Is Alberto Del Rio the new Eddie Guerrero?

[Kong]

No he is not. And so what if he was? The 10yr olds have never seen Eddie , so it would be new to them. I think if we all look back in the past, the time we fell in love with wrestling is when we were 10. For me it was 1984 and Hulk Hogan.

[GameOver]

other then they are both Mexican, and both drive cars to the ring, no.
Eddie was hilarious and far more talented in ring. Del Rio is a ground and pound player who can do a coupe of holds.

[lowandmighty]

No I don't think he's the new Eddie Guerrero. There will never be another Eddie, he was unique and for the record was a great character well before he was ever in wwe.

Alberto Del Rio is his own man and quite a refreshing character on the roster in my opinion. Although he cheated to beat Big Show I don't know if he will always go the cheating route, I mean how the fuck else do you beat Big Show?

Del Rio seems to be going for the hard workers hero persona and trying to come off as what they used to call a "wet back".
He didn't get a very good response from the crowd a few weeks ago so I'm worried that the fans won't give him a chance because of racism or whatever the reason but I hope they do because I'm liking Alberto more than I have any other wrestler for a long time. Whether he's heel or face, he's funny, charismatic, big and an ok in ring performer. All the things a proper star needs. I say good luck to him.

[GSM]

I find these kind of discussions silly simply because there can't be a new (Insert Name Here).

There have been people that emulate, imitate, copy or get inspired by certain wrestlers but that does make them a new version of that person.

But let's just presume that is possible, Alberto Del Rio is a Mexican wrestler who comes out with a car... that is the only resemblence I can see. Their moveset is as similar as any other luchadore's and they don't look alike.

[D-Man]

Originally Posted by Mighty NorCal

JESUS fuck!! Bestill my beating heart. My captain crunch is ALL OVER THE GODDAMN FLOOR now because of you, I hope you are fucking happy.

Alberto Del Rio and his paint by numbers matches and floppy dick nose couldnt get people t care about him they way they cared about Eddie Guerrero if he was the only man capable of flying a battle space ship to fight off an alien invasion of earth.... Like, in real life.(fuck, the way WWE books him, I wouldnt be surpirsed if that was his next big angle. Making the space aliens all tap out to the cross armbreaker lock in under three minutes)

In the future, I would suggest you say no to drugs.

My fellow NJX member has made me piss myself in laughter and probably covered my thought process on this but I'm going to add to it, anyway.

Mack, I'm not even going to read whatever asinine and retarded explanation you have for a comparison between Del Rio and Eddie Guerrero. The only thing I thought of when I read your thread title was "Oh, suuuuuure... because they're both fucking Mexican, right?"

When posters on this forum create threads as stupid and meaningless as this abomination, I want to punch babies... like, in the face.

Dolph Ziggler is the next Shawn Michaels.
CM Punk is the next Stone Cold.
Hornswoggle is the next Haiti Kid.

SHADDAP ALREADY!!!

Alberto Del Rio and Eddie Guerrero are two completely different wrestlers with completely different styles! They look nothing alike. They wrestle nothing alike. They cut promos nothing alike. BUT THEY'RE BOTH FUCKING MEXICANS AND HAVE ENTRANCES IN CARS!!! LULZ

My God... can some of you posters get your heads out of your asses and think up some originality with your thread ideas?!?

[THTRobtaylor]

I kind of agree about the thread as it amazes me how many people are just saying "Eddie was Mexican"... he clearly wasn't... he was Texan! Rey is Californian!... They are over with Latino Americans cos they are of the same blood. Not mexican born stars coming to the US. It's like calling Sheamus British... totally different countries...

If you were going to compare ADR's gimmick then compare it against The Mexicools... even "evil" ADR was light years ahead of that portrayal which was truly based on their place of origin.

Eddie gets a pass on a lot of things cos he died and he almost gets "extra saint status" because it cannot be given to Benoit now. Why not just remember the guy as he was?, a great entertainer with demons who at least showed that (albeit brief) redemption is possible.

Personally I hope we never need to see another wrestler with the latter problems, but sadly it's inevitable.

Many will aspire "to be like Eddie", as a wrestler that is a good thing as regardless of his success later on it was the work ethic of 20 years that built him to that point, not 2 years of "the machine".

The sooner people work out that to be the "next" anyone is a misnomer the better.
Immediately you are inferior as you can never be the person who came before, who will always be viewed with those rose tinted Hitman shades and even if you make it, then people will just say "the original was better"... It is far better for guys to carve their own path, even if it means they "only get the IC/US title", which if you'd offered Eddie even in 1992 he'd have snapped your hands off for.

[thomasgj]

Before reading the actual title all I saw was "Is Alberto Del Rio the new....", and while clicking it I must have said "please don't say 'Eddie Gurerro'" a million times. My answer is no. I can see tge conparisons, with the car and all of that, plus he's Mexican, but it doesn't make him Eddie. Different wrestling styles, different characters (being Mexican isn't a character), and there's plenty of other guys who rode cars. If anything, during his heel run, he reminded me more of JBL (limo, rich, cocky, patriotic music).

[TWJC: The Beginning]

Eddie died young and is put on a pedestal and is overrated by the net just like Owen Hart because of it. That said, the only similarity is that they are "the Latin draw" in which case, Orton is the next Harley Race since they both came from Missouri.

[D-Man]

Originally Posted by THTRobtaylor

I kind of agree about the thread as it amazes me how many people are just saying "Eddie was Mexican"... he clearly wasn't... he was Texan! Rey is Californian!... They are over with Latino Americans cos they are of the same blood. Not mexican born stars coming to the US. It's like calling Sheamus British... totally different countries...

Eddie and Rey not only came up in Mexican organizations prior to ECW and WCW but they're clearly Mexican-Americans who have reminded us of their lineage throughout all of the organizations they've been a part of. Sheamus came up in Irish organizations... no one is calling him British. I really don't understand the point you're trying to make here.

Fact of the matter is that this topic is stupid-retarded because the only comparison between Del Rio and Guerrero is the fact that there is no comparison. They are two completely different wrestlers with different looks, styles, and charisma. The original poster is a moron for even attempting to stir up conversation about how Del Rio is the next Guerrero. As asinine as the comparison clearly is, we can't help but point out how stupid of a thought process someone must have to make this type of comparison.

Originally Posted by TWJC: The Beginning

That said, the only similarity is that they are "the Latin draw" in which case, Orton is the next Harley Race since they both came from Missouri.

Exactly. This thread just inspired and endless amount of facepalming. Mack_swagger, you're awful.

[PinkStranger]

No. This is all opinion obviously, but Guerrero was on a whole other level in ring and in terms of charisma. Del Rio is bland, period. There is no comparison. Guerrero stood out during the late 90s. If Del Rio were in his prime during that period I think he'd have been hard pressed to get on TV. Okay, maybe he would have been in Los Boricuas.

In terms of drawing ability, who knows? Apparently even The Great Khali has drawing power in India and he struggles to walk down the ramp.