Profile
Eddy Guerrero |
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Name |
Eddy Guerrero |
Real name |
Eduardo Gori Guerrero Llanes |
Nicknames |
El Gringo Loco, Latino Heat, El Rey del Suplex, El Cachorro |
Name history |
Gory Guerrero Jr. (early days) Eddy/Eddie Guerrero (debut - ), Máscara Mágica (EMLL/AAA, 06/92 - 11/92), Black Tiger (second version, NJPW, 09/93 - 10/98), El Caliente (WCW, 08/29/97) |
Family |
Gori Guerrero (father), Mando Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero and Héctor Guerrero (brothers), Enrique Llanes (uncle), Javier Llanes (cousin), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (nephew), "Vengador" Héctor Mejía (nephew), Shaul Guerrero (daughter) |
Maestro(s) |
Gori Guerrero, Javier Llanes [1][2] |
Birth date, location |
October 9, 1967 - El Paso, Texas, USA (billed from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua) |
Obituary date |
November 13, 2005 - Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Debut, location |
September 5, 1986 - Arena Mexico - Mexico City[3][4][5] |
Lost mask to |
(as Mascara Magica) voluntarily unmasked |
Height |
5'9"/174 cms |
Weight |
205 lbs/93 kg |
Signature moves |
Frog Splash, Gori Special, Lasso From El Paso, Tope Atómico, Brainbuster, Swinging DDT, Three Amigos |
Titles: |
Cd. Juárez: LAWA World Heavyweight Title, WWA World Trios Titles (w/ Chavo Guerrero & Mando Guerrero), WWA World Welterweight Title, WWA International Cruiserweight Championship, AAA/IWC World Tag Team Titles (w/ Love Machine), NJPW Junior Heavyweight Super Grade Tag League Championship (1 time) (w/ The Great Sasuke, ECW TV Title (2), WCW United States Heavyweight Title, WCW World Cruiserweight Title (2), North Carolina: PWF World Tag Team Titles (w/ Hector Guerrero), WWF European Title (2), WWF Intercontinental Title (2), WWA World Cruiserweight Title, IWA-Mid South Heavyweight Title, WWE (SD) Tag Team Titles (4, 2 w/ Chavo Guerrero Jr., w/ Tajiri, w/ Rey Mysterio), WWE United States Title, WWE Heavyweight Title, WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2006), AAA Hall of Fame (Class of 2008), |
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Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member
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Biography
Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes better known in the world of wrestling as Eddie Guerrero is regarded as one of the greatest in-ring performers of all time. He is member of the Guerrero-Llanes Dynasty being the youngest son of Gory Guerrero.
Early Life
Eddie Guerrero was born on October 9, 1967 in El Paso, Texas, even tough some sources say he was born in Ciudad Juarez where he began his early days as a professional wrestler. Before folling in the footsteps of his father and older brothers Chavo, Mando, and Hector, Eddie practiced collegiate wrestling.
Debut and Early Career
Eddie was trained by his father Gory, and his cousin Javier Llanes. Several sources say his debut was on 1987 at Auditorio Municipal de Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in a tag team match with [[[El Matemático]] aganist Flama Roja and El Vikingo. However, his in ring career should be since at least 1986. Javier Llanes stated that Eddie debuted at Arena Internacional, in Colonia Chaveña in Ciudad Juárez where all Guerreros and Llanes debuted. His debut in Arena Mexico was on September 5, 1986. He went in a tag team match with Mogur against Ari Romero and Guerrero Negro. In early days he went as Gory Guerrero Jr.
His first rivalry was against Ari Romero, they went in a lucha de apuestas that ended in Guerrero's first victory. During late 1980s and early 1990s, Guerrero had hair wins against Negro Casas, Lobo Rubio, La Fiera, and Babe Face.
Benjamin Mora saw him and he decided promoting Guerrero in his magazine Lucha Libre.
La Nueva Pareja Atómica
In 1987 with Hijo del Santo comprised the short-lived Nueva Pareja Atómica as their fathers did. Box y Lucha proclaimed the new Pareja Atómica were Perro Aguayo and Villano III, however Lucha Libre promoted the heirs of the original Pareja Atómica, the lucha libre legends Santo & Gory Guerrero.
Filmography
- Octagon y Atlantis: La Revancha (1992) - Assassin
Luchas de apuestas record
Date
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Apuesta
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Winner(s)
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Loser(s)
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Arena and/or Place
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80s
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Hair
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Eddy Guerrero
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Negro Casas
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Auditorio Municipal Josue Neri santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih, Mexico
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80s
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Hair
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Eddy Guerrero
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La Fiera
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Auditorio Municipal Josue Neri santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih, Mexico
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1987
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Hair
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Eddy Guerrero
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Ari Romero
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Auditorio Municipal Josue Neri santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih, Mexico
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1988/07.31
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Hair
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Eddy Guerrero
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Babe Face
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Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
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1989
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Title (1)
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Konnan
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Eddy Guerrero
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Auditorio Municipal Josue Neri santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih, Mexico
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90s
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Hair
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Eddy Guerrero
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Lobo Rubio
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Auditorio Municipal Josue Neri santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih, Mexico
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90s
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Hair
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Eddy Guerrero
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Babe Sharon
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Auditorio Municipal Josue Neri santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih, Mexico
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94/11/06
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Hairs
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El Hijo del Santo & Octagon
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Love Machine & Eddy Guerrero
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Los Angeles Sports Arena - Los Angeles, CA, USA
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97/10/26
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Title (2)
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Rey Misterio Jr.
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Eddy Guerrero
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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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98/07/12
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Hair
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Eddy Guerrero
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Chavo Guerrero Jr.
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San Diego, California, USA
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(1) Mask vs LAWA Heavyweight Title Match, If Konnan loses, he'll unmask himself ;
(2) Mask vs WCW Cruiserweight Title Match, If Rey loses, he'll unmask himself, originally was a mask vs hair match but WCW booker change the match
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Gallery
Eddie Guerrero about the LAWA title
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performing his father's creations
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As the WWF European Champion
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Mascara Magica mask in the Expo Museo Lucha Libre
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