Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1999

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(see also the PWI Female 50 listings)

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
1		Steve Austin	1	0 (=)
2		Rob Van Dam	14	+12
3		Mitsuharu Misawa	3	0 (=)	deceased
4		Rey Misterio, Jr.	107	+103
5		The Rock	11	+6
6		Diamond Dallas Page	4	-2
7		Keiji Mutoh	58	+51
8		The Undertaker	5	-3
9		Goldberg	2	-7
10		Taz	36	+26
11		Toshiaki Kawada	17	+6
12		Sting	12	0 (=)
13		Kane	21	+8
14		Kevin Nash	39	+25
15		Jushin Liger	9	-6
16		Dr. Wagner, Jr.	47	+31
17		Scott Steiner	92	+75
18		Vader	65	+47
19		Mankind	26	+7
20		Chris Benoit	19	-1	deceased
21		Dean Malenko	35	+14
22		El Hijo del Santo	18	-4
23		Ken Shamrock	8	-15
24		Kenta Kobashi	6	-18
25		Val Venis	105	+80
26		Hunter Hearst Helmsley	24	-2
27		Bam Bam Bigelow	48	+21	deceased
28		Koji Kanemoto	32	+4
29		Chris Jericho	10	-19
30		X-Pac	133	+103
31		Billy Kidman	132	+101
32		Sabu	33	+1
33		Negro Casas	34	+1
34		Paul Wight	31	-3
35		Jun Akiyama	27	-8
36		Jeff Jarrett	43	+7
37		Super Crazy	157	+120
38		Hayabusa	38	0 (=)	deceased
39		Billy Gunn	62	+23
40		Psicosis	41	+1
41		Naoya Ogawa	N/A	N/A
42		Ric Flair	55	+13
43		Atsushi Onita	N/A	N/A
44		Hulk Hogan	53	+9
45		Black Warrior	256	+211
46		Road Dogg	73	+27
47		Perry Saturn	59	+12
48		The Great Sasuke	69	+21
49		Jerry Lynn	114	+65
50		Octagon	81	+31
51		Yoshihiro Tajiri	155	+104
52		Al Snow	70	+18
53		Rick Steiner	66	+13
54		Masa Chono	46	-8
55		Kendo Ka Shin	104	+49
56		Bret Hart	40	-16
57		Randy Savage	16	-41	deceased
58		Felino	71	+13
59		Akira Taue	51	-8
60		Booker T.	7	-53
61		The Godfather	209	+148
62		Juventud Guerrera	25	-37
63		Sid Vicious	230	+167
64		Buh Buh Ray Dudley	74	+10
65		D-Lo Brown	120	+55
66		Buff Bagwell	174	+108
67		Scott Norton	103	+36
68		Bob Holly	164	+96
69		Lance Storm	78	+9
70		Goldust	72	+2
71		Curt Hennig	97	+26	deceased
72		Hiroyoshi Tenzan	63	-9
73		Venum Black	127	+54
74		Reckless Youth	50	-24
75		Raven	61	-14
76		Jeff Hardy	239	+163
77		Yuji Nagata	83	+6
78		Bradshaw	102	+24
79		D-Von Dudley	111	+32
80		Shinjiro Otani	76	-4
81		Justin Credible	85	+4
82		Atlantis	93	+11
83		Edge	67	-16
84		Spike Dudley	121	+37
85		Disco Inferno	87	+2
86		Masato Tanaka	95	+9
87		Super Delfin	68	-19
88		Konnan	99	+11
89		La Parka	N/A	N/A
90		Christian	80	-10
91		Hak	96	+5
92		Faarooq	77	-15
93		David Finlay	42	-51
94		Big Boss Man	139	+45	deceased
95		Heavy Metal	135	+40
96		Kensuke Sasaki	23	-73
97		Dan Severn	44	-53
98		Shane Douglas	30	-68
99		Blitzkrieg	N/A	N/A
100		Matt Hardy	208	+108

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1999

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
101		Genichiro Tenryu	79	-22
102		Gangrel	N/A	N/A
103		Shiima Nobunaga	N/A	N/A
104		2 Cold Scorpio	94	-10
105		Chavo Guerrero Jr.	64	-41
106		Mosco de la Merced	238	+132
107		El Samurai	113	+6
108		Johnny Ace	106	-2
109		Silver King	101	-8
110		Kanyon	108	-2	deceased
111		TAKA Michinoku	22	-89
112		Tatsuhito Takaiwa	138	+26
113		Blue Panther	56	-57
114		Christopher Daniels	N/A	N/A
115		Gran Hamada	181	+66
116		Mark Henry	191	+75
117		Stevie Ray	203	+86
118		Ernest Miller	158	+40
119		Vampiro	N/A	N/A
120		Gillberg	N/A	N/A
121		Balls Mahoney	162	+41
122		Dick Togo	131	+9
123		Julio Sanchez	147	+24
124		Chaz	N/A	N/A
125		Meng	227	+102
126		Simon Diamond	N/A	N/A
127		Shocker	268	+141
128		Mike Quackenbush	250	+122
129		Barry Windham	150	+21
130		nWo Sting	151	+21
131		Manabu Nakanishi	125	-6
132		Antifaz del Norte	N/A	N/A
133		Chris Candido	45	-88	deceased
134		Kaz Hayashi	160	+26
135		Tiger Mask IV	140	+5
136		Ultimo Guerrero	N/A	N/A
137		Flash Flanagan	122	-15
138		Steve Blackman	109	-29
139		Mike Segura	N/A	N/A
140		Shawn Stasiak	202	+62
141		Johnny Smith	205	+64
142		Droz	N/A	N/A
143		Wolf Hawkfield	N/A	N/A
144		Satoshi Kojima	130	-14
145		Jerry Estrada	75	-70
146		Test	N/A	N/A	deceased
147		Glen Osbourne	128	-19
148		Zumbido	N/A	N/A
149		Axl Rotten	N/A	N/A	deceased
150		Jimmy Cicero	194	+44
151		Jinsei Shinzaki	146	-5
152		Mr. Niebla	161	+9
153		Roddy Piper	142	-11	deceased
154		Brian Christopher	86	-68
155		Mideon	N/A	N/A
156		Bart Gunn	152	-4
157		New Jack	154	-3
158		Jerry Lawler	136	-22
159		Fuerza Guerrera	171	+12
160		Chris Chetti	175	+15
161		Scott Taylor	143	-18
162		Tommy Dreamer	100	-62
163		Sho Funaki	172	+9
164		Emilio Charles Jr.	183	+19
165		Steve Bradley	N/A	N/A	deceased
166		Lash LeRoux	N/A	N/A
167		Gary Albright	166	-1	deceased
168		Prince Albert	N/A	N/A
169		Apolo Dantes	N/A	N/A
170		Hiro Hase	153	-17
171		Villano V	261	+90
172		Maunakea Mossman	115	-57
173		Mr. Aguila	N/A	N/A
174		Devon Storm	N/A	N/A
175		Don Frye	N/A	N/A
176		Doug Gilbert	207	+31
177		Norman Smiley	N/A	N/A
178		Scorpio, Jr.	N/A	N/A
179		Van Hammer	173	-6
180		Men's Teioh	159	-21
181		Christian York	352	+171
182		Dr. Cerebo	N/A	N/A
183		Kodo Fuyuki	N/A	N/A	deceased
184		Wolfie D.	149	-35
185		Stevie Richards	344	+159
186		Viscera	N/A	N/A	deceased
187		Oriental	N/A	N/A
188		Lenny Lane	N/A	N/A
189		Prince Iaukea	117	-72
190		Brian Knobbs	274	+84
191		Charly Manson	N/A	N/A
192		The Barbarian	176	-16
193		Little Guido	215	+22
194		Steve Williams	116	-78	deceased
195		Hugh Morrus	163	-32
196		Gran Naniwa	198	+2	deceased
197		Scotty Riggs	233	+36
198		Masato Yakushiji	246	+48
199		Ludxor	241	+42
200		Naohiro Hoshikawa	212	+12

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1999

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
201		Tom Brandi	182	-19
202		Bobby Duncum, Jr.	260	+58	deceased
203		Steve Corino	343	+140
204		Tatsumi Fujinami	13	-191
205		The Blue Meanie	216	+11
206		Rey Bucanero	N/A	N/A
207		Joey Matthews	384	+177
208		Reno Riggins	189	-19
209		Michael Modest	329	+120
210		The Colorado Kid	253	+43
211		Nova	N/A	N/A
212		Terry Funk	60	-152
213		Kendall Windham	N/A	N/A
214		Stan Hansen	89	-125
215		Rocco Rock	197	-18	deceased
216		Amish Roadkill	N/A	N/A
217		Chris Adams	123	-94	deceased
218		Lou Marconi	213	-5
219		Mr. Condor	N/A	N/A
220		Steven Dunn	254	+34	deceased
221		Frank Stalletto	236	+15
222		Kenny Kaos	N/A	N/A
223		Pierre	N/A	N/A
224		Ace Darling	156	-68
225		Don Montoya	259	+34
226		Joey Abs	N/A	N/A
227		Tony Anthony	243	+16
228		Johnny Grunge	221	-7	deceased
229		King Kong Bundy	234	+5
230		Danny Doring	N/A	N/A
231		Vito LoGrasso	N/A	N/A
232		Joe E. Legend	N/A	N/A
233		Steven Regal	188	-45
234		Shane Helms	N/A	N/A
235		Chyna	N/A	N/A
236		Vincent	240	+4
237		John Kronus	167	-70	deceased
238		Shannon Moore	N/A	N/A
239		Shiro Koshinaka	N/A	N/A
240		Michael Hayes	N/A	N/A
241		Rhino Richards	N/A	N/A
242		Jerry Flynn	N/A	N/A
243		Headbanger Thrasher	144	-99
244		Tracy Smothers	134	-110
245		Shane McMahon	N/A	N/A
246		Brian Adams	228	-18	deceased
247		Adam Pearce	382	+135
248		Sal E. Graziano	N/A	N/A
249		Gary Steele	294	+45
250		Tiger Ali Singh	286	+36
251		Twiggy Ramirez	292	+41
252		Rage	186	-66
253		Marty Jannetty	210	-43
254		El Dandy	214	-40
255		Ace Steel	N/A	N/A
256		Glacier	184	-72
257		Michael Wallstreet	124	-133
258		Road Warrior Animal	82	-176
259		K. C. Thunder	277	+18
260		Rick Justice	281	+21
261		Major DeBeers	291	+30
262		Erich Sbracchia	263	+1
263		Shane Eden	N/A	N/A
264		Beau James	283	+19
265		Kurrgan	192	-73
266		Lord Zoltan	266	0 (=)
267		Danny Donavon	N/A	N/A
268		Mark Schrader	276	+8
269		Dory Funk, Jr.	232	-37
270		Horace Hogan	N/A	N/A
271		Bill Dundee	271	0 (=)
272		Corporal Punishment	319	+47
273		Big Dick Dudley	200	-73	deceased
274		Jet Jaguar	N/A	N/A
275		Scott Putski	248	-27
276		Maxx Justice	443	+167
277		Lodi	N/A	N/A
278		T. Rantula	298	+20
279		Monster Mayhem	317	+38
280		Inferno Kid	337	+57
281		Ray Odyssey	296	+15
282		Scoot Andrews	341	+59
283		Jonnie Stewart	N/A	N/A
284		Road Warrior Hawk	91	-193	deceased
285		Knuckles Nelson	N/A	N/A
286		Boyce Legrande	416	+130
287		J. R. Ryder	392	+105
288		Greg Valentine	270	-18
289		The Hater	N/A	N/A
290		Iceman	332	+42
291		Tony Rumble	334	+43	deceased
292		Andre Baker	335	+43	deceased
293		Michelle Starr	N/A	N/A
294		Frenchy Riviera	321	+27
295		Scotty Zappa	N/A	N/A
296		Jimmy Sharpe	N/A	N/A
297		Frank Parker	302	+5
298		John Rambo	370	+72
299		Shark Boy	N/A	N/A
300		Jeff Anderson	339	+39

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1999

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
301		Cody Michaels	N/A	N/A
302		Scott D'Amore	295	-7
303		Vinny Massaro	420	+117
304		Duke Droese	N/A	N/A
305		Dennis Gregory	N/A	N/A
306		Sebastian P. Sterling	N/A	N/A
307		Boris Dragoff	314	+7
308		Thunder	323	+15
309		Dr. Dan	359	+50
310		Jimmy Snuka	297	-13
311		Gabe Casteel	N/A	N/A
312		Biff Wentworth	N/A	N/A
313		Ted Sweet	N/A	N/A
314		Hack Meyers	N/A	N/A	deceased
315		Cueball Carmichael	357	+42
316		Chaz Wentworth	N/A	N/A
317		Roger Anderson	355	+38
318		Tony Jones	462	+144
319		Demolition Ax	324	+5
320		Scott Bishop	N/A	N/A
321		Jeff Peterson	N/A	N/A	deceased
322		Quinn Magnum	N/A	N/A
323		Adrian Lynch	429	+106
324		Mr. Ooh La La	349	+25
325		Bart Sawyer	N/A	N/A
326		Romeo Valentino	N/A	N/A
327		Donovan Morgan	436	+109
328		Danny Christian	406	+78
329		Rick Deezel	326	-3
330		Biggie Biggs	N/A	N/A
331		Rob McBride	369	+38
332		Tim Fischer	N/A	N/A
333		Chaz Taylor	N/A	N/A
334		Col. Payne	361	+27
335		Atlas Rivera	385	+50
336		Chicano Flame	N/A	N/A
337		Terik The Great	434	+97
338		Johnny Handsome	376	+38
339		Blackie West	N/A	N/A
340		C. W. Anderson	394	+54
341		Tony Kozina	N/A	N/A
342		Kris Germany	N/A	N/A
343		Blade Boudreaux	N/A	N/A
344		J. J. Johnston	N/A	N/A
345		Dean Champion	N/A	N/A
346		Otto Schwanz	447	+101
347		Ian Rotten	310	-37
348		Cham Pain	424	+76
349		Shirley Doe	N/A	N/A
350		Golem The Giant	367	+17
351		Rik Ratchet	N/A	N/A
352		Hellraiser Blood	N/A	N/A
353		Silky Boom Boom	N/A	N/A
354		Sean Styles	N/A	N/A
355		Marc Ash	N/A	N/A
356		Kit Carson	N/A	N/A
357		Rikki Nelson	435	+78
358		Curtis Slamm Dawg	N/A	N/A
359		J. B. Destiny	348	-11
360		John Moores	N/A	N/A
361		Hunter Thomas	N/A	N/A
362		Johnny Graham	N/A	N/A
363		Bruiser Bennett	372	+9
364		Brian Danzig	396	+32
365		Persian Prince	N/A	N/A
366		Kevin Northcutt	386	+20
367		Marc The Grizzly	402	+35
368		Johnny Moss	N/A	N/A
369		Kevin Knight	483	+114
370		Ronnie Vegas	379	+9
371		Born Again Brawler	N/A	N/A
372		Bull Pain	N/A	N/A
373		Mercenary	N/A	N/A
374		Danny Blackheart	N/A	N/A
375		Shawn Christopher	N/A	N/A
376		Honky Tonk Man	345	-31
377		Manny Fernandez	N/A	N/A
378		Flex Armstrong	N/A	N/A
379		Eddie Brown	N/A	N/A
380		Chuck Colt	N/A	N/A
381		Wendell Smooth	N/A	N/A
382		Danger Boy Alfredo	N/A	N/A
383		Slicky Boy	466	+83
384		Lord Humongous	393	+9	deceased
385		Mark Mest	N/A	N/A
386		Dream Killer	N/A	N/A
387		Shane Hooker	N/A	N/A
388		Joel Deaton	N/A	N/A
389		Shaggy 2 Dope	N/A	N/A
390		Bobby Rogers	N/A	N/A
391		Lupus	N/A	N/A
392		Steve Southern	390	-2
393		Steve Flynn	N/A	N/A
394		Bonecrusher	N/A	N/A
395		Jeff Victory	N/A	N/A
396		Sebastian Kane	432	+36
397		Professor Egon Ecton	401	+4
398		Major Havoc	407	+9
399		Stan Pennington	N/A	N/A
400		Sydeswype	N/A	N/A

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1999

position	born	wrestler	previous year position	difference	notes
401		Anthony Adonis	N/A	N/A
402		Brian Costello	488	+86
403		Johnny Lightning	405	+2
404		Rasta Savage	414	+10
405		Don Carson	411	+6
406		Danger	N/A	N/A
407		Toy Dotson	N/A	N/A
408		Rob Noxious	471	+63
409		J. Caster	N/A	N/A
410		J. T. Lightning	412	+2	deceased
411		Indiana Kidd, Jr.	460	+49
412		The Hollywood Kid	391	-21
413		Natrone Steele	N/A	N/A
414		Treach Phillips, Jr.	N/A	N/A
415		Charlie Norris	N/A	N/A
416		Boom Boom Comini	N/A	N/A
417		The Iron Sheik	423	+6
418		Don Basher	446	+28
419		Toad	485	+66
420		Chip Fairway	500	+80	deceased
421		Merc The Cruiser	N/A	N/A
422		Ty Dalton	N/A	N/A
423		Adam Flash	N/A	N/A
424		Air Paris	N/A	N/A
425		Trent Acid	N/A	N/A	deceased
426		J. P. Hogg	415	-11
427		Shane Shadows	448	+21
428		Bull Miller	N/A	N/A
429		Yvon The Imitator	N/A	N/A
430		Rick Link	N/A	N/A
431		Dino Bambino	N/A	N/A
432		Paul Beswick	N/A	N/A
433		Viper	N/A	N/A
434		Troy Mest	N/A	N/A
435		Ricky Rice	N/A	N/A
436		Tugboat Taylor	N/A	N/A
437		Horace The Psychopath	N/A	N/A
438		Billy Reil	N/A	N/A
439		Brian Jones	N/A	N/A
440		Elvis Elliot	N/A	N/A
441		Dan Cooley	N/A	N/A
442		Billy Joe Eaton	N/A	N/A
443		Harley Lewis	N/A	N/A
444		Skank	N/A	N/A
445		Joe Rules	421	-24
446		Redd Dog Begnaud	N/A	N/A
447		Mongol	N/A	N/A
448		Rich Myers	N/A	N/A
449		Big Slam	468	+19
450		Wild Child	473	+23
451		Rob Ramer	N/A	N/A
452		Preston Quinn	N/A	N/A
453		Cody Hawk	N/A	N/A
454		Earl The Pearl	N/A	N/A
455		Hellraiser Gutz	N/A	N/A
456		Brett Striker	N/A	N/A
457		Rob Carlin	N/A	N/A
458		Mael	N/A	N/A
459		Brian Ireland	N/A	N/A
460		Ladies' Choice	N/A	N/A
461		Billy Bart	469	+8
462		Irish Bobby Clancy	N/A	N/A
463		Tarus	N/A	N/A
464		Milwaukee Mauler	N/A	N/A
465		Bob Keller	490	+25
466		Maxx Crimson	N/A	N/A
467		Elon	N/A	N/A
468		Col. Corruption	N/A	N/A
469		Bull Hansen	N/A	N/A
470		Mr. Excellent	441	-29
471		Nightmare I	N/A	N/A
472		Chad Collyer	N/A	N/A
473		Mohammed Kane	482	+9
474		Steven The Sweet Boy	N/A	N/A
475		Piranah	N/A	N/A
476		Stan Sierra	N/A	N/A
477		Tombstone	N/A	N/A
478		Rusty Brooks	N/A	N/A
479		David Young	N/A	N/A
480		Kevin Acres	N/A	N/A
481		Jesse James Stone	N/A	N/A
482		Torch	N/A	N/A
483		Jimmy Woodstock	N/A	N/A
484		Bobby Hayes	N/A	N/A
485		Rick Silver	N/A	N/A
486		Kane Atoms	N/A	N/A
487		Sweet Dreams	N/A	N/A
488		Steve Stampede	N/A	N/A
489		Big Bubba Brewer	N/A	N/A
490		Able Atoms	N/A	N/A
491		Switchblade	N/A	N/A
492		Canadian Bad Boy	N/A	N/A
493		The Jackyl	N/A	N/A
494		Jason the Terrible	N/A	N/A
495		Cremator	N/A	N/A
496		Big Sexy Bubba	N/A	N/A
497		Juggernaut	N/A	N/A
498		Dark Justice	N/A	N/A
499		James Proper	N/A	N/A
500		Vincent Goodnight	N/A	N/A