Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - October 1986
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Stan Hansen | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Randy Savage | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 8 | +2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bruiser Brody | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Gordy | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Rude | 6 | -3 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | N/A | N/A | 
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Animal | 1 | 0 (=) | 
								 
							 | 
							Hawk | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bobby Eaton | 3 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dennis Condrey | 3 | +1 | |
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Davey Boy Smith | 2 | -1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dynamite Kid | 2 | -1 | |
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Morton | 5 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Robert Gibson | 5 | +1 | |
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bobby Fulton | 6 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tommy Rogers | 6 | +1 | |
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bret Hart | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Neidhart | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buddy Roberts | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Michael Hayes | N/A | N/A | |
								 
							 | 
							Terry Gordy | N/A | N/A | |
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buddy Rose | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Doug Somers | N/A | N/A | |
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Marty Jannetty | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Shawn Michaels | N/A | N/A | |
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brutus Beefcake | 7 | -3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Greg Valentine | 7 | -3 | 
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Morton | 6 | +4 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Steamboat | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Von Erich | 5 | -1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 9 | +2 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Duggan | 7 | -1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buddy Landell | N/A | N/A | 
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Randy Savage | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 6 | +3 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jake Roberts | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Stan Hansen | 3 | -2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Rude | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Garvin | 8 | +1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Adrian Adonis | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Gordy | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							King Kong Bundy | 4 | -6 | 
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Randy Savage | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Steamboat | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Magnificent Muraco | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jake Roberts | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tito Santana | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Junkyard Dog | 6 | 0 (=) | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Adrian Adonis | 10 | +3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Big John Studd | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							King Kong Bundy | 7 | -2 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Funk | 8 | -2 | 
AWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Stan Hansen | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sergeant Slaughter | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Larry Zbyszko | 4 | +2 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nick Bockwinkel | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bruiser Brody | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott Hall | 7 | +2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nord The Barbarian | 6 | 0 (=) | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Martel | 5 | -2 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jimmy Snuka | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Colonel DeBeers | 10 | +1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brad Rheingans | N/A | N/A | 
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Morton | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 6 | +2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 8 | +2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ronnie Garvin | 5 | -2 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bruiser Brody | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Bullet | N/A | N/A | 
NWA U.S.| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 6 | +2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Garvin | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ronnie Garvin | 4 | -2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shaska Whatley | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jimmy Valiant | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Manny Fernandez | 9 | 0 (=) | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wahoo McDaniel | N/A | N/A | 
Continental| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wendell Cooley | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Stubbs | 4 | +2 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Adrian Street | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brad Armstrong | 2 | -2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Bullet | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mr. Wrestling II | 6 | 0 (=) | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tommy Rich | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tom Prichard | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Robert Fuller | 8 | -1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tim Horner | N/A | N/A | 
Florida| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							The White Ninja | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kendo Nagasaki | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ron Bass | 9 | +4 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kendall Windham | 2 | -4 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bob Roop | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Cuban Assassin | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tyree Pride | 4 | -5 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Grey | N/A | N/A | 
Mid-Southern| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bill Dundee | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Lawler | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buddy Landell | 4 | +1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dutch Mantel | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jos LeDuc | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rip Rogers | 6 | 0 (=) | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Travis | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Paul Diamond | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hillbilly Elmer | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Abdul Khadafy | 8 | -2 | 
Northwest| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rip Oliver | 3 | +2 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bobby Jaggers | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Miller | 6 | +3 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brady Boone | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott Doring | 7 | +2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Moondog Moretti | 8 | +2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nick Kiniski | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Cocoa Samoa | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Stoney Burke | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sheik Abughdadien | N/A | N/A | 
UWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Gordy | N/A | N/A | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Duggan | 1 | -1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Taylor | 4 | +1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Michael Hayes | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buzz Sawyer | 3 | -2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ted DiBiase | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kortsia Korchenko | 2 | -5 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Williams | 5 | -3 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Steiner | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							One Man Gang | N/A | N/A | 
World Class| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Rude | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brian Adias | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bruiser Brody | 5 | +2 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Von Erich | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Simpson | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Von Erich | 4 | -2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Adams | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lance Von Erich | 6 | -2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Blackjack Mulligan | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Abdullah The Butcher | N/A | N/A |