Royal Rumble Deadlist

Royal Rumble Deadlist

The WWE is holding it's annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view tonight. It's traditionally my favorite pay-per-view and match of the year.

This'll be the 19th Royal Rumble.

Did a little research. I was wondering whether we've had a Royal Rumble match that still has all its participants alive. Given the short lifespan of the modern professional wrestler, combined with last November's death of Eddie Guerrero, I was willing to be that there is no previous Royal Rumble match in which all 30 (or 20, in the case of 1988's rumble) participants are still alive.

The results:

1988: Dino Bravo is dead

1989: Big John Studd, Andre the Giant, Big Boss Man, Hercules Hernandez

1990: Andre the Giant, Dino Bravo, Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig, Hercules Hernandez

1991: Dino Bravo, Hawk (of the Road Warriors), Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig, Davey Boy Smith, Hercules Hernandez, Kerry von Erich

1992: Big Boss Man, Hercules Hernandez, Davey Boy Smith, Kerry von Erich

1993: Owen Hart, Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig

1994: Owen Hart

1995: Davey Boy Smith, Owen Hart

1996: Owen Hart

1997: Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith

1998: Owen Hart

1999: Owen Hart, Big Boss Man

2000: Big Boss Man, Davey Boy Smith

2001: Crash Holly

2002: Big Boss Man, Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig

2003: Eddie Guerrero

2004: Ta Da!

2005: Eddie Guerrero

We now see that out of all the Royal Rumbles, only 2004's Rumble has all its 30 participants still alive.

I'd have lost the bet.