Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - October 1997
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
The Undertaker | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Dean Malenko | 4 | +2 |
| 3 |
|
Owen Hart | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Syxx | 9 | +5 |
| 5 |
|
Steve Austin | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
|
The Giant | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Faarooq | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Lord Steven Regal | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Terry Funk | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 8 | -2 |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Shawn Michaels | N/A | N/A |
|
Steve Austin | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 |
|
Rick Steiner | 5 | +3 |
|
Scott Steiner | 5 | +3 | |
| 3 |
|
Animal | 3 | 0 (=) |
|
Hawk | 3 | 0 (=) | |
| 4 |
|
Kevin Nash | N/A | N/A |
|
Scott Hall | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 |
|
Davey Boy Smith | 1 | -4 |
|
Owen Hart | 1 | -4 | |
| 6 |
|
John Kronus | 4 | -2 |
|
Perry Saturn | 4 | -2 | |
| 7 |
|
Blackjack Bradshaw | 10 | +3 |
|
Blackjack Windham | 10 | +3 | |
| 8 |
|
Booker T. | 7 | -1 |
|
Stevie Ray | 7 | -1 | |
| 9 |
|
Mustafa Saed | N/A | N/A |
|
New Jack | N/A | N/A | |
| 10 |
|
Doug Furnas | 9 | -1 |
|
Phil LaFon | 9 | -1 |
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Steve Austin | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
Sting | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Shawn Michaels | 7 | +4 |
| 4 |
|
Ric Flair | 8 | +4 |
| 5 |
|
Roddy Piper | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
|
The Undertaker | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
Ahmed Johnson | 2 | -6 |
| 9 |
|
The Giant | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
|
Goldust | 9 | -1 |
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Bret Hart | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Brian Pillman | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Kevin Nash | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
|
Randy Savage | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Scott Hall | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Owen Hart | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Syxx | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Davey Boy Smith | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Steve McMichael | N/A | N/A |
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
The Undertaker | Champion | +4 |
| 1 |
|
Owen Hart | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
Faarooq | 5 | +3 |
| 3 |
|
Steve Austin | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Mankind | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Ahmed Johnson | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 10 | +4 |
| 7 |
|
Savio Vega | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Goldust | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
Ken Shamrock | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Big Van Vader | 8 | -2 |
WCW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Dean Malenko | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Lord Steven Regal | 9 | +7 |
| 3 |
|
The Giant | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Syxx | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Rey Misterio, Jr. | 10 | +3 |
| 8 |
|
Chris Benoit | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Meng | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Steve McMichael | N/A | N/A |
ECW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Terry Funk | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Stevie Richards | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
The Sandman | 6 | +4 |
| 3 |
|
Shane Douglas | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Raven | 1 | -3 |
| 5 |
|
Tommy Dreamer | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Taz | 3 | -3 |
| 7 |
|
Louie Spicolli | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Chris Candido | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Sabu | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Balls Mahoney | N/A | N/A |
USWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Jerry Lawler | N/A | N/A |
| 1 |
|
Brian Christopher | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Dutch Mantel | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Mike Samples | 7 | +4 |
| 4 |
|
Billy Travis | 8 | +4 |
| 5 |
|
Razor Ramon II | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Diesel II | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
King Reginald | Champion | -7 |
| 8 |
|
Flash Flanagan | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Spellbinder | 1 | -8 |
| 10 |
|
Brakkus | N/A | N/A |
All Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Mitsuharu Misawa | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Kenta Kobashi | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Toshiaki Kawada | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Akira Taue | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Steve Williams | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Jun Akiyama | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
|
Yoshinari Ogawa | 10 | +4 |
| 7 |
|
Rob Van Dam | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Johnny Ace | 5 | -3 |
| 9 |
|
Masa Fuchi | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Gary Albright | 8 | -2 |
New Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Shinya Hashimoto | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Masa Chono | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Keiji Muto | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Riki Choshu | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Scott Norton | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Jushin Thunder Liger | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
|
Naoya Ogawa | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Tatsumi Fujinami | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Shiro Koshinaka | 5 | -3 |
| 9 |
|
nWo Sting | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 7 | -3 |