Eddie Guerrero about to defend the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XX. As announced on AEW Dynamite, lucha libre legend and former WCW star Juventud Guerrera will be appearing on next week's Dynamite to wrestle former rival Chris Jericho. [95][96] The following week, Guerrero and Tajiri managed to retain their titles against Team Angle by cheating. I Steal!" At Judgment Day, Guerrero defended his WWE title against JBL, retaining the title after getting himself disqualified, hitting JBL with the championship title. He also made note to dedicate his match next week to a late colleague. After Mysterio signed with WWE in 2002, Guerrera joined the upstart promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Furious, Guerrero demanded Bischoff release him from his contract on a live episode of Nitro. Guerrero defeated Rios after arriving at ringside in a 1957 Chevrolet, even wrestling in his tuxedo pants and a bow tie. They mainly feuded with Rey Mysterio Jr. and Billy Kidman because they wanted Mysterio to join the group. After Eddie died, she got an on-air job as the assistant to SmackDown GM Teddy Long. Guerrero tried to get Benoit in trouble by placing the title belt on top of the unconscious Benoit. A prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero. using his signature low rider and old entrance theme with Batista, and turning him face once again. Other media. When Konnan left for WCW later that year, Guerrera and the rest followed. 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. The night after WrestleMania 2000, on the April 3, 2000 episode of Raw Is War, Guerrero faced off against Jericho for the European Championship. He knew how to structure them. "We accomplished so much together. After the death of Barr, Guerrero received his first mainstream exposure in the United States in 1995 by joining ECW and winning the ECW World Television Championship. [54] At Rebellion, Guerrero and Malenko lost to Gunn and Chyna. In 2010s, he stole Jason Styles belt claiming the promoter owes him money. Guerrero performed in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions, and in the United States he performed for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). 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). [5] He followed in the footsteps of his brothers and father, who had also wrestled in Mexico. In the following weeks, Guerrero revealed the details of the secret in a series of what he called "Eddie's Bedtime Stories". Guerrero then left the company for months, angry at Bischoff for what he had done. 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. [citation needed]. During the group's run, Guerrera and Mysterio Jr. became the World Tag Team Champions. [7] As a result, Guerrera and Lder were granted a shot at the AAA World Tag Team Championship, but were defeated on May 6 by the defending champions, Abyss and Chessman. [143] On the September 9 episode of SmackDown!, their feud ended when Guerrero defeated Mysterio in a steel cage match.[144]. Juventud Guerrera lost the title on February 6, 2013, in Milan, being defeated by Giuseppe "King" Danza in 50 seconds. Guerrero was a born-again Christian.[150][151]. Rey, who was unable to have a child of his own adopted Dominick. Chyna was upset when Guerrero pinned her to advance in the King of the Ring tournament. A series of matches with MNM only supported Batista's suspicions that Guerrero was up to no good, as Guerrero appeared to have reverted to his cheating ways. This is for you!!!" By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. [42] After the match, Chavo kissed Eddie and began to display insane behavior. [91][97] They also defeated Roddy Piper and his protg Sean O'Haire in Madison Square Garden on the June 26 episode of SmackDown!. [142] During that time he now had a dark comical gimmick. He challenged Jericho for the title at Clash of the Champions XXXV but lost. [54] I had no idea until I watched that tape back how much blood there was, I have seen some bloodbaths in Japan, Europe, Mexico and Texas-I had been in several-I have never seen anything like that. Guerrero was victorious over Saturn by disqualification in a singles match at Halloween Havoc. One of the great Hispanic wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero grew up part of the famous wrestling family: The Guerreros. Guerrero feuded with Edge, to whom he lost at SummerSlam. [12][16] During his first few pay-per-view events, he competed in dark matches against Alex Wright. That year, he was also promoted from the NXT territory to the WWE's main roster as one-half of the tag team known as The Vaudevillains. RESULTS. [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. At No Way Out, Guerrero defeated Lesnar in a shocking upset victory in the main event to win the WWE Championship. [86][91][109] They began feuding with the Basham Brothers, but failed to regain the championship at Survivor Series. Some matches had Eddie smack a chair on the mat and toss the chair to his opponent and lie on the ground. Many of the wrestlers there wore armbands with "E.G." [54] At Unforgiven, Chyna helped Guerrero in retaining his title against Rikishi. Styles. Guerrero was one of the final nine men in the battle royal (notably being one of only two men in the group to be under the age of 35, the other being The Giant) until he was tossed out of the ring by Four Horsemen members. The group feuded with Velocity main-stay and then-Cruiserweight Champion Nunzio and his tag partner Vito. [30], After losing the United States Heavyweight Championship, Guerrero feuded with Jericho focusing on Jericho's Cruiserweight Championship. On April 23, 2017, at WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup Mexican Qualifying Round Guerrera defeated El Hijo de Dos Caras in the semi-finals, Guerrera was defeated in the finals by Rey Mysterio. When the gun fell to the ground, Kozlowski picked up the gun as Guerra fled the scene . [147] He also used to perform 3 sequential suplexes, calling the triad the "Three Amigos. At SummerSlam, Guerrero retained his title by defeating Rhyno, Benoit, and Tajiri in a fatal four-way match. 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). [94], Five days prior to Judgment Day, his real-life nephew Chavo tore his biceps and forcing Guerrero to look for another partner. [108] Four days later, Los Guerreros lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the Basham Brothers (Danny and Doug). [40] Guerrero and Chavo feuded with ltimo Dragn. [31] Guerrero demanded a rematch for the title. He took to Twitter to comment on the match by writing the following: He briefly wrestled as Kerwin White but reverted back to the Guerrero name when his Uncle passed away. Guerrero made Mysterio submit to the Lasso from El Paso to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship. Helpful. Early in his career, Guerrera was a mainstay in the Asistencia Asesora y Administracin (AAA) promotion. Guerrero's catchphrase during the latter part of his career with WWE was "Viva La Raza" (which is Spanish for "Long Live the Race"). He went on to become one of the most beloved figures in wrestling history. After the match Eddie attacked Chavo causing him to bleed. Given "Juvi's" in-ring style, as well as mastery of lucha libre, such a task will be easier said than done. Eddie's brothers, Hector, Amadno and Chavo, Sr. also became wrestlers. Adopting the name Juventud Guerrera Spanish for "youth warrior" he made the decision to wear a mask in the squared circle. Beginning in 1998, Guerrera pinned ltimo Dragn to win the Cruiserweight Championship on the inaugural edition of Thunder on January 8, 1998. [145] Batista defeated Guerrero at No Mercy to retain the World Heavyweight Championship in what would be Guerrero's last pay-per-view match. 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. on them. Guerrero lost the match. She left WWE in 2014. [10][11] He went on to have a series of acclaimed matches with Dean Malenko before they both signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) later that year. JBL won after Kurt Angle (who was General Manager of SmackDown! [119], In March, he started a feud with fellow Texan John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) after JBL interrupted Guerrero's title match with Booker T.[111][120] The rivalry would soon turn personal when at a non-televised live event, JBL caused Guerrero's mother to suffer a (kayfabe) heart attack while in attendance at ringside. [9] On August 5 at Triplemana XX, Guerrera teamed with Chessman for one night to take part in a Parejas Suicidas steel cage match. He got finishes. On November 29, 1999, Guerrera defeated Jushin Thunder Liger to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on Nitro. 0. On November 25, Juventud regained the title on an edition of SmackDown! [54][58] Guerrero turned face and successfully retained the title against former Radicalz friends Saturn and Malenko in a triple threat match at Judgment Day,[54][59] before losing the title to Saturn at Fully Loaded. During the ensuing physical altercation, Em allegedly pistol-whipped Guerra before being tackled by onlookers. 1 and lasted 28:11 before being eliminated by Edge. 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. Guerrero pinned Benoit and won the United States Championship.[102][103]. Eduardo Anbal Gonzlez Hernndez (born November 23, 1974) is a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera.[2]. [133][135] The two wrestled a match at WrestleMania with Mysterio getting the win. [54] Just when it appeared that Chyna would leave Guerrero, he proposed to her and she accepted. [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. After the presentation, Guerrera criticized the decision of his siblings becoming pro wrestlers, since neither of them had interest in pro wrestling before. After unmasking Guerrera, Jericho would often berate Guerrera for his looks by referring to him as "Quasi-juice" which was in reference to "Quasimodo", the disfigured lead character in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Both teams lost to Team Angle in a triple threat match. The Guerrero family is one of the most important families in wrestling history and have been a part of the industry for four generations. The trio called themselves MAD. [86][111][112] Guerrero feuded with Chavo and defeated him at the Royal Rumble to settle their feud. [67][68] In April, The Radicalz feuded with Test and his partners. Although the Mascara Magica gimmick was popular, CMLL owned the rights to the character. Following his release from WCW in 2000, Guerrera would go on to work AAA, CMLL, Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan and WWE. [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. [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. [158] Kurt Angle named Guerrero as the second greatest professional wrestler of all time, behind Shawn Michaels, stating: "[Eddie] could have been the absolute greatest of all time because when I wrestled, he was still in that top three we were talking about, so Eddie had it all. During the match, Chyna turned on Jericho and helped Guerrero win, and later explained her actions by declaring that she could not resist his "Latino Heat". Juventud first made a name for himself . Guerrero engaged in a feud with Big Show, which involved Guerrero giving Big Show some laxative laced burritos and then later spraying Big Show from a sewage truck. Juventud Guerrera lost the title on February 6, 2013, in Milan, being defeated by Giuseppe "King" Danza in 50 seconds. Personal life. Juventud later went on to lose the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy. Despite this, Guerrero quickly proclaimed himself to be Batista's friend. [118], "The chair shot was very stiff. for the World Heavyweight Championship, in which Guerrero had been booked to win the title so Batista could take time off to heal from an injured back[citation needed], but that was later denied by Batista in his own book. They lost the titles to Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) on the February 6, 2003 episode of SmackDown!. In 1991, he would return for WrestleWar, wrestling a dark match, teaming with Ultraman to defeat Huichol and Rudy Boy Gonzalez. [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. Pat Fannin Jul 15, 2017 2:00PM. Each week Angle and his new allies Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak began targeting Guerrero and Big Show. The highlight of his career was winning the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar at No Way Out 2004. [146] He would make his entrance the following SmackDown! Benoit ran to make the save, only to have himself locked inside a room. 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. He is a featured guest in wrestling discussions on BBC Radio and Sirius Hardcore Sports Radio. from England. [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. [33] On the November 10 episode of Monday Nitro, he regained the Cruiserweight title from Mysterio,[34] and made a successful title defense against Mysterio at World War 3. The team lied, cheated, and stole their way to great success. at the time) reversed the decision after Guerrero appeared to have retained the title. 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. Guerrero lost the match after receiving a missile dropkick. [41] At Slamboree, Guerrero defeated Dragn despite interference from Chavo. He recalled how he felt on the AEW entrance ramp as he was entering the ring for the match. He climbed to main event status and won the WWE Championship, his sole world championship at No Way Out 2004. Mask match at the first Lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide, which they lost.[8]. I say it before i dedcate this match to #EddyGuerrero y toda la gente que me ha apoyado siempre !!! The stipulation of this encounter, per MJF, is that Jericho must hit a top rope maneuver to win. He was so entertaining, but he also had all the technique. The storyline grew to involve the families of both men, with both sides pleading for Guerrero not to reveal the secret. In 2010, he made a special surprise appearance at Dragon Gate teaming with Dragon Kid in a match against BxB Hulk and Masato Yoshino. I Cheat! He managed to advance to the final round, defeating ltimo Dragn and Billy Gunn in the process,[91] where he would meet Chris Benoit. Eddie Guerrero is easily one of the greatest cruiserweights of all time, who captured the title twice in WCW, regularly blew audiences away with great matches, and became a major heel once he got to WWE. 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! 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[29] His reign came to an end at Uncensored when Dean Malenko defeated him for the title. Guerrero's team consisted of himself, Big Show, John Cena (replacing the originally chosen Rey Mysterio), and Rob Van Dam. His father Gory Guerrero became a star in the U.S., an icon in Texas and a legend in Mexico. 30. At the October 4 SmackDown! In September, he formed The Sexicools, a parody of his Mexicools group, with Intocable and Toscano. The 3 Doors Down song "Here Without You" was used as a tribute song for Guerrero, as was Johnny Cash's "Hurt". Guerrero then adopted a new, brooding gimmick. 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. The match ended with interference and a Gore from Rhyno, Benoit's partner, who was furious at the team's failure. Fans fondly remember Los Guerreros, the tag team he formed with his Uncle Eddie. He went on to become one of the most beloved figures in wrestling history. His matches with Rey Mysterio were unlike anything taking place in the. He debuted in ECW at Big Apple Blizzard Blast in February 1996. @TonyKhan @IAmJericho @CodyRhodes @youngbucks @AEW @AEWonTNT #LETSGETJUICY #THEJUICE is about 2 Get Loooose !!! Guerrero started wrestling on the independent circuit after his release from the WWF. Despite having lost his mask to Jericho decades earlier in WCW, Guerrera wore a traditional lucha libre mask during the match. [54], Guerrero turned heel again as a result of the incident. [111][124] On the July 15 episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero faced JBL in a steel cage match for the WWE title where El Gran Luchadore appeared again and cost Guerrero the match; he later revealed himself as Kurt Angle. The following week by week of The Mexicools interrupting matches and beating down seemingly random WWE Superstars and cutting promos. [16]. [53] During his first match with the WWF, a tag team match with Perry Saturn against The New Age Outlaws, Guerrero performed a frog splash off the top rope and dislocated his elbow when he landed the move; as a result, he was sidelined for several weeks. Wagner se presenta en AAA para retar al Mesas", "AAA en Naucalpan (resultados 23 de febrero) El Hijo del Perro Aguayo y Hctor Garza califican al Rey de Reyes 2012 Juventud Guerrera Regresa! [115][116] His next feud was with Kurt Angle, whom he defeated at WrestleMania XX to retain his title in his first big defense. On July 28, 2021, Guerrera was announced for a match against Chris Jericho at All Elite Wrestling's August 4, 2021 "Homecoming" event in which the latter is required to perform a finishing maneuver from the top rope. By Liam Crowley / Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 9:48 pm EST. In 1992, Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was known as the second incarnation of Black Tiger. [69] On November 9, 2001, he was arrested for drunk driving and was subsequently released by the WWF three days later. [46] The LWO was formed in October when Guerrero returned to WCW, with Hctor Garza and Damien. In the NWA, he was known as Lazor-Tron, a character based on the popular laser tag game in the '80s. Guerrero debuted in 1986. In the 2010s, he stole Jason Styles belt, claiming the promoter owed him money. [141] Yet Guerrero revealed the secret anyway on the following episode of SmackDown! ", Layfield recounting the match between him and Guerrero at the 2004 Judgment Day event. On the September 11 episode 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. [14] Guerrera was seemingly written out of AAA on April 19, 2014, when Daga took over the leadership of Anarqua.[15]. [140] Mysterio defeated Guerrero again at The Great American Bash, a match with a stipulation that if Guerrero lost, he would not tell the secret. [139], On the June 30 episode of SmackDown!, Guerrero threatened to reveal a secret about Mysterio and his son Dominik. [111][130], At the Royal Rumble, Guerrero entered the Royal Rumble match at No. The most famous stint of his career was his time in the AWA during the late '80s. 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. [70][73] He dropped the title back to Punk one day later on March 2. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE, AAA, Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Hardcore halls of fame. 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. Despite rumors, Guererra did not jump to AAA's rival CMLL. 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. In 2010s, he stole Jason Style's belt claiming the promoter owes him money. We changed the business." Guerrera began his rise to prominence as a teenager in AAA. Fixture: Eddie Guerrero & Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. Mando teamed up with his brothers Hector and Chavo in both six-man tag team action and in regular tag team action where the brothers were unable to capture the AWA tag team titles from Badd Company. [148] He would also use a variation of the Texas cloverleaf and called it the Lasso from El Paso. [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! would win, with Orton being the sole survivor. Guerrero was married to Vickie Guerrero and had two daughters with her, one of whom is professional wrestler Shaul Marie Guerrero. Announcers: Michael Cole & Tazz. [133] In response to Batista's suspicions, Guerrero helped Batista win a match against his tag team partners, JBL and Christian. Then, The Radicalz reunited and feuded with the reformed D-Generation X (Chyna, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and K-Kwik). In October 2000, during a WCW tour of Australia, Guerrera was arrested at the hotel in which the wrestlers were staying, after an incident in which he was discovered naked and screaming in a hallway, and then attacking police officers who had arrived to detain him. Actor. He teamed with Psicosis in a losing effort against Hijo del Santo & El Santo Jr. Later that night, Juventud & Psicosis attacked Rey Mysterio Jr. and Jeff Hardy (who had just finished a match against one another). [54][60] Although Guerrero said he did not mind that his partner was the champion, on the September 4 episode of Raw Is War he went to WWF Commissioner Mick Foley and asked to be inserted into Chyna's title defense against Kurt Angle claiming that he did not want Angle to hurt his "mamacita". 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. Chavo Guerrero is the son of Chavo Guerrero Sr. On February 23, 2002, he faced 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. Guerrera was expelled from the remainder of the tour and later released by WCW, and was ordered to pay nearly $1,800 in fines. [48][49] They next feuded with Revolution (Shane Douglas, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn). He claimed that he had a child out of wedlock (Dominik) while his marriage was going through hard times. He left WCW in 2000 after the company failed to elevate him to a main event spot. However, he would then lose the title to Rey Misterio Jr. one week later on the following edition of Thunder. As announced on AEW Dynamite, lucha libre legend and former WCW star Juventud Guerrera will be appearing on next week's Dynamite to wrestle former rival Chris Jericho. He has wrestled in WWE, WCW, TNA, and Lucha Underground.

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