The PWI Rookie of the Year Award, given yearly since 1972 by professional wrestling magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated, recognizes the best professional wrestler of the year who, in that year, had their first year in the business, as voted by readers of the magazine. As it is a rookie award, wrestlers can qualify only once.
Award winners and runners-up
References
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- ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated 30 (3): 62–63. 2009.
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