He would go on to have a series of matches with Dean Malenko, resulting in him losing and regaining the title in a one week span in July.
Guerrero also toured Japan in 1993 as the second incarnation of Black Tiger, though he was not nearly as successful.Įddie would compete briefly for ECW in 1995 in his debut bout, he defeated 2 Cold Scorpio to win the ECW World Television Championship on April 8. Barr and Guerrero were to head to ECW together in 1995, but Art died in November 1994. Considered the Four Horsemen of Mexico, they feuded with El Hijo de Santo and Octagon, culminating in a classic match at When Worlds Collide in 1994, losing to Hijo de Santo and Octagon in a Hair vs. The two, combined with Konnan, Chicano Power, and Madonna's Boyfriend, would form Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans), openly supporting the United States in front of Mexican crowds (think the Hart Foundation of a few years later). Guerrero would turn on Santo and form La Pareja del Terror (The Pair of Terror) with Art Barr, arguably the most hated duo in the history of lucha libre. In Mexico, he wrestled primarily for AAA, teaming with El Hijo de Santo as a rebooted version of La Pareja Atomica (The Atomic Pair, originally consisting of El Santo and Gory Guerrero). Eddie wrestled collegiately for New Mexico Highlands University before moving down south to Mexico to follow the footsteps of his uncle Enrique, cousin Javier, and his brothers Chavo Sr., Mando, and Hector. He was just 38.īorn Octoin El Paso, Texas, Eddie would attend wrestling events his father Gory wrestled in the El Paso Count Coliseum, and during intermissions, he and Chavo would wrestle one another. 10 years ago today, Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes, best known to his many fans as Eddie Guerrero, was found dead in a hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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