Eddie Guerrero

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Eddie Guerrero
Guerrero at a SmackDown! taping in Tacoma, Washington on February 10, 2004
Guerrero at a SmackDown! taping in Tacoma, Washington on February 10, 2004
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Ring name(s) Eddie Guerrero[1]
Black Tiger II[1]
Eddy Guerrero[1]
El Caliente[1]
Máscara Mágica
Latino Heat
Billed height 5 ft. 8 in. (173 cm)[2]
Billed weight 228 lb (103 kg/16.3 st) (103 kg)[2]
Born October 9, 1967(1967-10-09)[1]
El Paso, Texas, United States[2]
Died November 13, 2005 (aged 38)[1]
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States[1]
Billed from El Paso, Texas[2]
Trained by Chavo Guerrero
Hector Guerrero
Mando Guerrero
Debut 1987[1]

Eduardo "Eddie" Gory Guerrero Llanes[1] (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005)[1] better known as Eddie Guerrero, was an American professional wrestler born into a legendary Mexican wrestling family. He had a distinguished career, wrestling in Mexico and Japan and in every major professional wrestling promotion in the United States. He wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and, most famously, in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which was World Wrestling Federation (WWF) before 2002.

Guerrero's in-ring gimmick was that of a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His famous catch phrase became "Cheat to Win." Despite being a heel for much of his career, he got over in and outside the ring. Another one of his famous slogans was "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!," which was used in one of his most famous entrance themes. He partly uses this phrase in his autobiography Cheating Death, Stealing Life.

Throughout his career, Guerrero encountered various substance abuse problems outside of wrestling, including alcoholism and an addiction to painkillers. His problems outside of the ring were sometimes integrated into his angles. Notwithstanding these issues, he won numerous titles during his career. In WWF/E, he was a 1 time WWE Champion,[3] 4 time Tag Team Champion,[4] 1 time United States Champion,[5] 2 time Intercontinental Champion[6] and 2 time European Champion.[7] He was also posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.[2]

He also held the United States Heavyweight Championship once[5] and Cruiserweight Championship twice[8] in WCW and Television Championship twice in ECW.[9] Upon his sudden and unexpected death, Guerrero was paid tribute by many of his fellow wrestlers as an exceptionally skilled technical wrestler and a passionate and caring individual.

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Early life

Guerrero came from a legendary wrestling family. His father, Gory Guerrero, was a Wrestler in Mexico, a prominent wrestling trainer and an influential figure in Mexican professional wrestling. Fighting alongside with El Santo. His three brothers Chavo Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, and Mando Guerrero all followed in their father's footsteps and became professional wrestlers. Guerrero's nephew, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. also became a wrestler, while his uncle Enrique Llanes and cousin Javier Llanes wrestled in Mexico. As a boy, Guerrero's father allowed him and Chavo Jr. to wrestle one another during intermissions in the wrestling promotions that Gory held. Gory held wrestling promotions for nearly 15 years in the El Paso Coliseum.

Guerrero was born in and raised in El Paso, Texas and attended the University of New Mexico as well as New Mexico Highlands University on an athletic scholarship, where he wrestled collegiately, before returning to El Paso to train as a professional wrestler.

Professional wrestling career

Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (1992-1994)

La Pareja Atomica

In Mexico, he wrestled mainly for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, teaming with El Hijo del Santo as the new version of La Pareja Atómica (The Atomic Pair), the legendary tag team of Gory Guerrero and El Santo.

La Pareja del Terror

After Guerrero turned on Santo and allied with Art Barr as La Pareja del Terror (The Pair of Terror), the duo became arguably the most hated tag team in lucha libre history.[1] Along with Barr, Konnan, Chicano Power and Madonna’s Boyfriend, Guerrero formed Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans), a heel stable.[1][10] Guerrero later said that no matter how many people joined Los Gringos Locos, the stable was all about Art. Los Gringos Locos feuded mostly with El Hijo del Santo and his partner Octagón, eventually ending in a Hair vs. Mask match at the first lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide, which they lost.[11]

Guerrero and Barr's first break would come when they were noticed in late 1994 by the owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling, Paul Heyman, and were approached about wrestling for him in 1995. However, Barr died before he could join ECW with Guerrero. As an homage to his fallen friend, Guerrero adopted his friend's finishing move, the Frog Splash.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (1993-1996)

In 1993, Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was known as Black Tiger II. He won the NJPW Junior Heavyweight Super Grade Tag League Championship with The Great Sasuke which made him the most successful Black Tiger.[12] He became more successful upon his return when he won the The Best of the Super Juniors 1996 tournament of junior heavyweights. He received a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion The Great Sasuke at NJPW Skydiving J but lost the match.[13]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995)

Guerrero won the ECW Television Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio on his debut,[9][14] and went on to have a series of acclaimed matches with Dean Malenko before they both signed with World Championship Wrestling later that year. Guerrero lost the ECW Television Championship to Malenko on July 21 of that year,[15] but Guerrero regained the title on July 28.[9][16] Guerrero lost the ECW Television Championship back to 2 Cold Scorpio on August 25.[17] After their last match which ended in a draw in a 2 Out of 3 falls match at the ECW arena, the locker room emptied and the two were carried around the ring by their fellow wrestlers while the crowd chanted "please don't go."[18]

World Championship Wrestling (1995-2000)

Return to WCW (1995)

Eddie Guerrero returned to WCW in late 1995 along with Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit with whom he had worked with in NJPW and ECW. During his first few pay-per-view events, he competed in dark matches against Alex Wright.[19] His first televised pay-per-view appearance was at World War 3 where he competed in the 3-ring, 60-man World War 3 battle royal for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Surprisingly, Guerrero was one of the final 10 men in the battle royal until he was tossed out of the ring by Four Horsemen members.[20] The battle royal was won by Randy Savage.[21] At Starrcade 1995, Guerrero represented WCW in a WCW vs. NJPW World Cup tournament series. He fell to NJPW wrestler Shinjiro Otani in the match but WCW went on to win the series.[22]

United States Champion (1996-1997)

While in 1996, Guerrero received several shots at the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Konnan at Uncensored[23] and Ric Flair at Hog Wild.[24] He started a feud with Ric Flair and The Four Horsemen during 1996 after Guerrero's partner Arn Anderson turned on him during a tag team match against Ric Flair and Randy Savage.[25] In late 1996, he feuded with Diamond Dallas Page after defeating him in a match at Clash of the Champions XXXIII.[26] He started feuding with DDP to steal his nickname of "Lord of the Ring" but lost.[27] Guerrero participated in a tournament for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in which he went on to defeat the likes of Konnan in the first round,[28] Chris Benoit in the second round[29] and rival DDP in the final round at Starrcade 1996 to win the United States title.[30][31][32]

In 1997, Eddie Guerrero defended the United States Heavyweight Championship against the likes of Scott Norton at Clash of the Champions XXXIV,[33] Syxx in a ladder match at Souled Out[34] and Chris Jericho at SuperBrawl VII.[35] His successful reign came to an end at Uncensored when Dean Malenko defeated him for the title.[36]

Cruiserweight Division (1997-1998)

After losing the United States Championship, Guerrero started a feud with Jericho focusing on Jericho's WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. He challenged Jericho for the title at Clash of the Champions XXXV but failed.[37]

Guerrero demanded a rematch for the title. In the opening match of Fall Brawl 1997, Guerrero defeated Jericho to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship.[38][39] He dropped the Cruiserweight title to Rey Misterio, Jr. at Halloween Havoc in a Title vs. Mask match where Misterio's mask was also on the line.[40] On November 10 edition of Nitro, he regained the Cruiserweight title back from Mysterio, [41][8] and made a successful title defense against Mysterio at World War 3 1997.[42] Guerrero dropped the title to Ultimo Dragon on the December 29 episode of Nitro.[43]

Feuding with Chavo Guerrero (1998)

Eddie started a feud with Booker T. On March 9, 1998 edition of Nitro, Eddie's nephew Chavo Guerrero lost to Booker in a match. After the match, Eddie suplexed Chavo to teach him a lesson.[44] On March 12 edition of Thunder, he defeated his nephew Chavo in a match and forced him to become his "slave."[45] At Uncensored 1998, Chavo was forced to support Eddie in the opening match of the pay-per-view where Eddie faced Booker T for Booker's WCW World Television Championship. Eddie lost the match after receiving a missile dropkick.[46] Eddie and Chavo began a feud with Ultimo Dragon. Chavo lost to Ultimo Dragon at Spring Stampede 1998.[47] At Slamboree 1998, Eddie defeated Dragon despite interference from Chavo.[48] After the match, Chavo kissed Eddie and then started showing craziness. At The Great American Bash 1998, Chavo got an upset victory over his uncle Eddie.[49] The two faced each other in a Hair vs. Hair match at Bash at the Beach 1998 which Eddie won. Continuing to show his crazy behavior Chavo would shave his own head while Eddie looked on in disbelief.[50] Eddie saved Chavo from beatings by Stevie Ray and it seemed that he would align with Chavo but he wanted his release.[51]

Latino World Order/lWo (1998)

Main article: Latino World Order

Despite Guerrero's success and popularity, he had been one of many wrestlers who were frustrated at never being given a chance to be main event stars in WCW. These frustrations came to a head when Guerrero requested that WCW President Eric Bischoff either push his character or give him a raise for family reasons. Bischoff responded by allegedly throwing coffee at Guerrero (however, in his autobiography, Guerrero states that Bischoff accidentally knocked his coffee off the table and that it was a complete accident that he was hit). The wrestler, furious, demanded Bischoff release him from his WCW contract on a live episode of Nitro. Guerrero then left the company for a period of months, angry at Bischoff for what he had done. However, Guerrero later returned to WCW, leading to the belief that maybe Guerrero's angry speeches against Bischoff were actually a work (Guerrero later confirmed it to be a worked shoot). Guerrero would later contradict himself on WWE's DVD Monday Night War claiming that he tried to put personal differences aside for the good of the company, yet found himself angry and outraged once more because of Bischoff's supposed continued refusal to elevate Guerrero and other similar wrestlers. He let Brian Adams pin him and get an upset victory in a match.[51]

Guerrero responded to Bischoff's actions by forming the Latino World Order (or LWO), which was a take-off on Bischoff's New World Order.[52] The group was an answer to Bischoff's "refusal" to push Latino wrestlers in ways they felt they deserved.[52] LWO was formed in October when Guerrero returned to WCW, and formed the LWO with Hector Garza and Damien.[51] The group eventually grew to encompass almost all the Mexican wrestlers working for WCW at the time. They mainly feuded with Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman because they wanted Misterio to join the group. He faced Billy Kidman in a match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship but Misterio interfered and helped Kidman win the match and keep the title.[51] However, Guerrero was involved in a serious car accident in 1999 that cut short the LWO storyline. Guerrero survived the accident and returned to wrestling in a matter of months.

Filthy Animals (1999)

Main article: Filthy Animals

After his return in the summer of 1999, Eddie helped create the Filthy Animals stable with Rey Misterio, Jr. and Konnan (later growing to include Juventud Guerrera, Billy Kidman, and Disco Inferno).[53] They feuded with Dead Pool (Insane Clown Posse and Vampiro). They received two straight victories over Dead Pool at Road Wild 1999 and Fall Brawl 1999.[54][55] They next feuded with The Revolution (Shane Douglas, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn). Guerrero was victorious over Saturn by disqualification in a singles match at Halloween Havoc 1999.[56] At Mayhem 1999, the Animals lost to Revolution in a mixed tag team elimination match.[57] When Vince Russo was fired as WCW Booker and replaced by Kevin Sullivan, Guerrero asked for and received a release from his contract. He signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2000 along with WCW stars Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn.

World Wrestling Federation (First run, 2000-2001)

WWF Debut (2000)

Guerrero and the other WCW wrestlers debuted in the WWF on January 31, 2000 edition of RAW is WAR as The Radicalz, interfering in a match including the New Age Outlaws.[58] During his first match with the WWF, a tag team bout pitting the Radicalz against the Outlaws, Eddie performed his signature Frog Splash off the top rope and severely injured his elbow on the landing. As a result, he was sidelined for several weeks.[58]

Latino Heat and Mamacita (2000)

In March 2000, Guerrero began pursuing the affections of Chyna, who he referred to as his "Mamacita." Chyna initially rejected his advances, but allied with him following WrestleMania 2000, declaring that she could not resist his "Latino Heat."[58][59]

Guerrero won his first WWF title on April 3, 2000 edition of RAW is WAR by defeating Chris Jericho for the WWF European Championship with help from Chyna.[60][61] He and Chyna began a feud with Essa Rios and Lita, which culminated in a European title defense at Backlash 2000, which was also billed as the night of Guerrero's prom (he was said to have just earned a GED). Guerrero defeated Rios after arriving at ringside in a 1957 Chevrolet, even wrestling in his tuxedo pants and a bow tie.[58][62] Guerrero successfully retained the title against former Radicalz friends Saturn and Malenko in a triple threat match at Judgment Day 2000,[58][63] before finally losing the title to Saturn at Fully Loaded 2000.[58][64]

Over the next few months, friction began to build between Guerrero and Chyna. Chyna was upset when Guerrero pinned her to advance in the King of the Ring tournament.[58] At SummerSlam 2000, Chyna won the Intercontinental Championship in a mixed tag match.[58][65] Guerrero claimed to not mind and then begged Commissioner Mick Foley to let him take part in a title defense between Chyna and Kurt Angle on September 4 edition of RAW is WAR, claiming he was afraid that Angle would injure Chyna. After Angle knocked Chyna down with the title belt, Guerrero "accidentally" pinned her to win his first WWF Intercontinental Championship while trying to revive her.[58][66][61]

Chyna became visibly uncomfortable as Guerrero began to cheat in order to retain his title, while Guerrero was upset that Chyna was posing for Playboy magazine, even trying to invade the Playboy Mansion to stop the shooting.[58] Just when it appeared that Chyna would leave Guerrero, he proposed to her and she accepted.[58] At Unforgiven 2000, Chyna helped Guerrero in retaining his title against Rikishi.[58][67] The engagement was called off when Guerrero was caught showering with two of The Godfather's hos claiming that "Two Mamacitas are better than one!"[58]

The Radicalz (2000-2001)

Guerrero turned heel once again as a result of the incident and then the Radicalz reunited and feuded with the reformed D-Generation X (Chyna, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and K-Kwik). They defeated DX at Survivor Series 2000 in an elimination tag team match and assisted Triple H in his match with Stone Cold Steve Austin.[58][68] Guerrero was later defeated by Billy Gunn for the Intercontinental Championship, with help from Chyna.[58] At Rebellion 2000, Guerrero and Malenko lost to Gunn and Chyna.[58][69] Benoit left the group to focus on a singles career while the rest of the Radicalz feuded with Lita and Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff). At Armageddon 2000, Radicalz defeated Hardyz in a six-man elimination tag team match.[58][70]

In early 2001, Guerrero feuded with Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and X-Pac over Jericho's Intercontinental Championship. At No Way Out, the four men faced each other in a fatal four way match, which Jericho won.[71][72] Guerrero focused on the European Championship, feuding with the champion Test. At WrestleMania X-Seven, he defeated Test to win his second WWF European Championship with help from Saturn and Malenko.[71][73][74] Throughout the month of April, Radicalz feuded with Test and his new partners. Guerrero eventually left the Radicalz, siding with the Hardy Boyz and Lita. At this point, Guerrero developed an addiction to pain medication stemming from his 1999 car accident and in May 2001 was sent to rehabilitation. To show his absence, Guerrero was "injured" by Prince Albert in a match.[71] On November 9, 2001 he was arrested for drunk driving and was subsequently released by the WWF three days later.

Independent circuit (2001-2002)

Eddie Guerrero started wrestling on the independent circuit after his release from WWF. He wrestled in several independent promotions. On February 23, he faced fellow Mexican Super Crazy on the debut show of Ring of Honor known as The Era of Honor Begins to crown the first-ever IWA Intercontinental Champion. Guerrero lost the match.[75][76] On February 24, he debuted in the Australian promotion World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) at the pay-per-view event Revolution beating the champion Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis in a triple threat match for the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship.[75][77] On March 1, he defeated the champion CM Punk and Rey Mysterio in a triple threat match for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship.[75][78] He dropped the title back to Punk one day later on March 2.[75] He vacated the WWA Cruiserweight title in April 2002 after returning to WWF.[75]

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (Second run, 2002-2005)

Return to RAW (2002)

Guerrero returned to WWF on the April 1, 2002 edition of RAW, attacking Rob Van Dam.[79][80] He started feuding with Van Dam. At Backlash 2002, he defeated RVD for his second WWF Intercontinental Championship.[79][81][82] After retaining the title against Van Dam in bouts at both Insurrextion 2002[79][83] and Judgment Day 2002,[84][85] he finally lost the belt to RVD on May 27 edition on RAW in a ladder match although a drunk fan jumped in the ring knocking down the ladder that Eddie was climbing causing both Eddie and RVD to think up some new moves to continue the match without any mistakes.[84][86] Guerrero then started a feud with Steve Austin, but Austin left WWE before a match could take place.[84] Chris Benoit returned to WWE the night Guerrero lost the title and reunited with him. Guerrero and Benoit feuded with Ric Flair for a while and Guerrero even lost a match to Flair at King of the Ring 2002.[84][87] Guerrero then went on to have a match with The Rock, challenging him for the WWE Undisputed Championship after The Rock sang a version of "La Bamba" with the words changed to insult Guerrero on July 29 edition of RAW.[84][88]

Los Guerreros/Pursuit of the WWE Tag Team Championship (2002-2003)

Main article: Los Guerreros
Guerrero lies on a corner, one of his characteristic traits.
Guerrero lies on a corner, one of his characteristic traits.

On August 1, 2002, Guerrero and Benoit began to wrestle exclusively for WWE's SmackDown! brand. Guerrero began feuding with Edge, to whom he lost at SummerSlam 2002.[89][90] With Benoit starting to focus on Kurt Angle, Guerrero aligned himself with his nephew Chavo, forming the tag team Los Guerreros.[89][91] In contrast to a previous WCW storyline with his nephew, Chavo fully agreed with his uncle as their slogan stated "We lie, we cheat, and we steal, but at least we're honest about it." In order to push the new tag team, vignettes were produced, which included things such as the two finagling their way into a rich lady's house and throwing a pool party.[89]

Eddie continued his feud with Edge, to whom he lost again at Unforgiven 2002 thus ending the rivalry.[89][92] The duo entered the eight-team tournament for the new Tag Team Championship, sneaking past Rikishi and Mark Henry in the opening round,[91][89][93] before starting a feud with the newly formed tag team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. In one of the team's definitive moments, Chavo told Benoit that his former friend Guerrero was assaulted by his tag team partner Kurt Angle. Benoit ran to make the save, only to have himself locked inside a room. Guerrero then appeared in the room and assaulted Benoit with a steel chair. Benoit and Angle managed to overcome their differences and eventually defeated Los Guerreros in the tournament semi-finals.[91][89][94] Later on, Benoit and Angle won the titles. Benoit and Angle then fought for a trophy for being the first WWE Tag Team Champion. Much to Benoit's surprise, Los Guerreros helped him win the match.

At Survivor Series 2002, Los Guerreros faced the new champions Edge and Rey Mysterio and the team of Angle and Benoit for the titles. Eddie made Mysterio submit to The Lasso From El Paso to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship.[91][89][95][96] They were defeated by Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) on the February 6, 2003 edition of SmackDown!.[97][98] Los Guerreros and Team Angle began feuding with each other. Los Guerreros participated at WrestleMania XIX as contenders for the Tag Team Title, along with the team of Chris Benoit and Rhyno. Both teams lost to Haas and Benjamin in a Triple Threat Match.[91][97][99] Eddie participated in a #1 contender's tournament to the WWE Championship, where he lost to John Cena in the first round.[97][100] At Backlash 2003, Los Guerreros lost to Team Angle in a rematch.[91][97][101]

Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri (2003)

5 days prior to Judgment Day 2003, Chavo tore his biceps. This forced Guerrero to look for another partner. He chose Tajiri. They won the WWE Tag Team Championship, both Guerrero's and Tajiri's second at Judgment Day by defeating Team Angle in a ladder match.[97][102][103] The following week, Guerrero and Tajiri managed to retain their title by cheating.[97][104] In addition, they also defeated Roddy Piper and his protegè Sean O'Haire in Madison Square Garden.[97][105] After Guerrero and Tajiri lost the title to Team Angle on July 3 edition of SmackDown!, Guerrero turned on Tajiri, slamming his partner through the windshield of his low-rider truck.[97][106]

During the summer of 2003, Guerrero had begun driving a customized lowrider to ringside as part of his ring entrance. Guerrero would also capitalize on his "Lie, Cheat, and Steal" anti-hero image by brazenly using illegal tactics behind the referee's back to win matches on occasion. He was well known for hitting someone with a steel chair (or handing the opponent the steel chair and then pretending to be knocked out himself, just as the referee turned around), or using illegal weapons during the match. Despite (or possibly because of) his immoral tactics, Guerrero continued to increase in popularity.

First U.S. Champion in WWE (2003)

In July 2003, Guerrero competed in a tournament for the United States Championship. He managed to advance to the final round, defeating Ultimo Dragon and Billy Gunn in the process,[97] where he would meet Chris Benoit.[107][108] At Vengeance 2003, Guerrero turned to his cheating tactics, hitting Benoit with the belt at one point in the match. Guerrero tried to get Benoit in trouble by placing the title belt on top of the unconscious Benoit. It did not work, however, since he knocked out the ref earlier with a belt shot to the kidneys. The match ended with interference and a Gore from Rhyno, Benoit's own partner, who was furious at the team's failure. Guerrero himself said that this was a major point in the character of Latino Heat, since he himself realized that the fans wanted to see him lie, cheat and steal. Guerrero pinned Benoit and won the WWE United States Championship.[97][109][110]

At SummerSlam 2003, Guerrero retained his title by defeating Rhyno, Benoit and Tajiri in a fatal four way match.[97][111] He turned face again by engaging in a rivalry with John Cena. On September 11 edition of SmackDown!, Guerrero challenged Cena to a "Latino Heat" Parking Lot Brawl Match for the United States Championship, which Guerrero won with help from his returning nephew, Chavo.[97][112] Next week, Los Guerreros defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (previously Team Angle) to win the WWE Tag Team Championship for a second time. However, it was Eddie's third reign.[91][97][113][114] Eddie Guerrero thus held the WWE United States Championship and one-half of the WWE Tag Team Championship concurrently.

Guerrero engaged in a feud with The Big Show, which involved Guerrero poisoning the Big Show with some laxative laced burritos and then later spraying the Big Show with a sewage truck.[97][115][116] The feud ended when Guerrero dropped the United States title to Big Show at No Mercy 2003.[97][117] Four days later, Los Guerreros lost the Tag Team Championship to the Basham Brothers (Doug and Danny).[91][97][118] They began feuding with Basham Brothers, to whom they lost in a title match at Survivor Series 2003.[91][97][119]

Feuding with Chavo Guerrero/Main Event Push (2004)

As Los Guerreros attempted to regain the tag team title, things began to go downhill between Chavo and Eddie and animosity began to build, although Kurt Angle did his best to get the team back on their feet. Chavo then attacked and turned on Eddie after he suffered a beating from The Bashams.[91][120][121] Eddie feuded with Chavo and defeated him at Royal Rumble 2004 to settle their feud.[120][122]

When Chris Benoit defected to RAW after winning the 2004 Royal Rumble, using his title shot to go for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship, Eddie won a 15-man Royal Rumble style match on January 29, 2004 edition of SmackDown! to earn a shot at the WWE Championship.[120][123] Around that time, he also began his almost of a year-feud with Kurt Angle.

WWE Champion/Feuding with Kurt Angle (2004)

After becoming the #1 contender, Guerrero elevated himself to the main event status and began feuding with the WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. At No Way Out 2004, Guerrero defeated Lesnar in the main event with help from Goldberg to win the WWE Championship.[120][124][125] The victory made him only the second-ever Latino WWE Champion in history (following Pedro Morales), and the 1st Mexican American to win the main world title in an American promotion. His next feud was with Kurt Angle, whom he defeated at WrestleMania XX to retain his title in his first big defense.[120][126] At the end of this event, Guerrero celebrated in the ring with longtime friend Chris Benoit, who had just won the World Heavyweight Championship.[120][127]

Guerrero went on to have smaller feuds with the likes of the Big Show and Rey Mysterio.[120] In March, he started a feud with fellow Texan John "Bradshaw" Layfield after Layfield interrupted in Eddie's match with Booker T.[120][128] At Judgment Day 2004, Eddie defended his WWE title against JBL and retained the title after getting himself disqualified.[120][129] At The Great American Bash 2004, Eddie defended the title against JBL in a Texas Bullrope match. JBL won after Angle (who was General Manager of SmackDown! at the time) reversed the decision after Guerrero appeared to have retained the title.[120][130] On July 8 edition of SmackDown!, Eddie pulled a switcharoo with Shannon Moore, who was wrestling as "El Gran Luchadore" and then Eddie wore the costume.[120][131] The next week on SmackDown!, Eddie faced JBL in a steel cage match for the WWE title where El Gran appeared again and cost Guerrero the match. It was later proved to be Kurt Angle. Eddie continued his feud with Angle again.[120][132]

At SummerSlam 2004, Guerrero lost to Angle after submitting to his ankle lock.[120][133] Guerrero then allied himself with the Big Show. Each week Angle and his new allies Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak began targeting Guerrero and Big Show. Guerrero defeated Reigns in a singles match at No Mercy 2004.[120][134] General Manager Theodore Long booked a Survivor Series Elimination Match between a team led by Guerrero and a team led by Kurt Angle. Guerrero's team consisted of himself, Big Show, John Cena (replacing the originally chosen Rey Mysterio), and Rob Van Dam. At Survivor Series 2004, Guerrero's team defeated Angle's team.[120][135]

Guerrero, along with Booker T and The Undertaker, then challenged John "Bradshaw" Layfield for a WWE Championship rematch. Along the way, Guerrero found a partner in Booker T. At Armageddon 2004, Guerrero and Booker's initial teamwork broke away, and the match ended with JBL pinning Booker following the Clothesline From Hell.[120][136] Afterwards, Guerrero and Booker briefly and unsuccessfully attempted to win the Tag Team Championship.[120][137]

Teaming & Feuding with Rey Mysterio (2005)

At No Way Out, Eddie teamed up with longtime friend and sometimes rival, Rey Mysterio and defeated Basham Brothers to win his final title, the WWE Tag Team Championship for a fourth time, with being it Mysterio's third reign.[138][139][140] Many expected the new champions to defend their title at WrestleMania 21, but after encouragement from Chavo,[138][141] instead Guerrero challenged Rey to a one-on-one match so they could "bring the house down."[138][142] The two wrestled a match at WrestleMania with Mysterio getting the win. Although visibly frustrated, Guerrero congratulated his partner.[138][143] After several mishaps in the weeks following WrestleMania, the growing tension between Guerrero and Mysterio finally erupted when they lost their tag team title to new team MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury) on the April 21 edition of SmackDown!.[138][144] Although next week, they received a rematch to regain the titles, Guerrero turned heel once again by abandoning his partner, whom he had considered "his family" earlier in the show.[138][145]

At the end of one episode of SmackDown!, he viciously and emotionlessly beat up his former tag team partner, Mysterio, leaving him bruised and bloody after suplexing him onto a set of steel steps. Guerrero then adopted a new, somewhat sociopathic gimmick. During this time, he also stopped driving his low-riders down the ring and walked to the ring with a frown on his face, and reverted to using the Lasso from El Paso as his finishing move.[138] At Judgment Day, Guerrero lost to Mysterio by disqualification after hitting Mysterio with a chair.[138][146]

On the June 30 edition of SmackDown!, Guerrero threatened to reveal a secret about Mysterio and his son Dominick. The storyline grew to involve the families of both men, with both sides pleading for Guerrero not to reveal the secret.[138][147] Mysterio defeated Guerrero again at The Great American Bash, a match with a stipulation that if Guerrero lost, he would not tell the secret.[138][148] Yet Guerrero revealed the secret anyway on the following episode of SmackDown! - telling Dominick and the audience that Guerrero was his real father. In the following weeks, Guerrero revealed the details of the secret in a series of what he called "Eddie's Bedtime Stories."[138][149] During that time he now had a dark comical gimmick. He claimed that he had a child out of wedlock (Dominick) while his marriage was going through hard times. He claimed he then allowed Mysterio and his wife, who were "having trouble conceiving," to adopt the child as their own.[138] At SummerSlam, Guerrero lost a ladder match over Dominick's custody to Mysterio.[138][150] Their emotional feud ended at the premiere edition of SmackDown!, where Guerrero finally gained a victory over Mysterio in a steel cage match.[138][151]

Final Storylines (2005)

Following his feud with Rey Mysterio, Guerrero was named number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship and given a title match with Batista. Despite this, Guerrero quickly proclaimed himself to be Batista's friend. However, Batista was wary of Guerrero and a series of matches with MNM only supported his suspicions, as Guerrero appeared to have reverted to his cheating ways.[138] In response to Batista's suspicions, Guerrero helped Batista win a match against his tag team partners, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Christian.[138][152]

Batista defeated Guerrero at No Mercy to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Guerrero struggled with a decision about whether or not to use a steel chair to secure the victory, eventually opting not to use it and losing as a result.[138][153] Though the two demonstrated mutual respect after the match, Guerrero seemed displeased by the loss. The day of this event was Eddie's birthday. After the show went off the air, Batista led the crowd singing "Happy Birthday" to him. Guerrero told Batista that he realized how low he had sunk since losing the WWE Championship in 2004, having attacked his best friend Rey Mysterio. Guerrero told Batista that shaking his hand at No Mercy had returned his respect to him.[138]

Eddie Guerrero wrestled his final match on the November 11 edition of SmackDown!, defeating Mr. Kennedy to qualify for a place on the SmackDown! team at the Survivor Series, in a match that he would not compete in due to his death.[138][154] Randy Orton was named as the official replacement for Eddie on the team.[155]

Death

On November 13, 2005, Guerrero was found unconscious in his hotel room (The Marriott City Center) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by his nephew, Chavo. Chavo attempted CPR, but Eddie was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived on the scene, leaving behind his widow Vickie Guerrero, now working for WWE Smackdown brand, and their two daughters, Shaul and Sherilyn. He also left behind a daughter, Kaylie, from a separate relationship.

An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of acute heart failure, caused by undiagnosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Although Guerrero had not taken alcohol or illicit drugs for nearly four years, his past excesses contributed to his heart failure.

Guerrero's wife Vickie said that he had been lethargic and unwell in the week preceding his death, but it had been attributed to the stress of continuously traveling and performing. She added that the doctors had told her that Guerrero's blood vessels had shriveled and weakened owing to undiagnosed heart disease, and that he had simply dropped into a deep sleep.

On the November 30 edition of WWE Byte This!, Chavo said that Guerrero had been working very hard and was at peak physical fitness as a result, doing cardiovascular and weight training exercises every day. There had been no symptoms or cause for concern. Chavo noted that, while many people abuse drugs for over ten years with no ill effects, Guerrero had suffered heart complications that were not detected in time to prevent his death, even though he had ceased his drug abuse some four years earlier.

Aftermath

Guerrero was set to face Batista and Randy Orton in a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship on the November 13, 2005 taping of SmackDown! (which would have aired on November 18, 2005). Stephanie McMahon hinted that Eddie Guerrero had been scheduled to defeat Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship, which would have begun Guerrero's first reign as World Heavyweight Champion and his second world championship reign overall.

The episodes of RAW on November 14, 2005 and SmackDown! on November 18, 2005 each aired as tributes to Eddie Guerrero. No WWE employees were forced to perform, although several matches took place, including one featuring Chavo, who finished the match with his uncle's Frog Splash. RAW started off with all the superstars and several personnel on stage, as Vince McMahon addressed the live crowd. A video was then shown featuring many clips of Guerrero in and out of the ring to "Hurt" as performed by Johnny Cash. A similar video was shown on SmackDown! to an acoustic version of "Here Without You" by 3 Doors Down.

In addition to the RAW and SmackDown! tribute shows, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling dedicated the pay-per-view TNA Genesis (which aired the evening of his death) to Guerrero,[156] while Ring of Honor named their next show "Night of Tribute."[157] NECW (New England Championship Wrestling) also honored the fallen star with a tribute video and their show in his honor.

Guerrero was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 1, 2006 by Rey Mysterio, his nephew Chavo Guerrero, and Chris Benoit in Chicago, Illinois on the night before WrestleMania 22.[2] His widow, Vickie, accepted the honor. Guerrero also appears in the video games, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 (PSP version only) as a legend.

On every house show on the European tour in cities of Germany (Leipzig, Berlin, Nuremberg), a ten-bell salute occurred and fans stood up in silence to honor Guerrero who died several days before the event.

Eventually, other wrestlers (primarily Chavo, Mysterio, and Christian Cage) paid tribute to him in their matches by using the Frog Splash, Eddie's finisher (a move Eddie used in memory of Art Barr).

Sports Illustrated steroid investigation

On March 19, 2007, Sports Illustrated posted on its website an article in its continuing series investigating a steroid and HGH ring used by a number of professional athletes in several sports. This article mentioned several current and former WWE wrestlers, including Eddie, who was alleged to have obtained hCG and the steroid stanozolol in early 2005.[158] At the time of the alleged steroid usage, the WWE had not yet instated its Wellness Policy in which wrestlers are tested for substances, which was stated by WWE.com on the day the article was released.

In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

Guerrero giving a Frog splash during his tag team match with Rey Mysterio against the Basham Brothers during a WWE house show held in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada on January 15, 2005
Guerrero giving a Frog splash during his tag team match with Rey Mysterio against the Basham Brothers during a WWE house show held in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada on January 15, 2005
  • Winning Tactics

Guerrero was known for his "I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal" motto where he often wins matches by using cheap tactics. Common tactics were:

    • Playing possum while opponent holds a steel chair, appearing that the opponent had attacked him. With this usually the referee was already knocked out, and whilst playing possum, Eddie would sit up and try and shake the referee awake.
    • Smashing the chair on the mat to make it sound like someone was hit then tossing the chair to his opponent, whilst lying on the ground pretending to be have actually been hit.
    • Hitting the opponent with a steel chair behind the referees back.
    • Low-blowing the opponent while the referee replaces steel chair.
    • Also, when champion or facing a champion, Eddie would sometimes use the championship belt in a similar way to the steel chair, by throwing it to his opponent and lying on the mat pretending to have been hit by it.

Note: Even though "Can You Feel The Heat" was used between "I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal" and "Gangsta Lean," it was actually a remix using the lyrics of "I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal" and the instrumental of "Gangsta Lean."

Championships and accomplishments

Guerrero as a WWE Tag Team Champion.
Guerrero as a WWE Tag Team Champion.

Luchas de Apuestas

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date
Hair Eddie Guerrero Air Romero Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Unknown
Hair Eddie Guerrero Negro Casas Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Unknown
Hair El Hijo del Santo and Octagón Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr Los Angeles, California November 6, 1994
Hair Eddie Guerrero Chavo Guerrero, Jr. San Diego, California July 12, 1998

Media

  • Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story (DVD, 2004)
  • Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story (book, 2005)
  • We Lie, We Cheat, We Steal - Song with Chavo (WWE Originals)

Other appearances

On March 13, 2004 (before WrestleMania XX), Guerrero (WWE Champion), along with The Big Show (United States Champion), Trish Stratus and Chris Jericho, made their guest appearances on MADtv as they "beat up" Jay Leno (Frank Caliendo) while Tonight Show Band leader Kevin Eubanks (Aries Spears) watched.

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Persondata
NAME Guerrero, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Llanes, Eduardo Gory Guerrero; Guerrero, Eddy
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH El Paso, Texas, United States
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 2005
PLACE OF DEATH Minneapolis, Minnesota