PWI Stanley Weston Award

The PWI Stanley Weston Award recognizes lifetime achievement by a professional wrestling personality. It has been given yearly since 1981, and was originally known as the PWI Editor's Award. Beginning with the March 2003 year-end edition, the award was renamed in memory of PWI founder and longtime publisher Stanley Weston, who died in 2002.
==Award winners==
† indicates a posthumous award.
Year	Winner
1981	Bruno Sammartino
1982	Lou Thesz
1983	The Grand Wizard†
1984	David Von Erich†
1985	Dan Shocket
1986	Verne Gagne
1987	Paul Boesch
1988	Bruiser Brody (Frank Goodish)†Adrian Adonis (Keith Franke)†
1989	Gordon Solie (Francis Labiak)
1990	Buddy Rogers
1991	The Fabulous Moolah
1992	Stanley Weston
1993	André the Giant†
1994	Captain Lou Albano
1995	Ricky Steamboat
1996	Danny Hodge
1997	Arn Anderson
1998	Bobo Brazil†
1999	Owen Hart†
2000	Fred Blassie
2001	Johnny Valentine†
2002	Jim Ross
2003	Bret Hart
2004	Pat Patterson
2005	Eddie Guerrero†
2006	Harley Race
2007	Nick Bockwinkel
2008	Ric Flair
2009	Vince McMahon
2010	Killer Kowalski†
2011	Randy Savage†
2012	Bobby Heenan
2013	Dusty Rhodes
2014	Dory Funk Jr.
2015	Roddy Piper†
2016	Dick Beyer
2017	Jack Brisco†
2018	Antonio Inoki
2019	Stone Cold Steve Austin
2020	MadusaStu Saks
2021	Terry FunkRon Simmons
2022	Bill ApterGeorge Napolitano
==See also==
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
*WWE
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