WWF Pay Per View Rankings 1985-Present

  Pay Per View events in 1988 Wrestlemania IV, Summerslam, Survivor Series 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, with help from Miss Elizabeth, tops the rankings for 1988 in both the combined individual and the mens singles categories. He was also 3rd in the mens tag team rankings, along with his Mega Powers teammate Hulk Hogan. He received a huge 110 points (combined and singles) for his Wrestlemania IV tournament win, 11.25 points (combined) for his Summerslam main event with as part of the Mega Powers and 22.5 points (combined and singles) for surviving the main event of Survivor Series, again with Hulk Hogan.  This impressive year by Savage also put him top of the 1985-88 ongoing rankings, removing Hogan from top spot. He has 187.08 points in the combined rankings and 175.83 in the mens singles rankings. 1988 Combined Individual Rankings 1 Randy Savage 2 The Ultimate Warrior 3 Ted Dibiase 4 Bad News Brown 5 Hulk Hogan 6 Smash 7 Ax 8 Brutus Beefcake 9 Jake Roberts 1...

  Survivor Series 1988 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield Township, Ohio Attendance 13,500 The Ultimate Warrior, Brutus Beefcake, Sam Houston, The Blue Blazer and Jim Brunzell defeated The Honky Tonk Man, Ron Bass, Danny Davis, Greg Valentine and Bad News Brown (with Jimmy Hart) Winner - The Ultimate Warrior 19 points 2nd - Greg Valentine 12 points 3rd - Ron Bass 8 points 4th /5th - The Honky Tonk Man (2 pts) / Brutus Beefcake (4 pts) 6th - The Blue Blazer -1 points 7th - Sam Houston -3 points, 8th - Bad News Brown -3 points, 9th - Jim Brunzell -7 points, 10th - Danny Davis -10 points The Powers of Pain ( The Warlord and The Barbarian), The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty), The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid), The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) and The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers) defeated Demolition (Ax and Smash), The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov), The Fabul...

  Summerslam 1988 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Attendance 20,000 The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Jacques Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau) This match ended in a time limit draw after 20 minutes. Tag Points: Bulldogs 3.5, Rougeaus 3.5 Individual Points: All 4 wrestlers received 1.75 points. Ken Patera vs Bad News Brown Bad News Brown defeated Ken Patera with the Ghetto Blaster to win in 6 minutes 33 seconds. Points: Bad News 15, Patera -7.5 The Junkyard Dog vs 'Ravishing' Rick Rude (with Bobby Heenan) Rick Rude won this match by DQ after Jake Roberts ran in and attacked him. Points: Rick Rude 15, JYD -7.5 The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord) (with The Baron) vs The Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov and Nikolai Volkoff) (with Slick) The Barbarian pinned Zhukov to pick up the win for The Powers of Pain. Tag Points: Powers of Pain 15, Bolsheviks -7.5 Individual Points: Barbarian 7.5, Warlord 7.5, Zhukov -3...

  Wrestlemania IV Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey Attendance 19,199 Bad News Brown won the 20 man Battle Royal, tricking and eliminating Bret Hart last. Points awarded for position and 2 points per elimination. Winner: Bad News Brown 29 points 2nd: Bret 'The Hitman' Hart 15 points 3rd: The Junkyard Dog 14.5 points 4th: Paul Roma 10 points 5th: Harley Race 8 points 6th Jacques Rougeau 8 points; 7th Boris Zhukov 6 points; 8th Ken Patera 7 points; 9th Nikolai Volkoff 3.5 points; 10th Jim Powers 1 point; 11th Danny Davis 1 point; 12th Hillbilly Jim -1.5 points; 13th Ron Bass -3 points; 14th Jumpin Jim Brunzell -2 points; 15th Raymond Rougeau -5 points; 16th B. Brian Blair -5.5 points; 17th Jim Neidhart -8 points; 18th Sika -10 points; 19th Sam Houston -14 points; Did not enter George Steele -18 points 1st Round of the tournament for the WWF Championship Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine defeated Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat to advance to the Quarter Finals. Vale...

 Pay Per View events in the 1987 Wrestlemania III, Survivor Series Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant came 1st and 3rd respectively in both the overall rankings and the men's singles rankings for 1987. They are also in the same positions in the 85-87 rankings for the same categories. Hogan scored 59 points in each of his categories in 1987, giving him 128 for the individual and 113 for the mens singles in the 1985-87 rankings. Andre scored 33 in the same categories, giving him 77 points in the 1985-87 rankings. 1987 Overall Rankings 1 Hulk Hogan 2 Ricky Steamboat 3 Andre The Giant 4 Honky Tonk Man 5 Roddy Piper 6 Bam Bam Bigelow 7 Butch Reed 8 One Man Gang (Akeem) 9 Itsuki Yamazaki - Noriyo Tateno 11 Harley Race 12 Greg Valentine 13 Jim Neidhart 14 Iron Sheik 15 Tom Zenk 16 Brutus Beefcake 17 Rick Martel 18 Paul Roma 19 Bret Hart 20 Judy Martin 21 Randy Savage 22 Hillbilly Jim 23 Haiti Kid - Little Beaver 25 Jim Powers 26 Hercules Her...

Survivor Series 1987 Richfield Coliseum, Ohio, Attendance 21,300 Randy Savage, Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat, Brutus Beefcake, and Jim Duggan vs The Honky Tonk Man, Hercules, Danny Davis, Ron Bass, and Harley Race 1st and 2nd Elimination - Jim Duggan and Harley Race double count-out 3rd Elimination Ron Bass (eliminated by Brutus Beefcake) 4th Elimination Brutus Beefcake (Honky Tonk Man) 5th Elimination Danny Davis (Jake Roberts) 6th Elimination Hercules (Randy Savage) 7th Elimination The Honky Tonk Man count-out Survivors: Randy Savage, Jake Roberts and Ricky Steamboat Points: Randy Savage 12.33, Jake Roberts 12.33, Ricky Steamboat 10.33, Brutus Beefcake -1, Jim Duggan -8.5, Honky Tonk Man 5, Hercules 1, Danny Davis -1, Ron Bass -5, Harley Race -8.5 The Fabulous Moolah, Rockin' Robin, Velvet McIntyre, and The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno) vs Sensational Sherri, The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin), Donna Christianello, and Dawn Marie 1...