Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - Winter 1985
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Martel | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tito Santana | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Von Erich | 6 | -1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sergeant Slaughter | 10 | +2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Paul Orndorff | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 9 | -1 | 
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Animal | 1 | 0 (=) | 
								 
							 | 
							Hawk | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Barry Windham | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Rotundo | N/A | N/A | |
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Morton | 10 | +7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Robert Gibson | 10 | +7 | |
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Williams | 4 | 0 (=) | 
								 
							 | 
							Ted DiBiase | 4 | 0 (=) | |
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Arn Anderson | 7 | +2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ole Anderson | 7 | +2 | |
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Adams | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Gino Hernandez | N/A | N/A | |
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jesse Barr | 8 | +1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Rude | 8 | +1 | |
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bobby Eaton | N/A | N/A | 
								 
							 | 
							Dennis Condrey | N/A | N/A | |
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 2 | -7 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Iron Sheik | 3 | -6 | |
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ivan Koloff | 2 | -8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 2 | -8 | 
Most Popular| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Von Erich | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Martel | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sergeant Slaughter | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Von Erich | 8 | +1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Junkyard Dog | 6 | -2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wahoo McDaniel | 10 | +1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tito Santana | N/A | N/A | 
Most Hated| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Adams | 2 | +1 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Roddy Piper | 1 | -2 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Gino Hernandez | 5 | 0 (=) | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ted DiBiase | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Greg Valentine | 6 | -1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Rude | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Magnificent Muraco | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Sullivan | 10 | 0 (=) | 
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tito Santana | 7 | +6 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Magnificent Muraco | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Greg Valentine | 1 | -2 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Steamboat | 3 | -1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Paul Orndorff | 6 | +1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Roddy Piper | 4 | -2 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Randy Savage | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Junkyard Dog | 5 | -3 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Big John Studd | 8 | -1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jimmy Snuka | 9 | -1 | 
AWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Martel | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sergeant Slaughter | 5 | +4 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Michael Hayes | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nick Bockwinkel | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Larry Zbyszko | 1 | -3 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Greg Gagne | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Blackwell | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Gordy | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ray Stevens | 10 | +2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Baron Von Raschke | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Curt Hennig | N/A | N/A | 
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 
								 
							 | 
							Ric Flair | Champion | 0 (=) | 
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Black Bart | 4 | +1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Gino Hernandez | 9 | +5 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 6 | +1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Iceman King Parsons | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wahoo McDaniel | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Von Erich | 7 | -2 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Terry Taylor | N/A | N/A | 
NWA U.S.| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Magnum T. A. | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Black Bart | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dusty Rhodes | 4 | +1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Nikita Koloff | 5 | +1 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dick Slater | 9 | +4 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tully Blanchard | 3 | -3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Manny Fernandez | 6 | -1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jimmy Valiant | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Sullivan | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Graham | N/A | N/A | 
Florida| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rick Rude | 4 | +3 | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Jack Haynes | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wahoo McDaniel | 5 | +2 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Hector Guerrero | 2 | -2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jesse Barr | 3 | -2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bugsy McGraw | 7 | +1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott McGhee | 10 | +3 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Graham | 8 | 0 (=) | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Sweet Brown Sugar | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rip Rogers | 9 | -1 | 
Mid-South| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Nightmare | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dick Murdoch | N/A | N/A | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Snowman | 5 | +2 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bill Watts | N/A | N/A | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jim Duggan | 6 | +1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ted DiBiase | 3 | -3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Williams | 7 | 0 (=) | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Dutch Mantel | 10 | +2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jake Roberts | 8 | -1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Brickhouse Brown | N/A | N/A | 
Mid-Southern| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bota | N/A | N/A | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Lawler | 1 | -1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Phil Hickerson | N/A | N/A | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Oske | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Lord Jonathan Boyd | N/A | N/A | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bruiser Brody | 3 | -3 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tojo Yamamoto | 8 | +1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Rip Morgan | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Travis | 10 | +1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Big John Harris | N/A | N/A | 
Missouri| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Blackwell | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Harley Race | 3 | +1 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Von Erich | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bob Backlund | 4 | 0 (=) | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mr. Pogo | 7 | +2 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Wahoo McDaniel | 5 | -1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Iceman King Parsons | 8 | +1 | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Butch Reed | 6 | -2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ted DiBiase | 9 | 0 (=) | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bob Brown | 10 | 0 (=) | 
Northwest| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Miller | 1 | 0 (=) | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Ricky Vaughn | 7 | +5 | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Bobby Jaggers | 2 | -1 | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Buddy Rose | 6 | +2 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mega Maharishi | 8 | +3 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Simpson | N/A | N/A | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Jerry Grey | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							Billy Two Eagles | N/A | N/A | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Steve Pardee | N/A | N/A | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Tim Flowers | N/A | N/A | 
World Class| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
								 
							 | 
							Iceman King Parsons | N/A | N/A | 
| 2 | 
								 
							 | 
							Gino Hernandez | 2 | 0 (=) | 
| 3 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kerry Von Erich | 3 | 0 (=) | 
| 4 | 
								 
							 | 
							Chris Adams | 1 | -3 | 
| 5 | 
								 
							 | 
							Kevin Von Erich | 4 | -1 | 
| 6 | 
								 
							 | 
							One Man Gang | 5 | -1 | 
| 7 | 
								 
							 | 
							Killer Brooks | N/A | N/A | 
| 8 | 
								 
							 | 
							The Great Kabuki | 6 | -2 | 
| 9 | 
								 
							 | 
							Scott Casey | 10 | +1 | 
| 10 | 
								 
							 | 
							Mike Von Erich | 7 | -3 |