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. 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. [14] The next day, they had their last match which ended in a draw in a two out of three falls match at the ECW Arena. Where Are They Now?: Juventud Guerrera | WWE Guerrero pinned Benoit and won the United States Championship.[102][103]. Lucha libre legend and former WCW star Juventud Guerrera will wrestle Chris Jericho on next week's episode of AEW Dynamite. Actor. He knew how to structure them. [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. On September 6, 2014, Juventud made his in-ring debut for Pure Action Championship Wrestling, winning the promotion's Cruiserweight Championship at their final show, Brawl In The Falls III. However, he would then lose the title to Rey Misterio Jr. one week later on the following edition of Thunder. Juventud Guerrera - Wikipedia [100][101] At Vengeance, Guerrero turned to his cheating tactics, hitting Benoit with the belt at one point in the match. JBL won after Kurt Angle (who was General Manager of SmackDown! [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! In an attempt to get a better draw, Guerrero switched his number with Flair's (and stole Flair's wallet in the process). Juventud Guerrera blames his youth for signing off on a storyline in WCW where he lost his mask. The highlight of his career was winning the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar at No Way Out 2004. Alongside Rey Mysterio Jr., Billy Kidman and La Parka (now LA Park), Guerrera's most noted rival in WCW was Chris Jericho, who won Guerrera's mask in a match at SuperBrawl 98. 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! Eddie Guerrero vs Juventud Guerrero. Announcers: Michael Cole & Tazz. [118], "The chair shot was very stiff. In 1992, Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was known as the second incarnation of Black Tiger. As a boy, he would attend the wrestling promotions held by his father Gory Guerrero at the El Paso County Coliseum. [147] He also used to perform 3 sequential suplexes, calling the triad the "Three Amigos. Juventud quickly established himself as the mouthpiece/leader of the group and began using his old nickname "The Juice". Guerrero's team won the match, but Chyna scored the pin on Trish and became a two-time Intercontinental Champion. Guerrero was victorious over Saturn by disqualification in a singles match at Halloween Havoc. Mando, the third-youngest of the Guerrero brothers, spent the majority of his career wrestling in the California wrestling territory. 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. Along the way, Guerrero found a partner in Booker T. At Armageddon, Guerrero and Booker's initial teamwork broke away, and the match ended with JBL pinning Booker following the Clothesline From Hell. He has wrestled in WWE, WCW, TNA, and Lucha Underground. Chavo lost to Dragn at Spring Stampede. Guerrero was married to Vickie Guerrero and had two daughters with her, one of whom is professional wrestler Shaul Marie Guerrero. Aiden English married Raquel Diaz in 2016. [154] Eddie Guerrero was pronounced dead upon the ambulance arriving at the scene. Guerrera will be the. ", "AAA Rey de Reyes (Cobetura y Resultados 18 de marzo de 2012) Quien ganara el torneo Rey de Reyes 2012? The Guerrero family is one of the most important families in wrestling history and have been a part of the industry for four generations. 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. [94], Five days prior to Judgment Day, his real-life nephew Chavo tore his biceps and forcing Guerrero to look for another partner. 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. By Liam Crowley / Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 9:48 pm EST. Although the Mascara Magica gimmick was popular, CMLL owned the rights to the character. [80] Chris Benoit returned to WWE the night Guerrero lost the title and reunited with him. [11] Guerrero lost the ECW Television Championship back to 2 Cold Scorpio on August 25. During Eddie's 2005 feud with Rey Mysterio, WWE fans were introduced to Rey's son Dominick. "I never spoke about . Guerrera is the son of Mexican wrestling legend Fuerza . [54] The two slowly began to become popular with the fans, but over the next few months friction began to build between Guerrero and Chyna. [2][7] Guerrero later said that no matter how many people joined los Gringos Locos, the stable was all about Barr. 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). Wrestlers CM Punk and Rey Mysterio dedicated some of their matches to Guerrero. Juventud Guerrera Faces Chris Jericho On AEW Dynamite: Homecoming He went on to become one of the most beloved figures in wrestling history. [148] He would also use a variation of the Texas cloverleaf and called it the Lasso from El Paso. [47] They feuded with the Dead Pool (Insane Clown Posse and Vampiro). Guerrero wrestled as the original Mascara Magica in CMLL until his departure in 1992. In August 2008, Juventud held a press conference to announce his departure from AAA to compete on the Mexican independent circuit. Guerrero made Mysterio submit to the Lasso from El Paso to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. After Eddie died, she got an on-air job as the assistant to SmackDown GM Teddy Long. This footage was later shown on the October 5, 2006, episode of TNA Impact!. Guerrera appears as himself in the 2000 film Ready to Rumble, although his name is spelled in the credits (and in the closed captioning) as "Juventud Guerrero". When Konnan left for WCW later that year, Guerrera and the rest followed. Juventud Guerrera made his AEW debut tonight in a match against Chris Jericho. During the feud, it was revealed that while Eddie was separated from Vickie, he had a child out of wedlock. Eddie passed away in 2005 due to heart failure caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 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. [45] The group eventually grew to encompass almost all the Mexican wrestlers working for WCW at the time. He was 38 years old. He would compete throughout 1996 and 1997 under a mask, like the one he wore in Mexico and ECW. [111][114] After becoming the number one contender, Guerrero elevated himself to main event status and began feuding with the WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. [137] Although the next week they received a rematch to regain the titles, Guerrero abandoned Mysterio, whom he had considered "his family" earlier in the show, costing them the match. According to the 2004 book The Death of WCW, Guerrera was reportedly under the influence of PCP at the time. [85][86] In contrast to a previous WCW storyline with his nephew, Chavo fully agreed with his uncle as their slogan stated: "We lie, we cheat, and we steal, but at least we're honest about it". Eddie Guerrero - Age, Bio, Birthday, Family, Net Worth | National Today Eric Cohen is a sports writer focused on pro wrestling. [38] On the March 12 episode of Thunder, he defeated his nephew Chavo in a match and forced him to become his "slave". He was posthumously inducted into the WWE, AAA, Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Hardcore halls of fame. [54] 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. The following week by week of The Mexicools interrupting matches and beating down seemingly random WWE Superstars and cutting promos. Guerrero debuted in 1986. The stipulation of this encounter, per MJF, is that Jericho must hit a top rope maneuver to win. 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 Injury Update - IGN Although visibly frustrated, Guerrero congratulated his partner. As the referee began assessing the issue or returning the item to its original location, Eddie would gain an advantage of some sort to win the match. At Armageddon, The Radicalz defeated The Hardy Boyz and Lita in an elimination tag team match.[54][65]. 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. The group feuded with Velocity main-stay and then-Cruiserweight Champion Nunzio and his tag partner Vito. Fixture: Eddie Guerrero & Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. Chavo Guerrero is the son of Chavo Guerrero Sr. All storylines were put on hold, and no WWE employees were forced to perform, although several matches took place, including one featuring Chavo, who finished the match with his uncle's finishing maneuver the frog splash. y toda la gente que me ha apoyado siempre!!!". Guerrero then left the company for months, angry at Bischoff for what he had done. He faced Kidman in a match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, but Mysterio interfered and helped Kidman win the match and keep the title. [54] At Unforgiven, Chyna helped Guerrero in retaining his title against Rikishi. 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. to earn a shot at the WWE Championship. [12] He, however, ended up turning on the stable on October 18 at Hroes Inmortales VII, costing Crazy Boy and Joe Lder the AAA World Tag Team Championship. Barr, however, died before he could join ECW with Guerrero. It was there that Guerrero entered collegiate wrestling before moving to Mexico to train as a professional wrestler. Date: 28.12.1998. He lost the title later that year but remained a popular main eventer until his death on November 13, 2005.[6]. Some matches had Eddie smack a chair on the mat and toss the chair to his opponent and lie on the ground. Both teams lost to Team Angle in a triple threat match. 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. Early in his career, Guerrera was a mainstay in the Asistencia Asesora y Administracin (AAA) promotion. Since the incident in AAA, Guerrera has wrestled for Nu-Wrestling Evolution where he won their cruiserweight championship in a triple threat match involving PAC and Matt Cross. He then left the company to pursue a career with AAA. Juventud Guerrera was one of those luchadores when he lost his mask in a Cruiserweight . He debuted in ECW at Big Apple Blizzard Blast in February 1996. At Survivor Series, Los Guerreros faced the new champions Edge and Rey Mysterio and the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the titles. He also made note to dedicate his match next week to a late colleague. At this point, Guerrero developed an addiction to pain medication stemming from his 1999 car accident and in May 2001 was sent to rehab, missing the entire Invasion storyline featured his former fellow WCW (and later ECW) wrestlers. 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. Dos grandes exponentes de la lucha libre mexicana,se enfrentan por segunda consecutiva vez en la WCW.Regalndonos un apotisico combate para la historia. [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. He was one of the biggest stars in the early days of luchalibre and he was part of a tag team with the most important star in lucha libre history, El Santo. [128] Guerrero, along with Booker T and The Undertaker, then challenged JBL for a WWE Championship rematch. [2] Along with Barr, Konnan, Chicano Power, and Madonna's Boyfriend, Guerrero formed los Gringos Locos ("the Crazy Americans"), a villainous stable. [3] Guerrero's gimmick was that of a "Latino Heat", a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. Guerrero and Saturn had originally been booked to defeat The New Age Outlaws, but due to his injury, Guerrero panicked and told Road Dogg, who was in the tag team match with Billy Gunn against Guerrero and Saturn, to immediately pin him. It was later explained that he cut too deep, thus hitting an artery. [110] As Los Guerreros attempted to regain the tag team titles, things began to go downhill between Chavo and Eddie, as animosity began to build. Guerrero was a born-again Christian.[150][151]. As stated earlier, Juventud Guerrero will make his AEW Dynamite debut against Chris Jericho this Wednesday. [26], In 1997, Guerrero defended the United States Heavyweight Championship against Scott Norton at Clash of the Champions XXXIV,[27] Syxx in a ladder match at Souled Out,[28] and Chris Jericho at SuperBrawl VII. 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. At No Way Out, Guerrero defeated Lesnar in a shocking upset victory in the main event to win the WWE Championship. In 2022 he competed in America for Kross Fire Wrestling in Sevierville,TN Defeating NXT's Colby Corino for the Company's Title. @TonyKhan @IAmJericho @CodyRhodes @youngbucks @AEW @AEWonTNT #LETSGETJUICY #THEJUICE is about 2 Get Loooose !!! She left WWE in 2014. tapings for Velocity, Juventud (along with Super Crazy and Psicosis) faced Brian Kendrick, Paul London, Scotty 2 Hotty, and Funaki in an over-the-top battle royal with the stipulation that the winner would receive a title shot at the Cruiserweight Championship at No Mercy. [95][96] The following week, Guerrero and Tajiri managed to retain their titles against Team Angle by cheating. At Survivor Series, Guerrero's team defeated Angle's team. 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. He had a very lengthy feud with Rey Mysterio Jr. in which they traded the AAA Welterweight Title back and forth. from England. on November 18, 2005 (both filmed November 13, 2005), each aired as tributes to Guerrero. ", "Guerra de Titanes 2012: Daga, nuevo Campen Crucero AAA", "@AngelicoAAA y @JackEvans711 Nuevos Campeones de AAA! [91][97] They also defeated Roddy Piper and his protg Sean O'Haire in Madison Square Garden on the June 26 episode of SmackDown!. [54] Then at SummerSlam that August, Guerrero and Chyna wrestled an Intergender tag team match against Trish Stratus and Val Venis, who at the time was the reigning Intercontinental Champion. [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 March 13, 2004, Guerrero (WWE Champion), along with Big Show, Trish Stratus and Chris Jericho, made a guest appearance on MADtv as he and the other wrestlers "beat up" Frank Caliendo (portraying Jay Leno) while Aries Spears (portraying The Tonight Show Band leader Kevin Eubanks) watched on. Juventud helped Charly Manson and D-Generation MEX win their match and joined D-Generation-Mex. After the match, Kennedy hitting him with a steel chair. 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 Mysterio signed with WWE in 2002, Guerrera joined the upstart promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. establishing themselves as faces. Additionally, the song "We Lie, We Cheat, We Steal" that he performed with Chavo was released on the WWE Originals CD. Guerrera was expelled from the remainder of the tour and later released by WCW, and was ordered to pay nearly $1,800 in fines. Fans fondly remember Los Guerreros, the tag team he formed with his Uncle Eddie. [] Eddie went deep. pic.twitter.com/tmBv1rHerV, Juventud Guerrera Dedicates Upcoming AEW Match To Eddie Guerrero, next week's Dynamite to wrestle former rival Chris Jericho, the LWO (Latino World Order) faction in late 1998. [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). 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! [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. [46] The LWO was formed in October when Guerrero returned to WCW, with Hctor Garza and Damien. [46] The group was an answer to Bischoff's "refusal" to push Latino wrestlers in ways they felt they deserved. We changed the business." Guerrera began his rise to prominence as a teenager in AAA. The pair . In the spring of 2005, Guerrera signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), He debuted on television, entertaining the WWE Universe simply as Juventud, on June 18, 2005, defeating Funaki on SmackDown! ", Layfield recounting the match between him and Guerrero at the 2004 Judgment Day event. 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. Guerrera would also take part in the 2003 Super X Cup, where he advanced all the way to the finals before being ultimately defeated by Chris Sabin. Guerrero spent his early career wrestling in Mexican promotions and forming a popular tag team with Art Barr. In the following weeks, Guerrero revealed the details of the secret in a series of what he called "Eddie's Bedtime Stories". [93] At Backlash, Los Guerreros lost to Team Angle in a rematch. Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes[1] (October 9, 1967 November 13, 2005)[2] was an American professional wrestler. Juventud later went on to lose the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy. At The Great American Bash, Chavo got an upset victory over Guerrero. Following his release from WCW in 2000, Guerrera would go on to work AAA, CMLL, Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan and WWE. In September, he formed The Sexicools, a parody of his Mexicools group, with Intocable and Toscano. Juventud Guerrera on Arriving on AEW Dynamite to Wrestle Chris - WWE [52] He signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2000 along with fellow WCW stars Benoit, Malenko, and Saturn. Born October 9, 1967 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He is currently scheduled to wrestle for GCW at their crossover show Three Stuffed Cups on September 3 in Chicago, and again for GCW at their Art of War Games event on September 4, also in Chicago. Chavo is the oldest son of Gory. telling Dominik and the audience that Guerrero was his real father. [42] After the match, Chavo kissed Eddie and began to display insane behavior. Minneapolis, Minnesota. [133] In response to Batista's suspicions, Guerrero helped Batista win a match against his tag team partners, JBL and Christian. [133][135] The two wrestled a match at WrestleMania with Mysterio getting the win. An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of acute heart failure due to underlying atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. [149] Guerrero was close friends with fellow wrestlers Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, Dean Malenko, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, JBL, and Dave Batista. Gory Guerrero was the patriarch of the family. Orton was given Guerrero's spot in the traditional Survivor Series elimination match between the Raw and SmackDown! Eddie Guerrero - IMDb Guerrero later returned to WCW, leading to the belief that maybe Guerrero's angry speeches against Bischoff were a work (Guerrero later confirmed it to be a worked shoot). [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 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. [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. In the 21st century, Hector was a part of Total Nonstop Action as both a commentator and a manager of the LAX. Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn debuted in the WWF on the January 31, 2000 episode of Raw Is War as The Radicalz, interfering in a match involving The New Age Outlaws. Eddie Guerrero & Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. [54][63] Guerrero was later defeated by Gunn for the Intercontinental Championship on the Thanksgiving episode of SmackDown!. Eddie Guerrero - Wikipedia At the October 4 SmackDown! In 1989 he appeared with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a jobber, most notably wrestling Terry Funk. In 1989 he appeared with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a jobber, most notably wrestling Terry Funk. He moved to WWF during the Attitude Era with his WCW colleagues Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn, who formed a group called The Radicalz. During this match, Juventud would use many high flying moves including a 450 splash, a move WWE outright banned due to an earlier match Juventud had with Paul London where he botched the move, and resulting in London suffering several fractured bones in his face. When it was announced Tajiri would join Eddie to face Team Angle at Judgment Day, most fans were left scratching their heads. [157] In a poll of the WWE roster, he was ranked the 11th greatest professional wrestler of all time. Guerrera was not done, also taking the time to thank his fans, family and friends. [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. Guerrera lost the Cruiserweight title to Kid Kash at Armageddon on December 18, 2005. Online World of Wrestling Juventud Guerrera | Pro Wrestling | Fandom On-screen, Guerrero responded to Bischoff's actions by forming the Latino World Order (LWO), which was a take-off of Bischoff's New World Order.