Seth Rollins takes the top spot on the PWI 500 2019 List.
With 2019 being a breakout year for the likes of current WWE Champion
Kofi Kingston and other PWI 500 Alumni such as AJ Styles and IWGP
Champion Kazuchika Okada. The current reigning and defending WWE
Universal Champion has topped the PWI 500 List for 2019.
In an interview with Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Rollins said “As
difficult as it can be, this is all I ever wanted to be in this
position, to be having this conversation with you talking about being
the absolute best wrestler on the entire planet,”
Rollins told PWI. “I don’t think there is a single part of me that would trade any second of it.”
The PWI 500 List is an eagerly
anticipated list that dedicates its analysis based on Wins & Losses,
Championships won, quality of competition, major feuds, prominence
withing a wrestlers promotion and their ability.
The Beast Slayer
has joined the likes, WWE Hall of Famers Steve Austin and Triple H, as
the only Professional Wrestler’s to have earnt the top rank #1 spot
twice. Seth Rollins has previously topped the list back n 2015.
The WWE Universal Champion spoke with PWI and shared his thoughts on joining to the exclusive club.
“Those guys obviously are elite,” Rollins said. “They are in a class
all their own. They are Hall of Famers. So, to be mentioned amongst them
is pretty special.”
Here is the following ranked 100 of the PWI 500:
1. Seth Rollins 2. Daniel Bryan 3. AJ Styles 4. Kofi Kingston 5. Kazuchika Okada 6. Johnny Gargano 7. Roman Reigns 8. Kenny Omega 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi 10. Will Ospreay 11. Samoa Joe 12. Jay White 13. Tommaso Ciarpa 14. WALTER 15. Cody Rhodes 16. Jay Lethal 17. Kota Ibushi 18. Adam Cole 19. Finn Balor 20. Jon Moxley 21. Ricochet 22. Fenix 23. Jeff Cobb 24. Kento Miyahara 25. Tetsyta Naito 26. Velveteen Dream 27. Braun Strowman 28. Pentagon Jr. 29. Johnny Impact 30. Bobby Lashley 31. Shinsuke Nakamura 32. Juice Robinson 33. Buddy Murphy 34. Aleister Black 35. The Miz 36. Drew McIntyre 37. Matt Taven 38. Randy Orton 39. Baron Corbin 40. Kevin Owens 41. Nick Aldis 42. Sanada 43. Zack Sabre Jr. 44. Adam Page 45. Tony Nese 46. Dolph Ziggler 47. Minoru Suzuki 48. Brian Cage 49. Rusev 50. Hirooki Goto 51. Robert Roode 52. Marty Scurll 53. Rey Mysterio Jr. 54. Pete Dunne 55. Ali 56. R-Truth 57. Dragon Lee 58. Jordan Devlin 59. Cedric Alexander 60. Jeff Hardy 61. EVIL 62. Jey Uso 63. Jimmy Uso 64. Kaito Kiyomiya 65. Low Ki 66. PAC 67. Shingo Takagi 68. Andrade 69. Matt Riddle 70. Sami Zayn 71. PCO 72. Big E 73. Tomohiro Ishii 74. Cesaro 75. Matt Jackson 76. Nick Jackson 77. Kushida 78. Naomichi Marufuji 79. Brody King 80. Austin Theory 81. Bandido 82. Roderick Strong 83. Chad Gable 84. Kyle O’Reilly 85. Sheamus 86. Xavier Woods 87. Drew Gulak 88. Rich Swann 89. Taichi 90. Suwama 91. Zeus 92. Rowan 93. Bobby Fish 94. Tama Tonga 95. Eddie Edwards 96. Minoru Tanaka 97. Tanga Loa 98. Dash Wilder 99. David Starr 100. Zack Ryder
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