		Vader	11	-37	deceased
49		Jerry Lynn	54	+5
50		Eddie Guerrero	20	-30	deceased
51		Hardcore Holly	41	-10
52		Yuji Nagata	37	-15
53		Raven	62	+9
54		Juventud Guerrera	149	+95
55		Taiyo Kea	108	+53
56		Faarooq	93	+37
57		Sabu	38	-19
58		Masato Tanaka	21	-37
59		Rob Van Dam	24	-35
60		Chuck Palumbo	N/A	N/A
61		William Regal	222	+161
62		Spike Dudley	N/A	N/A
63		Masa Chono	56	-7
64		Villano III	75	+11	deceased
65		Christopher Daniels	76	+11
66		Perry Saturn	63	-3
67		X-Pac	65	-2
68		Jinsei Shinzaki	143	+75
69		Electro Shock	N/A	N/A
70		Steve Blackman	121	+51
71		Scott Norton	N/A	N/A
72		The Big Show	16	-56
73		Shiima Nobunaga	44	-29
74		Crash Holly	36	-38	deceased
75		Super Delfin	88	+13
76		Tiger Mask IV	67	-9
78		Tommy Dreamer	28	-50
79		Justin Credible	6	-73
80		Manabu Nakanishi	29	-51
81		Bull Buchanan	139	+58
82		Lance Hoyt	N/A	N/A
83		Steve Williams	N/A	N/A	deceased
84		Hiroyoshi Tenzan	100	+16
85		Satoshi Kojima	110	+25
86		Grandmaster Sexay	79	-7	deceased
87		Brock Lesnar	N/A	N/A
88		Scotty 2 Hotty	33	-55
89		Atlantis	49	-40
90		The Goodfather	69	-21
91		Crowbar	127	+36
92		Shannon Moore	140	+48
93		Shinjiro Otani	77	-16
94		Super Crazy	39	-55
95		Octagon	147	+52
96		Chris Candido	129	+33	deceased
97		Rikishi	27	-70
98		Scott Hall	N/A	N/A	deceased
99		Al Snow	97	-2
100		Tatsuhito Takaiwa	52	-48
101		TAKA Michinoku	84	-17

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2001

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
102		Reckless Youth	130	+28
103		Sho Funaki	135	+32
104		La Parka	131	+27
105		Scoot Andrews	203	+98
106		Haku	N/A	N/A
107		The Sandman	86	-21
108		Naoya Ogawa	83	-25
109		Negro Casas	102	-7
110		Rick Steiner	101	-9
111		Dean Malenko	48	-63
112		C. W. Anderson	158	+46
113		Blue Panther	70	-43
114		Kid Kash	68	-46
115		Hiro Hase	157	+42
116		Mike Rotunda	N/A	N/A
117		Essa Rios	80	-37
118		Danny Doring	136	+18
119		Mark Jindrak	N/A	N/A
120		Ricky Marvin	N/A	N/A
121		Charlie Haas	341	+220
122		Akira Taue	94	-28
123		Shawn Stasiak	161	+38
124		Joey Matthews	154	+30
125		Billy Gunn	N/A	N/A
126		Dick Togo	168	+42
127		Val Venis	74	-53
128		Christian York	148	+20
129		The Great Sasuke	47	-82
130		Russ Haas	345	+215	deceased
131		K-Kwik	N/A	N/A
132		Mike Quackenbush	160	+28
133		Disqo	N/A	N/A
134		Black Warrior	46	-88	deceased
135		Johnny Smith	175	+40
136		Amish Roadkill	122	-14
137		Steven Richards	215	+78
138		Minoru Fujita	N/A	N/A
139		Mike Barton	231	+92
140		Tazz	55	-85
141		Little Guido Maritato	109	-32
142		Villano IV	N/A	N/A
143		2 Cold Scorpio	N/A	N/A
144		Steve Bradley	152	+8	deceased
145		D-Lo Brown	105	-40
146		Gedo	171	+25
147		Nova	162	+15
148		Chris Kanyon	N/A	N/A	deceased
149		Takehiro Murahama	N/A	N/A
150		Buff Bagwell	85	-65
151		Jado	167	+16
152		Mike Rapada	N/A	N/A
153		Shelton Benjamin	N/A	N/A
154		Ultimo Guerrero	81	-73
155		Villano V	N/A	N/A	deceased
156		Balls Mahoney	99	-57	deceased
157		Shark Boy	163	+6
158		Gran Hamada	128	-30	deceased
159		Michael Modest	116	-43
160		Dragon Kid	N/A	N/A
161		The Blue Boy	192	+31
162		Kendo Ka Shin	115	-47
163		Felino	124	-39
164		Chad Collyer	223	+59
165		Jerry Lawler	170	+5
166		Rey Bucanero	114	-52
167		Mark Henry	205	+38
168		Evan Karagias	123	-45
169		Gran Naniwa	173	+4	deceased
170		Low Ki	315	+145
171		Tarzan Boy	230	+59
172		Julio Dinero	142	-30
173		New Jack	113	-60	deceased
174		Simon Diamond	166	-8
175		The Maestro	293	+118
176		Donovan Morgan	317	+141
177		Mr. Niebla	193	+16	deceased
178		Joey Abs	N/A	N/A
179		Lash LeRoux	N/A	N/A
180		Gillberg	180	0 (=)
181		Akira Nogami	N/A	N/A
182		Nick Dinsmore	218	+36
183		David Flair	224	+41
184		Flash	N/A	N/A
185		Brian Adams	178	-7	deceased
186		Fuerza Guerrera	151	-35
187		Tatsumi Fujinami	N/A	N/A
188		Bryan Clark	245	+57
189		Rico Constantino	248	+59
190		Mikey Whipwreck	195	+5
191		Lance Cade	N/A	N/A	deceased
192		El Dandy	209	+17
193		Dusty Rhodes	210	+17	deceased
194		Ekmo	N/A	N/A	deceased
195		Air Paris	309	+114
196		Tony Kozina	249	+53
197		Kimo	N/A	N/A	deceased
198		Rey Misterio, Jr.	N/A	N/A
199		A.J. Styles	458	+259
200		Adam Pearce	204	+4
201		Jayson Reign	336	+135

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2001

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
202		Gary Steele	N/A	N/A
203		Osamu Nishimura	N/A	N/A	deceased
204		El Samurai	138	-66
205		Michelle Starr	270	+65
206		American Dragon	N/A	N/A
207		Gran Apolo	N/A	N/A
208		Spanky	N/A	N/A
209		Naomichi Marufuji	N/A	N/A
210		Jet Jaguar	261	+51
211		Johnny Moss	343	+132
212		Jamie Knoble	N/A	N/A
213		Takao Omori	66	-147
214		Trailer Park Trash	232	+18
215		Damien 666	N/A	N/A
216		Yoshinari Ogawa	133	-83
217		Randy Orton	N/A	N/A
218		Savio Vega	N/A	N/A
219		Rodrageous	N/A	N/A
220		Masa Fuchi	N/A	N/A
221		Tsubasa	N/A	N/A
222		Emilio Charles Jr.	199	-23	deceased
223		Don Montoya	189	-34
224		Jason Lee	238	+14
225		Jim Steele	N/A	N/A
226		Takuma Sano	N/A	N/A
227		Ricky Banderas	N/A	N/A
228		Boyce Legrande	300	+72
229		Vic Capri	244	+15
230		John Kronus	246	+16	deceased
231		Samu	N/A	N/A
232		Halloween	N/A	N/A
233		Andy Anderson	N/A	N/A
234		Billy Fives	N/A	N/A
235		Pete Gas	233	-2
236		Tom Brandi	214	-22
237		Jack Dupp	288	+51
238		Romeo Bliss	453	+215
239		Shinya Makabe	N/A	N/A
240		Dr. Cerebro	202	-38
241		The Messiah	N/A	N/A
242		Silky Boom Boom	296	+54
243		Dennis Gregory	N/A	N/A
244		Beau James	252	+8
245		Tony Jones	314	+69	deceased
246		Supreme	N/A	N/A	deceased
247		Glen Osbourne	N/A	N/A
248		Masai Irinara	N/A	N/A
249		K. C. Thunder	271	+22
250		Otto Schwanz	N/A	N/A
251		Vincenzo Massaro	N/A	N/A
252		Damian Steele	301	+49	deceased
253		Eric Angle	N/A	N/A
254		Jon Ryan	354	+100
255		Mike Shane	320	+65
256		Todd Shane	322	+66
257		Leviathan	N/A	N/A
258		Onyx	N/A	N/A
259		Koji Kanemoto	104	-155
260		Frank Parker	303	+43
261		Horace Hogan	256	-5
262		Eddie Golden	N/A	N/A
263		J. R. Ryder	264	+1
264		Major DeBeers	273	+9	deceased
265		King Kong Bundy	226	-39	deceased
266		Mike Sullivan	399	+133
267		Roger Anderson	308	+41
268		Vance Nevada	N/A	N/A
269		Cham Pain	299	+30
270		Vic Grimes	N/A	N/A
271		Race Steele	364	+93
272		Jason Jett	N/A	N/A
273		Andre Baker	280	+7	deceased
274		Kid Kaos	N/A	N/A
275		Jag	N/A	N/A
276		Adam Firestorm	421	+145	deceased
277		Col. Boomer Payne	N/A	N/A
278		David Young	408	+130
279		Inferno	N/A	N/A
280		Jeremy Lopez	N/A	N/A
281		The Prototype	N/A	N/A
282		Jason Rumble	N/A	N/A
283		Corporal Punishment	278	-5
284		Rob Conway	277	-7
285		Lex Lovett	N/A	N/A
286		Matt Stryker	N/A	N/A
287		Robert Thompson	311	+24
288		John Rambo	312	+24
289		Blade Boudreaux	318	+29
290		Shorty Smalls	331	+41
291		Mikey Henderson	N/A	N/A
292		Lenny Lane	234	-58
293		Trent Acid	358	+65	deceased
294		Pogo The Clown	N/A	N/A
295		Hotstuff Hernandez	N/A	N/A
296		Shane Ballard	N/A	N/A
297		Lodi	297	0 (=)
298		Shannon Ballard	N/A	N/A
299		Chris Nelson	N/A	N/A
300		Steve Sharp	N/A	N/A
301		J. C. Dazz	N/A	N/A

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2001

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
302		Jon Heidenreich	N/A	N/A
303		Kevin Northcutt	N/A	N/A
304		Chilly Willy	240	-64
305		Vito DeNucci	N/A	N/A
306		Steve Boz	350	+44
307		Jimmy Rave	N/A	N/A	deceased
308		Brandon K.	N/A	N/A
309		John Phoenix	N/A	N/A
310		Scottie Wren	N/A	N/A
311		L. A. Smooth	N/A	N/A
312		Cody Hawk	398	+86
313		Naphtali	N/A	N/A
314		Samoa Joe	N/A	N/A
315		Prince Nana	N/A	N/A
316		Scott Bishop	333	+17
317		Caprice Coleman	N/A	N/A
318		Robbie Royce	N/A	N/A
319		Frankie Kazarian	N/A	N/A
320		Jason Justice	N/A	N/A
321		Preston Quinn	N/A	N/A
322		Qenaan Creed	N/A	N/A
323		Damaja	282	-41
324		Matt Murphy	N/A	N/A
325		J. J. Johnston	328	+3
326		Quinn Magnum	323	-3
327		Iceman	304	-23
328		Rob McBride	324	-4
329		Rick Deezel	321	-8
330		Keiji Sakoda	N/A	N/A	deceased
331		Johnny Kashmere	397	+66
332		Biggie Biggs	N/A	N/A
333		T. Rantula	327	-6
334		Mr. Ooh La La	338	+4
335		Drake Dawson	N/A	N/A
336		Dean Champion	337	+1
337		Dusty Wolfe	N/A	N/A
338		Curtis Thompson	N/A	N/A
339		Ricky Harrison	355	+16
340		Ty Street	335	-5
341		Rico Casanova	377	+36
342		Lord Zoltan	306	-36
343		Skull Ganz	346	+3
344		Rick Fuller	N/A	N/A
345		Ace Darling	235	-110
346		Lazz	N/A	N/A
347		Bart Sawyer	342	-5	deceased
348		Nathan Jones	N/A	N/A
349		Rory Fox	N/A	N/A
350		Moondog Molsonn	N/A	N/A
351		Dr. Luther	N/A	N/A
352		Boom Boom Comini	N/A	N/A
353		Dylan Night	402	+49
354		Stone Mountain	N/A	N/A
355		Scott D'Amore	290	-65
356		The Hardkore Kidd	N/A	N/A
357		Jacey North	N/A	N/A
358		Rapid Fire Maldonado	N/A	N/A
359		Vinnie Capelli	N/A	N/A
360		Seven	N/A	N/A
361		Shaggy 2 Dope	370	+9
362		Barry Horowitz	N/A	N/A
363		Bull Schmidt	N/A	N/A
364		Ronnie Vegas	367	+3
365		Moondog Wenzel	N/A	N/A
366		Afa Jr.	N/A	N/A
367		Mentallo	N/A	N/A
368		Sydeswype	380	+12
369		Bad Boy Basil	N/A	N/A	deceased
370		Terry Allen	N/A	N/A
371		Cheetah Master	361	-10
372		Marc Ash	349	-23
373		Bruiser Bennett	351	-22
374		The Bruiser	362	-12	deceased
375		Chris Michaels	N/A	N/A
376		Vince Goodnite	368	-8
377		Smelly	N/A	N/A
378		Maxx Justice	N/A	N/A
379		Judas Young	N/A	N/A
380		Piranah	340	-40
381		Trooper Gilmore	N/A	N/A
382		T. J. Powers	N/A	N/A
383		John Balsamo	N/A	N/A
384		Dino Divine	N/A	N/A
385		Horshu	N/A	N/A
386		Kidd USA	N/A	N/A
387		Vince Kaplack	N/A	N/A
388		Shirley Doe	N/A	N/A
389		Rich Myers	429	+40
390		Johnny Spade	N/A	N/A
391		Bobo Brazil, Jr.	N/A	N/A
392		Crusher Hansen	424	+32
393		Juggernaut	420	+27
394		Darren Dalton	N/A	N/A
395		The Bouncer	N/A	N/A	deceased
396		J-Rocc	426	+30
397		Creeping Death	N/A	N/A
398		Monsta Mack	N/A	N/A
399		Beau Douglas	N/A	N/A
400		Mafia	N/A	N/A
401		Eric Priest	N/A	N/A

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2001

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
402		Jardi Frantz	N/A	N/A
403		Robbie Rage	N/A	N/A
404		Guillotine Legrande	N/A	N/A
405		Brian Anthony	404	-1
406		Adam Booker	N/A	N/A
407		Paul Vault	452	+45
408		Miyaki Frantz	N/A	N/A
409		Dapper Dan	N/A	N/A
410		Steve Southern	372	-38
411		Masked Maniac	384	-27
412		Scab	N/A	N/A
413		Dave Johnson	N/A	N/A	deceased
414		Paul Diamond	N/A	N/A
415		Zak Mason	N/A	N/A
416		Kevin Knight	347	-69
417		Johnny Malibu	N/A	N/A
418		Poison	N/A	N/A
419		Major Havoc	375	-44
420		Bobby Rogers	N/A	N/A
421		J. T. Lightning	N/A	N/A	deceased
422		David Lee Gilbert	N/A	N/A
423		Badd Brad	N/A	N/A
424		Ralph Mosca	353	-71
425		Persian Prince	388	-37
426		Chris Krueger	N/A	N/A
427		Al Savage	394	-33
428		L. A. Wild One	N/A	N/A
429		Jeff Roth	N/A	N/A
430		Danny Rose	465	+35
431		Sebastian Kane	374	-57
432		Mozart Fontaine	N/A	N/A
433		Johnny Graham	381	-52
434		Earl The Pearl	444	+10
435		Super Destroyer 2000	N/A	N/A	deceased
436		Guy Williams	492	+56
437		Boogie Woogie Brown	391	-46	deceased
438		Jeff Hammerick	N/A	N/A
439		Reverend Slim	N/A	N/A
440		Bob Evans	N/A	N/A
441		Ronnie Zukko	N/A	N/A
442		Shawn Christopher	390	-52
443		Brian Danzig	N/A	N/A
444		Seijin Akki	N/A	N/A
445		The Amazing Red	N/A	N/A
446		Joey Corman	N/A	N/A
447		Jake Damien	482	+35
448		Alex Arion	N/A	N/A
449		Don Basher	412	-37
450		Juan Xavier	N/A	N/A	deceased
451		Dave Greco	N/A	N/A
452		Chic White	N/A	N/A
453		Metal Maniac	N/A	N/A
454		Nova Cain	N/A	N/A
455		The California Kid	500	+45
456		Joel Maximo	N/A	N/A
457		Indiana Kidd, Jr.	406	-51
458		B.J. Whitmer	N/A	N/A
459		Bob Keller	N/A	N/A
460		Jose Maximo	N/A	N/A
461		Jimmy Snuka, Jr.	396	-65
462		Brody Hawk	N/A	N/A
463		Austin James	N/A	N/A
464		Homeless Jimmy	N/A	N/A
465		Brian Bedlam	N/A	N/A
466		Mark Mest	383	-83
467		Flex Fenom	N/A	N/A
468		Tommy Idol	N/A	N/A
469		Dave Sherman	N/A	N/A
470		Jon Douglas	N/A	N/A
471		Adam Jacobs	N/A	N/A
472		Rick Noble	N/A	N/A
473		Rod Bell	N/A	N/A
474		Jimmie Lee	409	-65
475		Kyle Storm	486	+11
476		Benny Stoltzfus	N/A	N/A
477		Gino Martino	N/A	N/A
478		Majik	N/A	N/A
479		Chris Charger	N/A	N/A
480		Terry Knight	N/A	N/A
481		Brandon Walker	N/A	N/A
482		C. B. Cane	N/A	N/A
483		Japanese Pool Boy	N/A	N/A
484		Joe Brock	N/A	N/A
485		Hadrian	N/A	N/A
486		Ash Parker	N/A	N/A
487		Bulldozer Benton	N/A	N/A
488		Ben Galvan	N/A	N/A
489		Thornn	N/A	N/A
490		Mack Truck	N/A	N/A
491		Osiris	N/A	N/A
492		J. W. Boss	N/A	N/A
493		The Hussla	N/A	N/A
494		Jeff Starr	N/A	N/A
495		Superstar Steve	N/A	N/A
496		Dango Wynn	N/A	N/A	deceased
497		Sean Royal	N/A	N/A
498		Supreme Lee Great	N/A	N/A
499		Bill Mudd	N/A	N/A
500		Pepper Parks	N/A	N/A