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With me being inspired by IDR with his "Success, Bust, or In-Between" threads, I figured why not create a new series myself..
These "How Will You Be Remembered" threads are about looking back at the careers of legendary wrestlers and giving you guys the opportunity to say what will you remember the most about someone, sort of like a testimonial. Was it their contributions to the wrestling business?, The great matches they delivered?, Their legacy in wrestling?....that's all on you. I'll also give a short review of the career of that certain wrestler as well.
In this fourth edition of HWYBR?, we're gonna cover the Latino legend known as the late great Eddie Guerrero.
Eddie Guerrero started his wrestling career in the late 80's working in multiple wrestling companies in Mexico before working his first stint in WCW in the early 90's. He met his mentor and tag team partner Art Barr in Mexico and they became one of the most hated luchalibre tag teams of all time. Both were noticed by Paul Heyman in 1994 and were offered to work in ECW. Art Barr died and Eddie work on his own in ECW. At the same time, he was also working for Japan. In ECW, he became the ECW World Television Champion and worked classic matches with Dean Malenko before both of them headed out to WCW. In WCW, he feuded with big names such as Ric Flair, Diamond Dallas Page, Konnan, Chris Jericho, and Rey Mysterio Jr. He then became frustrated with WCW, creating the LWO and The Filthy Animals. He then left WCW and signed with the WWF in 2000, along with Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, and Perry Saturn. They were known as "The Radicalz" and were the first to start the "invasion" angle. Eddie was then known as "Latino Heat" for his storyline with Chyna. He became the WWF European and Intercontinental Champion soon after. He was first released by the WWF in 2001 for drunk driving. He worked ROH's first show and worked other indie companies as well before returning to the WWE in 2002. He then feuded with guys like Rob Van Dam, Ric Flair, Edge, and The Rock for the WWE Title. He and Chavo Guerrero formed "Los Guerreros" and won the WWE Tag Team Championships from the team of Edge and Rey Mysterio at Survivor Series '02. He then became the WWE United States Champion and feuded with Chavo Guerrero, John Cena, and The Big Show. In 2004, he became the WWE Champion for the first time by defeating Brock Lesnar. He defended the title against Kurt Angle and lost it to JBL at The Great American Bash '04. He formed a tag team with Rey Mysterio and won the WWE Tag Team Championships once again, which would become his final title. He turned on Rey and feuded with him after losing the tag titles to MNM. After that, he then began a feud with Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. He turned babyface once again and became friends with Batista. He then wrestled his final match against Mr. Kennedy in November 11, 2005 for a spot at the SmackDown! Survivor Series team. He died two days later from a heart failure disease at a hotel. The following RAW and SmackDown! shows were then dedicated as a tribute to Eddie after his death. He was then inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2006 by Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit, and Chavo Guerrero.
Looking back at his accomplished and amazing career, what will you remember the most about Eddie Guerrero?
These "How Will You Be Remembered" threads are about looking back at the careers of legendary wrestlers and giving you guys the opportunity to say what will you remember the most about someone, sort of like a testimonial. Was it their contributions to the wrestling business?, The great matches they delivered?, Their legacy in wrestling?....that's all on you. I'll also give a short review of the career of that certain wrestler as well.
In this fourth edition of HWYBR?, we're gonna cover the Latino legend known as the late great Eddie Guerrero.
Eddie Guerrero started his wrestling career in the late 80's working in multiple wrestling companies in Mexico before working his first stint in WCW in the early 90's. He met his mentor and tag team partner Art Barr in Mexico and they became one of the most hated luchalibre tag teams of all time. Both were noticed by Paul Heyman in 1994 and were offered to work in ECW. Art Barr died and Eddie work on his own in ECW. At the same time, he was also working for Japan. In ECW, he became the ECW World Television Champion and worked classic matches with Dean Malenko before both of them headed out to WCW. In WCW, he feuded with big names such as Ric Flair, Diamond Dallas Page, Konnan, Chris Jericho, and Rey Mysterio Jr. He then became frustrated with WCW, creating the LWO and The Filthy Animals. He then left WCW and signed with the WWF in 2000, along with Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, and Perry Saturn. They were known as "The Radicalz" and were the first to start the "invasion" angle. Eddie was then known as "Latino Heat" for his storyline with Chyna. He became the WWF European and Intercontinental Champion soon after. He was first released by the WWF in 2001 for drunk driving. He worked ROH's first show and worked other indie companies as well before returning to the WWE in 2002. He then feuded with guys like Rob Van Dam, Ric Flair, Edge, and The Rock for the WWE Title. He and Chavo Guerrero formed "Los Guerreros" and won the WWE Tag Team Championships from the team of Edge and Rey Mysterio at Survivor Series '02. He then became the WWE United States Champion and feuded with Chavo Guerrero, John Cena, and The Big Show. In 2004, he became the WWE Champion for the first time by defeating Brock Lesnar. He defended the title against Kurt Angle and lost it to JBL at The Great American Bash '04. He formed a tag team with Rey Mysterio and won the WWE Tag Team Championships once again, which would become his final title. He turned on Rey and feuded with him after losing the tag titles to MNM. After that, he then began a feud with Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. He turned babyface once again and became friends with Batista. He then wrestled his final match against Mr. Kennedy in November 11, 2005 for a spot at the SmackDown! Survivor Series team. He died two days later from a heart failure disease at a hotel. The following RAW and SmackDown! shows were then dedicated as a tribute to Eddie after his death. He was then inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2006 by Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit, and Chavo Guerrero.
Looking back at his accomplished and amazing career, what will you remember the most about Eddie Guerrero?
