Chavo Guerrero Sr.
Chavo Guerrero Sr. | |
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![]() Guerrero circa 1978 | |
Birth name | Salvador Guerrero Llanes |
Born | [1] El Paso, Texas, U.S.[1] | January 7, 1949
Died | February 11, 2017 El Paso, Texas, U.S. | (aged 68)
Cause of death | Liver cancer |
Family | Guerrero |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Chavo Guerrero Chavo Guerrero Sr.[1] Chavo Classic[1] |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 229 lb (104 kg)[1] |
Trained by | Gory Guerrero[1] |
Debut | 1977[1] |
Retired | 2016 |
Salvador Guerrero Llanes
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1977–1981)
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In 1977, Chavo competed for
Various territories (1981–1988)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Chavo_and_Hector_Guerrero_1984.png/220px-Chavo_and_Hector_Guerrero_1984.png)
He spent the early 80's splitting his time between
AWA and EMLL (1988–1990s)
In 1988, Mando and Chavo stopped in the AWA. They went after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka). However, they were unable to capture the titles in multiple attempts.[4] In 1990, Chavo teamed with his brothers Mando and Eddie in EMLL. He competed with his brothers in multiple trios matches.[4]
World Wrestling Entertainment (2004, 2010)
In 2004, Guerrero began working for
Lucha Underground (2016)
Chavo Classic first appeared on
Personal life
Chavo was the son of Gory Guerrero and the older brother of Mando, Hector, and Eddie Guerrero.[6] He grew up in El Paso, Texas[6] He had two children, wrestler Chavo Jr. and daughter Victoria,[3][6] and he was the brother in-law of Vickie Guerrero.
In July 2016, Guerrero and his son were named as part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE that alleged wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE.[7] Over a year after his death, US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant dismissed the lawsuit in September 2018.[8]
Death
On February 11, 2017, Guerrero died of liver cancer, at the age of 68.[9]
Other media
- In 1978 he co-starred with Henry Winkler in the movie The One and Only as a wrestler called Indian Joe.
- He is the subject of the song "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" by The Mountain Goats and is featured in its music video.[10]
- The 2017 Netflix series, GLOW has its 7th episode dedicated to Chavo Guerrero Sr.
Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling
- ACCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- Eastern Wrestling Federation
- EWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Empire Wrestling Federation
- Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling
- HHW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Federation
- IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (15 times)[3]
- Raul Mata (2), John Tolos (1), Gory Guerrero (1), Butcher Vachon (1), Victor Rivera (1), The Canadian (1), Hector Guerrero (1), El Halcon (1), Black Gordman (1) and Al Madril (1)[14]
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)1[15]
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 130 out of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- Southwest Championship Wrestling / Texas All-Star Wrestling
- SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[16]
- SCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Manny Fernandez[17]
- TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[18]
- TASW Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Al Madril (1) and himself (1)3[19]
- Texas All-Star USA Heavyweight Championship (1 times)[1]
- Vendetta Pro Wrestling
- Vendetty Award—2014 Co-Special Guest star of the Year (w/ The Godfather)[20]
- Vendetty Award—2014 Co-Special Guest star of the Year (w/
- World Wrestling Association
- WWA Trios Championship (1 time) – with Mando and Eddy Guerrero[21]
- World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- 1 time)[1]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Wrestling Maneuver (1986) Moonsault block
1When Chavo Guerrero won this championship, it was still officially recognized and sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and was primarily defended in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, an NWA affiliated promotion in Mexico. After the promotion's withdrawal from the National Wrestling Alliance, they kept the title and continue to use the NWA initials. However, the NWA no longer recognizes or sanctions it.
3Defeats Al Madril to claim Madril's part of the championship, though he quickly surrenders the titles on the same day.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Chavo Guerrero Sr. profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2008.
- ^ "Chavo Guerrero". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Guerrero, Eddie. Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, p. 16.
- ^ a b c d e "Chavo Guerrero". Cagematch. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b Kapur, Bob (November 27, 2007). "Chavo Classic still loves 'that feeling'". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Van Der Griend, Blaine (January 28, 2010). "Discrimination was always a part of Chavo Guerrero Sr.'s life". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "WWE sued in wrestler class action lawsuit featuring Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Paul 'Mr Wonderful' Orndorff". FoxSports.com. Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox). July 18, 2015. Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- ^ Robinson, Byron (September 22, 2018). "Piledriver: WWE uses 'Hell in a Cell' as springboard to future shows". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ "Chavo Guerrero Sr. passes away". www.wwe.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Merge Records on Youtube (May 20, 2015). "The Mountain Goats "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" (Official Music Video)". Archived from the original on April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA United States Tag Team Title (Florida version) history Archived February 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - March 2006". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ^ NWA Americas Tag Team Title history Archived September 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA World Light Heavyweight Title history Archived November 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Title history Archived September 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ SCW World Tag Team Title history Archived May 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ Texas All-Star Wrestling USA Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ SCW Southwest Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ "2014 Vendetty Awards". Vendetta Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ WWA World Trios Title (Mexico) history Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine At wrestling-titles.com
- General sources
- Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.
External links
- Chavo Guerrero Sr.: A Legend (Official Website)
- Chavo Guerrero Sr. at IMDb
- Chavo Guerrero Sr.'s profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database