His Ring Names Were: Máscara Mágica, Black Tiger II, Eddy Guerrero, El Caliente, Latino Heat, and Eddie Guerrero. He was 5 ft 8 in, and 228 lbs. He was born on October 9, 1967 in El Paso, Texas. He passed away on November 13, 2005. In Minneapolise, Minnestoa. He was trained by Gory Guerrero. He made his Debut in 1987 at the age of 20.

Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967- November 13, 2005), better known by his ring name, Eddie Guerrero, was an American professional wrestler of Hispanic descent. Born into a legendary Mexican wrestling family, Guerrero managed to maintain the storied Guerrero family legacy. Through the 1990s, he had a distinguished career, working for every major professional wrestling promotion in the United States during that period: Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment .

Guerrero's in-ring character was that of a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His famous mantra became "Cheat to Win." Despite being a heel for much of his career, he became extremely popular because of his charisma and the fact that his character seemed to largely be a reflection of himself.

Throughout his career, Guerrero encountered various substance abuse problems outside of wrestling, including alcoholism and an addiction to pain killers. His problems outside of the ring were sometimes integrated into his professional wrestling storylines. Despite all these issues, Guerrero managed to be extremely popular, winning numerous titles during his career, including the WWE Championship. Guerrero became a born again Christian in 2002.

ECW:Guerrero came from a legendary wrestling family. His father, Gory Guerrero, was a founding father of Lucha Libre, a prominent wrestling trainer and an influential figure in Mexican professional wrestling. His three brothers Chavo Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, and Mando Guerrero all followed in their father's footsteps and became professional wrestlers. Guerrero's nephew, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. also became a wrestler. Guerrero's uncle Enrique Llanes and cousin Javier Llanes are popular wrestlers in Mexico.

Guerrero was raised in El Paso, Texas and attended the University of New Mexico as well as New Mexico Highlands University on an athletic scholarship, where he wrestled collegiately, before returning to El Paso to train as a professional wrestler. He debuted in 1987 in the Mexican Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre promotion. He became a star in Mexico long before he main evented in the United States.

In 1993 , Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he was known as Black Tiger II. In Mexico, he wrestled mainly for Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion teaming with El Hijo del Santo as the new version of La Pareja Atómica (The Atomic Pair), the legendary tag team of Gory Guerrero and El Santo After Guerrero turned on Santo and allied with Art Barr as La Pareja del Terror (The Pair of Terror), the duo became arguably the most hated tag team in lucha libre history. Along with Barr, Konnan and Madonna’s Boyfriend , Guerrero formed Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans), a heel stable.

Guerrero and Barr's first break would come when they were noticed in late 1994 by the owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling , Paul Heyman, and were approached about wrestling for him in 1995. However, Barr died before he could join ECW with Guerrero. As an homage to his fallen friend, Guerrero adopted his friend's finishing move, the Frog Splash .

Guerrero won the ECW World Television Championship on his debut and went on to have a series of acclaimed matches with Dean Malenko before they both signed with World Championship Wrestling later that year. After their last match at the ECW arena, the locker room emptied and the two were carried around the ring by their fellow wrestlers while the crowd chanted "Please don't go."

WCW: In WCW, Guerrero found considerable singles success, winning the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in late 1996 and the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship twice in 1997. One such title match was against Rey Mysterio at Halloween Havoc. He lost the match, but called it his favorite match in the February 2004 SmackDown! magazine and his autobiography.

Despite Guerrero's success and popularity, he was one of many wrestlers who were frustrated at never being given a chance to be main event stars in WCW. These frustrations came to a head when Guerrero requested that WCW President Eric Bischoff either push his character or give him a raise for family reasons. Bischoff responded by throwing coffee at Guerrero. The wrestler, furious, demanded Bischoff release him from his WCW contract on a live episode of WCW Monday Nitro. Guerrero then left the company for a period of months, angry at Bischoff for what he had done. However, Guerrero later returned to WCW, leading to the belief that maybe Guerrero's angry speeches against Bischoff were actually a work (Guerrero later confirmed it to be a worked shoot). Guerrero would later rebut this on WWE's DVD Monday Night War claiming that he tried to put personal differences aside for the good of the company, yet found himself angry and outraged once more because of Bischoff's continued refusal to elevate Guerrero and other similar wrestlers.

Guerrero responded to Bischoff's actions by forming the Latino World Order (or lWo), which was understood by the fans to be a mockery of Bischoff's New World Order. The group was an answer to Bischoff's refusal to push Latino wrestlers in ways they deserved. The group eventually grew to encompass almost all the Mexican wrestlers working for WCW at the time. However, Guerrero was involved in a serious car accident in 1999 that cut short the lWo storyline. Guerrero survived the accident and returned to wrestling in a matter of months.

After his return, he continued to be displeased with WCW management and signed with the WWF in 2000 along with top WCW stars Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn.

WWF: Guerrero and the other WCW wrestlers debuted in the WWF on January 31, 2000 as The Radicalz, appearing on RAW and interfering in a match including the New Age Outlaws. In March 2000, Guerrero began pursuing the affections of Chyna, who he referred to as his "Mamacita." Chyna initially rejected his advances, but allied with him following WrestleMania 2000, declaring that she "couldn't resist his 'Latino Heat'".

Guerrero won his first WWF title by defeating another former WCW wrestler, Chris Jericho for the WWF European Championship with help from Chyna. He and Chyna began a feud with Essa Rios and Lita, which culminated in a European title defence at Backlash 2000, which was also billed as the night of Guerrero's prom (he was said to have just earned a GED). Guerrero defeated Rios after arriving at ringside in a 1957 Chevrolet, even wrestling in his tuxido pants and a bow tie. Guerrero successfully retained the title in matches against Saturn and Malenko before finally losing the title to Saturn on July 23 .

Over the next few months, friction began to build between Guerrero and Chyna. Chyna was upset when Guerrero pinned her to advance in the King of the Ring tournament. On August 27, Chyna won the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Guerrero claimed to not mind and then begged Commissioner Mick Foley to let him take part in a title defense between Chyna and Kurt Angle, claiming he was afraid that Angle would injure Chyna. After Angle knocked Chyna down with the title belt, Guerrero "accidentally" pinned her while trying to revive her.

Chyna became visibly uncomfortable as Guerrero began to cheat in order to retain his title, while Guerrero was upset that Chyna was posing for Playboy magazine, even trying to invade the Playboy Mansion to stop the photoshoot. Just when it appeared that Chyna would leave Guerrero, he proposed to her and she accepted. The engagement was called off when Guerrero was caught showering with two of The Godfather's hos claiming that "Two Mamacitas are better than one!" Guerrero turned heel once again as a result of the incident and was later defeated for the Intercontinental Championship by Chyna's friend Billy Gunn.

The Radicalz reunited in late 2000, assisting Triple H in his match with Stone Cold Steve Austin at Survivor Series. In early 2001, Guerrero feuded with Test, winning the European Championship for a second time at WrestleMania X-Seven with help from Saturn and Malenko. Guerrero eventually left the Radicalz, siding with The Hardy Boyz and Lita. At this point, Guerrero developed an addiction to pain medication stemming from his 1999 car accident and in May 2001 was sent to rehabilitation. On November 9, 2001 he was arrested for drunk driving and was subsequently released by the WWF three days later.

WWE: Guerrero returned to RAW on April 1, 2002, attacking Rob Van Dam and reuniting with Chris Benoit. On April 21 at Backlash 2002 he defeated Van Dam for the Intercontinental Championship. He lost the belt to RVD a month later in a ladder match which was plagued with problems, including the ladder breaking to a fan interfering in the match. Guerrero then started a feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin, but Austin left WWE before a match could take place. Guerrero then went on to feud briefly with The Rock.

On August 1, Guerrero and Benoit began to wrestle exclusively for WWE's SmackDown! brand. With Benoit starting to focus on Kurt Angle, Guerrero aligned himself with his nephew Chavo, forming the tag team Los Guerreros. In contrast to a previous WCW storyline with his nephew, Chavo fully adopted his uncle's policy of "Lie, Cheat and Steal" to win matches, and to push the new tag team vignettes were produced, which included things such as the two finagling their way into a rich lady's house and throwing a pool party. The duo entered the eight-team tournament for the new WWE Tag Team Championships and began a feud with the newly formed tag team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. In one of the team's definitive moments, Chavo told Benoit that his former friend Guerrero was assaulted by his tag team partner Kurt Angle. Benoit ran to make the save, only to have himself locked inside a room. Guerrero then materialised in the room and assaulted Benoit with a steel chair.

Benoit and Angle managed to overcome their differences and eventually defeated Los Guerreros in the tournament semi-finals. Later on, Benoit and Angle won the WWE Tag Team Championships. Benoit and Angle then fought for a trophy for being the first WWE Tag Team Champion. Much to Benoit's surprise, Los Guerreros helped him win the match.

Los Guerreros would then be given another shot at the WWE Tag Team titles and the new champions, Edge and Rey Mysterio. At Survivor Series 2002, Guerrero made Mysterio submit to The Lasso From El Paso. With this victory, Los Guerreros began their reign as the WWE Tag Team Champions, a reign that lasted until they were defeated by Team Angle. Los Guerreros participated at WrestleMania XIX as contenders for the Tag Titles, along with the team of Chris Benoit and Rhyno. Prior to Judgment Day, Chavo tore his bicep. This forced Guerrero to look for another partner. He chose Tajiri. They won the Tag Titles at Judgment Day in a ladder match. The following week, Guerrero and Tajiri managed to retain their titles by cheating. In addition, they also defeated the legendary Roddy Piper and his protegè Sean O'Haire. After Guerrero and Tajiri lost the titles to Team Angle on July 1, Guerrero turned on Tajiri, slamming his partner through the windshield of his low-rider truck

In mid-2003, Guerrero competed in a tournament for the WWE United States Championship. He managed to advance to the final round, defeating Ultimo Dragon in the process, where he would meet Chris Benoit. In this match, Guerrero turned to his cheating tactics, hitting Benoit with the belt at one point in the match. Guerrero tried to get Benoit in trouble by placing the title belt on top of the unconscious Benoit. It did not work, however, since he knocked out the ref earlier with a belt shot to the kidneys. The match ended with interference by and a Gore from Rhyno, Benoit's own partner, who was furious at the team's failure. Guerrero himself said that this was a major point in the character of Latino Heat, since he himself realized that the fans wanted to see him lie, cheat and steal. Guerrero pinned Benoit and won the United States Championship.

At SummerSlam, Guerrero retained his title by defeating Rhyno, Benoit and Tajiri in a four way match. He turned face again by engaging in a rivalry with John Cena.Guerrero challenged Cena to a "Latino Heat" street fight for the United States Championship, which Guerrero won. Chavo made his return in this match, assisting Guerrero in executing his Frog Splash on Cena. On September 16, 2003, Los Guerreros defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team to regain the WWE Tag Team Championships. Eddie Guerrero thus held the United States Championship and one-half of the Tag Team Championships concurrently.

Guerrero lost the United States Championship to The Big Show at No Mercy 2003 in October after a feud which involved Guerrero poisoning the Big Show with some laxative laced burritos and then later spraying the Big Show with a sewage truck. Four days later, Los Guerreros would lose the WWE Tag Team Championship to the Basham Brothers . As Los Guerreros attempted to regain the tag team titles, things began to go downhill between Chavo and Guerrero, and the two fought one another at the 2004 Royal Rumble in a match that was won by Eddie Guerrero..

As Guerrero's popularity grew, he began seeking the WWE Championship. In a storyline, Guerrero's singles success made Chavo jealous and Chavo broke from the team.

During the summer of 2003, Guerrero had begun driving a customized lowrider to ringside as part of his ring entrance. Guerrero would also capitalize on his "Lie, Cheat, and Steal" anti-hero image by brazenly using illegal tactics behind the referee's back to win matches on occasion. He was well known for hitting someone with a steel chair (or handing the opponent the steel chair and then pretending to be knocked out himself, just as the referee turned around), or using illegal weapons during the match. Despite (or possibly because of) his immoral tactics, Guerrero continued to increase in popularity.

On February 15, 2004 Guerrero won the WWE Championship at No Way Out 2004, defeating Brock Lesnar following interference from Goldberg. He would enjoy many months of success as champion, which included a win against Kurt Angle at WrestleMania XX as well as victories over the Big Show and Rey Mysterio. He would later lose the title to John "Bradshaw" Layfield, due to Angle's interference. At SummerSlam, Angle made Guerrero submit to the ankle lock. Guerrero then allied himself with the Big Show, who also despised Kurt Angle for firing him while Angle was still SmackDown! general manager.

Each week Angle and his new allies Luther Reigns, and Mark Jindrak began targeting Guerrero and the Big Show. General Manager Theodore Long booked a Survivor Series Elimination Match between a team led by Guerrero and a team led by Kurt Angle. Guerrero's team consisted of himself, Big Show, Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam. The following week, Guerrero was forced to find another member for his team because Rey Mysterio had just been given an opportunity to regain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. Guerrero selected John Cena, who was feuding with Carlito, a member of Angle's Survivor Series team. At Survivor Series, Guerrero landed the Frog Splash on Kurt Angle for the victory.

Guerrero, along with Booker T, and The Undertaker, then challenged John "Bradshaw" Layfield for a WWE Championship rematch. Along the way, Guerrero found a partner in Booker T. Despite losing two matches in a row as a tag team, Guerrero and Booker managed to get along. At Armageddon , Guerrero and Booker worked as a unit, taking down both Bradshaw and Undertaker. However, during the match, the two broke away from the team and made it clear that it was every man for themselves. Guerrero would then be taken out by The Undertaker while Bradshaw pinned Booker following the Clothesline From Hell. Afterwards, Guerrero and Booker briefly and unsuccessfully attempted to win the WWE Tag Team Championships.

On February 20, 2005, Guerrero once again became a tag team champion, this time with long time friend and sometimes rival Rey Mysterio when they defeated Doug and Danny Basham at No Way Out 2005. Many expected the new champions to defend their titles at WrestleMania 21, but after encouragement from Chavo, instead Guerrero challenged Rey to a one-on-one match so they could "bring the house down." The two wrestled a match at WrestleMania with Mysterio getting the win. Although visibly frustrated, Guerrero congratulated his partner. After several mishaps in the weeks following WrestleMania, the growing tension between Guerrero and Mysterio finally erupted when they lost their tag titles to new team MNM on the April 21 episode of SmackDown! Although they received a match to regain the titles, Guerrero turned heel once again by abandoning his partner, who he had dubbed "his family" earlier in the show.

Guerrero then adopted a new, somewhat sociopathic gimmick. During this time, he also stopped driving his low-riders down the ring and walked to the ring with a frown on his face, and reverted to using the Lasso from El Paso as his finishing move. At the end of one edition of SmackDown!, he viciously and emotionlessly beat up his former tag team partner, leaving him bruised and bloody after suplexing him onto a set of steel steps. At Judgment Day 2005 on May 22, Guerrero lost to Mysterio by disqualification.

Several weeks after the match at Judgment Day, Guerrero threatened to reveal a secret about Rey and Rey's son Dominik. The storyline (which involved equal parts of work and truth, and had Rey's full approval) grew to involve the families of both men, with both sides pleading for Guerrero not to reveal the secret. Rey defeated Guerrero at the Great American Bash, a match with a stipulation that if Guerrero lost, he would not tell the secret. Yet Guerrero revealed the secret any way on the following episode of SmackDown! - telling Dominik and the audience that Guerrero was his real father. The following weeks had Guerrero revealing the details of the secret in a series of what he called "Eddie's Bedtime Stories". He claimed that he had a child out of wedlock (Dominik) while his marriage was going through hard times. He claimed he then allowed Mysterio and his wife, who were "having trouble conceiving", to adopt the child as their own.

At SummerSlam 2005, Guerrero lost a ladder match over Dominik's custody to Mysterio. Their emotional feud ended at the premiere of Friday Night SmackDown!, where Guerrero finally gained a victory over Mysterio in a steel cage match.

Following his feud with Rey Mysterio, Guerrero was named number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship and given a title match with Batista at No Mercy 2005. Despite this, Guerrero quickly proclaimed himself to be Batista's friend. However, Batista was wary of Guerrero and a series of matches with MNM only supported his suspicions, as Guerrero appeared to have reverted to his cheating ways. In response to Batista's suspicions, Guerrero helped Batista win a match against his tag team partners, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Christian.

Batista defeated Guerrero at No Mercy to retain his World title. During the match, Guerrero struggled with a decision about whether or not to use a steel chair to secure the victory, eventually opting not to use it and losing as a result. Though the two demonstrated mutual respect after the match, Guerrero seemed displeased by the loss. Eventually, Batista and Guerrero would become allies against Randy Orton, Bob Orton, and Ken Kennedy. Guerrero would tell Batista that he realized how low he had sunk since being WWE Champion in 2004, having attacked his best friend Rey Mysterio. Guerrero told him that Batista shaking his hand at No Mercy had returned his respect to him.

On the November 11 edition of Friday Night SmackDown!, Eddie Guerrero wrestled what turned out to be the final match of his career, a victory by disqualification using his trademark cheating tactics over Mr. Kennedy. Kayfabe-wise, this was a Survivor Series qualification match which was to have Guerrero put in the Smackdown side of a brand-war Survivor Series match.

On November 13, 2005, Guerrero was found dead in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Marriott City Center Hotel by his nephew, Chavo. Several hours later, WWE.com released the following announcement:

The same day, WWE held a press conference with a speech from his nephew Chavo, who spoke of Guerrero's four years of sobriety that would have come on November 15 of that year. Chavo adamantly defended his uncle, saying he had defeated his "personal demons." WWE Chairman Vince McMahon declined to speculate on the causes of Guerrero's death, and both men said that Guerrero would have "wanted the show to go on."

An autopsy revealed that Guerrero died as a result of acute heart failure, caused by undiagnosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and enlargement of the heart as a result of prior anabolic steroid abuse. Although Guerrero had not taken alcohol or illicit drugs for over four years, his past excesses contributed to his heart failure. At the time of his death, he had recently used narcotic painkillers.

Guerrero's wife Vicky said that he had been lethargic and unwell in the week preceding his death, but that this had been attributed to the stress of continuously traveling and performing. She added that the doctors had told her that Guerrero's blood vessels had shriveled and weakened owing to undiagnosed heart disease, and that he had simply dropped into a deep sleep.

On the November 30, 2005 edition of Byte This!, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. said that Guerrero had been working very hard and was at peak physical fitness as a result, doing cardiovascular and weight training exercises every day. There had been no symptoms or cause for concern. Guerrero, Jr. noted that, while many people abuse drugs for over ten years with no ill effects, Guerrero, despite having ceased to abuse drugs four years earlier, had suffered heart complications that were not detected in time to prevent his death.

On the day of his death, Guerrero was set to face Batista and Randy Orton in a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship on the November 13 taping of Friday Night SmackDown! (which would have aired on November 18). Stephanie McMahon hinted, and other sources confirmed, that Guerrero had been scheduled to defeat Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship, which would have begun Guerrero's first reign as World Heavyweight Champion.

The episodes of RAW on November 14, 2005, and Friday Night SmackDown! on November 18, 2005, each aired as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero. No WWE employees were compelled to perform, although several matches took place, including one featuring Chavo. RAW started off with all the superstars and several personnel on stage, as Vince McMahon addressed the live crowd. A video was then shown featuring many clips of Guerrero in and out of the ring to "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. A similar video was shown on Friday Night Smackdown to "Here Without You" by 3 Doors Down. These shows were similar in format to the RAW is Owen special edition of RAW, which paid tribute to the late Owen Hart, and the SmackDown! special in Houston, Texas two days after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In addition to the RAW and SmackDown! tribute shows, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling dedicated the pay-per-view TNA Genesis (which aired the evening of his passing) to Guerrero.

Eddie Guerrero's funeral took place on Thursday, November 17 in Phoenix, Arizona at Green Acres Cemetery. The private service was performed by retired wrestler "Superstar" Billy Graham. Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Chris Jericho, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Vince McMahon, Tom Prichard, all of Guerrero's brothers, one of his sisters, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Valerie Coleman Graham all spoke at the funeral. Wrestlers and wrestling personalities from all around the world of wrestling were in attendance, including:

On November 13, 2005, WWE superstar and Hispanic American wrestling legend Eddie Guerrero, died of acute heart failure in Minneapolis. Eddie's death sent shockwaves through the worldwide wrestling community of performers and fans.

On the day of Eddie's death, brother-like nephew and close colleague Chavo Guerrero, Jr. attended a press conference with WWE chairman Vince McMahon to inform the world of Eddie's death.

By noontime, most of Eddie's friends and other wrestling performers and fans across the world had found out of Eddie's tragic passing, but nobody knew of the exact cause of his untimely demise.

Both RAW and SmackDown! were booked as tribute events in memory of Eddie Guerrero. Throughout the events, several wrestlers wore Guerrero's "I'm Your Papi" T-shirt to the ring, and some also wore a black armband marked with the initials "EG." Both shows consisted almost entirely of interbrand matches.

Taped in Minneapolis barely 12 hours after Eddie's passing, this special edition of RAW was the first WWE show to air following Eddie's passing and included the expression of grief and tribute by WWE superstars and fans. Video tributes from JBL, Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, Lilian Garcia, and The Big Show were aired. It aired the following day, November 14.

The show began with a ten-bell salute with the entire roster standing at the entrance ramp, a tradition in professional wrestling used to honor a recently fallen comrade. Following that, a video tribute, using the song "Hurt " by Johnny Cash was shown, and the audience emotionally chanted "Thank you, Eddie!" out of respect to the late Superstar.

Rey Mysterio wrestled Shawn Michaels in an interpromotional tribute match, which Mysterio won. Following the match, both men embraced one another and Mysterio cried while pointing skyward. In the aftermath of his match with Randy Orton , WWE Champion John Cena, who had previously described Guerrero as a great man and father figure, laid the Eddie Guerrero t-shirt he had worn throughout the match in the center of the ring then placed the WWE Championship atop the shirt, reflecting Stephanie McMahon's earlier comment that "Eddie was always a champion." The broadcast ended with commentator Joey Styles eulogizing Guerrero with the words "Eddie Guerrero was a champion competitor, he was a champion in life."

Matches:

After the RAW taping, the scheduled edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown! was conducted and taped entirely as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero.

The show opened with Batista driving one of Eddie Guerrero's signature lowriders to the ring, then after making a tearful speech he laid his sunglasses and the World Heavyweight Championship belt on the hood of the lowrider, where they remained throughout the show.

Video tributes by Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio and Eric Bischoff were also aired, with each one of them recounting memories they had of Eddie Guerrero.

Chavo Guerrero wrestled a match against John "Bradshaw" Layfield in which he performed several trademark Eddie Guerrero spots, such as the *Three Amigos (Combination three vertical suplexes), as well as tricking the referee into thinking JBL had used a chair, and using the frog splash as a finisher.

A modified video tribute to Eddie Guerrero was shown, this time the song used for it was "Here Without You" by 3 Doors Down.

The show ended with Chris Benoit defeating Triple H. Before the match, Triple H paused at the entrance to the ring and stared at the lowrider with the championship belt on the hood. At the point in his entrance where he stands on the ring apron and spits water, he pointed skyward and the crowd erupted. Then he mounted the ropes in the corner and mouthed 'It's not about me tonight' and pointed to his wrist, where he was wearing his 'EG' armband. After the match, Triple H and Benoit shook hands and embraced, celebrating Eddie's life in the ring. Also, Dean Malenko, who came in to the WWE with Eddie and Benoit as 'The Radicalz', came into the ring and embraced his friend.

Following that match, announcer Michael Cole remembered the night in which Eddie won the WWE Championship, telling the TV audience how grateful he was to Guerrero for letting him call that match and finished the show off by saying "Thank you Eddie, one last time."

Matches:

Dusty Rhodes spoke of his belief that Guerrero's death would bring the entire wrestling family together, and of how Guerrero had fought and beat his "personal demons" and was an inspiration to all young people. John Bradshaw Layfield recounted how Guerrero had given him crucial personal support during both his divorce and his elevation to main-event status. Shawn Michaels spoke of how he and Guerrero shared a deep Christian faith, and Kurt Angle recounted how much Guerrero had personally and professionally helped him. Dean Malenko spoke of how much Guerrero's sudden death had hurt him, and how much he would miss him. Edge talked about how the news was unbelievable and shocking to him, while Batista recollected that Guerrero had helped him with the burden of being World Heavyweight Champion. Guerrero's nephew Chavo said that Guerrero was like a brother to him, and reminisced about their childhood together.

Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Rey Mysterio emotionally recounted the multi-decade friendship with Guerrero, how he had striven to help them and the important role he had played in their success. Ric Flair, Booker T, and his wife Sharmell, Val Venis, Shelton Benjamin, Matt Hardy, Theodore Long, and other WWE employees described Guerrero's intense passion and position at the apex of the wrestling industry profession in terms of both athleticism and entertainment, Vampiro spoke about his early days in Mexico City when he frequently roomed with Guerrero and Bret Hart spoke about Guerrero's work ethic and wrestling ability. A large number of independent wrestlers and promotions also acknowledged Guerrero's passing, including Ring of Honor and TNA , who acknowledged his death on their PPV event Genesis which occurred that same day. Jim Ross also wrote a column recently for WWE.com recalling meeting Eddie Guerrero, the importance Guerrero had in his personal life ("You were a wonderful inspiration to me and to so many others - not only as a wrestler but as a husband, father, brother and friend."), and how talented Guerrero was as a wrestler and entertainer ("Eddie Guerrero is easily one of the 10 best in-ring talents I have seen in 33 years in this business"). El Hijo del Santo, Eddie's rival and partner in lucha libre, posted a message in English and Spanish on his website in tribute and wore an Eddie T-Shirt and "EG" armband during his match against Último Guerrero in Arena México the following week.

Later on, JBL recounted that even though he was Eddie's enemy onscreen, in real life, they were best friends. His wife spoke about how he would tease her that he was dating Chyna onscreen. Stephanie spoke about how she first met him and what a decent person he was.

Other personal tributes were given by Candice Michelle, Arn Anderson, Steve Keirn , Ted DiBiase, Michael Hayes, Gerald Brisco, and Mickie James, while mournful e-mails from fans were published on WWE.com.

The WWE web servers crashed twenty four hours after Guerrero's death was announced, as more than 150,000 e-mail messages of sympathy and support came in from fans across the world. WWE made many videos of Guerrero's best performances, personal accounts and testimonies from his DVD and two musical video tributes (featuring Here Without You by 3 Doors Down , and Hurt by Johnny Cash respectively) available on his profile at WWE.com.

Fans commemorated Eddie through artwork and posters, and through all the WWE TV and other events held over two weeks since his death.

WWE has announced plans to compile e-mail tributes from fans across the world into a book dedicated to Guerrero, which will then be presented to Vickie Guerrero and the Guerrero family. In addition, an Eddie Guerrero T-shirt has been released, with all revenue going to Vickie Guerrero and her children. WWE is also selling black "EG" armbands similar to those worn by several WWE wrestlers at the Guerrero tribute shows, with all proceeds going to Vickie and her children. Also, a new album will be released in 2006 with all the proceeds going to the Guerrero family.

The WWE plans to release a DVD package in 2006 commemorating the life and work of Eddie Guerrero.

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. said on Byte This! , November 30 , 2005, that the entire Guerrero family were still to come to terms with Eddie's passing, and it was a big adjustment for them to make. Eddie's widow Vickie Guerrero and Eddie's three daughters were still unable to overcome their grief, but were getting back to normal slowly.

Rey Mysterio, Adam Copeland, John Cena, Batista, and the Mexicools continued displaying their E.G. black armbands and wristbands while performing.

On November 29, a SmackDown! Special aired in which Rey Mysterio dedicated his match with The Big Show to Eddie. Rey entered the arena in a low-rider in a similar fashion to Eddie's ring entrance, with Eddie's entrance music playing.

Close friends of Eddie Guerrero, particularly Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero and Chris Benoit have adapted some of Eddie Guerrero's moves into their movesets as a tribute such as the Three Amigos, Frog Splash, Eddie's classic cheating tactics and various Eddie taunts.

Before the Royal Rumble PPV on January 29, 2006, Rey Mysterio dedicated his performance in the Royal Rumble Match to Eddie. After drawing number 2 and spending an hour and two minutes in the ring(breaking Chris Benoit's ironman record), Rey eliminated Triple H and Randy Orton to win the Rumble.

In the closing moments of the SmackDown! Special match between Mysterio and Big Show, Randy Orton used the lowrider to beat up The Undertaker, and drove the car through the backscreen of the entrance area with an injured Undertaker reeling on its backseat, crashing into heavy metal and electrical equipment. The electrical equipment caught fire, and soon the car was up in flames. While the event was staged as a dangerous attack on the Undertaker, the burning of the car was seen by many fans as disrespectful to Eddie. Many WWE employees and former employees (including The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin )were also very upset about this. Also on an edition of Friday night Smackdown,Randy Orton told Rey Mysterio that Eddie is not looking down at him from Heaven,he's looking up at him from Hell.Obviously,this has started a feud between the two. The next day, the WWE through its live show Byte This! answered questions from fans and emphasized that the WWE performers were the last people to do anything controversial regarding Eddie's memory and they and Eddie's family were basically fine with the events staged, and would have spoken out before if they had felt any qualms.