Pro Wrestling Illustrated Monthly Ratings - August 1988

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Top 10

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		Ric Flair	1
2		Randy Savage	8
3		Sting	7
4		Curt Hennig	5
5		Lex Luger	4
6		Ted DiBiase	N/A	N/A
7		Terry Taylor	10
8		Hulk Hogan	2
9		Owen Hart	9
10		Mike Rotundo	N/A	N/A

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Tag Teams

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		Animal	5
		Hawk	5
2		Barry Windham	N/A	N/A
		Lex Luger	N/A	N/A
3		Ax	6
		Smash	6
4		Bobby Eaton	3
		Stan Lane	3
5		Arn Anderson	1
		Tully Blanchard	1
6		Bobby Fulton	N/A	N/A
		Tommy Rogers	N/A	N/A
7		The Barbarian	9
		The Warlord	9
8		Shaun Simpson	N/A	N/A
		Steve Simpson	N/A	N/A
9		Pat Tanaka	N/A	N/A
		Paul Diamond	N/A	N/A
10		Brian Pillman	10
		Bruce Hart	10

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Most Popular

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		Hulk Hogan	1
2		Sting	3
3		Randy Savage	5
4		Lex Luger	4
5		Kerry Von Erich	6
6		The Ultimate Warrior	N/A	N/A
7		Barry Windham	10
8		Michael Hayes	N/A	N/A
9		Jim Duggan	8
10		Jerry Lawler	N/A	N/A

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Most Hated

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
1		Andre the Giant	2
2		Ted DiBiase	1
3		Ric Flair	3
4		Honky Tonk Man	5
5		Eddie Gilbert	7
6		Curt Hennig	6
7		Larry Zbyszko	4
8		Iceman King Parsons	N/A	N/A
9		Terry Taylor	9
10		Mike Rotundo	10

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WWF

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Randy Savage	6
1		Honky Tonk Man	1
2		Ted DiBiase	4
3		Hulk Hogan	2
4		Andre the Giant	3
5		Bam Bam Bigelow	5
6		Brutus Beefcake	7
7		Jim Duggan	8
8		Jake Roberts	9
9		Ricky Steamboat	10
10		Rick Rude	N/A	N/A

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AWA

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Curt Hennig	Champion
1		Greg Gagne	1
2		Wahoo McDaniel	2
3		Jerry Lawler	N/A	N/A
4		Soldat Ustinov	5
5		Kevin Kelly	3
6		Bob Orton Jr.	4
7		Sergeant Slaughter	6
8		Baron Von Raschke	7
9		Jeff Jarrett	10

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NWA

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Ric Flair	Champion
1		Sting	2
2		Larry Zbyszko	3
3		Mike Rotundo	5
4		Lex Luger	4
5		Nikita Koloff	N/A	N/A
6		Barry Windham	6
7		Al Perez	N/A	N/A
8		Steve Williams	N/A	N/A
9		Jim Garvin	N/A	N/A
10		Shane Douglas	10

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Continental/USA

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Dutch Mantel	1
1		The Mongolian Stomper	N/A	N/A
2		Lord Humongous	Champion
3		Tom Prichard	2
4		Dan Davis	3
5		The Bullet	4
6		Tony Anthony	5
7		Scott Hall	7
8		Buddy Landell	8
9		Frank Lancaster	9
10		Hector Guerrero	10

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CWA

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Max Pain	Champion
1		Jerry Lawler	N/A	N/A
2		Steve Keirn	6
3		Mike Graham	N/A	N/A
4		Eddie Gilbert	3
5		Jeff Jarrett	4
6		Billy Travis	N/A	N/A
7		Gary Young	8
8		Doug Gilbert	N/A	N/A
9		Brickhouse Brown	N/A	N/A
10		Scott Steiner	N/A	N/A

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Stampede

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Owen Hart	Champion
1		Chris Benoit	5
2		Makhan Singh	2
3		Gama Singh	1
4		Jason the Terrible	3
5		Johnny Smith	7
6		The Cuban Assassin	N/A	N/A
7		Bruce Hart	8
8		Hashif Khan	N/A	N/A
9		Rip Rogers	10
10		Steve DiSalvo	6

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World Class

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Iceman King Parsons	10
1		Kevin Von Erich	5
2		Terry Taylor	6
3		Kerry Von Erich	2
4		Michael Hayes	1
5		Terry Gordy	4
6		Chris Adams	3
7		Eric Embry	8
8		Black Bart	N/A	N/A
9		Buddy Roberts	N/A	N/A
10		Bill Irwin	N/A	N/A

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WWA

position	born	wrestler	previous PWI position	difference
Champion		Mike George	N/A	N/A
1		D. J. Peterson	N/A	N/A
2		Masa Chono	N/A	N/A
3		Bulldog Brown	N/A	N/A
4		Rick Patterson	N/A	N/A
5		Steve Ray	N/A	N/A
6		Rufus R. Jones	N/A	N/A
7		Ken Timbs	N/A	N/A
8		Vinnie Valentino	N/A	N/A
9		Lord Malitar	N/A	N/A
10		Curtis Hughes	N/A	N/A

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