Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - September 1988
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Randy Savage | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Sting | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Curt Hennig | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Ted DiBiase | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Lex Luger | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Terry Taylor | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Mike Rotundo | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
|
Jerry Lawler | N/A | N/A |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Arn Anderson | 5 | +4 |
|
Tully Blanchard | 5 | +4 | |
| 2 |
|
Animal | 1 | -1 |
|
Hawk | 1 | -1 | |
| 3 |
|
Ax | 3 | 0 (=) |
|
Smash | 3 | 0 (=) | |
| 4 |
|
Bobby Fulton | 6 | +2 |
|
Tommy Rogers | 6 | +2 | |
| 5 |
|
Lex Luger | 2 | -3 |
|
Sting | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 |
|
Ricky Morton | N/A | N/A |
|
Robert Gibson | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 |
|
The Barbarian | 7 | 0 (=) |
|
The Warlord | 7 | 0 (=) | |
| 8 |
|
Pat Tanaka | 9 | +1 |
|
Paul Diamond | 9 | +1 | |
| 9 |
|
Shaun Simpson | 8 | -1 |
|
Steve Simpson | 8 | -1 | |
| 10 |
|
Brian Pillman | 10 | 0 (=) |
|
Bruce Hart | 10 | 0 (=) |
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Sting | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Randy Savage | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Lex Luger | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Jim Duggan | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
|
Kerry Von Erich | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Michael Hayes | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
The Ultimate Warrior | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 10 | +1 |
| 10 |
|
Dusty Rhodes | N/A | N/A |
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Barry Windham | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
Ted DiBiase | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Andre the Giant | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
|
Ric Flair | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Honky Tonk Man | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Curt Hennig | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Rick Rude | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Al Perez | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Iceman King Parsons | 8 | -2 |
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 | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Brutus Beefcake | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Jim Duggan | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Jake Roberts | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Rick Rude | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
The Ultimate Warrior | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Bam Bam Bigelow | 5 | -5 |
AWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Curt Hennig | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Greg Gagne | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Wahoo McDaniel | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Paul Diamond | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 9 | +3 |
| 7 |
|
Soldat Ustinov | 4 | -3 |
| 8 |
|
Ricky Morton | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Pat Tanaka | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Ricky Rice | N/A | N/A |
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Ric Flair | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Sting | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Lex Luger | 4 | +2 |
| 3 |
|
Steve Williams | 8 | +5 |
| 4 |
|
Nikita Koloff | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Larry Zbyszko | 2 | -3 |
| 6 |
|
Mike Rotundo | 3 | -3 |
| 7 |
|
Barry Windham | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Al Perez | 7 | -1 |
| 9 |
|
Jim Garvin | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Rick Steiner | N/A | N/A |
Continental| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Dutch Mantel | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
Lord Humongous | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Jerry Lawler | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Tom Prichard | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Detroit Demolition | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Austin Idol | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Tommy Rich | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Dan Davis | N/A | N/A |
CWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Max Pain | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Jerry Lawler | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 5 | +3 |
| 3 |
|
Eddie Gilbert | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Gary Young | 7 | +3 |
| 5 |
|
Scott Steiner | 10 | +5 |
| 6 |
|
Tommy Gilbert | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Brickhouse Brown | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Doug Gilbert | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Ken Wayne | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Robert Fuller | N/A | N/A |
Stampede| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Owen Hart | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Chris Benoit | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Steve DiSalvo | 10 | +8 |
| 3 |
|
Makhan Singh | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Johnny Smith | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Jason the Terrible | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Brian Pillman | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Gerry Morrow | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Bruce Hart | 7 | -1 |
| 9 |
|
The Cuban Assassin | 6 | -3 |
| 10 |
|
Yang Chung | N/A | N/A |
World Class| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Iceman King Parsons | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Terry Taylor | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Chris Adams | 6 | +4 |
| 3 |
|
Kerry Von Erich | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
|
Michael Hayes | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Kevin Von Erich | 1 | -4 |
| 6 |
|
Terry Gordy | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Eric Embry | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Black Bart | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Buddy Roberts | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Bill Irwin | 10 | 0 (=) |
All Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Genichiro Tenryu | N/A | N/A |
| 1 |
|
Jumbo Tsuruta | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
|
Bruiser Brody | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Shohei Baba | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Masanobu Fuchi | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Abdullah The Butcher | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Stan Hansen | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Tiger Mask II | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Hiroshi Wajima | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Jimmy Snuka | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
John Tenta | N/A | N/A |