Cody Rhodes Tops The 2024 PWI 500; Who Else Made The List?

We know what to talk about. Pro Wrestling Illustrated released its annual ranking of the 500 best wrestlers in the world, known as the PWI 500. This year, Cody Rhodes topped the list at #1. But who else was on the list?

Below are the rankings of their Top 10:

Cody Rhodes
Swerve Strickland
Will Ospreay
Seth “Freakin” Rollins
Tetsuya Naito
Damian Priest
MJF
Jon Moxley
Gunther
Mistico

#andNEW: Congratulations to @WWE champion @CodyRhodes for ranking number one on this year's #PWI500! See who else made the list—and read Cody's thoughts on this milestone—in the latest issue of PWI.

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— PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (@OfficialPWI) September 10, 2024

PWI issued the following criteria for how they rank their list:

EVALUATION PERIOD: August 1, 2023– July 31, 2024

PRIMARY CRITERIA: IN-RING ACHIEVEMENT—W-L records, championships, tournaments won.

INFLUENCE—Visibility and prestige within a promotion and/or the industry.

TECHNICAL ABILITY—Quality of moves, matches, and in-ring storytelling.

COMPETITION—Success against the most varied and highest-quality opponents.

ACTIVITY—Minimum 10 singles (non-tag) matches total; or, barring this, six such matches in separate months.

NOTE: This list prioritizes success in singles competition and in vying for heavyweight singles accolades (and, to a lesser extent, those in lower weight classes).

EVALUATION PERIOD: August 1, 2023–
July 31, 2024

PRIMARY CRITERIA:
IN-RING ACHIEVEMENT—W-L records,
championships, tournaments won.
INFLUENCE—Visibility and prestige within
a promotion and/or the industry.
TECHNICAL ABILITY—Quality of moves,
matches, and in-ring storytelling.…

— PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (@OfficialPWI) September 10, 2024

Editor’s Opinion:

Anytime you come out with a list like this, there’s always going to be some discussion and controversy. However, it’s hard to argue with Cody Rhodes being on the top. He’s had an incredible year, most notably winning the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 40, ending Roman Reigns’ 3 1/2-year title run!

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