Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - May 1987
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Randy Savage | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Lex Luger | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Nick Bockwinkel | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Jake Roberts | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Terry Gordy | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 8 | -2 |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Animal | 2 | +1 |
|
Hawk | 2 | +1 | |
| 2 |
|
Ricky Morton | 1 | -1 |
|
Robert Gibson | 1 | -1 | |
| 3 |
|
Manny Fernandez | N/A | N/A |
|
Rick Rude | N/A | N/A | |
| 4 |
|
Jim Duggan | N/A | N/A |
|
Terry Taylor | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 |
|
Bret Hart | N/A | N/A |
|
Jim Neidhart | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 |
|
Barry Windham | N/A | N/A |
|
Ronnie Garvin | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 |
|
Bobby Fulton | 5 | -2 |
|
Tommy Rogers | 5 | -2 | |
| 8 |
|
Marty Jannetty | 8 | 0 (=) |
|
Shawn Michaels | 8 | 0 (=) | |
| 9 |
|
Rick Martel | N/A | N/A |
|
Tom Zenk | N/A | N/A | |
| 10 |
|
Al Madril | N/A | N/A |
|
Brian Adias | N/A | N/A |
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 4 | +2 |
| 3 |
|
Ricky Steamboat | 9 | +6 |
| 4 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
|
Lex Luger | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Jim Duggan | 8 | +2 |
| 7 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
Roddy Piper | 3 | -5 |
| 9 |
|
Barry Windham | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Jimmy Snuka | N/A | N/A |
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Randy Savage | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Ric Flair | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Colonel DeBeers | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Jake Roberts | 6 | +2 |
| 5 |
|
Tully Blanchard | 8 | +3 |
| 6 |
|
Terry Gordy | 10 | +4 |
| 7 |
|
Brian Adias | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
Tommy Rich | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Kamala | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Michael Hayes | N/A | N/A |
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Randy Savage | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Jake Roberts | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Kamala | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Paul Orndorff | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
|
Roddy Piper | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Andre the Giant | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Hercules Hernandez | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
The Magnificent Muraco | 7 | -1 |
| 9 |
|
Adrian Adonis | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Tito Santana | 8 | -2 |
AWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Nick Bockwinkel | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Larry Zbyszko | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Colonel DeBeers | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Jimmy Snuka | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Curt Hennig | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Super Ninja | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Mr. Saito | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Greg Gagne | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Ninja Go | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Earthquake Ferris | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Alexis Smirnoff | 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 | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Lex Luger | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Barry Windham | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Bill Dundee | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Ronnie Garvin | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Dick Murdoch | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Carlos Colon | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Brad Armstrong | 7 | -3 |
NWA U.S.| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Tully Blanchard | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Barry Windham | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Brad Armstrong | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Rick Rude | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Arn Anderson | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Ivan Koloff | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Jim Garvin | 5 | -4 |
| 10 |
|
Vladimir Petrov | N/A | N/A |
Continental| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
The Bullet | 8 | +7 |
| 2 |
|
Ron Fuller | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Robert Fuller | 10 | +7 |
| 4 |
|
Adrian Street | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Wendell Cooley | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Tom Prichard | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Larry Hamilton | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Kevin Sullivan | 2 | -6 |
| 9 |
|
Rip Rogers | 1 | -8 |
| 10 |
|
Tony Anthony | 6 | -4 |
Florida| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Lex Luger | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Ron Simmons | 8 | +6 |
| 3 |
|
Kareem Muhammad | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Bad News Allen | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Kendall Windham | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Kevin Sullivan | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Ed Gantner | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Vic Steamboat | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Dewey Forte | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Sean Royal | 9 | -1 |
Mid-Southern| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Big Bubba | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
The Great Kabuki | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Tommy Rich | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Austin Idol | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
|
Akio Sato | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Billy Travis | 7 | -1 |
| 9 |
|
Tarzan Goto | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Paul Diamond | 10 | 0 (=) |
UWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
One Man Gang | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Terry Gordy | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Jim Duggan | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Steve Williams | 8 | +4 |
| 5 |
|
Terry Taylor | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Ted DiBiase | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Michael Hayes | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
Savannah Jack | 7 | -1 |
| 9 |
|
Sting | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
|
Angel of Death | N/A | N/A |
World Class| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Tony Atlas | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Lance Von Erich | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Black Bart | 7 | +3 |
| 5 |
|
Brian Adias | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Mike Von Erich | 8 | +2 |
| 7 |
|
Dingo Warrior | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Steve Simpson | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
Abdullah The Butcher | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
|
Master Gee | N/A | N/A |
Women| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Misty Blue Simmes | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Sherri Martel | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Wendi Richter | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
The Fabulous Moolah | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Leilani Kai | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Candi Devine | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Linda Dallas | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Penny Mitchell | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Comrade Orca | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Velvet McIntyre | 9 | -1 |