Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - April 1987
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Randy Savage | 5 | +2 |
| 4 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Lex Luger | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | 9 | +3 |
| 7 |
|
Nick Bockwinkel | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Paul Orndorff | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Jake Roberts | N/A | N/A |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Ricky Morton | 2 | +1 |
|
Robert Gibson | 2 | +1 | |
| 2 |
|
Animal | 1 | -1 |
|
Hawk | 1 | -1 | |
| 3 |
|
Davey Boy Smith | 3 | 0 (=) |
|
Dynamite Kid | 3 | 0 (=) | |
| 4 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | N/A | N/A |
|
Nikita Koloff | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 |
|
Bobby Fulton | 4 | -1 |
|
Tommy Rogers | 4 | -1 | |
| 6 |
|
Jacques Rougeau | N/A | N/A |
|
Raymond Rougeau | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 |
|
Arn Anderson | 5 | -2 |
|
Ole Anderson | 5 | -2 | |
| 8 |
|
Marty Jannetty | 9 | +1 |
|
Shawn Michaels | 9 | +1 | |
| 9 |
|
Stan Lane | 8 | -1 |
|
Steve Keirn | N/A | N/A | |
| 10 |
|
Buddy Rose | 6 | -4 |
|
Doug Somers | 6 | -4 |
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Roddy Piper | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 9 | +5 |
| 5 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Lex Luger | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
|
Barry Windham | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Jim Duggan | 5 | -3 |
| 9 |
|
Ricky Steamboat | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Jerry Lawler | N/A | N/A |
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Randy Savage | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Ric Flair | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Paul Orndorff | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
|
Colonel DeBeers | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Brian Adias | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
|
Jake Roberts | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Tully Blanchard | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Abdullah The Butcher | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Terry Gordy | 5 | -5 |
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Randy Savage | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Paul Orndorff | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Jake Roberts | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Kamala | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Hercules Hernandez | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Roddy Piper | 3 | -3 |
| 7 |
|
The Magnificent Muraco | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Tito Santana | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Dick Slater | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Junkyard Dog | N/A | N/A |
AWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Nick Bockwinkel | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Larry Zbyszko | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Colonel DeBeers | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Curt Hennig | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Boris Zhukov | 8 | +4 |
| 5 |
|
Brad Rheingans | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
|
Silo Sam | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Ken Timbs | 10 | +3 |
| 8 |
|
Super Black Ninja | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Greg Gagne | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Ninja Go | N/A | N/A |
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Ric Flair | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Tully Blanchard | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Lex Luger | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Sam Houston | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
|
Barry Windham | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Brad Armstrong | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Ronnie Garvin | 5 | -3 |
| 9 |
|
Arn Anderson | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Rip Oliver | N/A | N/A |
NWA U.S.| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Tully Blanchard | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Brad Armstrong | 9 | +5 |
| 5 |
|
Jim Garvin | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Ronnie Garvin | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Rick Rude | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Arn Anderson | 3 | -5 |
| 9 |
|
Krusher Kruschev | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Wahoo McDaniel | N/A | N/A |
Continental| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Rip Rogers | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
Kevin Sullivan | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Adrian Street | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Jerry Stubbs | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Tom Prichard | 8 | +3 |
| 6 |
|
Tony Anthony | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Steve Armstrong | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
The Bullet | 4 | -4 |
| 9 |
|
Jimmy Golden | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Robert Fuller | 9 | -1 |
Florida| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Lex Luger | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Kareem Muhammad | 6 | +4 |
| 3 |
|
Jim Duggan | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Bad News Allen | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Kendall Windham | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Ed Gantner | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Dewey Forte | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Ron Simmons | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Sean Royal | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Brickhouse Brown | N/A | N/A |
Mid-Southern| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Big Bubba Rogers | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
The Great Kabuki | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 9 | +5 |
| 5 |
|
Jonathan Boyd | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Akio Sato | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Billy Travis | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Tarzan Goto | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Goliath | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Paul Diamond | N/A | N/A |
UWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
One Man Gang | 9 | +8 |
| 2 |
|
Terry Gordy | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Jim Duggan | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Terry Taylor | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Michael Hayes | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Ted DiBiase | 3 | -3 |
| 7 |
|
Savannah Jack | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Steve Williams | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Sting | 8 | -2 |
World Class| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Tony Atlas | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Lance Von Erich | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Brian Adias | 10 | +6 |
| 5 |
|
Crusher Yurkoff | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Dingo Warrior | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Black Bart | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Mike Von Erich | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
Steve Simpson | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Abdullah The Butcher | 6 | -4 |
Women| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Sherri Martel | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Misty Blue Simmes | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Wendi Richter | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
The Fabulous Moolah | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Leilani Kai | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
|
Linda Dallas | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Candi Devine | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Kat LeRoux | 5 | -3 |
| 9 |
|
Velvet McIntyre | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Penny Mitchell | N/A | N/A |