PWI Rookie of the Year

==Award winners and runners-up==
Year	Winner 	First runner-up 	Second runner-up 	Third runner-up
1972	Mike Graham 	. 	. 	.
1973	Bob Orton, Jr. / Tony Garea 	. 	. 	.
1974	Larry Zbyszko 	. 	. 	.
1975	Ric Flair 	. 	. 	.
1976	Bob Backlund 	Chavo Guerrero 	Steve Keirn 	Johnny Rivera
1977	Ricky Steamboat 	Jimmy Snuka 	Big John Studd 	Skip Young
1978	Tommy Rich 	Jay Youngblood 	David Von Erich 	Tully Blanchard
1979	Sweet Brown Sugar 	Steve Travis 	Bryan St. John 	Eddie Gilbert
1980	Terry Taylor 	Barry Windham 	Rick McGraw 	Tom Prichard
1981	David Sammartino 	Brad Rheingans 	Curt Hennig 	Ron Richie
1982	Brad Armstrong 	Tiger Mask 	Mike Rotunda 	Kamala
1983	Angelo Mosca, Jr. 	King Kong Bundy 	Scott Armstrong 	Arn Anderson
1984	Mike Von Erich 	Nikita Koloff 	Krusher Khruschev 	Kevin Kelly
1985	Nord the Barbarian 	Kendall Windham 	Dan Spivey 	Sam Houston
1986	Lex Luger 	Bam Bam Bigelow 	Sting 	Tom Magee
1987	Owen Hart 	Big Bubba Rogers 	Shane Douglas 	Doug Furnas
1988	Madusa Miceli 	Chris Benoit 	Maxx Payne 	Scott Steiner
1989	The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom)	Dustin Rhodes 	Scotty the Body 	Johnathan Holliday
1990	Steve Austin 	El Gigante 	Brad Anderson 	Chris Chavis
1991	Johnny B. Badd 	The Patriot 	Terri Power 	The Lightning Kid
1992	Erik Watts 	Diamond Dallas Page 	Vladimir Koloff 	Chaz
1993	Vampire Warrior 	Robbie Eagle 	Kent and Keith Cole 	The Headhunters
1994	911 	Bob Holly 	Abbudah Singh 	Mikey Whipwreck
1995	Alex Wright 	Craig Pittman 	Lawrence Taylor 	Madd Maxxine
1996	The Giant 	Steve McMichael 	Rocky Maivia 	Joe Gomez
1997	Prince Iaukea 	Ernest Miller 	Chris Chetti 	Brakkus
1998	Goldberg 	Sable 	Droz 	Mark Henry
1999	Shane McMahon 	Evan Karagias 	Vince McMahon 	Lash LeRoux
2000	Kurt Angle 	Lita 	Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire	Chuck Palumbo
2001	Randy Orton 	Brock Lesnar 	K-Kwik 	The Prototype
2002	Maven 	Christopher Nowinski	Nidia 	Taylor Matheny
2003	Zach Gowen 	Sylvain Grenier 	Trinity 	Matt Morgan
2004	Monty Brown 	Petey Williams 	Johnny Nitro 	Matt Cappotelli
2005	Bobby Lashley 	Christy Hemme 	Mikey Batts 	Ken Doane
2006	The Boogeyman 	Charles Evans 	Akebono 	Cody Runnels
2007	Hornswoggle 	Ted DiBiase, Jr. 	Pelle Primeau 	Mike DiBiase
2008	Joe Hennig 	Brett DiBiase 	Ricky Steamboat, Jr. 	Ryan McBride
2009	Mike Sydal 	Jesse Neal 	Brittney Savage 	JT Flash
2010	David Otunga 	Tamina 	Percy Watson 	Corey Hollis
2011	Ace Hawkins 	Nick Madrid 	Leakee 	Briley Pierce
2012	Veda Scott 	The Big O 	Jason Jordan 	Bambi Hall
2013	Tim Zbyszko 	Cody Hall 	Lucipher Lords 	Matt King
2014	Charlotte 	Enzo Amore 	Mojo Rawley 	Chad Gable
2015	Moose 	Tessa Blanchard 	Braun Strowman 	Dana Brooke
2016	Nia Jax 	Lio Rush 	Matt Riddle 	Shayna Baszler
2017	Otis Dozovic 	Ray Gonzalez Jr. 	Andy Williams 	Hirai Kawato
2018	Ronda Rousey 	Tomoyuki Oka 	Kacy Catanzaro 	Taynara Conti
2019	Brian Pillman Jr. 	Jessamyn Duke 	Utami Hayashishita 	Tracy Williams
2020	Dominik Mysterio 	Anna Jay 	Joshua Wavra 	Abadon
2021	Jade Cargill 	Bron Breakker 	Bad Bunny 	Brock Anderson
2022	Hook 	 	 	
==See also==
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
*WWE
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