Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - December 1996

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Top 10

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		The Giant	2	+1
2		Shawn Michaels	1	-1
3		Big Van Vader	N/A	N/A
4		The Undertaker	N/A	N/A
5		Lex Luger	8	+3
6		Steve Austin	9	+3
7		Randy Savage	N/A	N/A
8		Ric Flair	3	-5
9		Sting	6	-3
10		Rey Misterio, Jr.	10	0 (=)

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Tag Teams

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		Booker T.	1	0 (=)
		Stevie Ray	1	0 (=)
2		Bart Gunn	4	+2
		Billy Gunn	4	+2
3		Rick Steiner	3	0 (=)
		Scott Steiner	3	0 (=)
4		Kevin Nash	N/A	N/A
		Scott Hall	N/A	N/A
5		Lex Luger	N/A	N/A
		Sting	N/A	N/A
6		Skip	2	-4
		Zip	2	-4
7		Mustafa Saed	N/A	N/A
		New Jack	N/A	N/A
8		Brian Knobbs	5	-3
		Jerry Sags	5	-3
9		John Kronus	7	-2
		Perry Saturn	7	-2
10		Brickhouse Brown	N/A	N/A
		Reggie B. Fine	N/A	N/A

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Most Popular

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		Shawn Michaels	1	0 (=)
2		Sting	2	0 (=)
3		Sid Vicious	N/A	N/A
4		Lex Luger	5	+1
5		The Undertaker	4	-1
6		Randy Savage	6	0 (=)
7		Ahmed Johnson	3	-4
8		Rey Misterio, Jr.	8	0 (=)
9		Jake Roberts	7	-2
10		Eddy Guerrero	10	0 (=)

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Most Hated

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		Hulk Hogan	1	0 (=)
2		Faarooq Asad	N/A	N/A
3		Kevin Nash	4	+1
4		Scott Hall	3	-1
5		Mankind	6	+1
6		Jerry Lawler	10	+4
7		Big Van Vader	N/A	N/A
8		The Giant	5	-3
9		Steve McMichael	7	-2
10		Steve Austin	8	-2

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WWF

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Shawn Michaels	Champion	0 (=)
1		Ahmed Johnson	1	0 (=)
2		Big Van Vader	7	+5
3		The Undertaker	6	+3
4		Faarooq Asad	N/A	N/A
5		Yokozuna	N/A	N/A
6		Steve Austin	3	-3
7		Sid Vicious	N/A	N/A
8		Davey Boy Smith	4	-4
9		Goldust	2	-7
10		Mankind	5	-5

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WCW

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		The Giant	Champion	0 (=)
1		Ric Flair	1	0 (=)
2		Sting	2	0 (=)
3		Randy Savage	6	+3
4		Lex Luger	4	0 (=)
5		Eddy Guerrero	10	+5
6		Rey Misterio, Jr.	5	-1
7		Dean Malenko	8	+1
8		Big Bubba Rogers	N/A	N/A
9		Sgt. Craig Pittman	N/A	N/A
10		Jim Duggan	N/A	N/A

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ECW

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Raven	Champion	0 (=)
1		Shane Douglas	4	+3
2		The Sandman	2	0 (=)
3		2 Cold Scorpio	N/A	N/A
4		Sabu	N/A	N/A
5		Pitbull #2	6	+1
6		Taz	7	+1
7		Brian Lee	5	-2
8		Tommy Dreamer	3	-5
9		Chris Jericho	1	-8
10		Rob Van Dam	8	-2

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USWA

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Jeff Jarrett	Champion	0 (=)
1		Brian Christopher	1	0 (=)
2		Jerry Lawler	3	+1
3		Bill Dundee	4	+1
4		Doug Gilbert	2	-2
5		Wolfie D.	6	+1
6		Spellbinder	N/A	N/A
7		Tommy Rich	9	+2
8		Flex Kavana	8	0 (=)
9		Tony Falk	N/A	N/A
10		Bart Sawyer	N/A	N/A

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All Japan

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Kenta Kobashi	3	+3
1		Akira Taue	Champion	-1
2		Mitsuharu Misawa	1	-1
3		Yoshinari Ogawa	5	+2
4		Masa Fuchi	2	-2
5		Toshiaki Kawada	7	+2
6		Gary Albright	6	0 (=)
7		Stan Hansen	10	+3
8		Johnny Ace	9	+1
9		Gary Albright	6	-3
10		Jun Akiyama	4	-6

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New Japan

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Shinya Hashimoto	Champion	0 (=)
1		Nobuhiko Takada	1	0 (=)
2		The Great Muta	2	0 (=)
3		Hiroyoshi Tenzan	6	+3
4		Masa Chono	7	+3
5		Ric Flair	N/A	N/A
6		Jushin Thunder Liger	4	-2
7		The Great Sasuke	3	-4
8		Kensuke Sasaki	9	+1
9		Sting	N/A	N/A
10		Kazuo Yamazaki	5	-5

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