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Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - May 1997
for period ending: Jan 22nd, 1997... brought to you in association with Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine.Skip to: Top 10 • Tag Teams • Most Popular • Most Hated • WWF • WCW • ECW • USWA • All Japan • New Japan
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Top 10
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Shawn Michaels | 5 | +4 |
| 2 |
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The Giant | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
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Steve Austin | N/A | N/A |
| 4 |
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Sid Vicious | 1 | -3 |
| 5 |
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Eddy Guerrero | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
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Bret Hart | 9 | +3 |
| 7 |
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Lex Luger | 4 | -3 |
| 8 |
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 7 | -1 |
| 9 |
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Dean Malenko | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Raven | N/A | N/A |
Tag Teams
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Davey Boy Smith | 2 | +1 |
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Owen Hart | 2 | +1 | |
| 2 |
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Kevin Nash | 1 | -1 |
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Scott Hall | 1 | -1 | |
| 3 |
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Doug Furnas | 4 | +1 |
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Phil LaFon | 4 | +1 | |
| 4 |
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Booker T. | N/A | N/A |
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Stevie Ray | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 |
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Rick Steiner | N/A | N/A |
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Scott Steiner | N/A | N/A | |
| 6 |
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John Kronus | 5 | -1 |
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Perry Saturn | 5 | -1 | |
| 7 |
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Henry O. Godwinn | 7 | 0 (=) |
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Phineas I. Godwinn | 7 | 0 (=) | |
| 8 |
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Meng | 3 | -5 |
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The Barbarian | 3 | -5 | |
| 9 |
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Brian Knobbs | 6 | -3 |
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Jerry Sags | 6 | -3 | |
| 10 |
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Diesel II | 8 | -2 |
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Razor Ramon II | 8 | -2 |
Most Popular
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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The Giant | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
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Ahmed Johnson | 9 | +7 |
| 3 |
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Roddy Piper | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
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Lex Luger | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
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Shawn Michaels | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
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The Undertaker | 4 | -2 |
| 7 |
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Bret Hart | 2 | -5 |
| 8 |
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Eddy Guerrero | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
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Goldust | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Diamond Dallas Page | N/A | N/A |
Most Hated
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Hulk Hogan | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Steve Austin | 2 | 0 (=) |
| 3 |
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Scott Hall | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
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Kevin Nash | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
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Kevin Sullivan | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Faarooq | 6 | -1 |
| 8 |
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Syxx | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
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Jerry Lawler | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
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Steve McMichael | N/A | N/A |
WWF
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Shawn Michaels | 2 | +2 |
| 1 |
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Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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Sid Vicious | Champion | -2 |
| 3 |
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Steve Austin | 5 | +2 |
| 4 |
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Bret Hart | 6 | +2 |
| 5 |
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Big Van Vader | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
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Goldust | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
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Ahmed Johnson | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
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The Undertaker | 4 | -4 |
| 9 |
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Faarooq | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
|
Mankind | 3 | -7 |
WCW
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Hulk Hogan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Eddy Guerrero | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
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The Giant | 7 | +5 |
| 3 |
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Lex Luger | 3 | 0 (=) |
| 4 |
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Dean Malenko | 8 | +4 |
| 5 |
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Lord Steven Regal | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
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Syxx | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Diamond Dallas Page | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
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Jeff Jarrett | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
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Chris Benoit | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Konnan | N/A | N/A |
ECW
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Raven | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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The Sandman | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
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Shane Douglas | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
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Tommy Dreamer | 5 | +2 |
| 4 |
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Pitbull #2 | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
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Brian Lee | 9 | +4 |
| 6 |
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Chris Candido | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
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Axl Rotten | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
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Mikey Whipwreck | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
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Stevie Richards | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
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Louie Spicolli | 10 | 0 (=) |
USWA
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Jerry Lawler | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Brian Christopher | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
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Dutch Mantel | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
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Wolfie D. | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
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Bill Dundee | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
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J. C. Ice | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
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Tracy Smothers | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
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Mabel | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
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Kareem Olajuwon | 6 | -2 |
| 9 |
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Mo | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
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Brickhouse Brown | 9 | -1 |
All Japan
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
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Mitsuharu Misawa | 2 | +2 |
| 1 |
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Kenta Kobashi | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |
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Yoshinari Ogawa | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
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Akira Taue | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
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Jun Akiyama | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
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Toshiaki Kawada | 3 | -2 |
| 6 |
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Sabu | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
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Takao Omori | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
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Stan Hansen | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
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Steve Williams | 8 | -1 |
| 10 |
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Rob Van Dam | 9 | -1 |
New Japan
Show all winners for this category | position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Shinya Hashimoto | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
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Jushin Thunder Liger | 3 | +2 |
| 2 |
|
Ultimo Dragon | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
The Great Muta | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Antonio Inoki | N/A | N/A |
| 5 |
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Shinjiro Otani | 10 | +5 |
| 6 |
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Masa Chono | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
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Hakushi | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
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Super Liger | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
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Riki Choshu | 4 | -5 |
| 10 |
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Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 7 | -3 |