WWE's Seth Rollins Tops The 2023 PWI 500

With Pro Wrestling Illustrated having today revealed the Top 10 of this year's PWI 500, it's WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins who nabs the top spot on this prestigious annual rankings list.

This news was announced on Busted Open Radio earlier today.

As revealed on @BustedOpenRadio: @WWERollins tops the #PWI500 for a record-tying third time. He's followed by his Shield brothers @WWERomanReigns and @JonMoxley at #2 and #3, respectively.

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Filling out the the full Top 10 of the 2023 PWI 500, we have:

10) Cody Rhodes

9) Josh Alexander

8) Orange Cassidy

7) Kazuchika Okada

6) MJF

5) El Hijo del Vikingo

4) GUNTHER

3) Jon Moxley

2) Roman Reigns

1) Seth Rollins

This win marks Rollins' third time topping the PWI 500, with him having previously nabbed that award in 2015 and 2019. The only other wrestler to have grabbed the #1 spot in the PWI 500 three times is John Cena (2006, 2007, 2013).

While the Visionary and his Shield brothers rounded out the top three this year, this also marks the fourth time in the past five years that a former Hound of Justice has topped the PWI 500. In addition to Rollins getting that gong in 2019, Jon Moxley received the award in 2020, and Roman Reigns did the same last year. That run was broken up in 2021 by Kenny Omega; though even then, Roman was hot on Omega's heels in second place.

When it comes to this year's PWI 500, the evaluation period was 1 July 2022 to 31 July 2023. The rankings take into account win-loss records, technical ability, influence on the industry, success against top opposition, success against diverse opposition, and sheer amount of activity.

You can pre-order physical copy of the 2023 PWI 500 edition of Pro Wrestling Illustrated here, whilst the digital copy is available here.