Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - October 1988
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Randy Savage | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 10 | +7 |
| 4 |
|
Ted DiBiase | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Sting | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
|
Lex Luger | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Kerry Von Erich | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Honky Tonk Man | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Mike Rotundo | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Terry Taylor | 7 | -3 |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Arn Anderson | 1 | 0 (=) |
|
Tully Blanchard | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 |
|
Ax | 3 | +1 |
|
Smash | 3 | +1 | |
| 3 |
|
Animal | 2 | -1 |
|
Hawk | 2 | -1 | |
| 4 |
|
Bobby Fulton | 4 | 0 (=) |
|
Tommy Rogers | 4 | 0 (=) | |
| 5 |
|
Bobby Eaton | N/A | N/A |
|
Stan Lane | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 |
|
Pat Tanaka | 8 | +2 |
|
Paul Diamond | 8 | +2 | |
| 7 |
|
The Barbarian | 7 | 0 (=) |
|
The Warlord | 7 | 0 (=) | |
| 8 |
|
Rick Martel | N/A | N/A |
|
Tito Santana | N/A | N/A | |
| 9 |
|
Jack Victory | N/A | N/A |
|
John Tatum | N/A | N/A | |
| 10 |
|
Nikita Koloff | N/A | N/A |
|
Steve Williams | N/A | N/A |
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Randy Savage | 3 | +2 |
| 2 |
|
Sting | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Lex Luger | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Jim Duggan | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | 10 | +5 |
| 6 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 9 | +3 |
| 7 |
|
Kerry Von Erich | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
The Ultimate Warrior | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Curt Hennig | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Austin Idol | N/A | N/A |
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Barry Windham | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Andre the Giant | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Ric Flair | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Ted DiBiase | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
|
Honky Tonk Man | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Rick Rude | 8 | +2 |
| 7 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Al Perez | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
Curt Hennig | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Makhan Singh | N/A | N/A |
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Randy Savage | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Honky Tonk Man | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Ted DiBiase | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Andre the Giant | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Brutus Beefcake | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Jim Duggan | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Rick Rude | 8 | +2 |
| 7 |
|
Jake Roberts | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
The Ultimate Warrior | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
Don Muraco | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Greg Valentine | N/A | N/A |
AWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Jerry Lawler | 2 | +2 |
| 1 |
|
Curt Hennig | Champion | -1 |
| 2 |
|
Greg Gagne | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Wahoo McDaniel | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Bill Dundee | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Max Pain | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Manny Fernandez | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Soldat Ustinov | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Ricky Rice | 10 | 0 (=) |
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Ric Flair | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Barry Windham | 7 | +6 |
| 2 |
|
Steve Williams | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Lex Luger | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Sting | 1 | -3 |
| 5 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
|
Al Perez | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Mike Rotundo | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
|
Larry Zbyszko | 5 | -4 |
| 10 |
|
Jim Garvin | 9 | -1 |
Continental| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Lord Humongous | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | 4 | +2 |
| 3 |
|
Tom Prichard | 6 | +3 |
| 4 |
|
Tony Anthony | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Austin Idol | 8 | +3 |
| 6 |
|
Shane Douglas | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Ken Wayne | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Dan Davis | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Mr. Olympia | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Detroit Demolition | 7 | -3 |
CWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Brickhouse Brown | 7 | +7 |
| 1 |
|
Max Pain | Champion | -1 |
| 2 |
|
Curt Hennig | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Robert Fuller | 10 | +7 |
| 4 |
|
Scott Steiner | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 2 | -3 |
| 6 |
|
Gary Young | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
|
Bill Dundee | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Jimmy Golden | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Billy Travis | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Don Bass | N/A | N/A |
Stampede| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Makhan Singh | 3 | +3 |
| 1 |
|
Chris Benoit | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Johnny Smith | 4 | +2 |
| 3 |
|
Steve DiSalvo | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Gerry Morrow | 7 | +3 |
| 5 |
|
Bruce Hart | 8 | +3 |
| 6 |
|
Kerry Brown | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
The Cuban Assassin | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Steve Blackman | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Hashif Khan | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Gama Singh | N/A | N/A |
USA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
The Mongolian Stomper | N/A | N/A |
| 1 |
|
Wendell Cooley | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
The Bullet | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Austin Idol | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Doug Furnas | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Buddy Landell | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Tommy Rich | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Hector Guerrero | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Bill Dundee | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Dick Slater | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Terry Gordy | N/A | N/A |
World Class| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Kerry Von Erich | 3 | +3 |
| 1 |
|
Terry Taylor | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Iceman King Parsons | Champion | -2 |
| 3 |
|
The Great Samu | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Michael Hayes | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Eric Embry | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Terry Gordy | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Kamala | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Buddy Roberts | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
The Missing Link | N/A | N/A |