Saturday, December 21, 2013

Wrestling: Pay-Per-View Players #34 - February 1991

#1 Hulk Hogan [--] (15-3-1) (WWF)
[Royal Rumble 1991]

World Championship Wrestling breaks from the NWA as a new era in pay-per-view begins! WrestleWar '91 plays host to another year of War Games, granting Ric Flair & The Four Horseman the opportunity to dominate the top babyfaces of NWA/WCW! Barry Windham, Sid Vicious & Larry Zbyszko join The Nature Boy in taking out Sting, Brian Pillman & The Steiner Brothers -- A result that elevates Flair to the top of the WCW ranks, bumping down Rick Steiner & Sting!

Enduring United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger enters the Top 10. Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich break the Top 10 tag, second to Morton's better known tandem with Robert Gibson! It's the first time since the dawn of the rankings that a wrestler has had two teams rate so well!

Deviating from the NWA models; WCW introduces womens wrestling to their WrestleWar card! Itsuki Yamazaki's win over Mami Kitamura sees the first shift in the women's rankings in a year! A crossover win for WCW who recruit the former WWF starlet!

The major scores are tied as WCW takes a 50/50 stake of the Top 10 Single PPV Players! WWF tag in with the biggest event in wrestling when Wrestlemania VII takes over March! A chance for Hulk Hogan to consolidate the top spot with the WWF World Heavyweight Championship on the line!
 
Top Ten Singles PPV Players
#1 [--] Hulk Hogan (15-3-1) (WWF) [Royal Rumble '91]
#2 [--] Randy Savage (13-9-0) (WWF)
#3 [--] Road Warrior Hawk (12-4-0) (WWF)
#4 [--] Road Warrior Animal (11-5-0) (WWF)
#5 [+2] Ric Flair (11-6-3) (WCW)
#6 [-2] Rick Steiner (11-6-1) (WCW)
#7 [-1] Sting (10-2-2) (WCW)
#8 [--] Ultimate Warrior (9-3-0) (WWF)
#9 [--] Scott Steiner (6-5-0) (WCW)
#10 [RE] Lex Luger (9-7-1) (WCW) [US Heavyweight Champion]
 
Top Ten Tag Team PPV Players
#1 [--] Road Warrior Hawk & Animal (11-3-0) (WWF)
#2 [--] Rick & Scott Steiner (9-4-0) (WCW)
#3 [--] Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (6-3-0) (NWA)
#4 [--] Ax & Smash (6-4-0) (WWF)
#5 [--] Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart (6-4-0) (WWF) [Tag Team Champions]
#6 [--] Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson (5-1-0) (NWA)
#7 [--] The Samoan Savage & Fatu (4-1-0) (NWA)
#8 [new] Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich (3-0-0) (WCW)
#9 [-1] Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (3-1-1) (WWF)
#10 [-1] Bushwacker Luke & Butch (3-1-0) (WWF)

Top Womens PPV Players
#1 [--] The Fabulous Moolah (2-0-0) (WWF)
#2 [--] Rockin' Robin (2-0-0) (WWF) [Women's Champion]
#3 [+1] Itsuki Yamazaki (2-0-0) (WCW)
#4 [-1] Wendi Richter (1-0-0) (WWF)
#5 [--] Noriyo Tateno (1-0-0) (WWF)
 
Recent Pay-Per-View Event Results
- WCW WrestleWar 1991: WarGames (February 24, 1991)
- WWF Royal Rumble (January 19, 1991)
- NWA Starrcade '90 (December 16, 1990)
- WWF Survivor Series (November 22, 1990)
- WCW Halloween Havoc (October 27, 1990)
- WWF Summerslam (August 27, 1990)
 
The Pay-Per-View Players rankings intend to take into account pay-per-view events promoted by NWA, WWF, WCW, ECW, WWE & TNA wrestling organizations. Only broadcast results contribute to the cumulative tally of win/loss record of wrestlers. Pre-show matches will not be included.

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