PWTorch VIP members just received first-ever online access to our "20 Years Ago" back issue of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter in PDF format, cover-dated Dec. 29, 1888. It includes tons of vintage information, columns, reports, and news items including Keller's Starrcade '88 report. It also includes "The Reader Ratings," a regular feature back then featuring a list of the top 25 singles and tag teams in pro wrestling, as ranked by readers sending in their ratings and compiled into one single list. Special categories included the top 10 all-time masked wrestlers and top ten favorite entrance songs. Below is the top ten singles, top ten tag teams, and top five all-time masked wrestlers. To get the complete top 25 and also the list of top entrance songs, support PWTorch by becoming a VIP member today! (click here for info)

TOP SINGLES WRESTLERS: DECEMBER 1988

(1) Owen Hart
(2) Rick Steiner
(3) Jerry Lawler
(4) Sting
(5) Ric Flair
(6) Barry Windham
(7) Ted DiBiase
(8) Randy Savage
(9) Curt Hennig)
(10) Brad Armstrong
(11-25) Available exclusively to VIP members in our PDF version of this complete vintage newsletter

TOP TAG TEAMS: DECEMBER 1988

(1) The Road Warriors
(2) The Midnight Express
(3) The Guerreros
(4) The Midnight Express
(5) Johnny & Davey Rich
(6) The Fantastics
(7) The Brain Busters
(8) The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
(9) Badd Company
(10) Jerry Stubbs & Dirty White Boy
(11-25) Available exclusively to VIP members in our PDF version of this complete vintage newsletter

TOP ALL-TIME MASKED WRESTLERS

(1) Mil Mascaras
(2) The Original Tiger Mask
(3) The Blue Blazer
(4) The Destroyer
(5) Mr. Wrestling II
(6-10) Available exclusively to VIP members in our PDF version of this complete vintage newsletter

FAVORITE ENTRANCE SONGS

(1-10) Available exclusively to VIP members in our PDF version of this complete vintage newsletter

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