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 |