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Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s top ten male wrestlers of 2024 revealed

Aaron Rift

Longtime wrestling publication Pro Wrestling Illustrated announced that Cody Rhodes ranked #1 in the publication’s top 500 male wrestlers list for 2024. PWI announced the following via Twitter/X…

“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.

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).”

Here is the top ten…

1. Cody Rhodes
2. Swerve Strickland
3. Will Ospreay
4. Seth Rollins
5. Tetsuya Naito
6. Damian Priest
7. MJF
8. Jon Moxley
9. GUNTHER
10. Mistico