Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - May 1998
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shawn Michaels | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sting | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Diamond Dallas Page | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Owen Hart | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Undertaker | 3 | -2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kensuke Sasaki | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Curt Hennig | 8 | +1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Austin | 7 | -1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Taz | 9 | 0 (=) | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Juventud Guerrera | N/A | N/A | 
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Gunn | 2 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jesse James | 2 | +1 | |
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Steiner | 1 | -1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott Steiner | 1 | -1 | |
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Candido | 6 | +3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lance Storm | 6 | +3 | |
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ken Shamrock | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Owen Hart | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Keiji Muto | 5 | 0 (=) | 
								 
							 | 
							Masa Chono | 5 | 0 (=) | |
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Meng | 7 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Barbarian | 7 | +1 | |
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Animal | 3 | -4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hawk | 3 | -4 | |
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Faarooq | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Rocky Maivia | N/A | N/A | |
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Booker T. | 4 | -5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Stevie Ray | 4 | -5 | |
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Henry O. Godwinn | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Phineas I. Godwinn | N/A | N/A | 
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Shawn Michaels | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rocky Maivia | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Owen Hart | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Undertaker | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Austin | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kane | 6 | +1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ken Shamrock | 3 | -3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dude Love | 8 | +1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							TAKA Michinoku | 5 | -3 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 7 | -2 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Vader | N/A | N/A | 
WCW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sting | N/A | N/A | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | Champion | -2 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Diamond Dallas Page | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Booker T. | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Juventud Guerrera | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Curt Hennig | 1 | -6 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bill Goldberg | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Eddy Guerrero | 2 | -8 | 
ECW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Shane Douglas | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Taz | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Sandman | 5 | +3 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sabu | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bam Bam Bigelow | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tommy Dreamer | 2 | -3 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Lynn | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rob Van Dam | 4 | -3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Candido | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Super Nova | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Justin Credible | 9 | -1 | 
EMLL| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rayo De Jalisco, Jr. | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							El Hijo del Santo | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Cien Caras | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Negro Casas | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Black Warrior | 6 | +1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ultimo Dragon | 4 | -2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Universo 2000 | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Atlantis | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Emilio Charles Jr. | 9 | 0 (=) | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Felino | 10 | 0 (=) | 
Music City| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Golden | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Colorado Kid | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Flash Flanagan | 4 | +2 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Doug Gilbert | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wolfie D. | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Travis | 2 | -3 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steven Dunn | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Frenchy Riviera | 5 | -2 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rex King | 10 | +2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Thrillbilly | 6 | -3 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dutch Mantel | N/A | N/A | 
All Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Mitsuharu Misawa | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Toshiaki Kawada | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Akira Taue | 7 | +5 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kenta Kobashi | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jun Akiyama | 6 | +2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Williams | 2 | -3 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Gary Albright | 9 | +3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Stan Hansen | 4 | -3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Takao Omori | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tamon Honda | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Maunakea Mossman | 5 | -5 | 
New Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Kensuke Sasaki | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Keiji Muto | 2 | +1 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Riki Choshu | 8 | +6 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shiro Koshinaka | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shinya Hashimoto | 1 | -3 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Naoya Ogawa | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Masa Chono | 3 | -3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jushin Thunder Liger | 5 | -2 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Yuji Nagata | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shinjiro Otani | 4 | -5 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 6 | -4 | 
Promo Azteca| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Konnan | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mascara Sagrada | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							La Parka | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Silver King | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lizmark Jr. | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Pierroth, Jr. | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Super Calo | 6 | 0 (=) | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tinieblas Jr. | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Super Astro | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ultimo Rebelde | 10 | +1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Estrada | 9 | -1 |