PWI
Rookie of the Year Award

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Year Awarded	Winner	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up
2007	Hornswoggle	Ted DiBiase Jr	Pelle Primeau	Mike DiBiase
2006	The Boogeyman	Charles Evans	Akebono	Cody Runnels
2005	Bobby Lashley	Christy Hemme	Mikey Batts	Ken Doane
2004	Monty Brown	Petey Williams	Johnny Nitro	Matt Cappotelli
2003	Zach Gowen	Sylvain Grenier	Trinity	Matt Morgan
2002	Maven	Christopher Nowinski	Nidia	Taylor Matheny
2001	Randy Orton	Brock Lesnar	K-Kwik	The Prototype
2000	Kurt Angle	Lita	Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire	Chuck Palumbo
1999	Shane McMahon	Evan Karagias	Vince McMahon	Lash LeRoux
1998	Bill Goldberg	Sable	Darren Drozdov	Mark Henry
1997	Prince Iaukea	Ernest Miller	Chris Chetti	Brakus
1996	The Giant	Steve McMichael	Rocky Maivia	Joe Gomez
1995	Alex Wright	Sgt. Craig Pittman	Lawrence Taylor	Madd Maxxine
1994	911	Bob Holly	Abdullah Singh	Mikey Whipwreck
1993	Vampire Warrior	Robbie Eagle	Keith & Kent Cole	The Headhunters
1992	Erik Watts	Diamond Dallas Page	Vladimir Koloff	Chaz
1991	Johnny B. Badd	The Patriot	Terri Power	The Lightning Kid
1990	Steve Austin	El Gigante	Brad Anderson	Chris Chavis
1989	Destruction Crew	Dustin Rhodes	Scotty The Body	Johnathan Holliday
1988	Madusa Miceli	Chris Benoit	Max Pain	Scott Steiner
1987	Owen Hart	Bubba Rogers	Shane Douglas	Doug Furnas
1986	Lex Luger	Bam-Bam Bigelow	Sting	Tom Magee
1985	Nord the Barbarian	Kendall Windham	Dan Spivey	Sam Houston
1984	Mike von Erich	Nikita Koloff	Krusher Khrushchev	Kevin Kelly
1983	Angelo Mosca Jr.	King Kong Bundy	Scott Armstrong	Arn Anderson
1982	Brad Armstrong	Tiger Mask	Mike Rotundo	Kimala
1981	David Sammartino	Brad Rheingans	Curt Hennig	Ron Richie
1980	Terry Taylor	Barry Windham	Rick McGraw	Tom Pritchard
1979	Sweet Brown Sugar	Steve Travis	Bryan St. John	Eddie Gilbert
1978	Tommy Rich	Jay Youngblood	David von Erich	Tully Blanchard
1977	Ricky Steamboat	Jimmy Snuka	John Studd	Skip Young
1976	Bob Backlund	Chavo Guerrero Sr.	Steve Keirn	Johnny Rivera
1975	Ric Flair	-	-	-
1974	Larry Zbyszko	-	-	-
1973	Cowboy Bob Orton/Tony Garea(tie)	-	-	-
1972	Mike Graham	-	-	-