He was so entertaining, but he also had all the technique. Guerrero pinned Benoit and won the United States Championship.[102][103]. At No Way Out, Guerrero defeated Lesnar in a shocking upset victory in the main event to win the WWE Championship. [108] Four days later, Los Guerreros lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the Basham Brothers (Danny and Doug). Many of the wrestlers there wore armbands with "E.G." Lucha libre legend and former WCW star Juventud Guerrera will wrestle Chris Jericho on next week's episode of AEW Dynamite. It did not work, however, since he knocked out the referee earlier with a championship belt shot to the kidneys. ", "As se vivi la noche de campeones en Chilpancingo", "Triplemania XX "El da ha llegado" (Cobertura y resultados 5 de agosto de 2012) Mscara vs mscara: Dr. Wagner vs Mscara Ao 2000 Jr. Kurt Angle en Mxico! Chavo lost to Dragn at Spring Stampede. Sean Ross Sapp Apr 1, 2023 9:30AM. [145] Batista defeated Guerrero at No Mercy to retain the World Heavyweight Championship in what would be Guerrero's last pay-per-view match. This footage was later shown on the October 5, 2006, episode of TNA Impact!. Juventud ended up losing the match for his team when he tapped out to Masato Yoshino. They received two straight victories over the Dead Pool at Road Wild and Fall Brawl. At the event on October 9, he defeated Nunzio following a Juvi Driver to capture the Cruiserweight Championship, his first title in WWE and, due to the title being originally from WCW, his fourth Cruiserweight Title reign. After the match, Kennedy hitting him with a steel chair. [54], Guerrero turned heel again as a result of the incident. y toda la gente que me ha apoyado siempre!!!". Guerrero started wrestling on the independent circuit after his release from the WWF. Rey retained custody of the child by winning the rights to his custody by winning a ladder match that had the custody papers hanging from the ceiling of the arena. Continuing to show his crazy behavior Chavo would shave his own head while Guerrero looked on in disbelief. [91][106][107] The feud ended when Guerrero lost the United States Championship to Big Show at No Mercy. He chose Tajiri, and they won the WWE Tag Team Championship, Guerrero's second and Tajiri's first at Judgment Day by defeating Team Angle in a ladder match. @luchalibreaaa #HroesInmortales", "Llega la "Anarqua" de Juventud Guerrera a AAA! Guerrera returned to the promotion on April 30 and formed a new stable known as the "Mexican Powers" alongside Psicosis II, Extreme Tiger, Joe Lder and Crazy Boy, although Psicosis II and Extreme Tiger would later leave the group. Both teams lost to Team Angle in a triple threat match. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Eduardo Anbal Gonzlez Hernndez (born November 23, 1974) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera.[2]. He received a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion The Great Sasuke at Skydiving J, but lost the match. Guerrero then left the company for months, angry at Bischoff for what he had done. International appearances and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (20002005), World Wrestling Entertainment (20052006), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (20062008, 2009), WWA International Cruiserweight Championship, IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship, "global Honored Crown Junior Heavyweight Title", "Resultados de Rey de Reyes-AAA (16 marzo 2008) Elecktroshock nuevo Rey de Reyes. Hector, the second eldest son of Gory Guerrero, is most famous for being forced to portray possibly the worst gimmicks in the history of both the WWE and the NWA. This is for you!!!" brands, which SmackDown! He was followed into the sport by his four sons. [91][99], In July 2003, Guerrero competed in a tournament for the WWE United States Championship. Eventually, other wrestlers, primarily his nephew Chavo and friends Mysterio and Christian Cage, paid tribute to him in their matches by using the Frog Splash, Guerrero's finisher. In the mid parts of his career, Guerrero took the title of "Latino Heat", which was also his theme song in the early 2000s. [122], At The Great American Bash, Guerrero defended the title against JBL in a Texas bullrope match. He let Brian Adams pin him and get an upset victory in a match.[45]. 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). I Steal!" [75][76] He feuded with Van Dam, defeating him for his second Intercontinental Championship at Backlash. Match. [157] In a poll of the WWE roster, he was ranked the 11th greatest professional wrestler of all time. Eddie Guerrero was the youngest of the four Guerrero brothers. Great documentary about the late Eddie Guerrero, fans get inside looks on the people that know him, it goes into deeper view into who Eddie is than the Cheating Death, Stealing Life one. [51] When Vince Russo was fired as WCW booker and replaced by Kevin Sullivan, Guerrero asked for and received a release from his contract on January 19, 2000. [14] Guerrera was seemingly written out of AAA on April 19, 2014, when Daga took over the leadership of Anarqua.[15]. 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Although visibly frustrated, Guerrero congratulated his partner. Guerrero eventually left the Radicalz, siding with The Hardy Boyz and Lita. [37], On the March 9, 1998 episode of Nitro, Guerrero's nephew Chavo Guerrero lost to Booker T in a match. [54] At Unforgiven, Chyna helped Guerrero in retaining his title against Rikishi. Juventud Guerrera y Marco Corleone las sorpresas. Guerrero and Benoit feuded with Ric Flair for a while and Guerrero lost a match to Flair at King of the Ring. He attended the University of New Mexico, and then New Mexico Highlands University on an athletic scholarship. Each week Angle and his new allies Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak began targeting Guerrero and Big Show. [25] Guerrero participated in a tournament for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and defeated DDP in the final round at Starrcade to win the United States title in December 1996. [80] Chris Benoit returned to WWE the night Guerrero lost the title and reunited with him. from England. When Konnan left for WCW later that year, Guerrera and the rest followed. [149] Guerrero was close friends with fellow wrestlers Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, Dean Malenko, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, JBL, and Dave Batista. [11] Guerrero lost the ECW Television Championship back to 2 Cold Scorpio on August 25. Locos feuded mostly with El Hijo del Santo and his partner Octagn, eventually ending in a Hair vs. After the presentation, Guerrera criticized the decision of his siblings becoming pro wrestlers, since neither of them had interest in pro wrestling before. November 18, 2005. [70], Guerrero also returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) for a brief period in March 2002, this time unmasked. Guerrero was married to Vickie Guerrero and had two daughters with her, one of whom is professional wrestler Shaul Marie Guerrero. Great documentary about the late Eddie Guerrero. Being physically attacked by the opposing tag team for doing so. Additionally, the song "We Lie, We Cheat, We Steal" that he performed with Chavo was released on the WWE Originals CD. [95][96] The following week, Guerrero and Tajiri managed to retain their titles against Team Angle by cheating. Often included in his matches, Eddie would employ what commentator Tazz would refer to as The Smoking Gun; a chair, championship belt, or other unauthorized item and toss it to his opponent as the referee turned around from a distraction. [117] At the end of this event, Guerrero celebrated in the ring with longtime friend Chris Benoit, who had just won the World Heavyweight Championship. [69] On November 9, 2001, he was arrested for drunk driving and was subsequently released by the WWF three days later. [22] He feuded 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. Guerrero then appeared in the room and assaulted Benoit with a steel chair. [148] He would also use a variation of the Texas cloverleaf and called it the Lasso from El Paso. He is most familiar to newer wrestling fans as Chavo Classic, a former WWE Cruiserweight champion that always interfered for his son Chavo Jr. During his career, he was a star in the UWF, AWA, Japan, and several NWA territories. Mask match at the first Lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide, which they lost.[8]. [133][135] The two wrestled a match at WrestleMania with Mysterio getting the win. [141] Yet Guerrero revealed the secret anyway on the following episode of SmackDown! Orton was given Guerrero's spot in the traditional Survivor Series elimination match between the Raw and SmackDown! [74], Guerrero returned to the WWF on the April 1, 2002 episode of Raw, attacking Rob Van Dam. These segments marked the beginning of the rise of popularity for the team, especially Eddie, who continued to use the mannerisms.[85]. Guerrera dedicated his match against Jericho to the late Eddie Guerrero. They defeated D-Generation X at Survivor Series in an elimination tag team match and assisted Triple H in his match with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Three months later after being released from WWE, Guerrera returned to Mexico to compete with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). After the match concluded, Guerrero was persuaded to go to hospital by WWE producer Bruce Prichard where his wound was stitched up and he received IV fluids. Guerrero defeated Reigns in a singles match at No Mercy. 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Announcers: Michael Cole & Tazz. Batista was well aware of Guerrero's sneaky reputation, and despite eventually accepting his friendship (initially to keep an eye on him), Batista would continually play mind games with Guerrero to expose his true intentions. Survivor Series team. [142] During that time he now had a dark comical gimmick. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. In WCW, Guererra made his debut on August 26, 1996, edition of Monday Nitro in a victory over Billy Kidman. It was there that Guerrero entered collegiate wrestling before moving to Mexico to train as a professional wrestler. Juventud helped Charly Manson and D-Generation MEX win their match and joined D-Generation-Mex. [70][71] On February 24, he debuted in the Australian promotion World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) at The Revolution beating the champion Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis in a Triple Threat match for the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship. On November 25, Juventud regained the title on an edition of SmackDown! [3] While in CMLL, he frequently re-teamed with fellow WCW alumnus Rey Mysterio, who had left WCW due to its purchase by the World Wrestling Federation, in CMLL before Mysterio's signing with WWE. 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. In an attempt to get a better draw, Guerrero switched his number with Flair's (and stole Flair's wallet in the process). [50] At Mayhem, the Animals lost to Revolution in a mixed tag team elimination match. Guerrero wrestled as the original Mascara Magica in CMLL until his departure in 1992. The episodes of Raw on November 14, 2005, and SmackDown! Like, Comment, Subscribe please : ) Eddie Guerrero was the youngest of the four Guerrero brothers. tribute shows, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) dedicated the pay-per-view Genesis (which aired the evening of his death) to Guerrero,[155] while Ring of Honor (ROH) named their next show "Night of Tribute". During the ensuing physical altercation, Em allegedly pistol-whipped Guerra before being tackled by onlookers. Guerrero later competed in a tournament for the WWE U.S. Championship in July 2003. He briefly wrestled as Kerwin White but reverted back to the Guerrero name when his Uncle passed away. results September 11, 2003", "Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero for the WWE World Championship", "Eddie Guerrero's first WWE World Championship reign", "Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels vs. [113], When Chris Benoit jumped to the Raw brand after winning the Royal Rumble match, using his title shot to go for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship, Guerrero won a 15-man Royal Rumble match on the January 29, 2004 episode of SmackDown! "I didn't like the style of my dad's mask, I thought that was old. 2 of the top 500 wrestlers in the, Ranked No. [136] After several mishaps in the weeks following WrestleMania, the growing tension between Guerrero and Mysterio finally erupted when they lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the new team MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury) on the April 21 episode of SmackDown!. The pair also had several tag team matches in which Guerrera would team with his father Fuerza, while Rey Jr. would tag with uncle and trainer Rey Misterio Sr. Guerrera first gained American exposure in Extreme Championship Wrestling alongside fellow luchadores Rey Misterio Jr., Psicosis, Konnan and La Parka, all of whom were also wrestling for Konnan's Promo Azteca in Mexico at the time. Given "Juvi's" in-ring style, as well as mastery of lucha libre, such a task will be easier said than done. [147] He also used to perform 3 sequential suplexes, calling the triad the "Three Amigos. "I say it before I dedicate this match to Eddy Guerrero. A prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero. Each member of The Mexicools picked up numerous pinfall victories over the champion during this time. On April 20, 2018, Juventud made his comeback with Kevin Kross and Teddy Hart, directly attacking Dr. Wagner Jr. and Hernandez after the main event for the AAA Mega Championship. One of the great Hispanic wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero grew up part of the famous wrestling family: The Guerreros. The pair . 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. [115][116] His next feud was with Kurt Angle, whom he defeated at WrestleMania XX to retain his title in his first big defense. #LETSGETJUICY THE JUICE is about 2 get loooose !!! In real-life, Dominick is the son of Rey Mysterio and he is not related to the Guerrero family. Eddie Guerrero. Hair match. [70][73] He dropped the title back to Punk one day later on March 2. Guerrero made Mysterio submit to the Lasso from El Paso to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship. Guerrero lost the match after receiving a missile dropkick. They lost the titles to Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) on the February 6, 2003 episode of SmackDown!. During the feud, it was revealed that while Eddie was separated from Vickie, he had a child out of wedlock. After being released from WCW, Guerrera went on to wrestle for many other promotions including AAA, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, World Wrestling All-Stars, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, and Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW). [54][63] Guerrero was later defeated by Gunn for the Intercontinental Championship on the Thanksgiving episode of SmackDown!. at the time) reversed the decision after Guerrero appeared to have retained the title. In 1990, he passed away at the age of 69. In March, Guerrero, who was wrestling as a heel, began pursuing the affections of Chyna, who he referred to as his "Mamacita". [77][78] After retaining the title against Van Dam at Insurrextion[79] and Judgment Day,[80][81] he finally lost the title to Van Dam on the May 27 episode of Raw in a ladder match in which a fan in an Edmonton Oilers jersey pushed him off a ladder. [9], Guerrero won the ECW World Television Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio in his debut match for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on April 8, 1995, at Three Way Dance. Juventud later went on to lose the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy. 1 and lasted 28:11 before being eliminated by Edge. [111][125], At SummerSlam, Guerrero lost to Angle after submitting to his ankle lock. In 2010s, he stole Jason Style's belt claiming the promoter owes him money. Juventud helped Charly Manson and D-Generation-Mex win their match and joined D-Generation-Mex. "Thank you my fans, my family, my friends. For several years, she was a part of the WWE developmental system as a member of the Florida Championship Wrestling roster, which was later rebranded NXT. Following his feud with Mysterio, Guerrero was named number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship and given a title match with Batista. Guerrero wrestled in his last match on the November 11 episode of SmackDown!, defeating Mr. Kennedy by disqualification using his signature lie, cheat, and steal tactics, which allowed him to advance to the SmackDown! At No Way Out, Guerrero teamed up with longtime friend and sometimes rival, Rey Mysterio and defeated the Basham Brothers to win his final title, the WWE Tag Team Championship for a fourth time, with it being Mysterio's third reign. However, this resulted in Guerrero "accidentally" pinning Chyna as her shoulders were still on the mat, and thus Guerrero won the match and his first Intercontinental Championship. Eric Cohen is a sports writer focused on pro wrestling. [35] After retaining the title against Dean Malenko in the opening bout of Starrcade in December 1997,[36] Guerrero dropped the title to ltimo Dragn the following day on the December 29 episode of Nitro. Chavo Guerrero is the son of Chavo Guerrero Sr. The storyline grew to involve the families of both men, with both sides pleading for Guerrero not to reveal the secret. [91][105] The next week on SmackDown!, Los Guerreros defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team to win the WWE Tag Team Championship, making Guerrero a double champion (beginning Guerrero's third tag title reign). 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. Then, The Radicalz reunited and feuded with the reformed D-Generation X (Chyna, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and K-Kwik). [4] His final match aired that evening on SmackDown!, a Cruiserweight Title rematch against Kid Kash which Juventud lost. Guerrero continued his feud with Angle. [41] At Slamboree, Guerrero defeated Dragn despite interference from Chavo. Flair would enter at No. [45], Despite his success and popularity, Guerrero had been one of many wrestlers who were frustrated at never being given a chance to be main event stars in WCW. In 1991, he would return for WrestleWar, wrestling a dark match, teaming with Ultraman to defeat Huichol and Rudy Boy Gonzalez. Guerrera appeared as himself in the 2000 film Ready to Rumble. The son of lucha libre legend Fuerza Guerrera, Juventud, also known as Juvy and "The Juice" is best known for his run in WCW from 1996-2000, where he was a three time WCW Cruiserweight Champion. [11] Guerrera returned to AAA on August 30, 2013, joining the recently reformed Mexican Powers stable. Despite having lost his mask to Jericho decades earlier in WCW, Guerrera wore a traditional lucha libre mask during the match. [123] On the July 8 episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero pulled a switcharoo with Shannon Moore, who was wrestling as "El Gran Luchadore" and wore the costume. I Just wanna say THANK YOU !!! At No Way Out, the four men faced each other in a fatal four-way match, which Jericho won. and was used in one of his entrance themes; he partly used this phrase in the title of his 2005 autobiography, Cheating Death, Stealing Life. [91][98] After Guerrero and Tajiri lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to The World's Greatest Tag Team (previously Team Angle) on the July 3 episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero turned on Tajiri, slamming his partner through the windshield of his low-rider truck, turning heel once again. At Judgment Day, Guerrero defended his WWE title against JBL, retaining the title after getting himself disqualified, hitting JBL with the championship title. The match ended with interference and a Gore from Rhyno, Benoit's partner, who was furious at the team's failure. It was later explained that he cut too deep, thus hitting an artery. In 1992, Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was known as the second incarnation of Black Tiger. [45] However, Guerrero was involved in a car accident on New Year's Day 1999 that cut short the LWO storyline. Guerrero feuded with Edge, to whom he lost at SummerSlam. On the date of his death, a triple threat match between himself, Batista, and Randy Orton was supposed to take place to air on the following episode of SmackDown! [86][111][112] Guerrero feuded with Chavo and defeated him at the Royal Rumble to settle their feud. [54][55][56][57] After Guerrero abandoned Lita to be attacked by The Dudley Boyz, he and Chyna began a feud with Essa Rios and Lita, ending in a European title defense at Backlash, which was also billed as the night of Guerrero's prom (he was said to have just earned a GED). 30. [45] The group eventually grew to encompass almost all the Mexican wrestlers working for WCW at the time. [38] On the March 12 episode of Thunder, he defeated his nephew Chavo in a match and forced him to become his "slave". Other media. One of my biggest influences was Jushin Liger . The following year, he was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. [31] Guerrero demanded a rematch for the title. [54][64] Benoit left the group to focus on a singles career while the rest of The Radicalz feuded with Lita and The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff). [54] He faced Kidman in a match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, but Mysterio interfered and helped Kidman win the match and keep the title. He is interred at Green Acres Memorial Park Cemetery in Scottsdale, Arizona. The 3 Doors Down song "Here Without You" was used as a tribute song for Guerrero, as was Johnny Cash's "Hurt". "I wanted to go with the mask, but I wanted to do something different," Guerrera said. His catchphrase became "I Lie! Eddie passed away in 2005 due to heart failure caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Personal life. [94], Five days prior to Judgment Day, his real-life nephew Chavo tore his biceps and forcing Guerrero to look for another partner. On February 23, 2012, Guerrera returned to AAA, and losing to his old rival El Hijo del Perro Aguyao in a four-way match, which also included Ciberntico and Mscara Ao 2000 Jr.[6] On March 18 at Rey de Reyes, Guerrera and Joe Lder, reforming the Mexican Powers, defeated the teams of Extreme Tiger and Fnix, Halloween and Nicho el Millonario, and Chessman and Teddy Hart in a four-way tag team match. After Eddie died, she got an on-air job as the assistant to SmackDown GM Teddy Long. He would compete throughout 1996 and 1997 under a mask, like the one he wore in Mexico and ECW. His matches with Rey Mysterio were unlike anything taking place in the. [12][16] During his first few pay-per-view events, he competed in dark matches against Alex Wright. 81 of the top 500 wrestlers of the ", Ranked No. There have also been several DVDs and books released about his life and career, including Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story (DVD, 2004), Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story (book, released on December 5, 2005), and Viva La Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (DVD 2008). Guerrera is the son of Mexican wrestling legend Fuerza . On January 6, 2006, WWE announced that Guerrera was released from the company. Guerrero then appeared on a televised AAA show as Mascara Magica, only to then unmask himself along with the aide of his tag team partner that night, Octagn. war of the roses radio prank,