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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Congratulations to OVW's PWI 500 Representatives!

PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) released its annual top 500 rankings of wrestlers throughout the world for the November 2013 issue, their 23rd 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:
#441 - Paredyse
#329 - Rudy Switchblade
#314 - Johnny Spade
#306 - Chris Silvio
#264 - Flash Flanagan
#228 - Jessie Godderz
#212 - Rockstar Spud
#185 - Jay Bradley
#158 - Rob Terry
#142 - Jamin Olivencia

FORMER STARS:
#480 - Dave Osborne
#473 - Matt King
#429 - JD Maverick
#379 - Briley Pierce (Ryan Nemeth)
#362 - Brandon "Espy" Espinosa
#289 - Ace Hawkins
#220 - Doug Williams
#215 - Alex Silva
#202 - Shawn Spears
#199 - Sam Shaw
#154 - Crimson

ALUMNI:
#352 - Robbie McAllister
#309 - John Morrison
#280 - Chris Masters
#274 - Carlito
#258 - Rick Victor
#190 - JTG
#170 - Cliff Compton
#164 - Curt Hawkins
#159 - Drew McIntyre
#147 - Santino Marella
#137 - Zack Ryder
#135 - Mike Mondo
#134 - Matt Morgan
#130 - Rob Conway
#124 - Shelton Benjamin
#111 -Tyson Kidd
#99 - Colt Cabana
#83 - Joseph Park
#69 - DOC
#62 - Mr. Anderson
#53 - Cody Rhodes
#50 -Damien Sandow
#40 -Mark Henry
#31 - The Miz
#29 - Jack Swagger
#21 - Wade Barrett
#20 - Kofi Kingston
#15 - Randy Orton
#14 -Big Show
#13 - Ryback
#9 - Dolph Ziggler
#2 - CM Punk
#1 - John Cena

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.

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