Pro Wrestling Illustrated announced Tuesday that WWE champion Cody Rhodes has been placed atop the prestigious PWI 500 list for a second consecutive year. 2 choice Jon Moxley, who held the AEW World Championship for much of the evaluation period. He is one of only four wrestlers in the history of the PWI 500 to earn the No. 3, Gunther achieved the highest PWI 500 ranking of his career, bolstered by holding the World Heavyweight Championship twice over the past five months. The World Heavyweight Championship was a common theme among wrestlers in the top 10 of the PWI 500, as No.