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PWI Magazine
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - April 1997
for period ending: Dec 30th, 1996... brought to you in association with Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine.Skip to: Top 10 • Tag Teams • Most Popular • Most Hated • WWF • WCW • ECW • USWA • All Japan • New Japan
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Top 10
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
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| 1 |
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Sid Vicious | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Roddy Piper | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
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Eddy Guerrero | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
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Lex Luger | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
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Shawn Michaels | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
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Ultimo Dragon | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
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Hulk Hogan | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
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Bret Hart | 6 | -3 |
| 10 |
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Diamond Dallas Page | N/A | N/A |
Tag Teams
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
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| 1 |
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Kevin Nash | 1 | 0 (=) |
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Scott Hall | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 |
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Davey Boy Smith | 2 | 0 (=) |
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Owen Hart | 2 | 0 (=) | |
| 3 |
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Meng | 9 | +6 |
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The Barbarian | 9 | +6 | |
| 4 |
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Doug Furnas | N/A | N/A |
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Phil LaFon | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 |
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John Kronus | 7 | +2 |
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Perry Saturn | 7 | +2 | |
| 6 |
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Brian Knobbs | 5 | -1 |
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Jerry Sags | 5 | -1 | |
| 7 |
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Henry O. Godwinn | 4 | -3 |
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Phineas I. Godwinn | 4 | -3 | |
| 8 |
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Diesel II | N/A | N/A |
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Razor Ramon II | N/A | N/A | |
| 9 |
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Mustafa Saed | 6 | -3 |
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New Jack | 6 | -3 | |
| 10 |
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Flash Flanagan | N/A | N/A |
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Steven Dunn | N/A | N/A |
Most Popular
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Roddy Piper | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
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Bret Hart | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
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Lex Luger | 5 | +2 |
| 4 |
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The Undertaker | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
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Sid Vicious | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
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Rick Steiner | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Shawn Michaels | 1 | -6 |
| 8 |
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Rey Misterio, Jr. | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
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Ahmed Johnson | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
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Eddy Guerrero | 10 | 0 (=) |
Most Hated
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Steve Austin | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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Kevin Nash | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
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Scott Hall | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
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Faarooq | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
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Mankind | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
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Syxx | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
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Jerry Lawler | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
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Raven | N/A | N/A |
WWF
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Sid Vicious | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Shawn Michaels | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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Mankind | 9 | +6 |
| 4 |
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The Undertaker | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
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Steve Austin | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
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Bret Hart | 3 | -3 |
| 7 |
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Goldust | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
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Faarooq | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
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Ahmed Johnson | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Marc Mero | 7 | -3 |
WCW
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Eddy Guerrero | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
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Roddy Piper | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
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Lex Luger | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
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Ultimo Dragon | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
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Diamond Dallas Page | 10 | +5 |
| 6 |
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Jeff Jarrett | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
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The Giant | 3 | -4 |
| 8 |
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Dean Malenko | 2 | -6 |
| 9 |
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Jushin Thunder Liger | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Rey Misterio, Jr. | 7 | -3 |
ECW
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Raven | 2 | +2 |
| 1 |
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Shane Douglas | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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The Sandman | Champion | -2 |
| 3 |
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Pitbull #2 | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
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Taz | 6 | +2 |
| 5 |
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Tommy Dreamer | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
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Sabu | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
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Chris Candido | 10 | +3 |
| 8 |
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Rob Van Dam | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
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Brian Lee | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
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Louie Spicolli | 3 | -7 |
USWA
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Jerry Lawler | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Wolfie D. | 10 | +9 |
| 2 |
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Brian Christopher | 4 | +2 |
| 3 |
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Akeem Muhammad | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
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J. C. Ice | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
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Bill Dundee | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
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Kareem Olajuwon | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Mabel | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
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Mo | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
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Brickhouse Brown | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
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Steven Dunn | 7 | -3 |
All Japan
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Kenta Kakinuma | N/A | N/A |
| 1 |
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Akira Taue | 3 | +2 |
| 2 |
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Mitsuharu Misawa | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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Toshiaki Kawada | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
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Jun Akiyama | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
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Johnny Ace | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
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Sabu | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Takao Omori | 10 | +3 |
| 8 |
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Steve Williams | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
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Rob Van Dam | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
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Stan Hansen | 5 | -5 |
New Japan
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Shinya Hashimoto | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Ultimo Dragon | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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The Great Muta | 7 | +5 |
| 3 |
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Jushin Thunder Liger | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
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Riki Choshu | 6 | +2 |
| 5 |
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Masa Chono | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
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Satoshi Kojima | 8 | +2 |
| 7 |
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Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
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Kensuke Sasaki | 2 | -6 |
| 9 |
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Kurasawa | 5 | -4 |
| 10 |
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Shinjiro Otani | 10 | 0 (=) |