Officially Licensed Christmas Vacation Cousin Eddie Trooper Hat Selecting
During Eddie’s early days he wrestled in several Mexican federations such as CMLL and AAA and even worked in WCW by 1992. eddie perfected his skills and ended up wrestling in New Japan Pro Wrestling where he was known as the 2nd incarnation of “Black Tiger”. In 1996 he not only won the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, but he was granted a shot at the IGWP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Eddie’s sudden death came on November 13th, 2005, two days after his final match on television against Mr. Kennedy for a place on Team Smackdown for Survivor Series. He was found in his hotel room unconscious by his nephew, Chavo. Although there were valiant attempts to resuscitate Eddie, he was pronounced dead by the paramedics. eddie Guerrero was 38 years old.
Eddie Guerrero was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2006 by Chris Benoit, Chavo Guerrero and Rey Mysterio. The honor was received by his widow, Vickie Guerrero and his children.
Los Guerreros entered the tournament to crown the first World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions, although they were knocked out in the semi finals, they still managed to win the titles in a triple threat tag team match at Survivor Series. They would hold the titles for 3 months and continue to chase after the gold until Chavo tore his bicep in May which would result in eddie choosing a new partner, Tajiri, and winning the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship for a second time.
In mid 2001, eddie left The Radicalz to turn face and align himself with the Hardy Boyz. Off camera though, his personal life was in ruins. An addiction to pain medication from the car accident in 1999 sent him to rehab in May 2001. Before he could return to the ring, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Three days later, he was released.
ranpikesmeriting 