Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - October 1987
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 5 | +2 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | 7 | +2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Curt Hennig | 10 | +4 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Steamboat | 3 | -4 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Randy Savage | 6 | -2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Taylor | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wendell Cooley | N/A | N/A | 
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Animal | 1 | 0 (=) | 
								 
							 | 
							Hawk | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bret Hart | 3 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Neidhart | 3 | +1 | |
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Morton | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Robert Gibson | N/A | N/A | |
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Martel | 5 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tom Zenk | 5 | +1 | |
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bobby Eaton | 9 | +4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Stan Lane | 9 | +4 | |
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brad Armstrong | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Tim Horner | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bobby Fulton | 8 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tommy Rogers | 8 | +1 | |
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Graham | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Keirn | 10 | +2 | |
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Boris Zhukov | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Stanislaus Ustinov | N/A | N/A | |
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Austin Idol | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Tommy Rich | N/A | N/A | 
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 5 | +2 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Steamboat | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 2 | -3 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ken Patera | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Lawler | 10 | +3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Rotundo | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nick Bockwinkel | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Von Erich | 8 | -2 | 
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Randy Savage | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | 4 | +1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Curt Hennig | 7 | +2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Eddie Gilbert | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Honky Tonk Man | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Austin Idol | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Danny Davis | 9 | 0 (=) | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dick Murdoch | N/A | N/A | 
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Honky Tonk Man | N/A | N/A | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Steamboat | 1 | -1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Harley Race | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Randy Savage | 2 | -2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hercules Hernandez | 6 | +1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Jack Haynes | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ken Patera | 10 | +3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kamala | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							One Man Gang | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brutus Beefcake | N/A | N/A | 
AWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Curt Hennig | 2 | +2 | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nick Bockwinkel | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Greg Gagne | 4 | +2 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Larry Zbyszko | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Austin Idol | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jimmy Snuka | 6 | +1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							D. J. Peterson | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Leon White | 8 | +1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Kelly | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Boris Zhukov | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Super Black Ninja | N/A | N/A | 
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Garvin | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Rotundo | 6 | -1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Michael Hayes | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ronnie Garvin | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rip Oliver | 9 | -1 | 
NWA U.S.| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lex Luger | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Garvin | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Arn Anderson | 8 | +2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ronnie Garvin | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ivan Koloff | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Vladimir Petrov | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lazertron | 9 | -1 | 
Continental| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Wendell Cooley | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mr. Wrestling II | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dutch Mantel | 4 | +2 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Golden | 8 | +5 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tennessee Stud | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buddy Landell | 2 | -3 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jimmy Golden | 6 | 0 (=) | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tom Prichard | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott Armstrong | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Robert Fuller | 10 | +1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mr. Olympia | N/A | N/A | 
Florida| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Rotundo | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Sullivan | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ed Gantner | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Tahitian Prince | 7 | +4 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dory Funk, Jr. | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ron Simmons | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Shaska Whatley | 8 | +2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Graham | 6 | -1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jimmy Valiant | 9 | +1 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Teijo Kahn | 10 | +1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Konga the Barbarian | N/A | N/A | 
Mid-Southern| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Austin Idol | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chick Donovan | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jeff Jarrett | 5 | +3 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Lawler | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tommy Rich | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bill Dundee | 8 | +3 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rocky Johnson | 9 | +3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Moondog Spot | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Pat Tanaka | 10 | +2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Paul Diamond | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Hunter | 7 | -3 | 
Stampede| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Owen Hart | N/A | N/A | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Brown | N/A | N/A | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Duke Myers | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ron Ritchie | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Cuban Assassin | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Gerry Morrow | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brian Pillman | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Goldie Rogers | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mr. Hito | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ben Doon McDonald | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Johnny Smith | N/A | N/A | 
UWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Big Bubba Rogers | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Eddie Gilbert | 3 | +2 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Michael Hayes | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Taylor | 7 | +2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Adams | 6 | 0 (=) | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Gordy | 4 | -3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sting | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dick Murdoch | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brad Armstrong | N/A | N/A | 
World Class| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Von Erich | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brian Adias | 2 | +1 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tony Atlas | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Al Perez | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nord The Barbarian | 1 | -3 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bruiser Brody | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Al Madril | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ted Arcidi | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lance Von Erich | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Simpson | 5 | -4 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Matt Borne | N/A | N/A |