Well... It looked like Panther was in doubt...
Btw, I'm reasonably certain that I've seen plenty of instances of critters without handslots participating in the deathmatch; not in the latest patch, undoubtedly, but has it been changed at any point, then? Wouldn't really make sense to me.
Why shouldn't the wyrms be allowed in the deathmatch, if it's possible? I should suggest instead giving the reigning deathmatch champion a limited veto, or other diplomatical benefit: it's a unique event and as it is, no one is interested in it. Something could be done to make it more cool by house rules, just to make things more interesting. Then, I guess nothing stops the Council from passing a statement that everyone must pay 100g to the winner of the match, if that's whats desired, so it really needn't be enforced in the rules... Just thinking out loud, never mind me; I'm guessing this will be a highly interesting game! (And a terrible timesink, so not for me, but still.)