Eddie Guerrero 10/9/67-11/13/05

**James Steele** · 11-13-2013, 09:37 AM

In my opinion, Eddie Guerrero is a lot like Shawn Michaels in that his 2nd run in WWE not only "saved" his legacy from being "great worker that let his demons get the best of him" to a beloved icon. His death was tragic and cemented him as one of those elite names to most long-term wrestling fans. Overall, Eddie's career was good to great matches. His last couple of years in WWE were special. I don't think it is slanderous to say that he is beloved to "hardcore wrestling fans" just like Shawn Michaels, Curt Hennig, etc. are but you'd be lucky if any casual fans or former fans could tell you anything about him off the top of their head because he wasn't ever at the level of a Hogan, Austin, Rock, Cena, etc. There is nothing wrong with that as there are only a handful of people at that level. It is no different than with sports where casual fans only know the huge names/teams while "true" or "hardcore" fans know almost every good player and the small market teams as well as the large market teams.

Eddie Guerrero was an amazing pro wrestler and I'm glad that he was able to overcome his demons and get a tremendous run before his past caught up with his body finally. I recommend everyone reads the autobiography WWE released.

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11-13-2013, 09:37 AM	#14
James Steele TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04 Posts: 29,886	In my opinion, Eddie Guerrero is a lot like Shawn Michaels in that his 2nd run in WWE not only "saved" his legacy from being "great worker that let his demons get the best of him" to a beloved icon. His death was tragic and cemented him as one of those elite names to most long-term wrestling fans. Overall, Eddie's career was good to great matches. His last couple of years in WWE were special. I don't think it is slanderous to say that he is beloved to "hardcore wrestling fans" just like Shawn Michaels, Curt Hennig, etc. are but you'd be lucky if any casual fans or former fans could tell you anything about him off the top of their head because he wasn't ever at the level of a Hogan, Austin, Rock, Cena, etc. There is nothing wrong with that as there are only a handful of people at that level. It is no different than with sports where casual fans only know the huge names/teams while "true" or "hardcore" fans know almost every good player and the small market teams as well as the large market teams. Eddie Guerrero was an amazing pro wrestler and I'm glad that he was able to overcome his demons and get a tremendous run before his past caught up with his body finally. I recommend everyone reads the autobiography WWE released.