@T-Dog
So because I have absolutely nothing better to do other than work (yuk) I've ran the following 10 years worth of Rumbles.
Some scary numbers in there and over a third of 1995 field are now deceased. Even 2000 trumps 1993's total.
Year
Deaths
1994
7
1995
11
1996
5
1997
6
1998
3
1999
7
2000
7
2001
3
2002
3
2003
4
My next task is to find the most recent Rumble with all 30 participants still alive.
My enduring memory is Randy Savage (now deceased), trying to pin Yokozuna before being eliminated. What were you doing Randy!? No pinfalls mate!
24/30 seems a decent return of wrestlers for a Rumble that old. I actually think you may find later Rumbles with more dead wrestlers than that. Well that's my fun task for the day.