some professional wrestlers are legends
because of what they’ve done in the ring
others become icons thanks to who they
were behind the scenes inspiring
everyone around them on a daily basis
then there are those rare special
individuals who simply have it all Eddie
Guerrero was one of those people he came
from the stock of Mexican wrestling
royalty but he would in his short life
go on to become one of the definitive
performers of his generation yet there
will always be this tinge of sadness
associated with the Eddie Guerrero story
a bittersweet melancholy which comes
over many when they think of how much
more Eddie could have achieved
had he not passed away at the young age
of 38 back in 2005 before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
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videos that isn’t to say of course the
Eddie’s accolades weren’t numerous in
fact Guerrero was a decorated champion
with numerous title wins to his credit
but we’re getting ahead of ourselves in
order to properly discuss the life of
Eduardo gory Guerrero lanes we have to
fist talk about two things family and
tradition the other kids had jungle gyms
in their backyard I had a recipe you
know so I played you know wrestling’s
been my life all my life you know Eddie
spent his early years in Texas and New
Mexico and it was at the University of
New Mexico where Eddie was first bitten
by the breast link bug having competed
in the amateur division while there on
an athletic scholarship to be fair
however there was probably no other
career path Eddie could have taken as it
seems as if the Guerrero’s were simply
born to wrestle the business was in
their blood and it all started with
Eddie’s father gory Guerrero just as
names like El Santo mil máscaras and the
blue demon are sacred in the world of
Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling so too was
gory Guerrero cut from this cloth
serving as one of the industry’s most
well known names and pioneers Eddie
would move to Mexico to train with
among others his nephew Chavo jr. and
learn his trade under the supervision of
Corey it was also here where Chavo and
Eddie would watch some of Mexican
wrestling’s all time greats work matches
on a nightly basis
it was a nearly perfect education
Eddie would cut his teeth in Mexican
promotions such as CMLL and the AAA in
late 80s and early 90s before flying
over to New Japan Pro Wrestling to
further expand his pro wrestling acumen
Guerrero was living the life of an indie
wrestler making towns and working under
many different promotions but it would
be with two specific American companies
that the name Eddie Guerrero would start
to grow Paul Heyman’s ECW and will
Championship Wrestling saw Eddie
competing as both a champion and a
jobber putting over established talent
early in his career before capturing the
US and cruiserweight titles in WCW the
latter’s cruiserweight division was
where Eddie seemed to belong and where
he truly began to shine this aspect of
the company was always something WCW had
over the WWF during the Monday Night
Wars as the cruiserweight division
became known for show-stealing matches
with some of the company’s most exciting
young talents still WCWS reputation of
being where the big boys played meant
that smaller guys like Eddie would never
get a chance to truly show what they
could do at the top of the card this
meant that it was off for greener
pastures as the 90s entered the new
millennium Eddie Guerrero was off to the
WWF it was here where Eddie did arguably
some of the best work of his career but
it’s also where we have to acknowledge
the elephant in the room
specifically Guerrero’s history with
substance abuse it’s no secret to many
of Eddie’s fans that he was a man who
struggled he struggled with pain
medication alcohol and self-doubt and
you know with a pain medication and
whatnot
and and between that and the alcohol he
you know it you know consumed him you
know as a person but his story isn’t a
sad-sack woe-is-me tale but rather one
of an uphill fight for redemption it was
an everyman who represented the beating
heart of all of us who want to work hard
for our dreams fight for our goals and
do everything in our power to make them
happen we want to see these people
succeed and come out of their personal
darkness Eddie was one of these people
he was already in a lot of nagging pain
thanks to a New Year’s car accident back
in 1999 an addiction to pain medication
meant that Eddie’s first run in the dojo
behalf in the early 2000s was memorable
but brief and fraught with injury his
invasion of the company alongside fellow
WCW alumni dean malenko Perry Saturn and
Chris Benoit was over almost as soon as
it began as Eddie injured his elbow
performing his patented frog splash
finisher off the top turnbuckle
Guerrero would return in the spring
after some recovery time but it wasn’t
exactly the sort of impact he had in
mind it was after this return when Eddie
managed to buck the trend of on-screen
wrestling romances by entering into a
program with the 8th wonder of the world
Chyna Guerrero’s latino heat’ character
and television relationship with China
was legitimately sweet a rarity in the
business and got the pair over big-time
Eddie further solidified his reputation
as one of the business’s finest
workhorses by putting together stellar
matches utilizing in-ring skill
psychology and charisma to craft some of
the industry’s contests the old ghosts
would catch up to Eddie during his first
tour with the dojo EF however and he
would be sent packing after a stint in
rehab brought upon by a continued
substance problem he would never leave
the squared circle very far behind
however and continued to travel the
independent circuit performing against
the likes of CM Punk super crazy and Rey
Mysterio a Ritz Tunes of the WWF now the
WWE
eventually be on the cards however and
this time Eddie Guerrero would fight to
do it clean and sober if Eddie’s first
run for Vince McMahon was impactful than
his return in 2002 would hit even harder
as Guerrero teamed up with Chavo to
introduce the elide sheet and steel
gimmick for their tag team los guerreros
Eddie would win tag team gold twice
during this time once with Yoshihiro
Tajiri and later with Chavo as well as
the United States title
none of these impressive wins would
quite touch the moment many fans
remember best from this period the time
Eddie Guerrero beat Brock Lesnar for the
WWE Championship on paper and he lied
cheated and stole his way to victory in
reality however it was validation for
Eddie Guerrero the man here was a living
legend overcoming personal demons to
reach the very apex of his profession
the image of Eddie leaping into the
crowd after his win says it all it was a
man of the people celebrating with
everyone who believed in him from the
start this wasn’t to say that Guerrero
wasn’t feeling the daily effects of a
lifestyle which has taken its toll Eddie
would make the most of WB’s medical
staff to try and alleviate the nagging
physical ailments of fatigue and abuse
yet out there in the ring it was if
Eddie Guerrero was immortal but and he
wasn’t immortal he was human he was also
clean and sober but that doesn’t erase
any of the damage done to his body over
the years
Guerrero would work many other excellent
programs during his final years with the
WB alongside superstars like Batista JBL
and the aforementioned Rey Mysterio
ultimately it wasn’t an overdose or
accident which took Eddie’s life but
rather the real-life results of a life
well worn and hard earned Guerrero would
die from heart failure on November 13
2005 his body was found in a Minneapolis
hotel room with the official autopsy
results stating that a thorough
sclerotic cardiovascular disease was a
major contributor to his
today the Guerrero name lives on in the
memories and matches performed in his
honor by family and friends
Eddie’s Widow Vicki would become one of
the dota B’s most memorable he’ll
authority figures after her husband’s
death while Chavo continues the family
legacy wrestling for companies like
lucha underground meanwhile Eddie’s
daughter show Guerrero worked as a
wrestler herself under the name Raquel
Diaz for the dota B’s developmental
program proving that the Apple didn’t
fall far from the tree
so is it heartbreaking that we lost
Eddie Guerrero so young absolutely one
can only imagine how many more matches
Latino he had in him or how much more
knowledge he’d be able to impart on
today’s amazing new generation of
performers yet at the same time this
bright star of the professional
wrestling business had such an impact
that he remains somehow immortal a
strand of the industry’s DNA that is
intrinsically linked with the sports so
much so that he will never be forgotten
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because of what they’ve done in the ring
others become icons thanks to who they
were behind the scenes inspiring
everyone around them on a daily basis
then there are those rare special
individuals who simply have it all Eddie
Guerrero was one of those people he came
from the stock of Mexican wrestling
royalty but he would in his short life
go on to become one of the definitive
performers of his generation yet there
will always be this tinge of sadness
associated with the Eddie Guerrero story
a bittersweet melancholy which comes
over many when they think of how much
more Eddie could have achieved
had he not passed away at the young age
of 38 back in 2005 before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
to subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos that isn’t to say of course the
Eddie’s accolades weren’t numerous in
fact Guerrero was a decorated champion
with numerous title wins to his credit
but we’re getting ahead of ourselves in
order to properly discuss the life of
Eduardo gory Guerrero lanes we have to
fist talk about two things family and
tradition the other kids had jungle gyms
in their backyard I had a recipe you
know so I played you know wrestling’s
been my life all my life you know Eddie
spent his early years in Texas and New
Mexico and it was at the University of
New Mexico where Eddie was first bitten
by the breast link bug having competed
in the amateur division while there on
an athletic scholarship to be fair
however there was probably no other
career path Eddie could have taken as it
seems as if the Guerrero’s were simply
born to wrestle the business was in
their blood and it all started with
Eddie’s father gory Guerrero just as
names like El Santo mil máscaras and the
blue demon are sacred in the world of
Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling so too was
gory Guerrero cut from this cloth
serving as one of the industry’s most
well known names and pioneers Eddie
would move to Mexico to train with
among others his nephew Chavo jr. and
learn his trade under the supervision of
Corey it was also here where Chavo and
Eddie would watch some of Mexican
wrestling’s all time greats work matches
on a nightly basis
it was a nearly perfect education
Eddie would cut his teeth in Mexican
promotions such as CMLL and the AAA in
late 80s and early 90s before flying
over to New Japan Pro Wrestling to
further expand his pro wrestling acumen
Guerrero was living the life of an indie
wrestler making towns and working under
many different promotions but it would
be with two specific American companies
that the name Eddie Guerrero would start
to grow Paul Heyman’s ECW and will
Championship Wrestling saw Eddie
competing as both a champion and a
jobber putting over established talent
early in his career before capturing the
US and cruiserweight titles in WCW the
latter’s cruiserweight division was
where Eddie seemed to belong and where
he truly began to shine this aspect of
the company was always something WCW had
over the WWF during the Monday Night
Wars as the cruiserweight division
became known for show-stealing matches
with some of the company’s most exciting
young talents still WCWS reputation of
being where the big boys played meant
that smaller guys like Eddie would never
get a chance to truly show what they
could do at the top of the card this
meant that it was off for greener
pastures as the 90s entered the new
millennium Eddie Guerrero was off to the
WWF it was here where Eddie did arguably
some of the best work of his career but
it’s also where we have to acknowledge
the elephant in the room
specifically Guerrero’s history with
substance abuse it’s no secret to many
of Eddie’s fans that he was a man who
struggled he struggled with pain
medication alcohol and self-doubt and
you know with a pain medication and
whatnot
and and between that and the alcohol he
you know it you know consumed him you
know as a person but his story isn’t a
sad-sack woe-is-me tale but rather one
of an uphill fight for redemption it was
an everyman who represented the beating
heart of all of us who want to work hard
for our dreams fight for our goals and
do everything in our power to make them
happen we want to see these people
succeed and come out of their personal
darkness Eddie was one of these people
he was already in a lot of nagging pain
thanks to a New Year’s car accident back
in 1999 an addiction to pain medication
meant that Eddie’s first run in the dojo
behalf in the early 2000s was memorable
but brief and fraught with injury his
invasion of the company alongside fellow
WCW alumni dean malenko Perry Saturn and
Chris Benoit was over almost as soon as
it began as Eddie injured his elbow
performing his patented frog splash
finisher off the top turnbuckle
Guerrero would return in the spring
after some recovery time but it wasn’t
exactly the sort of impact he had in
mind it was after this return when Eddie
managed to buck the trend of on-screen
wrestling romances by entering into a
program with the 8th wonder of the world
Chyna Guerrero’s latino heat’ character
and television relationship with China
was legitimately sweet a rarity in the
business and got the pair over big-time
Eddie further solidified his reputation
as one of the business’s finest
workhorses by putting together stellar
matches utilizing in-ring skill
psychology and charisma to craft some of
the industry’s contests the old ghosts
would catch up to Eddie during his first
tour with the dojo EF however and he
would be sent packing after a stint in
rehab brought upon by a continued
substance problem he would never leave
the squared circle very far behind
however and continued to travel the
independent circuit performing against
the likes of CM Punk super crazy and Rey
Mysterio a Ritz Tunes of the WWF now the
WWE
eventually be on the cards however and
this time Eddie Guerrero would fight to
do it clean and sober if Eddie’s first
run for Vince McMahon was impactful than
his return in 2002 would hit even harder
as Guerrero teamed up with Chavo to
introduce the elide sheet and steel
gimmick for their tag team los guerreros
Eddie would win tag team gold twice
during this time once with Yoshihiro
Tajiri and later with Chavo as well as
the United States title
none of these impressive wins would
quite touch the moment many fans
remember best from this period the time
Eddie Guerrero beat Brock Lesnar for the
WWE Championship on paper and he lied
cheated and stole his way to victory in
reality however it was validation for
Eddie Guerrero the man here was a living
legend overcoming personal demons to
reach the very apex of his profession
the image of Eddie leaping into the
crowd after his win says it all it was a
man of the people celebrating with
everyone who believed in him from the
start this wasn’t to say that Guerrero
wasn’t feeling the daily effects of a
lifestyle which has taken its toll Eddie
would make the most of WB’s medical
staff to try and alleviate the nagging
physical ailments of fatigue and abuse
yet out there in the ring it was if
Eddie Guerrero was immortal but and he
wasn’t immortal he was human he was also
clean and sober but that doesn’t erase
any of the damage done to his body over
the years
Guerrero would work many other excellent
programs during his final years with the
WB alongside superstars like Batista JBL
and the aforementioned Rey Mysterio
ultimately it wasn’t an overdose or
accident which took Eddie’s life but
rather the real-life results of a life
well worn and hard earned Guerrero would
die from heart failure on November 13
2005 his body was found in a Minneapolis
hotel room with the official autopsy
results stating that a thorough
sclerotic cardiovascular disease was a
major contributor to his
today the Guerrero name lives on in the
memories and matches performed in his
honor by family and friends
Eddie’s Widow Vicki would become one of
the dota B’s most memorable he’ll
authority figures after her husband’s
death while Chavo continues the family
legacy wrestling for companies like
lucha underground meanwhile Eddie’s
daughter show Guerrero worked as a
wrestler herself under the name Raquel
Diaz for the dota B’s developmental
program proving that the Apple didn’t
fall far from the tree
so is it heartbreaking that we lost
Eddie Guerrero so young absolutely one
can only imagine how many more matches
Latino he had in him or how much more
knowledge he’d be able to impart on
today’s amazing new generation of
performers yet at the same time this
bright star of the professional
wrestling business had such an impact
that he remains somehow immortal a
strand of the industry’s DNA that is
intrinsically linked with the sports so
much so that he will never be forgotten
do you agree with our pigs check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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