1998 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers

1998 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers
Information
No.	8
Frequency	Yearly
Last	1997
Next	1999

The 1998 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers is a list of the Top 500 wrestlers according to the magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

1-50

1. Steve Austin

2. Goldberg

3. Mitsuharu Misawa

4. Diamond Dallas Page

5. The Undertaker

6. Kenta Kobashi

7. Booker T

8. Ken Shamrock

9. Jushin Liger

10. Chris Jericho

11. Rocky Maivia

12. Sting

13. Tatsumi Fujinami

14. Rob Van Dam

15. Owen Hart

16. Randy Savage

17. Toshiaki Kawada

18. El Hijo Del Santo

19. Chris Benoit

20. Ultimo Dragon

21. Kane

22. TAKA Michinoku

23. Kensuke Sasaki

24. Hunter Hearst Helmsley

25. Juventud Guerrera

26. Mick Foley

27. Jun Akiyama

28. Eddy Guerrero

29. Lex Luger

30. Shane Douglas

31. The Giant

32. Koji Kanemoto

33. Sabu

34. Negro Casas

35. Dean Malenko

36. Taz

37. Fake La Parka

38. Hayabusa

39. Kevin Nash

40. Bret Hart

41. Psicosis

42. Fit Finlay

43. Jeff Jarrett

44. Dan Severn

45. Chris Candido

46. Masahiro Chono

47. Dr. Wagner Jr.

48. Bam Bam Bigelow

49. Shawn Michaels

50. Reckless Youth

51-100

51. Akira Taue

52. Shinya Hashimoto

53. Hollywood Hogan

54. Marc Mero

55. Ric Flair

56. Blue Panther

57. Scott Hall

58. Keiji Mutoh

59. Perry Saturn

60. Terry Funk

61. Raven

62. Billy Gunn

63. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

64. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

65. Vader

66. Rick Steiner

67. Edge

68. Super Delfin

69. The Great Sasuke

70. Al Snow

71. El Felino

72. Dustin Runnels

73. Jesse James

74. Buh Buh Ray Dudley

75. Jerry Estrada

76. Shinjiro Ohtani

77. Faarooq

78. Lance Storm

79. Genichiro Tenryu

80. Christian Cage

81.Octagon

82. Road Warrior Animal

83. Yuji Nagata

84. Papi Chulo

85. Justin Credible

86. Brian Christopher

87. Disco Inferno

88. Osamu Nishimura

89. Stan Hansen

90. Super Calo

91. Road Warrior Hawk

92. Scott Steiner

93. Atlantis

94. 2 Cold Scorpio

95. Masato Tanaka

96. The Sandman

97. Curt Hennig

98. Devon Storm

99. Konnan

100. Tommy Dreamer

101-150

101. Silver King

102. Bradshaw

103. Scott Norton

104. Kendo Ka Shin

105. Val Venis

106. Johnny Ace

107. Rey Mysterio Jr.

108. Kanyon

109. Steve Blackman

110. Savio Vega

111. D-Von Dudley

112. Villano IV

113. El Samurai

114. Jerry Lynn

115. Maunukea Mossman

116. Steve Williams

117. Prince Iaukea

118. Lance Diamond

119. Brian Lee

120. D-Lo Brown

121. Spike Dudley

122. Flash Flanagan

123. Chris Adams

124. Michael Wallstreet

125. Manabu Nakanishi

126. Headbanger Mosh

127. Venum Black

128. Glen Osbourne

129. 8-Ball

130. Satoshi Kojima

131. Dick Togo

132. Billy Kidman

133. X-Pac

134. Tracy Smothers

135. Heavy Metal

136. Jerry Lawler

137. Big Titan

138. Tatsuhito Takaiwa

139. Axl Rotten

140. Tiger Mask IV

141. Davey Boy Smith

142. Roddy Piper

143. Scott Taylor

144. Headbanger Thrasher

145. Skull

146. Jinsei Shinzaki

147. Julio Sanchez

148. Miguel Perez Jr.

149. Wolfie D.

150. Barry Windham

151-200

151. NWO Sting

152. Bart Gunn

153. Hiroshi Hase

154. New Jack

155. Yoshihiro Tajiri

156. Ace Darling

157. Super Crazy

158. Ernest Miller

159. Men's Teioh

160. Kaz Hayashi

161. Mr. Niebla

162. Balls Mahoney

163. Hugh Morrus

164. Bob Holly

165. Jim Neidhart

166. Gary Albright

167. John Kronus

168. Hector Garza

169. Doug Furnas

170. Alex Wright

171. Fuerza Guerrera

172. Sho Funaki

173. Van Hammer

174. Buff Bagwell

175. Chris Chetti

176. The Barbarian

177. Mark Canterbury

178. Nobuhiko Takada

179. Darren Drozdov

180. Doug Williams

181. Gran Hamada

182. Tom Brandi

183. Emilio Charles Jr.

184. Glacier

185. Junji Hirata

186. Rage

187. Abdullah The Butcher

188. Steven Regal

189. Reno Riggins

190. Steve McMichael

191. Mark Henry

192. Kurrgan

193. Rick Martel

194. Jimmy Cicero

195. Kaos

196. Ricky Morton

197. Rocco Rock

198. Gran Naniwa

199. Vampiro Canadiense

200. Big Dick Dudley

201-250

201. Yuji Yasuraoka

202. Shawn Stasiak

203. Stevie Ray

204. Abismo Negro

205. Johnny Smith

206. Blue Demon Jr.

207. Doug Gilbert

208. Matt Hardy

209. Kama

210. Marty Jannetty

211. Jim Powers

212. Naohiro Hoshikawa

213. Lou Marconi

214. El Dandy

215. Little Guido

216. The Blue Meanie

217. Carl Oulette

218. Super Parka

219. Reese

220. Dennis Knight

221. Johnny Grunge

222. Wing Kanemura

223. Barry Darsow

224. Pantera

225. Takayuki Iizuka

226. Ray Gonzales

227. Meng

228. Brian Adams

229. Alfonso Dantes

230. Sid Vicious

231. J.C. Ice

232. Dory Funk Jr.

233. Scotty Riggs

234. King Kong Bundy

235. Jacques Rougeau

236. Frank Stalletto

237. Streak

238. Mosco De La Merced

239. Jeff Hardy

240. Vincent

241. Ludxor

242. Mikey Whipwreck

243. Tony Anthony

244. Pentagon Black

245. Chicky Starr

246. Masato Yakushiji

247. Mr. Wrestling III

248. Scott Putski

249. Perro Aguayo Jr.

250. Mike Quackenbush

251-300

251. George South

252. Rockin Rico

253. Colorado Kid

254. Steven Dunn

255. Ahmed Jonhson

256. Black Warrior

257. Invader II

258. Italian Stallion

259. Don Montoya

260. Bobby Duncum Jr.

261. Villano V

262. Buddy Landel

263. Erich Sbraccia

264. Mike Enos

265. Discovery

266. Lord Zoltan

267. Carlos Colon

268. Shocker

269. Giant Baba

270. Greg Valentine

271. Bill Dundee

272. Bobby Eaton

273. El Salsero

274. Brian Knobs

275. Super Boy

276. Mark Schrader

277. K.C. Thunder

278. Lizmark Jr.

279. Eddie Golden

280. Chris Chavis

281. Rick Justice

282. Damian

283. Beau James

284. Dave Taylor

285. Erin O'Grady

286. Tiger Ali Singh

287. Perro Aguayo Jr.

288. Brad Armstrong

289. Dutch Mantel

290. Universo Dos Mil

291. Major DeBeers

292. Twiggy Ramirez

293. Dino Scarlo

294. Gary Steele

295. Scott D'Amore

296. Ray Odyssey

297. Jimmy Snuka

298. T. Rantula

299. Herbert Gonzalez

300. Super Nova

301-350

301. George Steele

302. Frank Parker

303. Terry Golden

304. Piratita Morgan

305. The Thrillbilly

306. Vic Grimes

307. Chris Powers

308. Robert Gibson

309. Justin Richards

310. Ian Rotten

311. Mustafa Saed

312. Kenny Arden

313. Invader III

314. Boris Dragoff

315. Headhunter A

316. Tully Blanchard

317. Monster Mayhem

318. Venom

319. Corporal Punishment

320. Tiger Khan

321. Frenchy Riviera

322. Headhunter B

323. Thunder

324. Demolition Ax

325. Sgt. Craig Pittman

326. Rick Deezel

327. Pitbull 2

328. Stan Lee

329. Michael Modest

330. Jake Roberts

331. Chris Stevenson

332. Iceman

333. Tommy Rich

334. Tony Rumble

335. Andre Baker

336. Mabel

337. The Inferno Kid

338. Johnny Swinger

339. Jeff Anderson

340. Tito Santana

341. Scoot Andrews

342. Vic Steamboat

343. Steve Corino

344. Stevie Richards

345. The Honky Tonk Man

346. J.T. Coleminer

347. Renegade

348. J.B. Destiny

349. Mr. Ooh La La

350. Tony DeVito

351-400

351. Hacksaw Jim Duggan

352. Christian York

353. Tre

354. Johnny Raynor

355. Roger Anderson

356. Crusher Cline

357. Cueball Carmichael

358. Madman Pondo

359. Dr. Dan

360. Pitbull 1

361. Colonel Payne

362. Robert Thompson

363. Woody Woodchuck

364. Tornado

365. Bob Steele

366. Andres Borges

367. Golem The Giant

368. D.C. Queen

369. Rob McBride

370. John Rambo

371. Dave Pantera

372. Bruiser Bennett

373. Chris Steelheart

374. Boogie Woogie Brown

375. Daniel Vogues

376. Johnny Handsome

377. Jay Smooth

378. Syl The Sadist

379. Ronnie Vegas

380. Brickhouse Brown

381. Bushwhacker Butch

382. Adam Pearce

383. Timber The Lumberjack

384. Joey Matthews

385. Atlas Rivera

386. Kevin Northcutt

387. Brian Anthony

388. Chris Michaels

389. Matador

390. Steve Southern

391. The Hollywood Kid

392. J.R. Ryder

393. Lord Humongous

394. CW Anderson

395. Primo Carnera III

396. Brian Danzig

397. Tony Golden

398. B.C.

399. Bushwhacker Luke

400. Wolverine

401-450

401. Professor Egon Ecton

402. Mark The Grizzly

403. Alexis Machine

404. Alexander The Magnificent

405. Johnny Lightning

406. Danny Christian

407. Major Havoc

408. Jihad Hussein

409. John Rock

410. Alfredo Travieso

411. Don Carson

412. J.T. Lightning

413. Kuame Kamoze

414. Rasta Savage

415. J.P. Hogg

416. Boyce Legrande

417. J.B. Jammer

418. 911

419. Frankie The Mobster

420. Vinny Massaro

421. Joe Rules

422. Rex King

423. The Iron Sheik

424. Cham Pain

425. Wildcat Jamie Jackson

426. Gary Royal

427. Mad Dog Johnson

428. Pete Lothario

429. Adrian Lynch

430. Paul Atlas

431. The Giant Warrior

432. Sebastian Kane

433. Doug Flexx

434. Terik The Great

435. Rikki Nelson

436. Donovan Morgan

437. Byron Walker

438. Jimi V.

439. Chris Krueger

440. Kevin Kirby

441. Mr. Excellent

442. Brick Bronski

443. Maxx Justice

444. Dave Renegade

445. Black Eagle

446. Don Basher

447. Otto Schwanz

448. Shane Shadows

449. Richie Santago

450. Jack Stud

451-500

451. Ox Harley

452. Robert Roma

453. Nightbreed

454. Bob Starr

455. Ratboy

456. Jeff Loving

457. Terri Middoux

458. Bam Bam Coalson

459. Scorpion

460. Indiana Kidd Jr.

461. Jackie Anderson

462. Tony Jones

463. Brian Fury

464. ECWA Viper

465. Calavera Cortez

466. Slicky Boy

467. Pete Rokk

468. Big Slam

469. Billy Bart

470. Crazy Joe

471. Rob Noxious

472. Morgus The Maniac

473. Wild Child

474. Tombstone

475. Raiden

476. Larry Destiny

477. Chris Cannon

478. Romeo Bliss

479. Bobby Sechrist

480. Prince of Africa

481. Doug Deeds

482. Mohammed Kane

483. Kevin Knight

484. Kid USA

485. Toad

486. Scott Sterling

487. J.L. Storm

488. Brian Costello

489. Paul Lloyd

490. Bob Keller

491. John Diamond

492. Steve Podunavac

493. Ron Starr

494. T.J. Dalton

495. Rockin' Randy

496. Matthew Master III

497. Mad Dog O'Malley

498. ACCW Viper

499. Ralph Mosca

500. Chip Fairway

See also

• PWI Top 500 Wrestlers

External links

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1998