Adopting the name Juventud Guerrera Spanish for "youth warrior" he made the decision to wear a mask in the squared circle. 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). During a feud with Team Angle, Chavo Guerrero suffered an injury that left Eddie without a partner in the middle of the rivalry. Date: 28.12.1998. [15], Guerrero returned to WCW in late 1995 along with Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit with whom he had worked with in NJPW and ECW. Then, The Radicalz reunited and feuded with the reformed D-Generation X (Chyna, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and K-Kwik). Eddie Guerrero Also known as Eddy Guerrero, Black Tiger, Mascara Magica 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. He lost the title later that year but remained a popular main eventer until his death on November 13, 2005.[6]. Despite rumors, Guererra did not jump to AAA's rival CMLL. Following his release from WCW in 2000, Guerrera would go on to work AAA, CMLL, Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan and WWE. November 18, 2005. The stipulation of this encounter, per MJF, is that Jericho must hit a top rope maneuver to win. Actor. IN THE RING: Batista.. Batista drove Eddie Guerrero's low-rider into the arena and was wearing an "I'm Your Papi!" t-Shirt.. Batista entered the ring and payed tribute to his friend (storyline and real life) Eddie Guerrero.. [133] At SummerSlam, Guerrero lost a ladder match over Dominik's custody to Mysterio. 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. He faced Kidman in a match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, but Mysterio interfered and helped Kidman win the match and keep the title. [10] On December 2 at Guerra de Titanes, Guerrera lost the AAA Cruiserweight Championship to Daga in a six-way ladder match. [146] He would make his entrance the following SmackDown! on November 18, 2005 (both filmed November 13, 2005), each aired as tributes to Guerrero. Guerrero went on to win the WWF European Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship before he was released in 2001 due to addiction issues. Juventud Guerrera blames his youth for signing off on a storyline in WCW where he lost his mask. using his signature low rider and old entrance theme with Batista, and turning him face once again. In 1990, he passed away at the age of 69. Guerrero feuded with Edge, to whom he lost at SummerSlam. "We accomplished so much together. He retained the belt at Fall Brawl against Silver King, before losing to Billy Kidman the following night on Nitro. In the NWA, he was known as Lazor-Tron, a character based on the popular laser tag game in the '80s. 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. #LETSGETJUICY THE JUICE is about 2 get loooose !!! [54] At Rebellion, Guerrero and Malenko lost to Gunn and Chyna. [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. ", "AAA Rey de Reyes (Cobetura y Resultados 18 de marzo de 2012) Quien ganara el torneo Rey de Reyes 2012? 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. [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. Watch me play a match in the classic Nintendo 64 Video Game - WCW/nWo Revenge. One of the great Hispanic wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero grew up part of the famous wrestling family: The Guerreros. 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! When the referee turned around and saw the opponent had the chair, they would call a disqualification and the match would end in Eddie's favor. To push the new tag team, vignettes were produced, which included things such as the two finagling their way into a rich lady's house and throwing a pool party. [37], On the March 9, 1998 episode of Nitro, Guerrero's nephew Chavo Guerrero lost to Booker T in a match. [38] On the March 12 episode of Thunder, he defeated his nephew Chavo in a match and forced him to become his "slave". [86][111][112] Guerrero feuded with Chavo and defeated him at the Royal Rumble to settle their feud. He went on to become one of the most beloved figures in wrestling history. [54] At Unforgiven, Chyna helped Guerrero in retaining his title against Rikishi. Juventud Guerrera lost the title on February 6, 2013, in Milan, being defeated by Giuseppe "King" Danza in 50 seconds. During the group's run, Guerrera and Mysterio Jr. became the World Tag Team Champions. [70][72] On March 1, he defeated the champion CM Punk and Rey Mysterio in a Triple Threat match for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship. 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. When Konnan left for WCW later that year, Guerrera and the rest followed. @TonyKhan @IAmJericho @CodyRhodes @youngbucks @AEW @AEWonTNT #LETSGETJUICY #THEJUICE is about 2 Get Loooose !!! In March, Guerrero, who was wrestling as a heel, began pursuing the affections of Chyna, who he referred to as his "Mamacita". 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. 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). 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She became the GM of the brand after Teddy got sick, and quickly became the most hated person in wrestling due to her onscreen romance with Edge and her banning Undertaker from the WWE. The Juice is loose again! They received two straight victories over the Dead Pool at Road Wild and Fall Brawl. Some matches had Eddie smack a chair on the mat and toss the chair to his opponent and lie on the ground. In early 2001, Guerrero feuded with Chris Jericho, Benoit, and X-Pac over Jericho's Intercontinental Championship. 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. 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! Guerrera tweeted. JBL won after Kurt Angle (who was General Manager of SmackDown! Match. Juventud Guerrera lost the title on February 6, 2013, in Milan, being defeated by Giuseppe "King" Danza in 50 seconds. 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). 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At SummerSlam, Guerrero retained his title by defeating Rhyno, Benoit, and Tajiri in a fatal four-way match. Los Guerreros participated at WrestleMania XIX as contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship, along with the team of Chris Benoit and Rhyno. After the presentation, Guerrera criticized the decision of his siblings becoming pro wrestlers, since neither of them had interest in pro wrestling before. [4] His final match aired that evening on SmackDown!, a Cruiserweight Title rematch against Kid Kash which Juventud lost. In the WWE, he wrestled as the Gobbledy Gooker, a turkey-like creature that hatched from an egg. The duo entered the eight-team tournament for the new WWE Tag Team Championship, sneaking past Rikishi and Mark Henry in the opening round,[85][86][87] before starting a feud with the newly formed tag team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. In the opening match of Fall Brawl, Guerrero defeated Jericho to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. 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. [142] During that time he now had a dark comical gimmick. [2][7] Guerrero later said that no matter how many people joined los Gringos Locos, the stable was all about Barr. which Edge won thus ending the rivalry. [31] Guerrero demanded a rematch for the title. [111][126] Guerrero then allied himself with Big Show. The following week by week of The Mexicools interrupting matches and beating down seemingly random WWE Superstars and cutting promos. from England. Juventud ended up losing the match for his team when he tapped out to Masato Yoshino. "I never spoke about . The pair . Locos feuded mostly with El Hijo del Santo and his partner Octagn, eventually ending in a Hair vs. Guerrero then adopted a new, brooding gimmick. 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. His father Gory Guerrero became a star in the U.S., an icon in Texas and a legend in Mexico. After finally eliminating London, Juventud won the battle royal and the title shot. On May 20, 2011, he made a surprise appearance at Xtreme Italian Wrestling in a match against Thunder Storm and win the XIW Italian 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. 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 married to Vickie Guerrero and had two daughters with her, one of whom is professional wrestler Shaul Marie Guerrero. 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On the June 23 episode of SmackDown, Juventud, Super Crazy and Psicosis (collectively called "The Mexicools") interrupted a match between Chavo Guerrero and Paul London by riding to the ring on a lawn mower and attacking both wrestlers. RESULTS. 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. [80][82], On August 1, 2002, Guerrero and Benoit moved to WWE's SmackDown! However, he would then lose the title to Rey Misterio Jr. one week later on the following edition of Thunder. In 2010, he made a special surprise appearance at Dragon Gate teaming with Dragon Kid in a match against BxB Hulk and Masato Yoshino. Guerrero defeated Reigns in a singles match at No Mercy. After Eddie died, she got an on-air job as the assistant to SmackDown GM Teddy Long. Guerrero is regarded as one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time. 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. He then left the company to pursue a career with AAA. Three months later after being released from WWE, Guerrera returned to Mexico to compete with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). In addition to the Raw and SmackDown! 2 of the top 500 wrestlers in the, Ranked No. 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. [23] In late 1996, he feuded with Diamond Dallas Page after defeating him in a match at Clash of the Champions XXXIII. Guerrera lost the Cruiserweight title to Kid Kash at Armageddon on December 18, 2005. [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. [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. His premature deathprompted the WWE to create the Wellness Program. [54] Just when it appeared that Chyna would leave Guerrero, he proposed to her and she accepted. [93] At Backlash, Los Guerreros lost to Team Angle in a rematch. He experienced various substance abuse problems, including alcoholism and an addiction to painkillers; these real-life issues were sometimes incorporated into his storylines. 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. His matches with Rey Mysterio were unlike anything taking place in the. Eddie passed away in 2005 due to heart failure caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Gory Guerrero has been credited with creating the camel clutch, gory bomb, and the widow's peak. [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] 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. [111][129] Afterwards, Guerrero and Booker briefly and unsuccessfully attempted to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. [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. Dos grandes exponentes de la lucha libre mexicana,se enfrentan por segunda consecutiva vez en la WCW.Regalndonos un apotisico combate para la historia. One of the great Hispanic wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero grew up part of the famous wrestling family: The Guerreros. During the ensuing physical altercation, Em allegedly pistol-whipped Guerra before being tackled by onlookers. In 2010s, he stole Jason Styles belt claiming the promoter owes him money. [74], Guerrero returned to the WWF on the April 1, 2002 episode of Raw, attacking Rob Van Dam. [83] Guerrero continued his feud with Edge, whom he defeated at Unforgiven; they then had a no disqualification match four days after Unforgiven on SmackDown! In addition to being a tag team champion with his Uncle, he also held the Cruiserweight Championship, and ECW Championship while wrestling in WWE. Great documentary about the late Eddie Guerrero. 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". In September, he formed The Sexicools, a parody of his Mexicools group, with Intocable and Toscano. [12] Guerrero lost the ECW Television Championship to Malenko on July 21 of that year,[13] but Guerrero regained the title on July 28. [133] In response to Batista's suspicions, Guerrero helped Batista win a match against his tag team partners, JBL and Christian. He got finishes. [43] They faced each other in a hair vs. hair match at Bash at the Beach which Guerrero won. Fans fondly remember Los Guerreros, the tag team he formed with his Uncle Eddie. Eddie Guerrero. He knew how to structure them. Guerrero made his World Wrestling All-Stars debut at The Revolution on February 24, 2002, defeating champion Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis in a Triple Threat Match for the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship. Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes[1] (October 9, 1967 November 13, 2005)[2] was an American professional wrestler. [91][106][107] The feud ended when Guerrero lost the United States Championship to Big Show at No Mercy. In Mexico, Guerrero wrestled mainly for Asistencia Asesora y Administracin (AAA), teaming with El Hijo del Santo as the new version of La Pareja Atmica (The Atomic Pair), the tag team of Gory Guerrero and El Santo. [2] Along with Barr, Konnan, Chicano Power, and Madonna's Boyfriend, Guerrero formed los Gringos Locos ("the Crazy Americans"), a villainous stable. Given "Juvi's" in-ring style, as well as mastery of lucha libre, such a task will be easier said than done. 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. He challenged Jericho for the title at Clash of the Champions XXXV but lost. [1] Gonzlez is the son of Fuerza Guerrera, and he had problems with his father since the 90s, when he decided to wrestle in the USA. The Intercontinental Championship was on the line in the match, and whoever scored the pin would win the title. At the Great American Bash on July 24, The Mexicools defeated the newly reunited Blue World Order (Big Stevie Cool, Da Blue Guy, and Hollywood Nova) in a six-man tag team match. At Armageddon, The Radicalz defeated The Hardy Boyz and Lita in an elimination tag team match.[54][65]. After losing their "tryout matches" upon entry, The Radicalz aligned themselves with WWF Champion Triple H and became a heel faction. 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. Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2016. [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. "I wanted to go with the mask, but I wanted to do something different," Guerrera said. 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. Internet Wrestling Database. Juventud later went on to lose the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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. This week's AEW Dynamite will see the third "Labour of Jericho" as Chris Jericho takes on one of his oldest rivals, Juventud Guerrera. [54] at the time) reversed the decision after Guerrero appeared to have retained the title. Guerrera is best known for his appearances with the Mexican professional wrestling promotions AAA and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and with the American professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). [12][16] During his first few pay-per-view events, he competed in dark matches against Alex Wright. Guerrero then appeared in the room and assaulted Benoit with a steel chair. #PORQUECUANDOELJUGOLODICEELJUGOLOHACE #Whenthejuicesaisothejuicemakesoooo FINALLY #THEJUICEISBACK #GETREADY. Being physically attacked by the opposing tag team for doing so. Guerrero's catchphrase during the latter part of his career with WWE was "Viva La Raza" (which is Spanish for "Long Live the Race"). Since then Guerrera has mostly stayed in Mexico, though he has made appearances for American indies such as AAW in recent years.