PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) released its annual top 500 rankings of wrestlers throughout the world for the November 2012 issue, their 22nd overall. Many of the WWE & TNA superstars take the top spots, but PWI also considers wrestlers from Japan and the independents. This edition features many of OVW's current superstars, and OVWmania would like to send out a big congratulations to those who made the list!
The following superstars are on this year's PWI 500:
CURRENT STARS:
#471 - Mohamad Ali Vaez
#467 - Johnny Spade
#454 - Jamin Olivencia
#451 - Rudy Switchblade
#442 - Jessie Godderz
#439 - Paredyse
#422 - Jason Wayne
#378 - Chris Silvio
#311 - Brandon Espinosa
#260 - Alex Silva
#198 - Rob Terry
#41 - Crimson
OVW ALUMNI:
#406 - Sinn Bodhi
#370 - Robbie McAllister
#301 - Luke Gallows
#296 - Rick Victor
#278 - Dr. Nicholas Dinsmore
#213 - Brad Maddox
#207 - JTG
#206 - Briley Pierce
#205 - Chris Masters
#190 - Drew McIntyre
#179 - Shawn Spears
#161 - Mike Mondo
#160 - Curt Hawkins
#136 - Jay Bradley
#130 - D'Angelo Dinero
#111 - Ryback
#107 - Tyson Kidd
#96 - Evan Bourne
#95 - Carlito
#93 - Harry Smith
#89 - Damien Sandow
#70 - Zack Ryder
#60 - Santino Marella
#56 - Wade Barrett
#53 - Charlie Haas
#50 - Matt Morgan
#49 - The Miz
#44 - Colt Cabana
#42 - Shelton Benjamin
#33 - Jack Swagger
#31 - Kofi Kingston
#27 - Mr. Anderson
#23 - Cody Rhodes
#17 - Big Show
#16 - Dolph Ziggler
#14 - Randy Orton
#9 - Mark Henry
#3 - John Cena
#1 - CM Punk
Once again, a BIG congratulations to this year's OVW representatives!
Also, 500 wrestlers is a lot to look through, so if any OVWmania readers see any current OVW stars or alumni I have missed, please leave a comment below.
And isn't it sad that Garret Bischoff is rated above half of these guys. Any one of them could wrestle rings around him. I guess it's just the matter of national exposure.
ReplyDeleteThere's several rankings I disagree with, and I could go on all day. Nothing against the current OVW stars, but how do you rank Paredyse, Espinosa, & Silvio over Spade, Ali, Jamin, and the Best Team Ever? They are all great stars, but I think their voting system is flawed. I definitely agree about Bischoff, but at least he was still somewhat low on the list, and they didn't put him anywhere near the Top 300. Needless to say, you can't argue with the success of OVW looking at who made the list from the present and the incredible list of alumni.
DeleteI attended my first OVW show in august (I live in Missouri)and was highly impressed with Johnny Spade and can agree that he should have been ranked higher than some others were.
ReplyDeleteI was very impressed with OVW as a whole and will be at the saturday night special on 9/2 and I will attend on every trip I take to Kentucky and buy every dvd i can from them--heres to the continued success of OVW.