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Dead Wrestlemania Fun



Hi Scott, 

Couldn't find it anywhere else but as far as I can tell the first Mania without any dead performers (not counting announcers/interviewers, just wrestlers, valets, managers, special referees etc) is 25. I thought it was 18 but Crash Holly killed that idea. Also, all stupid research need GRAPHS!

Wow, that sure is...uh...a graph.  


Thanks, 

Adam. 
@adamninja

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  1. I understand the first 6 or 7 WrestleMania's having a high death rate considering they were over 20 years ago and wrestlers were a little older back then and had a wilder lifestyle. It's the high numbers post 15 that are really startling.

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  2. I always thought 9 had a higher body count than that but I guess it was just how spread out on the card they were. I think counting Paul Bearer raised the averages for that era.

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  3. Andre
    Quake
    Herc
    Perfect
    Bad News
    Sapphire
    Savage
    Sherri
    Bravo

    Boss Man
    Rude


    Who's the 12th from WMVI? Elizabeth I guess. I just thought of her after I typed the list.


    Also, how odd that Dusty is the last person standing from that whole angle?

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  4. Is it sad that this is more interesting than depressing at this point?

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  5. I guess the only positive is that there are no red bars post WM 25

    We do at least seem to be past the era of active / recently active performers dropping dead

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  6. If you want to get into truly depressing statistics, up until Backlash 2008, only 9 WWE US PPVs could be re-created today with their active performers. That's 195 of their first 204 cards with a deceased performer. Scary. +1 if you want to include 'No Holds Barred'.

    Up to and including 2005 - 20 years - the number is only 3 and of those, 2 feature deceased wrestlers in the pre-show. The first death-free zone (and I'm only looking at in-ring performers) is Vengeance 2005.

    2010 is the first year where every PPV is clear.

    Sad.

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  7. Royal Rumble 2009 is the most recent where all the participants in the Rumble itself are still alive.

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  8. What Super Bowl or NFL playoffs could we recreate?

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  9. Kudos to the graph usage. It actuallly does put things in perspective. Now someone put together a graph for the number of down votes everytime someone says "people are idiots for doing drugs".

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  10. ... I guess Taker doesn't count?

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  11. I thought it was 18 but Crash Holly killed that idea


    I see what you did there.

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  12. Seems like those old NWA guys have a good track record.


    Dusty, all 4 Horsemen, Harley Race, Nikita, Magnum.

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  13. Yes, it is.


    Even sadder.....I kinda wanna see the same graph for Summerslam.

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  14. I'm currently going through each passing to check for stereotypical 'wrestler deaths". Probably a statistic more useful.

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  15. Hell, check the rosters from the WWE video games from 10-12 years ago. I think there's like 8 dead guys on the No Mercy roster.

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  16. I wonder who the next wrestling death is. Everyone says Scott Hall or Jake Roberts but they seem to blow the curve every time. I'm betting Kamala's poor health catches up quick. And i'd bet if Earl Hebner ever tried to retire he'd be like Joe Paterno and drop dead in a week.

    Also, who does everyone have next in their Reservoir Dogs dead pool? Harvey Keitel is the obvious answer due to age but Michael Madsen cruises around on motorcycles a lot and we all know that runs a risk.

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  17. I'm thinking between Kamala Mr Fuji or Ric Flair

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  18. Andre

    Bearer
    Benoit
    Bulldog
    Bossman
    Crash
    Moolah
    Test

    Vince (he got better)

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  19. so Morton Downey Jr and Gorilla were not included in your stats for V?

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  20. Kamala, Ole Anderson, Fuji, Heenan, and George Steele are all solid picks.

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  21. Michael Madsen has like, six kids so he has a strong purpose to live.

    Harvey will be fine for a while, if only because he meditates using these words: "Toby Wong. Toby Wong. Fucking Charlie Chan."



    Lawrence Tierney, Eddie Bunker and Chris Penn are already dead. Umm... is that cop still alive? You know the one that said, "Citizen! I will shoot you in the FACE!!"

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  22. It's not a graph but I tabulated the total deaths from the past Summerslam cards:

    Summerslam wrestler deaths



    1988: 10

    1989: 8

    1990: 13

    1991: 12

    1992: 8

    1993: 7

    1994: 7

    1995: 3

    1996: 4

    1997: 5

    1998: 3

    1999: 5

    2000: 2

    2001: 2

    2002: 3

    2003: 2

    2004: 2

    2005: 2

    2006: 1

    2007: 2

    2008: 0

    2009: 0

    2010: 0

    2011: 0

    2012: 0

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  23. Hogans urvived some very scary wrestlemanias =)

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  24. I had to think about that for a moment - it was ROBERT Downey Jr. that was in "Iron Man".

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  25. Um, do you mean since 2009-present all Royal Rumble participants are still alive? Most recent death was Umaga from 2008.

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  26. In cases like Hall & Roberts, I've stated it before- some addicts are basically kept alive JUST from their drugs of choice. I mean, they're dependent on them because their bodies NEED them just to operate. I actually fear for them more IF they get clean.


    Luck or how your body's built can be very important, too. Some guys are just built to take abuse, while other guys are prone to ODing in their first couple years of using.

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  27. The big drop after 91 is.....encouraging.

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  28. All died more than 3 years ago (6 in tests case I think)

    Says a lot about how bad things were that I glibly considered that 3 year stretch as a positive

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  29. When Fuji dies... idk... what to say...

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  30. Reid Flair and Trent Acid also, if you don't wanna count WWE people. Bison Smith too.

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  31. I pick Mae Young as the favorite.

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  32. I wonder why...Hmmmm

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  33. I noticed 1990 seems to be the deadliest year, as both SS 90 and WM VI have the highest numbers amongst their respective brands.

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