Chavo Guerrero, Sr.
| Chavo Guerrero | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| Born | January 7, 1949 [1] El Paso, Texas[1] |
| Trained by | Gory Guerrero[1] |
| Debut | 1972[1] |
| Retired | 2008 |
Salvador Guerrero III[1] (born January 7, 1949),[1] better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero, Sr., is a former professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of third generation wrestler Chavo Guerrero, Jr. He is the oldest son of Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, and part of the Guerrero wrestling family. He is the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion.
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[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] Early career
Earlier in his career, Guerrero feuded with Atsushi Onita in Japan over lighter-weight titles.
In the 1970s, Guerrero moved his family to California so he could compete in Los Angeles's World Wrestling Association (WWA).[2] He also feuded with Roddy Piper for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship.[2] Guerrero held the title 15 times between 1975 and 1980.[2]
He usually teamed with his brothers, Mando and Hector wherever he wrestled. In the late 1980s wrestling in the AWA on ESPN. He was teaming with his brother Mando to go after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka).
[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment (2004)
In 2004, Guerrero began working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), joining his son Chavo, Jr. in a feud with the younger Chavo's uncle and elder Chavo's brother Eddie.[1] While with WWE he competed as Chavo Classic and became the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion in history,[3] defeating Chavo, Jr. and Spike Dudley in a triple threat match. He eventually lost the title to Rey Mysterio less than a month later. On June 15, 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier.[3]
[edit] Return to WWE (2010)
On the November 15th "Old School" episode of Raw, Guerrero returned as Chavo Classic, driving Alberto del Rio to the arena.
[edit] Personal life
Chavo is the son of Gory Guerrero and the older brother of Mando, Hector, and Eddie Guerrero.[4] He grew up in El Paso, Texas, where he attended a segregated school.[4] Growing up, he faced discrimination.[4]
He has two children, wrestler Chavo, Jr. and daughter Victoria.[2][4] and he is the brother-in-law of Vickie Guerrero. In 1978 he co-starred with Henry Winkler in the movie The One and Only as a wrestler called Indian Joe.
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Gory Special[1] – adopted from his father Gory Guerrero
- Moonsault[1][5]
- Signature moves
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling
- ACCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Eastern Wrestling Federation
- EWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- 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)[2]
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (11 times) – with 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)[9]
- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)1[10]
- 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)[11]
- SCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Manny Fernandez[12]
- TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[13]
- TASW Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Al Madril (1) and himself (1)3[14]
- Texas All-Star USA Heavyweight Championship (1 times)[1]
- World Wrestling Association
- WWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Mando and Eddy Guerrero[15]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Best Wrestling Maneuver (1986) Moonsault block
[edit] Notes
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 promotions 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.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Chavo Guerrero Sr. profile". Online World Of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/c/chavo-guerrero-sr.html. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ a b c d e Guerrero, Eddie. Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, p. 16.
- ^ a b Kapur, Bob (November 27, 2007). "Chavo Classic still loves 'that feeling'". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/10/30/4618525.html. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ a b c d Van Der Griend, Blaine (January 28, 2010). "Discrimination was always a part of Chavo Guerrero Sr.'s life". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/01/27/12629231.html. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ "AWA Vs CWA; The RPMs & Cactus Jack Vs The Guerrero Brothers". American Wrestling Association. AWA SuperClash III. 1988-12-26.
- ^ a b NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA United States Tag Team Title (Florida version) history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - March 2006". onlineworldofwrestling.com. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/other/2006-03.html. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ^ NWA Americas Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ NWA World Light Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
- ^ SCW World Tag Team Title history 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
- ^ WWA World Trios Title (Mexico) history At wrestling-titles.com
[edit] References
- Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0743493532.
[edit] External links
- Chavo Guerrero Sr.: A Legend (Official Website)
- Profile at Online World Of Wrestling
- Chavo Guerrero, Sr. at the Internet Movie Database
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