Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1995

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

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
1		Diesel	14	+13
2		Shawn Michaels	5	+3
3		Sting	8	+5
4		Bret Hart	1	-3
5		Sabu	12	+7
6		Hulk Hogan	2	-4
7		Big Van Vader	4	-3	deceased
8		Randy Savage	44	+36	deceased
9		Razor Ramon	7	-2	deceased
10		Mitsuharu Misawa	29	+19	deceased
11		Jeff Jarrett	35	+24
12		Owen Hart	10	-2	deceased
13		The Great Muta	15	+2
14		The Undertaker	23	+9
15		Scott Steiner	20	+5
16		Antonio Inoki	254	+238	deceased
17		Eddy Guerrero	141	+124	deceased
18		Rey Mysterio Jr.	101	+83
19		Rick Steiner	28	+9
20		Ric Flair	3	-17
21		Dean Malenko	191	+170
22		Jerry Lawler	16	-6
23		Lex Luger	17	-6
24		Arn Anderson	31	+7
25		Hawk	39	+14	deceased
26		Tracy Smothers	38	+12	deceased
27		Nobuhiko Takada	106	+79
28		Shane Douglas	32	+4
29		The 1-2-3 Kid	22	-7
30		Bam Bam Bigelow	24	-6	deceased
31		Cactus Jack	27	-4
32		Yokozuna	11	-21	deceased
33		2 Cold Scorpio	50	+17
34		Sid Vicious	143	+109
35		Dan Severn	332	+297
36		Lord Steven Regal	18	-18
37		Tony Anthony	25	-12
38		Konnan	34	-4
39		Davey Boy Smith	184	+145	deceased
40		Koji Kanemoto	247	+207
41		Tatanka	40	-1
42		Chris Candido	45	+3	deceased
43		Steve Austin	6	-37
44		Kensuke Sasaki	59	+15
45		Tommy Dreamer	102	+57
46		Chris Benoit	43	-3	deceased
47		Adam Bomb	142	+95
48		Hakushi	N/A	N/A
49		Mabel	88	+39	deceased
50		Paul Orndorff	64	+14	deceased
51		Tito Santana	90	+39
52		Hiro Hase	97	+45
53		Taz	107	+54
54		Alex Wright	N/A	N/A
55		Bob Backlund	86	+31
56		Al Snow	112	+56
57		Johnny B. Badd	51	-6
58		Brian Christopher	30	-28	deceased
59		Toshiaki Kawada	262	+203
60		The Sandman	160	+100
61		Brian Pillman	54	-7	deceased
62		Dustin Rhodes	19	-43
63		Savio Vega	174	+111
64		Kenta Kobashi	37	-27
65		Kama	266	+201
66		Earl Robert Eaton	84	+18	deceased
67		Scott Putski	109	+42
68		The Patriot	79	+11	deceased
69		Stan Hansen	77	+8
70		Terry Funk	33	-37	deceased
71		Abdullah The Butcher	87	+16
72		Buddy Landell	382	+310	deceased
73		Doug Gilbert	75	+2
74		Gary Albright	124	+50	deceased
75		Brutus Beefcake	108	+33
76		Bob Holly	189	+113
77		Jimmy Del Ray	47	-30	deceased
78		Billy Jack Haynes	N/A	N/A
79		Jean-Pierre Lafitte	138	+59
80		Waylon Mercy	167	+87
81		Bruiser Bedlam	73	-8	deceased
82		Big Bubba Rogers	55	-27	deceased
83		Tom Prichard	49	-34
84		Hunter Hearst Helmsley	225	+141
85		Greg Valentine	121	+36
86		Scott Norton	60	-26
87		Psicosis	197	+110
88		Irwin R. Schyster	26	-62
89		Booker T.	260	+171
90		Rocco Rock	207	+117	deceased
91		Steve Williams	48	-43	deceased
92		Meng	N/A	N/A
93		Rick Martel	70	-23
94		Johnny Grunge	209	+115	deceased
95		Masa Chono	80	-15
96		Brian Knobbs	66	-30
97		Marcus Bagwell	93	-4
98		Fatu	63	-35
99		Ultimo Dragon	76	-23
100		Brian Lee	41	-59

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1995

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
101		Shark	N/A	N/A	deceased
102		Ray Gonzales	95	-7
103		Unabom	N/A	N/A
104		Jerry Sags	52	-52
105		Bill Dundee	N/A	N/A
106		Steve Armstrong	166	+60
107		Marty Jannetty	157	+50
108		Johnny Ace	116	+8
109		Bobby Blaze	N/A	N/A
110		Man Mountain Rock	N/A	N/A
111		Diamond Dallas Page	270	+159
112		Dan Kroffat	126	+14
113		Jim Duggan	71	-42
114		Raven	N/A	N/A
115		El Hijo del Santo	94	-21
116		Doug Furnas	110	-6	deceased
117		Bunkhouse Buck	125	+8
118		Doink the Clown	192	+74
119		Stevie Ray	N/A	N/A
120		Fake La Parka	N/A	N/A
121		Ron Simmons	98	-23
122		Crash the Terminator	N/A	N/A
123		Kamala	140	+17	deceased
124		Big Titan	N/A	N/A	deceased
125		Aldo Montoya	N/A	N/A
126		New Jack	360	+234	deceased
127		Negro Casas	111	-16
128		Genichiro Tenryu	91	-37
129		Miguel Perez Jr.	154	+25
130		Duke Droese	155	+25
131		Dick Slater	139	+8	deceased
132		Jim Neidhart	61	-71	deceased
133		Henry O. Godwinn	N/A	N/A
134		Shinya Hashimoto	82	-52	deceased
135		Ricky Morton	96	-39
136		Mustafa Saed	N/A	N/A
137		Bob Orton Jr.	123	-14
138		Johnny Gunn	179	+41
139		Pitbull #2	N/A	N/A	deceased
140		Brian Armstrong	392	+252
141		Billy Gunn	256	+115
142		Pitbull #1	N/A	N/A
143		Jushin Liger	21	-122
144		Mo	208	+64
145		Kurasawa	N/A	N/A
146		Jacob Blu	N/A	N/A
147		King Kong Bundy	181	+34	deceased
148		Mascara Ano Dos Mil	N/A	N/A
149		Jimmy Snuka	120	-29	deceased
150		Johnny Smith	156	+6
151		Gorgeous George III	N/A	N/A
152		Tommy Cairo	128	-24
153		Akira Taue	118	-35
154		The Great Sasuke	132	-22
155		T. Rantula	227	+72
156		Tatsumi Fujinami	131	-25
157		Ken Shamrock	N/A	N/A
158		Vic Steamboat	113	-45
159		Eli Blu	N/A	N/A
160		Dave Sullivan	N/A	N/A
161		Tommy Rich	89	-72
162		Typhoon	78	-84
163		Steven Richards	N/A	N/A
164		Bastion Booger	357	+193	deceased
165		Terry Gordy	212	+47	deceased
166		Axl Rotten	298	+132	deceased
167		Scott Armstrong	194	+27
168		Jamie Dundee	243	+75
169		Robert Gibson	103	-66
170		Kamala 2	N/A	N/A
171		Virgil	162	-9	deceased
172		Mil Mascaras	188	+16
173		Blue Panther	152	-21
174		Heavy Metal	N/A	N/A
175		Wolfie D.	279	+104
176		Mr. Hughes	68	-108
177		Carlos Colon	216	+39
178		Steven Dunn	N/A	N/A	deceased
179		Fantasia	N/A	N/A
180		Flex Lavender	N/A	N/A
181		La Ley	164	-17
182		Chris Evans	N/A	N/A
183		Lizmark	214	+31	deceased
184		Riki Choshu	85	-99
185		Dick Murdoch	196	+11	deceased
186		El Canek	117	-69
187		Perro Aguayo	223	+36	deceased
188		Juventud Guerrera	N/A	N/A
189		Rad Radford	N/A	N/A	deceased
190		Jun Akiyama	119	-71
191		Pat Tanaka	N/A	N/A
192		Bobby Fulton	306	+114
193		Takayuki Iizuka	127	-66
194		Super Delfin	246	+52
195		Bart Gunn	252	+57
196		Honky Tonk Man	349	+153
197		Mikey Whipwreck	202	+5
198		Samu	67	-131
199		Rob Van Dam	129	-70
200		The Colorado Kid	N/A	N/A

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1995

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
201		Headbanger Mosh	N/A	N/A
202		Jimmy Deo	311	+109
203		Headbanger Thrasher	N/A	N/A
204		Jim Powers	303	+99
205		Ace Darling	N/A	N/A
206		Devon Storm	N/A	N/A
207		Demolition Ax	N/A	N/A
208		Fuerza Guerrera	N/A	N/A
209		Akira Nogami	74	-135
210		"Invader" Jose Gonzales	N/A	N/A
211		Vampire Warrior	235	+24
212		Koko B Ware	149	-63
213		Dory Funk, Jr.	147	-66
214		Jeff Gaylord	282	+68
215		Jerry Estrada	201	-14
216		The Hater	137	-79
217		Italian Stallion	213	-4
218		Frank Finnegan	N/A	N/A
219		Junkyard Dog	146	-73	deceased
220		Dutch Mantel	150	-70
221		Sgt. Craig Pittman	N/A	N/A
222		Paul Roma	92	-130
223		Killer Kyle	193	-30
224		Octagon	228	+4
225		Mike Samples	104	-121
226		Nikolai Volkoff	134	-92	deceased
227		Diamond Timothy Flowers	294	+67
228		Glen Osbourne	320	+92
229		Frank Anderson	115	-114	deceased
230		Tony Atlas	135	-95
231		Firefighter Adrian	215	-16
232		Eddie Golden	443	+211
233		The Barbarian	159	-74
234		Gran Hamada	144	-90
235		Mantaur	N/A	N/A
236		Ricky Santana	176	-60
237		Kevin Sullivan	58	-179
238		Brad Armstrong	153	-85	deceased
239		Steve Lombardi	317	+78
240		Tommy Rogers	426	+186	deceased
241		Scott D'Amore	323	+82
242		Erik Watts	183	-59
243		El Bronco	284	+41
244		Jim McPherson	N/A	N/A
245		The Renegade	N/A	N/A	deceased
246		Chris Adams	65	-181	deceased
247		Star Ryder	433	+186
248		Giant Baba	232	-16	deceased
249		Ron Cumberledge	248	-1
250		911	244	-6
251		Osamu Nishimura	N/A	N/A
252		Bushwhacker Butch	264	+12	deceased
253		Denny Kass	445	+192	deceased
254		Jim McPherson	N/A	N/A
255		The Renegade	N/A	N/A	deceased
256		Nailz	136	-120
257		Terry Austin	281	+24
258		Bushwhacker Luke	267	+9
259		Ed Atlas	454	+195
260		The Warlord	172	-88
261		Jimmy Valiant	277	+16
262		Iceman King Parsons	72	-190
263		Dusty Wolfe	242	-21
264		Bob Bradley	N/A	N/A
265		Austin Steele	351	+86
266		Scotty McKeever	218	-48	deceased
267		Lord Zoltan	458	+191
268		Butch Reed	114	-154	deceased
269		Wahoo McDaniel	199	-70	deceased
270		Headhunter A	N/A	N/A
271		Johnny Graham	N/A	N/A
272		Bob Armstrong	N/A	N/A	deceased
273		Robbie Royce	411	+138
274		Stan Lane	N/A	N/A
275		Sumito	187	-88
276		Flaming Youth	347	+71
277		El Mascarado	307	+30
278		Action Jackson	220	-58
279		Rock Stevens	432	+153	deceased
280		Headhunter B	N/A	N/A
281		Joe Savoldi	240	-41	deceased
282		Ray Odyssey	171	-111
283		Mike Enos	N/A	N/A
284		Kendo Nagasaki	250	-34	deceased
285		King Kahlua	424	+139
286		Lou Marconi	N/A	N/A
287		Tony Roy	314	+27
288		Barry Horowitz	318	+30
289		Mike Samson	N/A	N/A
290		Ryuma Go	304	+14	deceased
291		Marc Ash	309	+18
292		Bobo Brazil, Jr.	N/A	N/A
293		Jesse Barr	182	-111
294		Vampiro Canadiense	255	-39
295		Moadib	217	-78
296		Nikozuna	N/A	N/A
297		Mike Davis	133	-164	deceased
298		Tiger Mask IV	N/A	N/A
299		Moondog Spot	265	-34	deceased
300		Tyrone Knox	459	+159

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1995

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
301		Silver King	161	-140	deceased
302		Dream Killer	N/A	N/A
303		Sergeant Slaughter	238	-65
304		Mohammed Hussein	241	-63
305		Lawrence Taylor	N/A	N/A
306		Luna Vachon	N/A	N/A	deceased
307		Charlie Norris	169	-138	deceased
308		Bombastic Bob	N/A	N/A
309		Timothy Well	148	-161	deceased
310		Tony Stetson	292	-18
311		Tim Horner	230	-81
312		Ice Man	N/A	N/A
313		Chaz Taylor	253	-60
314		Ron Garvin	211	-103
315		Madd Maxxine	N/A	N/A
316		George South	N/A	N/A
317		Wayne Bloom	N/A	N/A
318		Chuck the Kosher Killer	N/A	N/A
319		Moondog Spike	289	-30	deceased
320		The Cuban Assassin	249	-71
321		The Iron Sheik	288	-33	deceased
322		Michelle Starr	276	-46
323		Killer Brooks	313	-10	deceased
324		Tiger Jeet Singh	N/A	N/A
325		The Demon Hellstorm	N/A	N/A
326		Rod Price	46	-280
327		John Hawk	210	-117
328		Cien Caras	158	-170
329		Manny Fernandez	190	-139
330		The Mongolian Stomper	245	-85	deceased
331		Mickey Doyle	219	-112
332		Jimmy Garvin	173	-159
333		Horace Boulder	319	-14
334		Rickin Rico	N/A	N/A
335		Flash Flanagan	271	-64
336		Frank Blues	N/A	N/A
337		Hack Meyers	N/A	N/A	deceased
338		Jim Steele	297	-41
339		Chi Chi Cruz	344	+5
340		Scotty Summers	324	-16
341		Keith Hart	429	+88
342		Rick Conners	341	-1
343		Phil Belanger	N/A	N/A
344		Guido Falcone	439	+95
345		Lone Star	340	-5
346		Chainz	N/A	N/A
347		New One Man Gang	N/A	N/A
348		Frank Stalletto	N/A	N/A
349		Ray Roberts	N/A	N/A
350		Johnny Paradise	380	+30
351		Bo Dascious	420	+69
352		Masked Maniac	328	-24
353		Rico Suave	N/A	N/A
354		Bull Pain	388	+34
355		Wichita Willie	463	+108
356		Major DeBeers	N/A	N/A
357		Russian Assassin #2	300	-57
358		Mr. Ooh La La	N/A	N/A
359		Inferno Kid	N/A	N/A
360		Jerry Grey	N/A	N/A
361		Chris Carter	427	+66
362		Brother Midnite	N/A	N/A
363		Viper	N/A	N/A
364		Gino Caruso	N/A	N/A
365		Metal Maniac	330	-35
366		Al Hardimon	339	-27
367		Pez Whatley	290	-77	deceased
368		Rick Deezel	N/A	N/A
369		Kid Collins	N/A	N/A
370		Bobby Rogers	402	+32
371		Kevin Quinn	N/A	N/A
372		Max Thrasher	379	+7
373		Kodiak Basher	N/A	N/A
374		Maxx Crimson	N/A	N/A
375		Jack Hammer	205	-170
376		Irish Bob Clancy	N/A	N/A
377		Ken Patera	333	-44
378		American G. I.	422	+44
379		The Nomad	N/A	N/A
380		Morgus the Maniac	342	-38
381		Kevin Von Erich	239	-142
382		Jesse Henning	423	+41
383		Tony Pritchard	461	+78
384		Special Delivery Jones	367	-17	deceased
385		Black Bear	N/A	N/A
386		Tony Rumble	257	-129	deceased
387		Killer Kanareck	N/A	N/A
388		Mark Mest	431	+43
389		Turbo Eric Freedom	449	+60
390		Stone Cold Kid	N/A	N/A
391		Gary Royal	N/A	N/A
392		Jimmy Sharpe	N/A	N/A
393		Leif Ericson	N/A	N/A
394		Otis Apollo	489	+95
395		Brenson Lee	N/A	N/A
396		Black Night	N/A	N/A
397		Boris Dragoff	N/A	N/A
398		Thunder Morgan	N/A	N/A
399		Bruiser Bennett	N/A	N/A
400		Vinnie Biondo	N/A	N/A

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1995

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
401		Sheriff Steele	N/A	N/A
402		Dark Starr	N/A	N/A
403		Tony Golden	462	+59
404		Crazy Brooks	N/A	N/A
405		Bubba Monroe	N/A	N/A
406		Lightning Rodz	N/A	N/A
407		Dallas James	N/A	N/A
408		Rocky Jones	N/A	N/A	deceased
409		Bugsy McGraw	N/A	N/A
410		Gentleman Johnnie Walker	N/A	N/A
411		The Intern	N/A	N/A
412		Quinn Nash	473	+61
413		Bobby Blade	483	+70
414		The General	N/A	N/A
415		Carolina Dreamer	N/A	N/A
416		Damien Stone	N/A	N/A
417		Mike Quackenbush	N/A	N/A
418		The Gladiator	N/A	N/A	deceased
419		Jimmy Torture	N/A	N/A
420		J. T. Lightning	N/A	N/A	deceased
421		Frankie Lee	N/A	N/A
422		Chance	N/A	N/A
423		The Ultimate Warrior	N/A	N/A	deceased
424		Billy the Butcher	N/A	N/A
425		Leatherface	371	-54	deceased
426		Chicken Neck	N/A	N/A
427		Madd Dogg	N/A	N/A
428		G. Q. Knight	N/A	N/A
429		The Crow	N/A	N/A
430		Liberty	N/A	N/A
431		Spooky Cool Kid Kleene	N/A	N/A
432		Alex Wright	N/A	N/A
433		Baron Von Raschke	476	+43
434		Brian Rollins	N/A	N/A
435		Black Cat	N/A	N/A	deceased
436		Woody Lee	466	+30
437		Jimmie Lee	N/A	N/A
438		Doug Basham	475	+37
439		Roger Sartain	N/A	N/A
440		Rick Garren	N/A	N/A
441		Jason The 13th	N/A	N/A
442		Bret Michaels	N/A	N/A
443		David Lynch	N/A	N/A
444		Johnny B. Goode	N/A	N/A
445		Troy Mest	478	+33
446		Mike Justice	N/A	N/A
447		Superkey I	492	+45
448		Bob the Butcher	495	+47
449		Ricco Rodriguez	N/A	N/A
450		Tower Of Doom	N/A	N/A
451		Kuku The Samoan	N/A	N/A
452		Superkey II	494	+42
453		The Gargoyle	N/A	N/A
454		Jimmy Lamb	488	+34
455		Deputy Dog	N/A	N/A
456		Lucifer Kane	N/A	N/A
457		Iron Fist	N/A	N/A
458		The Shadow	N/A	N/A	deceased
459		War Dog	N/A	N/A
460		Cheetah Master	N/A	N/A
461		Bugsy Slugg	N/A	N/A
462		Mike Legacy	N/A	N/A
463		Rob McBride	N/A	N/A
464		Knight Rider	N/A	N/A
465		T. J. Powers	N/A	N/A
466		The Bounty Hunter	N/A	N/A
467		Lance Diamond	N/A	N/A
468		Salvatore Bellomo	N/A	N/A	deceased
469		King Kong Crusty	N/A	N/A
470		Jimmy Cicero	N/A	N/A
471		Bart Sawyer	296	-175	deceased
472		Jackie Fulton	335	-137
473		Bodyguard For Hire	N/A	N/A
474		Brian Perry	N/A	N/A
475		Danie Brits	322	-153
476		Steve Nixon	N/A	N/A
477		Freight Train Freddy	308	-169
478		Cat Burglar	N/A	N/A
479		Chris Stevenson	N/A	N/A
480		Boogie Woogie Brown	N/A	N/A	deceased
481		Cousin Bubba	N/A	N/A
482		Ronnie Vegas	N/A	N/A
483		Sean Casey	453	-30
484		Adam Flash	N/A	N/A
485		Death Row #3620	472	-13
486		Tommy Cortez	N/A	N/A
487		Steven Debbes	479	-8
488		Major Havoc	N/A	N/A
489		Brian Michaels	N/A	N/A
490		Jim Pope	293	-197
491		Tracy Austin	N/A	N/A
492		Hurricane Lewis	N/A	N/A
493		Mongolian Mangler	N/A	N/A
494		Rich Myers	N/A	N/A
495		Matt Beltser	N/A	N/A
496		"Playboy" Johnny Lee	N/A	N/A
497		Robert Roma	N/A	N/A
498		Sebastian Kane	N/A	N/A
499		Don E. Allen	500	+1
500		Kevin Kirby	N/A	N/A