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This week, we got the announcement of this year's PWI 500 Top Ten:
1) Kenny Omega
2) A.J. Styles
3) Kazuchika Okada
4) Brock Lesnar
5) Seth Rollins
6) Braun Strowman
7) Roman Reigns
8) Cody Rhodes
9) Tetsuya Naito
10) The Miz
The rest of the list is available by ordering a copy of the PWI 500. I think it's out in digital form already, with the dead tree version coming out in a week or two. Remember that this is essentially a kayfabe list, so it's based on how the performers did in the ring between July 2017 and June 2018, and just about nothing else.
I'm perfectly fine with Omega being in that top spot, especially given that match with Okada at Dominion just before the cutoff time. I wouldn't have minded Styles on the top, though, given the run he's had during the time period. I wonder if that feud with Nakamura went a little too long and caused him to drop to the #2 spot.
I can get why Brock is that high on the list, but it just feels odd given that we barely saw him throughout the year.
I'm glad that Cody had such a huge spike in these rankings (I think he was 60-something last year).
I'm a bit torn on Naito being ranked that high. On one hand, the second half of 2017 was great for him, from winning the G1 and going on a tear. But outside of winning the IWGP Intercontinental Championship a few months ago, it feels he's lost a lot of momentum in 2018 with high-profile losses to Okada and Jericho at the biggest shows of the year for New Japan. He had a great G1 this year as well in any case so here's to hoping he gains a ton of momentum because he's just too damn good.
As every single year I've seen, this is always a topic of debate, so I'm curious what others think.
1) Kenny Omega
2) A.J. Styles
3) Kazuchika Okada
4) Brock Lesnar
5) Seth Rollins
6) Braun Strowman
7) Roman Reigns
8) Cody Rhodes
9) Tetsuya Naito
10) The Miz
The rest of the list is available by ordering a copy of the PWI 500. I think it's out in digital form already, with the dead tree version coming out in a week or two. Remember that this is essentially a kayfabe list, so it's based on how the performers did in the ring between July 2017 and June 2018, and just about nothing else.
I'm perfectly fine with Omega being in that top spot, especially given that match with Okada at Dominion just before the cutoff time. I wouldn't have minded Styles on the top, though, given the run he's had during the time period. I wonder if that feud with Nakamura went a little too long and caused him to drop to the #2 spot.
I can get why Brock is that high on the list, but it just feels odd given that we barely saw him throughout the year.
I'm glad that Cody had such a huge spike in these rankings (I think he was 60-something last year).
I'm a bit torn on Naito being ranked that high. On one hand, the second half of 2017 was great for him, from winning the G1 and going on a tear. But outside of winning the IWGP Intercontinental Championship a few months ago, it feels he's lost a lot of momentum in 2018 with high-profile losses to Okada and Jericho at the biggest shows of the year for New Japan. He had a great G1 this year as well in any case so here's to hoping he gains a ton of momentum because he's just too damn good.
As every single year I've seen, this is always a topic of debate, so I'm curious what others think.
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