Los Guerreros

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Outside of the United States, "Los Guerreros" generally refers to Los Guerreros del Infierno.

Los Guerreros (The Guerreros) is a Mexican/American family that has been involved with professional wrestling for three generations with the patriarch of the family Gory Guerrero making his debut in 1937. Members of the Guerrero family have worked for virtually all major wrestling promotions around the world including World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, New Japan Pro Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The name “Los Guerreros” is also often used when 2 or more of the Guerreros’ team up in a given promotion. The most recent incarnation of the Los Guerreros team was in World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. This team was made up of Eddie Guerrero and his nephew Chavo Guerrero.

1 The Guerrero family
- 1.1 Guerrero family tree
2 Wrestling as a family
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] The Guerrero family

Gory Guerrero, the patriarch of the Guerrero wrestling family, was one of the early pioneers in Mexican Lucha Libre and has been credited with the invention of the Camel Clutch. Gory married Herlina Llanes who’s three brothers Enrique, Mario and Sergio Llanes were all professional wrestlers (Enrique’s son Javier was also a professional wrestler).

Together Gory and Herlina had 6 children, two girls and four boys – the boys would all end up in pro wrestling.

Chavo Guerrero: The oldest of the Guerrero boys who made his debut in 1974 and was active until 2004 where he was fired by World Wrestling Entertainment
Mando Guerrero: The second oldest who also started in pro wrestling in 1974, worked mainly in California and with the American Wrestling Association in the 1980s
Hector Guerrero: started in pro wrestling in 1977 and is now working as on the Spanish announce team for TNA
Eddie Guerrero: The youngest Guerrero brother by 13 years but also the most well known. Died in 2005

Chavo's son Chavo Guerrero, Jr. made his debut in 1994 as the first 3rd generation Guerrero to step inside the squared circle.

[edit] Guerrero family tree

Gory Guerrero
(1921 - 1990)

Herlinda Llanes

Chavo Guerrero
(born 1949)

Mando Guerrero
(born 1952)

Hector Guerrero
(born 1954)

Eddie Guerrero
(1967 - 2005)

Cuqui Guerrero

Linda Guerrero

Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
(born 1970)

Vickie Guerrero
(born 1968)

Shaul Guerrero
(born c.1990)

Sherilyn Guerrero
(born c.1996)

Kaylie Guerrero
(born c.2002)

[edit] Wrestling as a family

[edit] Hector, Mando and Chavo

[edit] Eddie and Chavo Jr.

Tag Team
Los Guerreros
Members	Eddie Guerrero Chavo Guerrero Jr
Name(s)	Los Guerreros
Heights	Eddie: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Chavo Jr.: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Combined weight	443 lb (201 kg/31.6 st)
Debut	1995
Disbanded	2003
Promotions	WCW WWE

[edit] World Championship Wrestling

In WCW, Chavo and Eddie were not a tag team as they were later on in WWE. Chavo had only a year of experience, to Eddie's 8 or 9 years and were never really a great tag team. Eddie would leave Chavo during a match, and that would lead to their Hair vs Hair Match in which, Chavo lost.

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

Los Guerreros was the official name of Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero when they were a tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment who were 2-time WWE Tag Team Champions together. This Los Guerreros formed sometime during 2002 following Eddie Guerrero's jump to the SmackDown! brand. Eddie had been Chris Benoit's tag partner on Raw, but Benoit turned face and moved into a feud with Kurt Angle while they were a tag team on the side. Eddie and Chavo ended up teaming up as a heel tag team when a tournament was announced to crown the WWE Tag Team Champions, then a new belt just being introduced. Los Guerreros defeated Mark Henry and Rikishi to make it to the semi-finals where they lost to Kurt Angle and Benoit. Angle and Benoit went on to defeat Edge and Rey Mysterio in the finals at No Mercy.

Following this tournament, Los Guerreros remained a team while Edge and Mysterio took the belts from Angle and Benoit on SmackDown! one week. At Survivor Series, Los Guerreros would gain the WWE Tag Team Championship. After facing makeshift teams consisting of Edge, Mysterio, and Benoit for a few months, they turned face to feud with John Cena and B-2, and Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas, then called Team Angle. They would lose the Tag belts to Team Angle. Eddie Guerrero later teamed up with Tajiri to win back the belts due to an injury to Chavo. Team Angle, by now known as The World's Greatest Tag Team, won back the belts but Los Guerreros became 2 time WWE Tag Champions a few months later when Chavo returned from injury. They would lose the belts to the Basham Brothers about a month later, leading to a storyline spanning several months in which Chavo eventually turned on Eddie, breaking up the team. Eddie Guerrero then ascended to the main event by becoming a WWE Champion. Eddie and Chavo was last seen at together at Judgment Day 2005 when Chavo tried to interfere in the match between Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero.

Tactics

This Los Guerreros became extremely over with the crowd using the gimmick and motto "We lie. We cheat. We steal."

One of their most popular in-ring tactics was to toss an illegal weapon (Chair, belt etc) to their opponent when the referee's back was turned and then drop to the canvas as if they had been struck with it. When the referee would finally turn around, the opponent would be caught seemingly red handed.

Following the breakup of this team, both would retain the gimmick. While Chavo became more of a classical heel, Eddie's utilization was generally used during his face status.

[edit] Chavo and Chavo Jr.

Following the breakup of the prior Los Guerreros, Chavo Guerrero was soon joined by his father Chavo Guerrero, Sr. The elder Chavo, later to be known as "Chavo Classic", was primarily his son's manager throughout the run.

Following Chavo Guerrero's loss to Eddie Guerrero at the Royal Rumble, Chavo was jealous of Rey Mysterio in the storyline because Mysterio had sung the theme song of the upcoming Pay Per View event, No Way Out, and because Mysterio was Cruiserweight Champion. Guerrero would win the Cruiserweight Title at No Way Out. A few months later on Smackdown, Chavo Guerrero challenged anybody to a match for the Cruiserweight Title. Jacqueline accepted the challenge and won the Cruiserweight Title. At Judgment Day, Chavo Guerrero regained the Cruiserweight Title with one arm tied behind his back, however Chavo Classic would win the Cruiserweight Title by accident on that week's Smackdown in a triple threat match when Spike Dudley knocked him onto Chavo Guerrero. Chavo Classic would go on to hold the belt for about a month before he lost it to Rey Mysterio. Chavo Classic would later be fired by WWE for no-showing. He felt he should have been portrayed as a legend rather than a comedy act.

[edit] Chavo, Jr. and Vickie

The latest version of Los Guerreros was Chavo Guerrero Jr. and the widow of Eddie Guerrero, Vickie Guerrero (they are not referred to, however, as Los Guerreros). Vickie acted as the manager/valet for Chavo, who was upset about Eddie's name being used by non-Guerreros (namely Rey Mysterio, with whom they maintained their first feud with). The duo used the cheating tactics that made the Guerreros famous, though this time to the dismay of the audience instead of the delight. It wasn't long after the end of their feud with Rey that Chris Benoit (another close friend of Eddie) started questioning their motives, leading to them feuding with the rabid wolverine over the course of a few short months, with Chavo becoming the number one contender for Benoit's WWE United States Championship, though failing at each opportunity mainly because of Vickie's actions constantly getting him disqualified, leading to Vickie Guerrero leaving Chavo (she soon after declared in late January in backstage interviews with Kristal Marshall that she would be returning to Smackdown soon, though disappeared off of WWE TV directly after). It wasn't until mid-February at No Way Out 2007 that Chavo became WWE Cruiserweight Champion after emerging victorious in a Cruiserweight Open, which saw him as a surprise entry, pinning Jimmy Wang Yang to eliminate him last and win the title from Gregory Helms, ending Helms' more than a year-long reign.

In 2008, Chavo and Vickie would form an "extended family" with Vickie's kayfabe lover Edge, after interference by Edge allowed Chavo to win the ECW Championship. The stable is referred to on-screen as "La Familia," and also includes the Rated R Entourage, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, and Chavo's new bodyguard, Bam Neely