PWI Rookie of the Year

1972 - Mike Graham 1973 - Bob Orton, Jr. / Tony Garea 1974 - Larry Zbyszko 1975 - Ric Flair 1976 - Bob Backlund 1977 - Ricky Steamboat 1978 - Tommy Rich 1979 - Sweet Brown Sugar 1980 - Terry Taylor 1981 - David Sammartino 1982 - Brad Armstrong 1983 - Angelo Mosca, Jr. 1984 - Mike Von Erich 1985 - Nord the Barbarian 1986 - Lex Luger 1987 - Owen Hart 1988 - Madusa Miceli 1989 - The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom) 1990 - Stone Cold Steve Austin 1991 - Johnny B. Badd 1992 - Erik Watts 1993 - Vampire Warrior 1994 - 911 1995 - Alex Wright 1996 - Big Show 1997 - Prince Iaukea 1998 - Goldberg 1999 - Shane McMahon 2000 - Kurt Angle 2001 - Randy Orton 2002 - Maven 2003 - Zach Gowen 2004 - Monty Brown 2005 - Bobby Lashley 2006 - The Boogeyman 2007 - Hornswoggle 2008 - Joe Hennig