We sat in the nosebleeds, surrounded by people chanting Eddie’s name all night long. It was a wet day outside, the line snaking through the Cow Palace parking lot, and everybody was breaking out into loud “EDDIE!” chants. She was there with me - the only time she went to a wrestling event with me - at No Way Out 2004. When Eddie passed, it not only hit me hard, it hit my wife hard too. When I think of Eddie Guerrero I think of one of the great all around performers in the history of the business and this was a night where all of his attributes were on display.
Eddie put Rock over but looked very competitive in the process and this felt like a real coming out party for him. He bumped like a lunatic and displayed an in-ring charisma from bell to bell which had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. Guerrero made Rock look arguably better than he ever had before. It was a truly excellent television bout. He and Rock made a match which would fill the main event slot on the show. But unlike Jericho on his fateful night in Chicago, Eddie got the chance to back up his words in the ring.
In the spirit of Chris Jericho in 1999, Eddie interrupted an in-ring soliloquy by The Rock and cut into “The People’s Champ” hanging with him line for line in the entertainment stakes. But the real reason why this was such a special show was that it was the night that Eddie Guerrero showed that he could be a legit main event player. Three Minute Warning debuted, Jeff Hardy and RVD had a title unification ladder match, HHH turned on Shawn Michaels after reuniting D-Generation X, and Brock Lesnar jumped to Smackdown. Here are some of our favorite Eddie Guerrero memories: Alan Just a year and a half later, he was gone. Cadillac Don will have more on that moment. Finally, one of the few wrestlers who could bridge that gap was going to be rewarded. When WWE pulled the trigger on him in February of 2004, it was like a victory for us all. Both sets of fans couldn’t get enough of him. He was the rare wrestler who was beloved by the casual fan and hardcore fan alike. The year before, Guerrero had come into his own, overcoming his prior issues and achieving one of the two top prizes in wrestling. There were tons of theories about what happened, but it turned out to be what people have to come to call, a wrestling death.Īll deaths are unfortunate. On November 13, 2005, I was in my hotel on a business trip when I first found out that Eddie Guerrero had passed away. In 2006, Eddie was inducted in the Hall of Fame, cementing his place among the greatest of greats.On the 10th anniversary of his death, we’re sharing our favorite Eddie Guerrero memories. Rey took advantage of this and won the match.Īfter the whole ordeal, Eddie was suppose to turn face again bringing back Latino Heat until sadly, Eddie died in his sleep.
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After a series of back and forth action, Vickie Guerrero would appear and shove Eddie off the top of the ladder. This whole angle culminated in a Ladder match for the custody of Dominic. Rey won but Eddie told the secret anyway. Rey and Eddie would face at Judgement Day with the promise of keeping that secret. This took a bizarre turn Eddie would cut a promo telling Rey that he would tell the whole world of their secret. He marked his heel turn after he suplexed his former tag partner on the steel steps.
Not long after that, Eddie would turn on Rey and then bloodied him. They were the tag team champions at the time until Rey pinned Eddie at Wrestlemania 21 to prove who was better between them.
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