Eddie Guerrero
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 Eddie Guerrero  Eddie Guerrero Statistics Ring name(s): Black Tiger II, Eddie Guerrero, Eddy Guerrero, El Caliente, Mascara Magica Height: 5 ft 8 in (172 cm) Weight: 228 lb (103 kg) Born :October 9, 1967, El Paso, Texas Died: November 13, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota Trained by: Gory Guerrero Debut: 1987 Eddie Guerrero Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes, better known by his ring name, Eddie Guerrero, was a Mexican American professional wrestler. Born into a legendary Mexican wrestling family, Eddie Guerrero managed to maintain the storied Guerrero family legacy. Through the 1990s, he had a distinguished career, working for every major professional wrestling promotion in the United States during that period: Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. Eddie Guerrero's in-ring character was that of a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. Despite, or possibly because of, being a heel for much of his career, he became extremely popular because of his charisma and the fact that his character seemed to largely be a reflection of himself. Throughout his career, Eddie Guerrero encountered various substance abuse problems outside of wrestling, including alcoholism and an addiction to pain killers. His problems outside of the ring were sometimes integrated into his professional wrestling storylines. Notwithstanding these issues, Eddie Guerrero won numerous titles during his career, including the WWE Championship. Eddie Guerrero became a born again Christian in 2002. Eddie Guerrero Early career Eddie Guerrero came from a legendary wrestling family. His father, Gory Guerrero, was a founding father of Lucha Libre, a prominent wrestling trainer and an influential figure in Mexican professional wrestling. 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 wrestle in Mexico. As a boy, Guerrero's father allowed he and Chavo, Jr. to wrestle one other during intermissions in the wrestling arena that Gory owned. Eddie Guerrero was 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. He debuted in 1987 in the Mexican Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre promotion. He became a star in Mexico long before he main evented in the United States. In 1993, Eddie Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was known as Black Tiger II. In Mexico, he wrestled mainly for Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, teaming with El Hijo del Santo as the new version of La Pareja Atomica (The Atomic Pair), the legendary tag team of Gory Guerrero and El Santo. After Eddie 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. Along with Barr, Konnan, Chicano Power and Madonna’s Boyfriend, Eddie Guerrero formed Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans), a heel stable. Eddie 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 de Santo and his partner Octagon, eventually ending in a Hair vs. Hair match at the first lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide, which they lost. Eddie 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 Eddie Guerrero. As an homage to his fallen friend, Eddie Guerrero adopted his friend's finishing move, the Frog Splash. Eddie Guerrero won the ECW World Television Championship on his debut and went on to have a series of acclaimed matches with Dean Malenko before they both signed with World Championship Wrestling later that year. After their last 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." Championships and accomplishments Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion 1-time AAA/IWC World Tag Team Champion (with "Love Machine" Art Barr) Extreme Championship Wrestling 2-time ECW World Television Champion Independent Wrestling Association: Mid-South 1-time IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion Latin American Wrestling Association 1-time LAWA Heavyweight Champion New Japan Pro Wrestling 1-time NJPW Junior Heavyweight Super Grade Tag League Champion (with The Great Sasuke) Pro Wrestling Federation 1-time PWF World Tag Team Champion (with Hector Guerrero) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI named him # 81 of the 500 best wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003 PWI named him # 18 of the best tag teams of the PWI Years, with Art Barr as Los Gringos Locos PWI Comeback of the Year Award (1999) PWI Most Inspirational Award (2002) PWI Most Inspirational Award (2004) PWI Editor's award (2005) World Championship Wrestling 1-time WCW United States Champion 2-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion World Wrestling All-Stars 1-time WWA International Cruiserweight Champion World Wrestling Association 1-time WWA World Trios Champion (with Chavo Guerrero and Mando Guerrero) 1-time WWA World Welterweight Champion World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment 1-time WWE Champion 2-time WWF/E Intercontinental Champion 1-time WWE United States Champion 2-time WWF European Champion 4-time WWE Tag Team Champion (2-time with Chavo Guerrero, Jr., 1-time with Tajiri, 1-time with Rey Mysterio) Fifth Grand Slam Champion WWE Hall of Famer (class of 2006) Wrestling Observer Newsletter 1994 Feud of the Year (with Art Barr, versus El Hijo del Santo and Octagón) 1994 Tag Team of the Year (with Art Barr as Los Gringos Locos) 1995 Feud of the Year (versus Dean Malenko) 2002 Tag Team of the Year (with Chavo Guerrero, Jr. as Los Guerreros) 2004 Most Charismatic Wrestler 2005 Best Interviews 2005 Most Charismatic Wrestler Eddie Guerrero Pictures 
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