Pro Wrestling Illustrated

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) is an American professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. PWI is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishing Group. The magazine is the longest published English language wrestling magazine still in production. PWI publishes bimonthly, as well as special issues such as their annual "Almanac and Book of Facts" and "PWI 500" edition. The magazine recognizes various world championships as legitimate, similar to The Ring in boxing. PWI is often referred to as an "Apter Mag", named after its long-time photographer Bill Apter, a term used for a family of wrestling magazines founded by Weston (also including The Wrestler, Inside Wrestling and others) that keep kayfabe. In recent years, PWI has moved away from reporting on storylines as actual news and mixed in editorial comments on the behind-the-scenes workings of wrestling. Since 1991, PWI has been publishing its annual "PWI 500", listing...

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