Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - March 1997
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Sid Vicious | 8 | +7 |
| 2 |
|
Lex Luger | 5 | +3 |
| 3 |
|
Shawn Michaels | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
|
Sting | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
|
Bret Hart | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Dean Malenko | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Steve Austin | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
The Undertaker | 6 | -3 |
| 10 |
|
Rey Misterio, Jr. | 10 | 0 (=) |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Kevin Nash | 1 | 0 (=) |
|
Scott Hall | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 |
|
Davey Boy Smith | 2 | 0 (=) |
|
Owen Hart | 2 | 0 (=) | |
| 3 |
|
Booker T. | 3 | 0 (=) |
|
Stevie Ray | 3 | 0 (=) | |
| 4 |
|
Henry O. Godwinn | 4 | 0 (=) |
|
Phineas I. Godwinn | 4 | 0 (=) | |
| 5 |
|
Brian Knobbs | N/A | N/A |
|
Jerry Sags | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 |
|
Mustafa Saed | 5 | -1 |
|
New Jack | 5 | -1 | |
| 7 |
|
John Kronus | 7 | 0 (=) |
|
Perry Saturn | 7 | 0 (=) | |
| 8 |
|
Marcus Bagwell | 6 | -2 |
|
Scotty Riggs | 6 | -2 | |
| 9 |
|
Meng | 10 | +1 |
|
The Barbarian | 10 | +1 | |
| 10 |
|
Jared Grimm | 8 | -2 |
|
Jason Grimm | 8 | -2 |
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Shawn Michaels | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Roddy Piper | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Bret Hart | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
The Undertaker | 6 | +2 |
| 5 |
|
Lex Luger | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Rey Misterio, Jr. | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Sid Vicious | 4 | -3 |
| 8 |
|
Ahmed Johnson | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Marc Mero | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Eddy Guerrero | 9 | -1 |
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Steve Austin | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Kevin Nash | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Scott Hall | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Faarooq | 9 | +3 |
| 7 |
|
The Giant | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Mankind | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
|
Syxx | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 8 | -2 |
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Sid Vicious | 3 | +3 |
| 1 |
|
Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Shawn Michaels | Champion | -2 |
| 3 |
|
Bret Hart | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Steve Austin | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
|
The Undertaker | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Faarooq | 8 | +2 |
| 7 |
|
Marc Mero | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
Big Van Vader | 4 | -4 |
| 9 |
|
Mankind | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
The Sultan | N/A | N/A |
WCW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Lex Luger | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Dean Malenko | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
The Giant | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 6 | +2 |
| 5 |
|
Lord Steven Regal | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Sting | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Rey Misterio, Jr. | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Chris Benoit | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
Randy Savage | 1 | -8 |
| 10 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 10 | 0 (=) |
ECW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
The Sandman | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Shane Douglas | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Raven | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Louie Spicolli | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Tommy Dreamer | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Sabu | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Taz | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Brian Lee | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
2 Cold Scorpio | 2 | -6 |
| 9 |
|
Rob Van Dam | 5 | -4 |
| 10 |
|
Chris Candido | 9 | -1 |
USWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Jerry Lawler | 2 | +2 |
| 1 |
|
Ric Hogan | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
The Colorado Kid | Champion | -2 |
| 3 |
|
Flash Flanagan | 5 | +2 |
| 4 |
|
Brian Christopher | 1 | -3 |
| 5 |
|
Mike Samples | 8 | +3 |
| 6 |
|
Crusher Bones | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Steven Dunn | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Brickhouse Brown | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
Tony Falk | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
|
Wolfie D. | 4 | -6 |
All Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Kenta Kobashi | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Toshiaki Kawada | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Mitsuharu Misawa | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Akira Taue | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
|
Jun Akiyama | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Stan Hansen | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
The Patriot | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Dan Kroffat | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Rob Van Dam | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Johnny Ace | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Takao Omori | N/A | N/A |
New Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Shinya Hashimoto | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Ultimo Dragon | 3 | +2 |
| 2 |
|
Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Jushin Thunder Liger | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Masa Chono | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Kurasawa | 2 | -3 |
| 6 |
|
Riki Choshu | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
The Great Muta | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Satoshi Kojima | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Shinjiro Otani | 9 | -1 |