10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1993

10. 60% Of Rumble Entrants Left By 1994

That intro's closing line is very apt when examining the 1993 Royal Rumble.

30 workers jogged down the aisle in Sacramento, but many wouldn't be long for WWF rings. In fact, by the time calendars turned to 1994, no less than 60% of the Rumble entrants had left the company completely. Think about that for a second! 18 wrestlers under contract in January '93 were scrapped 12 months later.

Check this out for a list: Ted DiBiase, Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, Papa Shango, The Nasty Boys, The Natural Disasters, Max Moon, Tenryu, Skinner, Koko B. Ware, The Berzerker, Terry Taylor, Damien Demento, Carlos Colon, El Matador and Repo Man were all gone.

Some would return later on, but they technically weren't on the books by January '94. That's an insane stat, and shows the turnover Vince McMahon's roster was going through as it struggled to reclaim old peak-Hulkamania era magic at the box office.