Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - September 1998
Top 10| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Steve Austin | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Sting | 1 | -1 |
| 3 |
|
The Undertaker | 7 | +4 |
| 4 |
|
Hollywood Hogan | 8 | +4 |
| 5 |
|
Mitsuharu Misawa | 5 | 0 (=) |
| 6 |
|
Bill Goldberg | N/A | N/A |
| 7 |
|
Lex Luger | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Rocky Maivia | 4 | -4 |
| 9 |
|
Owen Hart | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Rob Van Dam | 9 | -1 |
Tag Teams| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Billy Gunn | 1 | 0 (=) |
|
Jesse James | 1 | 0 (=) | |
| 2 |
|
Animal | 5 | +3 |
|
Hawk | 5 | +3 | |
| 3 |
|
Keiji Muto | 3 | 0 (=) |
|
Masa Chono | 3 | 0 (=) | |
| 4 |
|
Sting | N/A | N/A |
|
The Giant | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 |
|
Bubba Ray Dudley | 7 | +2 |
|
D-Von Dudley | 7 | +2 | |
| 6 |
|
Mosh | 10 | +4 |
|
Thrasher | 10 | +4 | |
| 7 |
|
Bodacious Bart | 8 | +1 |
|
Bombastic Bob | 8 | +1 | |
| 8 |
|
Chris Candido | N/A | N/A |
|
Lance Storm | N/A | N/A | |
| 9 |
|
2 Cold Scorpio | N/A | N/A |
|
Terry Funk | N/A | N/A | |
| 10 |
|
Axl Rotten | 4 | -6 |
|
Balls Mahoney | 4 | -6 |
WWF| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Steve Austin | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Rocky Maivia | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
The Undertaker | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Owen Hart | 6 | +3 |
| 4 |
|
Hunter Hearst Helmsley | 2 | -2 |
| 5 |
|
Dude Love | N/A | N/A |
| 6 |
|
Jeff Jarrett | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Kane | 5 | -2 |
| 8 |
|
Faarooq | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Goldust | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Marc Mero | 10 | 0 (=) |
WCW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Hollywood Hogan | 2 | +2 |
| 1 |
|
Bill Goldberg | 8 | +7 |
| 2 |
|
Sting | Champion | -2 |
| 3 |
|
Lex Luger | 6 | +3 |
| 4 |
|
Booker T. | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Chris Jericho | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Diamond Dallas Page | 1 | -5 |
| 7 |
|
Rick Steiner | N/A | N/A |
| 8 |
|
Kevin Nash | 9 | +1 |
| 9 |
|
The Giant | 7 | -2 |
| 10 |
|
Bret Hart | 5 | -5 |
ECW| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Shane Douglas | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Rob Van Dam | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Bam Bam Bigelow | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Al Snow | 4 | +1 |
| 4 |
|
Sabu | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Justin Credible | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
|
Tommy Dreamer | 2 | -4 |
| 7 |
|
2 Cold Scorpio | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Lance Storm | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Chris Candido | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
The Sandman | 6 | -4 |
EMLL| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Rayo De Jalisco, Jr. | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
El Hijo del Santo | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Cien Caras | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Negro Casas | 5 | +1 |
| 5 |
|
Black Warrior | 4 | -1 |
| 6 |
|
Universo 2000 | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Emilio Charles Jr. | 7 | 0 (=) |
| 8 |
|
Ultimo Dragon | 8 | 0 (=) |
| 9 |
|
Atlantis | 9 | 0 (=) |
| 10 |
|
Felino | 10 | 0 (=) |
NWA| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Dan Severn | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Doug Gilbert | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
The Colorado Kid | N/A | N/A |
| 3 |
|
Barry Windham | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Quinn Magnum | 8 | +4 |
| 5 |
|
Erich Sbracchia | 7 | +2 |
| 6 |
|
Rip Rogers | 10 | +4 |
| 7 |
|
Brian Jewel | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Mabel | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
King Kong Bundy | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Lance Diamond | 6 | -4 |
All Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Mitsuharu Misawa | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Toshiaki Kawada | 2 | +1 |
| 2 |
|
Jun Akiyama | 5 | +3 |
| 3 |
|
Kenta Kobashi | 1 | -2 |
| 4 |
|
Akira Taue | 3 | -1 |
| 5 |
|
Stan Hansen | 6 | +1 |
| 6 |
|
Steve Williams | 7 | +1 |
| 7 |
|
Johnny Ace | 4 | -3 |
| 8 |
|
Gary Albright | 10 | +2 |
| 9 |
|
Takao Omori | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Maunakea Mossman | 9 | -1 |
New Japan| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Tatsumi Fujinami | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Shinya Hashimoto | 3 | +1 |
| 3 |
|
Masa Chono | 2 | -1 |
| 4 |
|
Keiji Muto | 4 | 0 (=) |
| 5 |
|
Jushin Thunder Liger | 8 | +3 |
| 6 |
|
Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 5 | -1 |
| 7 |
|
Naoya Ogawa | 9 | +2 |
| 8 |
|
Don Frye | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Osamu Nishimura | N/A | N/A |
| 10 |
|
Satoshi Kojima | N/A | N/A |
Promo Azteca| position | born | wrestler | previous PWI position | difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion |
|
Konnan | Champion | 0 (=) |
| 1 |
|
Pierroth, Jr. | 1 | 0 (=) |
| 2 |
|
Tinieblas Jr. | 9 | +7 |
| 3 |
|
Pirata Morgan | 5 | +2 |
| 4 |
|
La Parka | 7 | +3 |
| 5 |
|
Black Magic | 2 | -3 |
| 6 |
|
Silver King | 6 | 0 (=) |
| 7 |
|
Lizmark Jr. | 8 | +1 |
| 8 |
|
Jerry Estrada | N/A | N/A |
| 9 |
|
Juventud Guerrera | 4 | -5 |
| 10 |
|
Tarzan Boy | 3 | -7 |