8 Years Ago Today...(11/13/2005)

[nomoreneveragain]

Original WrestleMania 22 plans for Eddie Guerrero: "It was 24 hours before he passed away, I believe. 24 hours, 48 hours, something like that. We had a call with Vince at home, and we were talking about the preliminary plans for WrestleMania. I know there's this romanticized story about how Eddie was going to get the title, and that was the plan that he was going to get it that night or at Survivor Series. That wasn't the plan. I think Stephanie said that, or alluded to it on the air, and that was not the plan. The plan was that he would lose, and I think they were going to return in December. We had talked about a fascinating idea; I'm not the biggest Bruce Pritchard fan, but to his credit, I believe it was Bruce Prichard who pitched putting Eddie Guerrero at WrestleMania against Shawn Michaels and doing the parallels of their careers. Being the heartthrob in Mexico and this mercurial figure south of the border, and the American version being HBK. They had never really worked, and you would've had such a great dynamic between the two with heel Eddie versus Shawn. That'd be your 'tear the house down,' high quality match at WrestleMania 22 in Chicago. Vince was like, 'God damn, that's really appealing. We could parallel their careers. What kind of footage of Eddie do we have outside of WCW? We could really do some impressive packages.

It was so close.

 

[HipHopStan]

Original WrestleMania 22 plans for Eddie Guerrero: "It was 24 hours before he passed away, I believe. 24 hours, 48 hours, something like that. We had a call with Vince at home, and we were talking about the preliminary plans for WrestleMania. I know there's this romanticized story about how Eddie was going to get the title, and that was the plan that he was going to get it that night or at Survivor Series. That wasn't the plan. I think Stephanie said that, or alluded to it on the air, and that was not the plan. The plan was that he would lose, and I think they were going to return in December. We had talked about a fascinating idea; I'm not the biggest Bruce Pritchard fan, but to his credit, I believe it was Bruce Prichard who pitched putting Eddie Guerrero at WrestleMania against Shawn Michaels and doing the parallels of their careers. Being the heartthrob in Mexico and this mercurial figure south of the border, and the American version being HBK. They had never really worked, and you would've had such a great dynamic between the two with heel Eddie versus Shawn. That'd be your 'tear the house down,' high quality match at WrestleMania 22 in Chicago. Vince was like, 'God damn, that's really appealing. We could parallel their careers. What kind of footage of Eddie do we have outside of WCW? We could really do some impressive packages.

It was so close.

 

[Scotch Hall]

When he beat Brock I was

i dont care what some people have to say but that win came out of nowhere
glad 2 c u brother

 

[Da King]

Top 5 WOAT deaths with savage, perfect, pillman, and Bam Bam

How you ranking Bam bam over Owen


Owen's death still got me

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

leader of the lwo

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

Eddie was the complete package. Athleticism, excellent ring work, charisma, mic work, consistent.

watching him go to work in the ring was like listening to the rock cut promos
nikka had the crowd eating outhis hand

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

GOAT WCW match







Art and Eddie swag

that halloween havoc match is timeless

 

[HipHopStan]

watching him go to work in the ring was like listening to the rock cut promos
nikka had the crowd eating outhis hand

Speaking of promos:

"WHY'D YOU MAKE ME DO IT, REEEEEEY?!? "

Despite being a heel, he was getting still getting 'Eddie' chants.

 

[DaHNIC82]

We lost Eddie, bruhs.

I still remember rushing to the computer at 6:00 am in the morning when I heard about it on Sports Radio and it was just surreal. Then, of course, the tribute show(s) came:



And then later he took his premature spot in the WWE Hall of Fame, although he would've got in eventually.

Eddie, to me, will always be a top 5 (dead or alive) wrestler. He was able to have outstanding matches with Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit, and Kurt Angle and he still got capable matches out of people like JBL and Luther Reigns. He could've carried a bowl of pudding to a *** match because he was that special of a performer.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Feel free to talk about anything Eddie Guerrero related.

VIVA LA RAZA!

When Eddie G died, A chunk of the business went with it. Dude died at a time where he was red hot

 

[HipHopStan]

One of my all time favorite skits:



Flair: "Guerrero? Guerrero? GUERREO?!? Guerrero stole my number!!!"

Spoiler

How was it that Teddy Long was the only one who knew he also stole Flair's wallet?

Flair: "WHAT?!? MY WALLET?!?!?!?"