1997 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers

The 1997 PWI Top 500 Wrestlers is a list of the Top 500 wrestlers according to the magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
==1-50==
:1. Dean Malenko
:2. Mitsuharu Misawa
:3. Steve Austin
:4. Diamond Dallas Page
:5. Lex Luger
:6. The Undertaker
:7. Shinya Hashimoto
:8. The Giant
:9. Jushin Liger
:10. Chris Benoit
:11. Taz
:12. Ultimo Dragon
:13. Kevin Nash
:14. Toshiaki Kawada
:15. Kenta Kobashi
:16. Owen Hart
:17. Jeff Jarrett
:18. Shawn Michaels
:19. Randy Savage
:20. Bret Hart
:21. Syxx
:22. British Bulldog
:23. The Great Sasuke
:24. Eddie Guerrero
:25. Scott Hall
:26. Chris Jericho
:27. Rick Steiner
:28. Masahiro Chono
:29. Rey Mysterio
:30. Scott Steiner
:31. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
:32. Rob Van Dam
:33. Akira Taue
:34. Sabu
:35. Ric Flair
:36. Kensuke Sasaki
:37. Keiji Mutoh
:38. Ken Shamrock
:39. Raven
:40. Juventud Guerrera
:41. Goldust
:42. Shane Douglas
:43. Nobuhiko Takada
:44. Volk Han
:45. Faarooq
:46. Vader
:47. Negro Casas
:48. Tommy Dreamer
:49. Jerry Lawler
:50. Sid Vicious
==51-100==
:51. Mankind
:52. Psicosis
:53. Ahmed Johnson
:54. Roddy Piper
:55. Hulk Hogan
:56. Steele
:57. Steve Williams
:58. Riki Choshu
:59. Brian Christopher
:60. Terry Funk
:61. La Parka
:62. Stan Hansen
:63. Scott Norton
:64. Savio Vega
:65. El Hijo Del Santo
:66. Stevie Richards
:67. Perro Aguayo
:68. Genichiro Tenryu
:69. The Sandman
:70. Felino
:71. Chris Candido
:72. Kiyoshi Tamura
:73. John Kronus
:74. Satanico
:75. Gary Albright
:76. Pitbull 2
:77. Johnny Ace
:78. Super Calo
:79. Jun Akiyama
:80. Steven Regal
:81. Tatsumi Fujinami
:82. Dan Severn
:83. El Samurai
:84. Booker T
:85. Atlantis
:86. Dr. Wagner Jr.
:87. El Canek
:88. Koji Kanemoto
:89. Marcus Bagwell
:90. Silver King
:91. Shinjiro Ohtani
:92. Kazuo Yamazaki
:93. Stevie Ray
:94. Hector Garza
:95. Meng
:96. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
:97. Abdullah the Butcher
:98. Latin Lover
:99. The Patriot
:100. Konnan
==101-150==
:101. New Jack
:102. Kevin Sullivan
:103. Rocky Maivia
:104. Headbanger Mosh
:105. Junji Hirata
:106. Marc Mero
:107. JC Ice
:108. Mascara Ano Dos Mil
:109. Cibernetico
:110. Headbanger Thrasher
:111. Satoshi Kojima
:112. Road Warrior Hawk
:113. Disco Inferno
:114. Tracy Smothers
:115. Brian Lee
:116. Johnny Smith
:117. Rayo De Jalisco Jr.
:118. Wolfie D.
:119. Prince Iaukea
:120. Devon Storm
:121. Bubba Ray Dudley
:122. Perry Saturn
:123. Salvatore Sincere
:124. Doug Gilbert
:125. Ace Darling
:126. Bam Bam Bigelow
:127. Alex Wright
:128. Wrath
:129. Bart Gunn
:130. The Barbarian
:131. Henry Godwinn
:132. Lance Storm
:133. Flash Funk
:134. Bob Holly
:135. Road Warrior Animal
:136. Pierroth Jr.
:137. Crush
:138. Doug Furnas
:139. Chavo Guerrero Jr.
:140. Leif Cassidy
:141. Lizmark Jr.
:142. Phil LaFon
:143. Phineas Godwinn
:144. D-Lo Brown
:145. Villano IV
:146. Glacier
:147. Blackjack Windham
:148. Billy Gunn
:149. Ricky Morton
:150. Scotty Riggs
==151-200==
:151. Brian Knobbs
:152. Reckless Youth
:153. Jesse James
:154. Marty Jannetty
:155. Hugh Morris
:156. Kama Mustafa
:157. Johnny Grunge
:158. Jerry Sags
:159. Jim Neidhart
:160. PJ Walker
:161. Scott Taylor
:162. Pitbull 1
:163. Heavy Metal
:164. Yuji Nagata
:165. Louie Spicolli
:166. Rocco Rock
:167. El Dandy
:168. Axl Rotten
:169. Miguel Perez Jr.
:170. Cheetah Master
:171. Octagon
:172. Dick Togo
:173. Blackjack Bradshaw
:174. Mortis
:175. Diesel II
:176. Lance Diamond
:177. D-Von Dudley
:178. Jake Roberts
:179. David Taylor
:180. Super Delfin
:181. Ian Rotten
:182. Glen Osbourne
:183. Scott Putski
:184. Jacques Rougeau
:185. Mustafa Saed
:186. Takayuki Iizuka
:187. Dutch Mantel
:188. Big Bubba Rogers
:189. Wing Kanemura
:190. Flash Flanagan
:191. Blue Panther
:192. Fuerza Guerrera
:193. Carl Oulette
:194. Masato Tanaka
:195. King Kong Bundy
:196. Hayabusa
:197. Antonio Inoki
:198. Dory Funk Jr.
:199. Jinsei Shinzaki
:200. Tito Santana
==201-250==
:201. Mikey Whipwreck
:202. Billy Kidman
:203. Mike Samples
:204. Tommy Rich
:205. Gran Hamada
:206. Julio Sanchez
:207. Giant Baba
:208. Mike Enos
:209. Vincent
:210. Michael Wallstreet
:211. Bunkhouse Buck
:212. Carlos Colon
:213. Balls Mahoney
:214. Jim Powers
:215. Bobby Eaton
:216. Vic Steamboat
:217. Tony Anthony
:218. Billy Travis
:219. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
:220. Damien
:221. Marc Mero
:222. Men's Teioh
:223. Chris Chavis
:224. Tommy Cairo
:225. Villano IV
:226. Shiryu
:227. Lord Zoltan
:228. Halloween
:229. T. Rantula
:230. TAKA Michinoku
:231. Buddy Landell
:232. Little Guido
:233. Lou Marconi
:234. The Blue Meanie
:235. Eddie Golden
:236. Scott D'Amore
:237. Tony Atlas
:238. La Fierra
:239. Rage
:240. Ice Train
:241. Italian Stallion
:242. Bill Dundee
:243. Ray Odyssey
:244. Super Nova
:245. Joe E. Legend
:246. Kaos
:247. The Colorado Kid
:248. George South
:249. The Inferno Kid
:250. Perro Aguayo Jr.
==251-300==
:251. Frank Stalletto
:252. Typhoon
:253. Ron Harris
:254. Sexton Hardcastle
:255. Cien Caras
:256. Greg Valentine
:257. Mr. Hughes
:258. Don Harris
:259. Vance Nevada
:260. Spellbinder
:261. Sgt. Craig Pittman
:262. Robert Gibson
:263. Dos Caras
:264. Terry Golden
:265. Steven Dunn
:266. Jimmy Snuka
:267. Johnny Graham
:268. Christian Cage
:269. Kenny Arden
:270. Paul Diamond
:271. Vampiro Canadiense
:272. Don Montoya
:273. Ric Titan
:274. Tiger Mask IV
:275. Demolition Ax
:276. Gran Naniwa
:277. Spike Dudley
:278. Yuji Yasuraoka
:279. Big Dick Dudley
:280. Yoshihiro Tajiri
:281. Chris Chetti
:282. Madman Pondo
:283. Twiggy Ramirez
:284. Masato Yakushiji
:285. Reggie B. Fine
:286. Headhunter A
:287. Jerry Estrada
:288. Brad Armstrong
:289. Keith Arden
:290. Adrian Hall
:291. Justin St. John
:292. Bobby Duncum Jr.
:293. Melvin Penrod Jr.
:294. Mascara Sagrada
:295. The Renegade
:296. Headhunter B
:297. Jimmy Cicero
:298. Scufflin' Hillbilly
:299. J.T. Smith
:300. Mabel
==301-350==
:301. Gorgeous George III
:302. Knuckles Nelson
:303. Dusty Wolfe
:304. Rock Stevens
:305. Mark Schrader
:306. David Jericho
:307. Iceman
:308. Beau James
:309. Rick Justice
:310. Johnny Swinger
:311. The Sultan
:312. Otis Apollo
:313. Major DeBeers
:314. Bobby Clancy
:315. Marc Ash
:316. Jim Duggan
:317. Billy Briggs
:318. Timber the Lumberjack
:319. Primo Carnera III
:320. Bobby Blaze
:321. Tim Blaze
:322. Tony DiVito
:323. Ben Jordan
:324. Major Havoc
:325. Flaming Youth
:326. Roger Anderson
:327. Corporal Punishment
:328. Rob McBride
:329. Ox Harley
:330. Mikki Free
:331. Rick Deezel
:332. Johnny Paradise
:333. Ricky Rockett
:334. Chris Stephenson
:335. Tony Rumble
:336. K.C. Thunder
:337. Terry Austin
:338. Golem the Giant
:339. Kevin Jones
:340. Ricky Regal
:341. Rick Link
:342. The Pink Assassin
:343. Killer Kanareck
:344. Rockin' Rico
:345. Chris Powers
:346. Frank Parker
:347. Armageddon
:348. Steve Corino
:349. Colonel Payne
:350. Mike Quackenbush
==351-400==
:351. Chad Hart
:352. Monster Mayhem
:353. Boris Dragoff
:354. Brick Bronski
:355. Madd Maxxine
:356. Cueball Carmichael
:357. Crusher Kline
:358. Gino Caruso
:359. Ravishing Ronny
:360. Jeff Anderson
:361. Boogie Woogie Brown
:362. Steve Nealy
:363. Rick Martel
:364. Bushwhacker Luke
:365. Brimstone Shocker
:366. Bruce Hart
:367. Mr. Excellent
:368. Yar
:369. Bushwhacker Butch
:370. Bull Pain
:371. Brian Anthony
:372. Derek Domino
:373. Ernest Miller
:374. Johnny Handsome
:375. Chef D.Z. Gillespie
:376. Wolf
:377. Steve Flynn
:378. Metal Maniac
:379. J.B. Destiny
:380. Paul Lauria
:381. The War Machine
:382. Chris Michaels
:383. Profesor Maxwell
:384. Thomas Rodman
:385. Brian Danzig
:386. John Rambo
:387. 911
:388. American Kickboxer
:389. Chip Stetson
:390. Viper
:391. Countryboy Chris
:392. Sebastian Kane
:393. Mark Mest
:394. Terrick the Great
:395. Mr. Ooh La La
:396. Brian Logan
:397. Bruiser Bennett
:398. Rhino Richards
:399. Devlin Blanchard
:400. Jihad Hussein
==401-450==
:401. CW Anderson
:402. Alexis Machine
:403. Lord Humongous
:404. Troy Mest
:405. D.C. Queen
:406. Aggressor Rage
:407. Pat Friday
:408. Don Basher
:409. Tyren
:410. Don Carson
:411. Maverick Chris
:412. Big Daddy Adams
:413. Sheriff Steele
:414. Freedom Fighter
:415. Aggressor Fury
:416. Brian Fury
:417. Dave Patera
:418. Billy Bart
:419. Maverick Buck
:420. Robert Roma
:421. Sweet Dreams
:422. Jimi V.
:423. Tower of Doom
:424. Lord Cult
:425. Joey Matthews
:426. Jack Spade
:427. Cham Pain
:428. Johnny Reb
:429. Syl the Sadist
:430. Mike Myers
:431. The Iron Sheik
:432. Marc the Grizzly
:433. Al Savage
:434. Tiger Khan
:435. Surge
:436. Ronnie Vegas
:437. Gary Royal
:438. Chris Starr
:439. Christian York
:440. Professor Egon Ecton
:441. Morgus the Maniac
:442. J.T. Atlas
:443. Brian Bruise
:444. Wildcat Jamie Jackson
:445. Steve Southern
:446. Cruiser Lewis
:447. Venom
:448. Rikki Rhodes
:449. Kevin Kirby
:450. Harley Lewis
==451-500==
:451. Falcon Coperis
:452. Canadian Destroyer
:453. The Dangerman
:454. Tex Monroe
:455. Johnny Dollar
:456. Blaze
:457. Rick Matrix
:458. Cody Gunn
:459. Shane Cortez
:460. Yvan P. St. Dennis
:461. Pat Shamroc
:462. Rocky Jones
:463. Gator
:464. Breyer Wellington
:465. Bolo
:466. Cruiser Lewis
:467. Race Richards
:468. Major Agony
:469. Doug Flex
:470. Willie Clay Sr.
:471. Rollin' Hard
:472. Steve Hart
:473. Original Renegade
:474. Wild Child
:475. Jack Stud
:476. Kodiak Bear
:477. The Hun
:478. Jimmy Kane
:479. Section 8
:480. Son of Satan II
:481. DeathWish
:482. The Navajo Kid
:483. Paul Atlas
:484. Supreme
:485. Tech 9
:486. Wichita Willie
:487. Son of Satan I
:488. Superkey I
:489. Larry Destiny
:490. J.P. Hogg
:491. Jimmy D. Ranged
:492. Shane Shadows
:493. Big E. Sleaze
:494. Dr. Hurtz
:495. The Shadow
:496. Seminole Warrior
:497. Indiana Kidd Jr.
:498. Wayne Woo
:499. Desperado
:500. Joe Rules
==See also==
*PWI Top 500 Wrestlers
==External links==
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1997
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