Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1992

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(see also the PWI Female 50 listings)

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
1		Sting	5	+4
2		Randy Savage	4	+2	deceased
3		Ric Flair	3	0 (=)
4		Rick Rude	26	+22	deceased
5		Bret Hart	21	+16
6		Ricky Steamboat	7	+1
7		Jerry Lawler	12	+5
8		Scott Steiner	6	-2
9		The Ultimate Warrior	11	+2	deceased
10		Steve Austin	31	+21
11		Rick Steiner	10	-1
12		Hulk Hogan	1	-11
13		Barry Windham	14	+1
14		Steve Williams	8	-6	deceased
15		Big Van Vader	33	+18
16		Shawn Michaels	37	+21
17		Nikita Koloff	19	+2
18		Jushin Liger	27	+9
19		Arn Anderson	9	-10
20		Ron Simmons	29	+9
21		The Undertaker	N/A	N/A
22		Ted DiBiase	17	-5
23		Big Boss Man	25	+2	deceased
24		Road Warrior Animal	18	-6
25		The Great Muta	20	-5
26		Jeff Jarrett	28	+2
27		Bobby Eaton	30	+3
28		Curt Hennig	13	-15	deceased
29		Cactus Jack	45	+16
30		Davey Boy Smith	46	+16	deceased
31		Terry Gordy	N/A	N/A	deceased
32		Brian Pillman	44	+12	deceased
33		Eddie Gilbert	43	+10	deceased
34		Road Warrior Hawk	15	-19	deceased
35		Rick Martel	41	+6
36		Dustin Rhodes	131	+95
37		Eric Embry	32	-5
38		Tom Zenk	48	+10
39		Terrance Taylor	52	+13
40		Earthquake	50	+10	deceased
41		The Mountie	77	+36
42		Tony Anthony	51	+9
43		Dan Spivey	62	+19
44		Owen Hart	N/A	N/A	deceased
45		Roddy Piper	79	+34	deceased
46		Bob Backlund	54	+8
47		Brian Christopher	409	+362
48		Stan Hansen	24	-24
49		Greg Valentine	53	+4
50		Larry Zbyszko	38	-12
51		Stan Lane	61	+10
52		The Berzerker	68	+16
53		Razor Ramon	76	+23
54		Irwin R. Schyster	39	-15
55		Repo Man	90	+35
56		Michael Hayes	60	+4
57		Abdullah The Butcher	35	-22
58		Tatsumi Fujinami	N/A	N/A
59		Johnny B. Badd	101	+42
60		Jake Roberts	23	-37
61		Jim Garvin	93	+32
62		Riki Choshu	91	+29
63		Brad Armstrong	105	+42	deceased
64		Tom Prichard	118	+54
65		Tito Santana	134	+69
66		Scotty Flamingo	162	+96
67		Brian Knobbs	166	+99
68		Mr. Hughes	168	+100
69		Papa Shango	194	+125
70		Bill Irwin	227	+157
71		Typhoon	230	+159
72		Kamala	233	+161
73		Scott Putski	245	+172
74		Virgil	246	+172
75		Lightning Kid	253	+178
76		Crush	294	+218	deceased
77		Marcus Bagwell	255	+178
78		Nailz	349	+271
79		Sabu	389	+310
80		Moondog Spot	396	+316	deceased
81		Sergeant Slaughter	36	-45
82		Mr. Saito	42	-40
83		Ricky Morton	56	-27
84		Bam Bam Bigelow	58	-26	deceased
85		Marty Jannetty	57	-28
86		Dick Slater	165	+79
87		Iceman King Parsons	69	-18
88		Samu	80	-8
89		Gary Young	81	-8
90		The Super Invader	73	-17	deceased
91		Manny Fernandez	87	-4
92		Beau Beverly	95	+3
93		Tatanka	185	+92
94		The Barbarian	85	-9
95		Moondog Cujo	N/A	N/A	deceased
96		Brian Lee	N/A	N/A
97		Jimmy Snuka	106	+9
98		Terry Funk	22	-76
99		Chris Benoit	107	+8	deceased
100		Mike Graham	284	+184	deceased

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1992

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
101		Blake Beverly	113	+12
102		One Man Gang	114	+12
103		Dutch Mantel	224	+121
104		Jerry Sags	189	+85
105		Skinner	119	+14
106		Akira Nogami	135	+29
107		Terry Simms	N/A	N/A
108		Paul Orndorff	115	+7
109		Genichiro Tenryu	N/A	N/A
110		Kokina	N/A	N/A	deceased
111		Robert Fuller	102	-9
112		Junkyard Dog	158	+46	deceased
113		Big Josh	128	+15	deceased
114		Barry Horowitz	258	+144
115		Thomas Rich	121	+6
116		Butch Reed	123	+7
117		Carlos Colon	129	+12
118		Dan Davis	137	+19
119		Fatu	140	+21
120		Jim Duggan	82	-38
121		Jim Neidhart	70	-51
122		Takayuki Iizuka	N/A	N/A
123		Pat Tanaka	147	+24
124		Mike Davis	145	+21	deceased
125		Bushwhacker Butch	N/A	N/A
126		John Tatum	159	+33
127		Johnny Hot Body	N/A	N/A
128		The Warlord	75	-53
129		Randy Rose	127	-2
130		Brickhouse Brown	133	+3
131		Billy Black	139	+8
132		Steve Armstrong	132	0 (=)
133		Scott Norton	141	+8
134		Ron Garvin	126	-8
135		Haku	144	+9
136		Doug Furnas	59	-77	deceased
137		Ivan Koloff	154	+17
138		Colonel DeBeers	67	-71
139		Dick Murdoch	117	-22	deceased
140		Wendell Cooley	143	+3
141		Hercules	73	-68	deceased
142		Jim Brunzell	151	+9
143		Konnan	49	-94
144		Tracy Smothers	88	-56
145		Jimmy Golden	N/A	N/A
146		Alex Porteau	N/A	N/A
147		Doug Gilbert	149	+2
148		Kevin Sullivan	152	+4
149		Neil Superstar	N/A	N/A
150		Moondog Spike	N/A	N/A
151		C. W. Bergstrom	N/A	N/A
152		Tony Falk	N/A	N/A
153		Bill Wilcox	N/A	N/A
154		Angel of Death	104	-50	deceased
155		Larry Cameron	103	-52
156		Negro Casas	111	-45
157		Hiro Hase	160	+3
158		Kato	163	+5
159		Honky Tonk Man	170	+11
160		Jumbo Tsuruta	176	+16	deceased
161		Tim Horner	177	+16
162		Sam Houston	203	+41
163		Buddy Landell	184	+21	deceased
164		Joe Savoldi	190	+26
165		The Sheik	192	+27	deceased
166		Billy Travis	202	+36
167		Steven Dane	210	+43
168		Sunny Beach	222	+54
169		Tony Atlas	64	-105
170		Ray Odyssey	232	+62
171		Adrian Street	239	+68
172		Koko B Ware	259	+87
173		Rob Van Dam	N/A	N/A
174		B. Brian Blair	120	-54
175		Ricky Rice	150	-25
176		Don Muraco	124	-52
177		Brad Rheingans	136	-41
178		Antonio Inoki	34	-144
179		Dino Bravo	47	-132	deceased
180		The Patriot	55	-125
181		Robert Gibson	63	-118
182		Al Perez	74	-108
183		Bob Orton Jr.	130	-53
184		P. N. News	86	-98
185		Axis the Demolisher	94	-91
186		Bad News Brown	99	-87	deceased
187		Mil Mascaras	142	-45
188		Bill Dundee	65	-123
189		Joel Deaton	100	-89
190		Kerry Von Erich	40	-150	deceased
191		Austin Idol	72	-119
192		Chris Adams	66	-126	deceased
193		Jeff Gaylord	83	-110
194		Big Bully Busick	84	-110
195		The Samoan Savage	96	-99
196		Jimmy Deo	N/A	N/A
197		Special Delivery Jones	N/A	N/A	deceased
198		Don Harris	N/A	N/A
199		Bull Pain	N/A	N/A
200		Booker T.	N/A	N/A

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1992

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
201		Dan Kroffat	169	-32
202		Ron Harris	273	+71
203		Vinnie Vegas	N/A	N/A
204		Van Hammer	290	+86
205		Mitsuharu Misawa	187	-18	deceased
206		Tugboat Taylor	347	+141
207		Tasmaniac	267	+60
208		Rod Price	372	+164
209		Masa Chono	173	-36
210		Toshiaki Kawada	266	+56
211		Jesse Barr	N/A	N/A
212		Black Bart	355	+143
213		Kendall Windham	N/A	N/A
214		Johnny Smith	157	-57
215		Chaz	410	+195
216		Mondo Kleen	263	+47
217		Frank Lancaster	328	+111
218		Flex Lavender	N/A	N/A
219		Kevin Von Erich	78	-141
220		Stevie Ray	226	+6
221		Vladimir Koloff	N/A	N/A
222		Bobby Fulton	164	-58
223		The Grappler	108	-115
224		Nikolai Volkoff	260	+36
225		Joe Malenko	270	+45
226		Yoshihiro Asai	291	+65
227		Bushwhacker Luke	274	+47
228		Invader I	285	+57
229		Rip Morgan	265	+36
230		Jackie Fulton	272	+42
231		Wahoo McDaniel	289	+58	deceased
232		Killer	292	+60
233		El Gigante	112	-121	deceased
234		Dancing Wolf	N/A	N/A
235		Jerry Estrada	110	-125
236		Derrick Dukes	153	-83
237		Pez Whatley	268	+31	deceased
238		Lanny Poffo	229	-9
239		Rocky Jones	N/A	N/A
240		Chris Walker	174	-66
241		Awesome Kong	N/A	N/A
242		Vladimir Markoff	N/A	N/A
243		Ken Timbs	261	+18	deceased
244		Lou Perez	180	-64
245		Shane Douglas	171	-74
246		Steve Regal	182	-64
247		D. C. Drake	178	-69
248		Rochester Roadblock	199	-49
249		Dory Funk, Jr.	281	+32
250		Tom Brandi	204	-46
251		Larry Winters	366	+115	deceased
252		Al Madril	188	-64
253		Tommy Rogers	193	-60	deceased
254		Brad Anderson	200	-54
255		Vic Steamboat	179	-76
256		The Sandman	N/A	N/A
257		Horace Boulder	474	+217
258		Rocky Johnson	286	+28
259		Ron Starr	458	+199
260		Max Thrasher	444	+184
261		Steve Doll	172	-89	deceased
262		Dewey	N/A	N/A
263		Ivan Putski	269	+6
264		Italian Stallion	418	+154
265		Buddy Rogers	N/A	N/A	deceased
266		La Ley	N/A	N/A
267		Chick Donovan	280	+13
268		Mike Samples	N/A	N/A
269		Adrian Hall	N/A	N/A
270		Shawn Summers	N/A	N/A
271		Big D	N/A	N/A
272		Super Destroyer	N/A	N/A
273		Giant Warrior	N/A	N/A
274		Tiger Jeet Singh	461	+187
275		White Cloud	N/A	N/A
276		Salvatore Bellomo	N/A	N/A
277		Mike Jackson	346	+69
278		Mark Starr	374	+96	deceased
279		Charlie Norris	216	-63
280		Black Tiger	N/A	N/A
281		Naoki Sano	N/A	N/A
282		Watsumi the Rising Sun	N/A	N/A
283		Rex King	197	-86
284		Ken Patera	98	-186
285		Cheetah Kid	206	-79	deceased
286		Tommy Jammer	196	-90
287		Mark Canterbury	N/A	N/A
288		Vladimir Markoff	N/A	N/A
289		Judge Dread	N/A	N/A
290		Psycho Mike	N/A	N/A
291		Doug Masters	214	-77
292		J. W. Storm	335	+43
293		Bart Sawyer	N/A	N/A
294		The Hornet	N/A	N/A
295		Johnny Ace	195	-100
296		Flaming Youth	N/A	N/A
297		D. J. Peterson	205	-92	deceased
298		A. J. Fritzoid	N/A	N/A
299		Ken Wayne	213	-86
300		Ricky Santana	208	-92

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1992

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
301		Makhan Singh	167	-134	deceased
302		Blackheart Destruction	191	-111
303		Octagon	207	-96
304		Blackheart Apocalypse	212	-92
305		Dutch Mantel	224	-81
306		Rip Rogers	240	-66
307		Terminator	209	-98
308		Miguel Perez Jr.	225	-83
309		Dean Malenko	250	-59
310		Afa	228	-82
311		Preston Steele	235	-76
312		Ranger Ross	231	-81
313		Skip Young	252	-61	deceased
314		Stevie Ray	226	-88
315		Jay Strongbow, Jr.	234	-81
316		Mr. Pogo	248	-68
317		L. A. Gore	N/A	N/A
318		Steve Simpson	237	-81
319		Jack Victory	242	-77
320		TNT	256	-64
321		George South	402	+81
322		Bobby Blair	301	-21
323		Tyree Pride	236	-87
324		Teijho Khan	257	-67
325		Gary Albright	318	-7	deceased
326		El Hijo del Santo	293	-33
327		Brad Batten	N/A	N/A	deceased
328		King Kahlua	315	-13
329		Mark Miller	303	-26
330		Larry Power	295	-35
331		Jeff Collette	313	-18
332		Mark Youngblood	321	-11
333		Colonel Mustafa	215	-118
334		John Rambo	305	-29
335		Rob Bradley	N/A	N/A
336		Bart Batten	314	-22
337		Johnny Rich	306	-31
338		Don Bass	320	-18
339		Jon Michaels	322	-17
340		Ron Cumberledge	376	+36
341		Steve Lawler	333	-8
342		Jerry Grey	325	-17
343		Steve Cox	330	-13
344		J. T. Smith	373	+29
345		David Power	324	-21
346		Iron Mike Sharpe	329	-17	deceased
347		Chris Youngblood	331	-16
348		Mike Samson	342	-6
349		Equalizer Zap	326	-23	deceased
350		Baron Von Raschke	332	-18
351		Johnny Rodz	316	-35
352		Buck Zumhofe	336	-16
353		Ray Candy	334	-19	deceased
354		Jimmy Valiant	358	+4
355		Psycho	338	-17
356		Mike Winner	350	-6
357		Tony Stetson	398	+41
358		Les Thornton	339	-19
359		Scott Armstrong	352	-7
360		Festus	343	-17
361		Sika	327	-34
362		Jim Backlund	353	-9	deceased
363		Brady Boone	365	+2	deceased
364		Ron Bass	299	-65
365		Hurricane Walker	354	-11
366		Killer Brooks	359	-7
367		Botswana Beast	361	-6
368		Jimmy Jannetty	430	+62
369		Rikki Nelson	364	-5
370		Axl Rotten	369	-1	deceased
371		Tom Davis	356	-15	deceased
372		Equalizer Zip	323	-49
373		Buddy Lee Parker	370	-3
374		Bob Brown	340	-34	deceased
375		Ron Powers	N/A	N/A
376		Shaun Simpson	341	-35
377		Steve Lombardi	377	0 (=)
378		Doug Vines	N/A	N/A
379		Tony Capone	378	-1
380		Zak Blades	N/A	N/A
381		Mike Doggendorf	N/A	N/A
382		Jeff Daniels	N/A	N/A
383		The Russian Assassin	N/A	N/A	deceased
384		Jimmy Powell	371	-13
385		Kirk Dredd	N/A	N/A
386		Sumito	N/A	N/A
387		Boris Zhukov	360	-27
388		Super Destroyer I	N/A	N/A
389		Killer Kyle	N/A	N/A
390		A. C. Golden	N/A	N/A
391		Agent Orange	N/A	N/A
392		Manuel Villalobos	N/A	N/A
393		Terry Leyland	N/A	N/A
394		Brick Bronski	N/A	N/A
395		Tommy Dreamer	N/A	N/A
396		Tommy Cairo	N/A	N/A
397		David Sierra	N/A	N/A
398		Freight Train Fulton	N/A	N/A
399		Rock Parsons	N/A	N/A
400		Rockin' Rebel	417	+17

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1992

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
401		Doug Somers	251	-150
402		Jerry Lynn	392	-10
403		Chris Hamrick	N/A	N/A
404		Terry Golden	N/A	N/A
405		Joey Maggs	337	-68	deceased
406		Mike Cervich	388	-18
407		Terry Daniels	351	-56
408		Jason the Terrible	348	-60
409		T. C. Carter	277	-132
410		Erich Sbracchia	254	-156
411		Steve O	249	-162
412		Russian Brute	244	-168
413		King Cobra	217	-196
414		Brian Donohue	379	-35
415		Bob Cook	386	-29
416		Chris Michaels	394	-22
417		Nick Tarantino	N/A	N/A
418		Frank Melson	384	-34
419		Dusty Wolfe	383	-36
420		Madd Maxx	382	-38
421		Gene Ligon	393	-28
422		Chris Candido	403	-19	deceased
423		Jim Powers	399	-24
424		Perry Jackson	415	-9
425		Lou Fabiano	401	-24
426		Ron Shaw	385	-41
427		Charlie Fulton	N/A	N/A
428		Louie Spicolli	414	-14	deceased
429		G. Q. Stratus	400	-29
430		Jim McPherson	408	-22
431		Mario Mancini	419	-12
432		Jose Luis Rivera	387	-45
433		Solomon Grundy	421	-12
434		Bull Man Downs	422	-12
435		Randy Rhodes	425	-10
436		Jim Lancaster	427	-9
437		Crybaby Waldo	454	+17
438		Tommy Seabolt	429	-9
439		Slammer	431	-8
440		Denny Brown	434	-6
441		Fred Avery	443	+2
442		T. C. Reynolds	464	+22
443		Jules Strongbow	438	-5
444		Super Ninja	447	+3
445		Death Row	466	+21
446		Thunderfoot	426	-20
447		Mad Dog Joe	462	+15
448		Phil Apollo	472	+24
449		Robbie Ellis	441	-8
450		Thunderfoot II	442	-8
451		Eric Fountaine	491	+40
452		Freezer Thompson	477	+25
453		Bobby Rogers	480	+27
454		Duane Gill	499	+45
455		Moondog Moretti	435	-20
456		C. N. Redd	459	+3
457		Star Ryder	N/A	N/A
458		Carl Pope	N/A	N/A
459		Cruel Connection II	N/A	N/A
460		Joe Cazana	N/A	N/A
461		Jim Pope	N/A	N/A
462		T. D. Steele	468	+6
463		Scott Summers	N/A	N/A
464		Johnny K-9	467	+3
465		Douglas J. Witherspoon	N/A	N/A
466		Austin Steele	N/A	N/A
467		Kongo	N/A	N/A
468		Barry Hardy	N/A	N/A
469		Sledgehammer McGill	N/A	N/A
470		Carl Colt	N/A	N/A
471		Tommy Rose	N/A	N/A
472		Damian Knight	N/A	N/A
473		Jimmy James	N/A	N/A
474		El Diablo	N/A	N/A
475		Goldie Rogers	424	-51
476		Michael Bruno	452	-24
477		Sonny Blaze	450	-27
478		Dr. Johnny Wildside	N/A	N/A
479		Jammer	476	-3
480		Hunter Thompson	487	+7
481		Deadly Dutchman	N/A	N/A
482		Metal Maniac	N/A	N/A
483		Mongolian Mauler	N/A	N/A
484		The Wolfman	N/A	N/A
485		Ed Robinson	463	-22
486		General Adnan	479	-7
487		Tom Stone	456	-31
488		John Rock	470	-18
489		Khris Germany	484	-5
490		Bobo Brazil	406	-84	deceased
491		Andre the Giant	116	-375	deceased
492		Joshua Ben-Gurion	451	-41
493		Psycho Sam Cody	453	-40
494		Mr. Fuji	469	-25
495		Pete Dougherty	478	-17
496		Duke Snider	495	-1
497		Rasta the Voodoo Man	428	-69
498		Muhammad the Butcher	412	-86
499		Kid Vicious	N/A	N/A
500		Morgus the Maniac	N/A	N/A