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Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - December 1996
for period ending: Aug 6th, 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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The Giant | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
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Shawn Michaels | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
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Big Van Vader | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
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The Undertaker | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
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Lex Luger | 8 | +3 |
| 6 |
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Steve Austin | 9 | +3 |
| 7 |
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Randy Savage | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
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Ric Flair | 3 | -5 |
| 9 |
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Sting | 6 | -3 |
| 10 |
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Rey Misterio, Jr. | 10 | 0 (=) |
Tag Teams
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
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| 1 |
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Booker T. | 1 | 0 (=) |
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Stevie Ray | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 |
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Bart Gunn | 4 | +2 |
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Billy Gunn | 4 | +2 | |
| 3 |
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Rick Steiner | 3 | 0 (=) |
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Scott Steiner | 3 | 0 (=) | |
| 4 |
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Kevin Nash | N/A | N/A |
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Scott Hall | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 |
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Lex Luger | N/A | N/A |
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Sting | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 |
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Skip | 2 | -4 |
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Zip | 2 | -4 | |
| 7 |
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Mustafa Saed | N/A | N/A |
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New Jack | N/A | N/A | |
| 8 |
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Brian Knobbs | 5 | -3 |
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Jerry Sags | 5 | -3 | |
| 9 |
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John Kronus | 7 | -2 |
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Perry Saturn | 7 | -2 | |
| 10 |
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Brickhouse Brown | N/A | N/A |
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Reggie B. Fine | N/A | N/A |
Most Popular
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
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| 1 |
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Shawn Michaels | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Sting | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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Sid Vicious | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
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Lex Luger | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
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The Undertaker | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
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Randy Savage | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
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Ahmed Johnson | 3 | -4 |
| 8 |
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Rey Misterio, Jr. | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
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Jake Roberts | 7 | -2 |
| 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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Faarooq Asad | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
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Kevin Nash | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
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Scott Hall | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
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Mankind | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
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Jerry Lawler | 10 | +4 |
| 7 |
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Big Van Vader | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
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The Giant | 5 | -3 |
| 9 |
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Steve McMichael | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
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Steve Austin | 8 | -2 |
WWF
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Shawn Michaels | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Ahmed Johnson | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Big Van Vader | 7 | +5 |
| 3 |
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The Undertaker | 6 | +3 |
| 4 |
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Faarooq Asad | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
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Yokozuna | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
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Steve Austin | 3 | -3 |
| 7 |
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Sid Vicious | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
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Davey Boy Smith | 4 | -4 |
| 9 |
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Goldust | 2 | -7 |
| 10 |
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Mankind | 5 | -5 |
WCW
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
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| Champion |
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The Giant | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Sting | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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Randy Savage | 6 | +3 |
| 4 |
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Lex Luger | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
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Eddy Guerrero | 10 | +5 |
| 6 |
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Rey Misterio, Jr. | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
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Dean Malenko | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
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Big Bubba Rogers | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
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Sgt. Craig Pittman | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Jim Duggan | N/A | N/A |
ECW
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
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| Champion |
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Raven | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Shane Douglas | 4 | +3 |
| 2 |
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The Sandman | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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2 Cold Scorpio | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
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Sabu | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
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Pitbull #2 | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
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Taz | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
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Brian Lee | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
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Tommy Dreamer | 3 | -5 |
| 9 |
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Chris Jericho | 1 | -8 |
| 10 |
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Rob Van Dam | 8 | -2 |
USWA
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
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| Champion |
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Jeff Jarrett | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Brian Christopher | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Jerry Lawler | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
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Bill Dundee | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
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Doug Gilbert | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
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Wolfie D. | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
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Spellbinder | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Tommy Rich | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
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Flex Kavana | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
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Tony Falk | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Bart Sawyer | N/A | N/A |
All Japan
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Kenta Kobashi | 3 | +3 |
| 1 |
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Akira Taue | Champion | -1 |
| 2 |
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Mitsuharu Misawa | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
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Yoshinari Ogawa | 5 | +2 |
| 4 |
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Masa Fuchi | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
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Toshiaki Kawada | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
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Gary Albright | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
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Stan Hansen | 10 | +3 |
| 8 |
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Johnny Ace | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
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Gary Albright | 6 | -3 |
| 10 |
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Jun Akiyama | 4 | -6 |
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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Nobuhiko Takada | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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The Great Muta | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 6 | +3 |
| 4 |
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Masa Chono | 7 | +3 |
| 5 |
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Ric Flair | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
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Jushin Thunder Liger | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
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The Great Sasuke | 3 | -4 |
| 8 |
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Kensuke Sasaki | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
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Sting | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Kazuo Yamazaki | 5 | -5 |
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