![]() Re-watching this match gave me a sense of awe - Guerrero vs. Then he started working over Lesnar’s injured leg. He got slaughtered in the first ten minutes, quieting the chants a bit. Eddie was at the height of his popularity, and this crowd was fully behind him. Seeing this matchup, I really hoped they would pull the trigger. Brock Lesnar was the big menacing champ, and Guerrero had won a Royal Rumble match on Smackdown, eliminating favourite Kurt Angle. Had no idea who would win, though everybody around me did. No matter the match, it was always “Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!”Ĭome the match, I didn’t know what to expect. 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. On the 10th anniversary of his death, we’re sharing our favorite Eddie Guerrero memories. ![]()
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