![]() ![]() He was posthumously inducted into the WWE, AAA, Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Hardcore halls of fame. He and his three older brothers were all wrestlers. He lost the title later that year but remained a popular main eventer until his death on November 13, 2005. ![]() The son of wrestler Gory Guerrero, Eduardo Gory Guerrero was born in 1967 into Mexico's first family of professional wrestling, growing up in El Paso, Texas. Keller said Guerrero boosted the popularity of wrestling among Hispanics. "Eddie was different in that he was very well liked," Wade Keller, editor of the weekly Pro Wrestling Torch, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. McMahon said there would be special tributes to Guerrero at the tapings. The two were in Minneapolis to shoot Smackdown! episodes along with 60 other wrestlers. He said things seemed to be fine with his uncle. The two would put together a monthslong storyline of comedy, romance and betrayal. He was 38 at the time of his untimely death. and by the time the paramedics arrived at the scene, Eddie was declared dead. Judgment Day 2004 was the ultimate stage for this mid-aughts blood feud. Last year, he became the second wrestler of Hispanic background to become champion.Ĭhavo Guerrero said the last time he spoke to his uncle, they had made plans to order breakfast and hit the gym Sunday morning. In 2000, Chyna entered a storyline where she was blocking all romantic advances from 'Latino Heat' Eddie Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero was found unconscious in his hotel room in Minneapolis Minnesota by his younger brother Chavo Guerrero on November 13, 2005, i.e. Eddie was clean when he died but unfortunately years of abuse took their toll and the. Guerrero was considered one of the bigger personalities on the WWE Smackdown! shows. Guerrero’s wife Vickie Guerrero claimed that he had been unwell in the week preceding his death. "Eddie was a wonderful, fun-loving human being." "This is a huge loss," said WWE chair Vince McMahon at a news conference. In May 2004, UPN aired the special Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, chronicling his childhood and struggle with drugs, which almost cost him his job, family and life. His nephew said Guerrero had been sober for four years, having been candid about his past drug and alcohol abuse. Police say there were no apparent signs of foul play and an autopsy is underway to determine how the 38-year-old married father of three died. His nephew, WWE wrestler Chavo Guerrero, and hotel security forced their way into his room just after 7 a.m. Pro-wrestling star Eddie Guerrero, also known as Latino Heat and Black Tiger, has been found dead in a Minneapolis hotel room.Īuthorities say the World Wrestling Entertainment star didn't answer a wake-up call on Sunday morning. ![]()
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