Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - May 2000
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
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							Bret Hart | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Big Show | 4 | +2 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Vader | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Awesome | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jeff Jarrett | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Rock | 9 | +3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sid Vicious | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Jericho | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kensuke Sasaki | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rob Van Dam | N/A | N/A | 
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Gunn | 3 | +2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jesse James | 3 | +2 | |
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Raven | 2 | 0 (=) | 
								 
							 | 
							Tommy Dreamer | 2 | 0 (=) | |
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jun Akiyama | 1 | -2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kenta Kobashi | 1 | -2 | |
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Manabu Nakanishi | 5 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Yuji Nagata | 5 | +1 | |
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brian Christopher | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott Taylor | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Justin Credible | 7 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lance Storm | 7 | +1 | |
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bubba Ray Dudley | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							D-Von Dudley | N/A | N/A | |
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Don Harris | 4 | -4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ron Harris | 4 | -4 | |
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jeff Hardy | 6 | -3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Matt Hardy | 6 | -3 | |
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Crowbar | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							David Flair | N/A | N/A | 
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Triple H | 2 | +2 | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Jericho | N/A | N/A | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chyna | 1 | -1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Big Show | Champion | -3 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Rock | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kurt Angle | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kane | 5 | -1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Val Venis | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							X-Pac | 7 | -1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Al Snow | 8 | -1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rikishi Phatu | N/A | N/A | 
WCW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Bret Hart | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jeff Jarrett | 4 | +3 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sid Vicious | 9 | +7 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Nash | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Benoit | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buff Bagwell | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Diamond Dallas Page | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Norman Smiley | 10 | +3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Meng | 6 | -2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Duggan | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Vampiro | N/A | N/A | 
ECW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Awesome | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rob Van Dam | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Masato Tanaka | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Spike Dudley | 6 | +3 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Yoshihiro Tajiri | 9 | +5 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sabu | 3 | -2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Lynn | 2 | -4 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Super Crazy | 5 | -2 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rhino | 4 | -4 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Justin Credible | 7 | -2 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Sandman | 10 | 0 (=) | 
AAA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Latin Lover | 4 | +4 | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Heavy Metal | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Octagon | 8 | +6 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Pentagon | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Abismo Negro | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Perro Aguayo, Jr. | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hector Garza | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Blue Demon, Jr. | 3 | -4 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Cibernetico | 6 | -2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Pirata Morgan | 2 | -7 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Estrada | N/A | N/A | 
EMLL| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Universo Dos Mil | N/A | N/A | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rayo De Jalisco, Jr. | Champion | -1 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Villano III | 8 | +6 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Atlantis | 9 | +6 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Apolo Dantes | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							El Hijo del Santo | 1 | -4 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Pierroth, Jr. | 5 | -1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shocker | 3 | -4 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ultimo Guerrero | 2 | -6 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Negro Casas | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Zumbido | N/A | N/A | 
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Naoya Ogawa | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Colorado Kid | 2 | +1 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Doug Gilbert | 6 | +4 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							E. Z. Ryder | 8 | +5 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Gary Steele | 9 | +5 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Twiggy Ramirez | 7 | +2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Big Don Brodie | 10 | +4 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Michaels | 3 | -4 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Blade Boudreaux | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Roselli | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Taylor | 1 | -9 | 
All Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Vader | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jun Akiyama | 3 | +2 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mitsuharu Misawa | 1 | -1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kenta Kobashi | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Toshiaki Kawada | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Akira Taue | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Stan Hansen | 4 | -2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Yoshinari Ogawa | 6 | -1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Barton | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Gary Albright | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Johnny Ace | 7 | -3 | 
New Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Kensuke Sasaki | N/A | N/A | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Masa Chono | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jushin Thunder Liger | 5 | +3 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hiroyoshi Tenzan | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Genichiro Tenryu | 2 | -2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Manabu Nakanishi | 3 | -2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott Norton | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Yuji Nagata | 4 | -3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shiro Koshinaka | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Keiji Muto | Champion | -9 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Koji Kanemoto | 6 | -4 |