Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - September 1997
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
The Undertaker | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Lex Luger | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Owen Hart | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
Dean Malenko | 6 | +2 |
| 5 |
|
The Giant | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Ahmed Johnson | 9 | +3 |
| 7 |
|
Steve Austin | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Syxx | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Terry Funk | N/A | N/A |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Davey Boy Smith | 1 | 0 (=) |
|
Owen Hart | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 |
|
Lex Luger | 2 | 0 (=) |
|
The Giant | 2 | 0 (=) | |
| 3 |
|
Animal | 3 | 0 (=) |
|
Hawk | 3 | 0 (=) | |
| 4 |
|
John Kronus | 9 | +5 |
|
Perry Saturn | 9 | +5 | |
| 5 |
|
Rick Steiner | N/A | N/A |
|
Scott Steiner | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 |
|
Rob Van Dam | N/A | N/A |
|
Sabu | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 |
|
Booker T. | 4 | -3 |
|
Stevie Ray | 4 | -3 | |
| 8 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | N/A | N/A |
|
Steve McMichael | N/A | N/A | |
| 9 |
|
Doug Furnas | 8 | -1 |
|
Phil LaFon | 8 | -1 | |
| 10 |
|
Blackjack Bradshaw | N/A | N/A |
|
Blackjack Windham | N/A | N/A |
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Sting | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Ahmed Johnson | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Roddy Piper | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
The Undertaker | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 2 | -3 |
| 6 |
|
Lex Luger | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Shawn Michaels | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Ric Flair | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
|
Goldust | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
The Giant | 9 | -1 |
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Bret Hart | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Kevin Nash | 4 | +2 |
| 3 |
|
Hulk Hogan | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Big Van Vader | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
|
Randy Savage | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
|
Owen Hart | 8 | +2 |
| 7 |
|
Scott Hall | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Syxx | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Jim Neidhart | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Sabu | N/A | N/A |
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
The Undertaker | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Rocky Maivia | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Bret Hart | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
Davey Boy Smith | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
|
The Undertaker | Champion | -4 |
| 5 |
|
Faarooq | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Ahmed Johnson | 3 | -3 |
| 7 |
|
The Sultan | 10 | +3 |
| 8 |
|
Big Van Vader | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Goldust | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 7 | -3 |
WCW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Dean Malenko | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Lex Luger | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
|
The Giant | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Syxx | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Kevin Nash | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Ultimo Dragon | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Chris Benoit | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Lord Steven Regal | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Rey Misterio, Jr. | 5 | -5 |
ECW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Terry Funk | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Raven | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Stevie Richards | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Taz | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Shane Douglas | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
|
Tommy Dreamer | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
|
The Sandman | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Rob Van Dam | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Sabu | 5 | -3 |
| 9 |
|
Louie Spicolli | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Axl Rotten | 10 | 0 (=) |
USWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
King Reginald | 9 | +9 |
| 1 |
|
Elijah | 7 | +6 |
| 2 |
|
Brian Christopher | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Reggie B. Fine | 9 | +6 |
| 4 |
|
Steven Dunn | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Bill Dundee | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Wolfie D. | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Mike Samples | 2 | -5 |
| 8 |
|
Billy Travis | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
J. C. Ice | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
The Interrogator | N/A | N/A |
All Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Mitsuharu Misawa | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Toshiaki Kawada | 3 | +2 |
| 2 |
|
Kenta Kobashi | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
Akira Taue | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Steve Williams | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Johnny Ace | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
|
Stan Hansen | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Jun Akiyama | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
|
Gary Albright | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Masa Fuchi | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Yoshinari Ogawa | 10 | 0 (=) |
New Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Shinya Hashimoto | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Masa Chono | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Riki Choshu | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Keiji Muto | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Kensuke Sasaki | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Shiro Koshinaka | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Tatsumi Fujinami | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Satoshi Kojima | 7 | -1 |
| 9 |
|
Jushin Thunder Liger | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Shinjiro Otani | 10 | 0 (=) |