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''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' ('''''PWI''''') is a Professional Wrestling Magazine . HISTORY ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' was started in 1979 . The magazine is known for not breaking Kayfabe . Some magazines will break kayfabe and tell the behind-the-scenes reality of pro wrestling; ''PWI'' has never done that, treating " Storyline " events as real. ''PWI'' also does not show preferential treatment to the "big" promotions. Any information about the small Independent Promotions is duly reported. The magazine features stories about wrestlers and wrestling Groups / Teams . ''PWI'' also has monthly rankings for the big promotions, some independents, and overall rankings in singles and tag teams. ''PWI'' declared it would recognize three World Titles when it started publication: NWA , AWA and WWF . When Jim Crockett Promotions , which controlled the NWA Title, became WCW in 1991 , WCW earned World Title Status. ECW finally earned World Title recognition status in 1999 , not long before ECW itself went out of business. Bill Apter , who can be seen at most high-profile wrestling events taking photos, was the Senior Editor of ''PWI'' for years. Stuart M. Saks is the current longtime Publisher for ''PWI''. Hunter S. Thompson -influenced Matt Brock has been ''PWI'''s most popular columnist. Brock, however, is actually a fictitious writer. Through the years, many different ''PWI'' editors have written stories as Brock. Likewise, columnist Liz Hunter is fictitous, as are oft-quoted WWF/WWE "inside source" Thomas Pilliard and "wrestling psychologist" Dr. Sidney M. Basil. While ''PWI'' writers do conduct certain legitimate interviews with figures within the wrestling business, the majority of "in-character" quotes are penned by the magazine's staff. The rule of thumb: If a quotation is about real-life events (i.e., the people behind the characters), it was uttered by the quoted source. If the quote pertains to any Angle or someone's in-ring persona, the response is typically "invented" by the feature's writer. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania and published by London Publishing Company . ''PWI'''s biggest competition is no longer from other wrestling magazines, but from the Internet . Results are reported faster online than the magazine can report, but ''PWI'' still has enough sales to stay alive. ''PWI'' AWARDS ''PWI'''s family of magazines has given out annual Awards since 1972 . A ballot is printed in the special year-end issue, and the fans ostensibly vote for the winners. However, this has been disputed by wrestling news websites, which have claimed that winners are in fact selected by the magazine's editors. A special ''PWI'' Awards magazine is put out annually, which shows not only the winners, but the first three runners-up with the number of votes. The wrestlers receive plaques for each ''PWI'' Award that they win. The awards that ''PWI'' has given out are as follows:
SPECIAL ''PWI'' EDITIONS Besides the special year-end edition and the special ''PWI'' Awards Edition, ''PWI'' also publishes other special issues. They have published the ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts'' since 1996 . It includes all of the ''PWI'' 500 rankings over the years, title histories, PPV histories, wrestler stats, top stories of the year, PWI Award Winners and a What's In/What's Out list. ''PWI'' also publishes a ''Women of Wrestling'' magazine that has short bios of the divas of pro wrestling and includes lots of pictures. From 1989 through 2000, ''PWI'' published a weekly newsletter entitled ''PWI Weekly''. It had results from the previous week that included all wrestling shows, title changes, injury updates, wrestlers leaving/entering promotions, and obituaries. It was cancelled due to monetary and time constraints on the part of its writers. PWI 500 ''PWI'' has published its list of the top 500 wrestlers each year, called the ''PWI 500''. It is an annual special edition magazine that they have compiled since 1991. Here are the number one ranked wrestlers for each year (Note: These are as published in Pro Wrestling Illustrated and is Not someone's personal opinion. Please Refrain from editing this section to express your personal views): PWI Years Top 500 In 2003, ''PWI'' compiled a list of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the " PWI Years " and a list of the top 100 tag teams of the "''PWI'' Years". Singles Wrestlers The top five singles wrestlers were:
Tag Teams The top five tag teams were:
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