The Natural Posted November 13 Posted November 13 I thought we could talk about our favourite Eddie Guerrero moments to mark the anniversary. Eddie Guerrero is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Eddie Guerrero is one of the very few wrestlers who really could do it all across the board: Babyface, heel, cut promos, technical wrestling, lucha, brawl, bleed and so charismatic. Eddie Guerrero's best matches: Eddie Guerrero/Art Barr vs. El Hijo del Santo/Octagon. AAA When World's Collide 1994. *****. Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko. ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995. *****. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. WCW Halloween Havoc 1997. *****. Eddie's greatest match. Rey's as well. Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge. Post WWE Unforgiven 2002 Smackdown. Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar. WWE No Way Out 2004. Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle. WWE WrestleMania XX. Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL. WWE Judgment Day 2004. Viva la Raza.
twiztor Posted November 13 Posted November 13 Eddie is a true legend. RIP man, gone too soon. it doesn't feel like 20 years. 1
NikoBaltimore Posted November 13 Posted November 13 Is there a chance the thread from when he died is in the archives? I just remember shittons of pages from everybody just crying their eyes out and is one I remember quite vividly. 1
Curt McGirt Posted November 13 Posted November 13 Could have seen him at the last Smackdown he ever worked. Didn't. 1
Teflon Turtle Posted November 13 Posted November 13 (edited) Rey Jr. did an article/letter to Eddie for Player's Tribune. Good read: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/rey-mysterio-wwe-eddie-guerrero-wrestling I can still remember reading the news of Eddie's passing in my college dorm. True disbelief. On top of that, in the article linked above, Rey talks a bit about Eddie's lasting influence. We're still feeling it and seeing it every week. Every time I watch the HH '97 match, it strikes me how ahead of its time that match was (and other subsequent Eddie/Rey matches, too. I don't think wrestling should really be judged like gymnastics where fans evaluate "degree of difficulty" or anything like that, but the stuff these two pulled off in their matches is just insane for the era they were in). You could drop Eddie Guerrero in a ring with anybody today, and he'd fit right in and could hang with anyone in the sport. Edited November 13 by Teflon Turtle 3 1
Bustronaut Posted November 13 Posted November 13 8 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Could have seen him at the last Smackdown he ever worked. Didn't. I ended up *working* that Smackdown as a cable-puller. A highlight of my 20 year career in TV production. 5
supremebve Posted November 13 Posted November 13 9 hours ago, The Natural said: Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. WCW Halloween Havoc 1997. *****. Eddie's greatest match. Rey's as well. Halloween Havoc 1997 is the first PPV I was ever allowed to order. Eddy vs Rey was immediately my favorite match then and remains my favorite match of all time now. 1
Zimbra Posted November 13 Posted November 13 It's obviously not the worst thing we lost, but I mourn for all the old-guy no-bumps matches we could have had from a past-his-prime Eddy. He was so adept with wrestling bullshit that he would have been amazing at those. 6
NikoBaltimore Posted November 13 Posted November 13 Normally on the day he passed I watch some matches just because. This time it's a bit different. Time permitting I might but my mind is more focused on everything else from what could have been to how incredible an impact he still has on people in and out of wrestling. Trying to even approach saying that would feel like a massive understatement and in some ways not for me to say. But I'm incredibly thankful there was an Eddie Guerrero and can't/don't want to imagine a wrestling world without him. 2
Matt D Posted November 13 Posted November 13 There's a picture of me and Eddy in the ring for a photo op from 2002 from Quincy, MA and I have no idea where it is or what happened to it. He was wrestling Timothy McNeany and Jimmy Jact Cash for WWA on a show with Quack and Slaughter and Dangerous Danny Davis. And it was amazing to see him up close doing his thing. 6
Hamhock Posted November 14 Posted November 14 (edited) 7 hours ago, NikoBaltimore said: Is there a chance the thread from when he died is in the archives? I just remember shittons of pages from everybody just crying their eyes out and is one I remember quite vividly. Just the first page of it is visible: https://web.archive.org/web/20070315152303/http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=4670 Edited November 14 by Hamhock 2
The Green Meanie Posted November 14 Posted November 14 Eddie's death was always a bit different then the others, mainly because we just saw him right before. 3
Eivion Posted November 14 Posted November 14 One of the few deaths that had me crying in wrestling. Others made me sad, but none quite hit me like Eddie's did since he was my favorite wrestler at the time and remains one of my favorites. The suddenness of it all also threw me since it felt like he was going to reach the top again soon. 3
username Posted November 14 Posted November 14 As tragic as Eddie's death was I hold on to one ray of light that I truly believe in my heart: Rey is still here alive and wrestling because Eddie died the way he did. I remember someone I think on this very board during their feud 20 years ago looking at both of their bodies and saying "it's like they are racing to see whose heart explodes first", and I remember Rey's body returning to a natural shape after Eddie's passing and stories about him telling folks that he went to the doctor and they told him about some possible issues with his heart (which thankfully have not proven to be fatal). Maybe I simply have a terminal case of cope, but it always took the edge off of his passing for me.
Curt McGirt Posted November 14 Posted November 14 19 hours ago, Zimbra said: It's obviously not the worst thing we lost, but I mourn for all the old-guy no-bumps matches we could have had from a past-his-prime Eddy. He was so adept with wrestling bullshit that he would have been amazing at those. Eddie dropping the frog splash and switching to a nerve hold finish or even a fucking Iron Claw or bear hug would work, because if anyone could make it work, it'd be him. 14 hours ago, Hamhock said: Just the first page of it is visible: https://web.archive.org/web/20070315152303/http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/index.php?showtopic=4670 I hate to say this but good, I couldn't take reading three whole pages of that. That's enough. By far. 2
NikoBaltimore Posted November 14 Posted November 14 Thankfully some of the main matches were put up on Youtube. But this had a varied collection of footage that was pretty cool even if it doesn't encompass things like Japan or elsewhere.
twiztor Posted November 14 Posted November 14 2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: I hate to say this but good, I couldn't take reading three whole pages of that. That's enough. By far. three? that thread has TWENTY-FIVE pages!
Curt McGirt Posted November 14 Posted November 14 (edited) Sorry, I screwed up; I saw just the typical 1, 2, 3 and didn't look to the left to see 25 total. Which I am not surprised by. Edited November 14 by Curt McGirt
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