Chavo Guerrero Sr.

This article is about Chavo Guerrero, Sr. For his son who also competes as Chavo Guerrero, see Chavo Guerrero, Jr.

Chavo Guerrero
Born	January 7, 1949 El Paso, Texas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Chavo Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero, Sr. Chavo Classic
Billed height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Billed weight	229 lb (103 kg)
Trained by	Salvador "Gory" Guerrero
Debut	1974
Retired	2004

Chavo Guerrero, Sr. (born Salvador Guerrero Llanes on January 7, 1949) is a former professional wrestler.

Career

Earlier in his career, Chavo had feuded with Roddy Piper in California and Atsushi Onita in Japan over lighter-weight titles.

He usually teamed with his brothers, Mando and Hector wherever he wrestled. Prior to wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, his biggest exposure was in the late 1980s wrestling in the American Wrestling Association 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).

Chavo Guerrero began working for World Wrestling Entertainment. He debuted on the January 15, 2004 episode of SmackDown! coming in to join with his son Chavo, Jr. in feud with his brother Eddie. While with WWE, Guerrero had a brief reign as Cruiserweight Champion, becoming the oldest Cruiserweight Champion in history. On June 15, 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier.

His son Salvador Chavito Guerrero III, better known as Chavo Jr. (also known as Chavo Guerrero) continues to perform for WWE. His youngest brother, Eduardo, better known as Eddie Guerrero, also performed in WWE until his death in November 2005.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Gory Bomb
  • Frog Splash
  • Three Amigoes
  • German suplex
  • Back suplex
  • Delayed vertical suplex
  • Moonsault

• Managers
  • Dark Journey
  • Baby Doll
  • Sir Oliver Humperdink
  • Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
  • Erwind Dionisio

Championships and accomplishments

• Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling
  • ACCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• Eastern Wrestling Federation
  • EWF Heavyweight Championship (2 time)
• Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling
  • HHW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• International Wrestling Federation
  • IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• National Wrestling Alliance
• World
  • NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  • NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• National
  • NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (15 times)
  • NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (11 times) – with Raul Mata twice, and once each with John Tolos, Gory Guerrero, Butcher Vachon, Victor Rivera, The Canadian, Hector Guerrero, El Halcon, Black Gordman and Al Madril
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) – with Hector Guerrero
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him # 130 out of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
• Southwest Championship Wrestling
  • SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Manny Fernandez
• Texas All-Star Wrestling
  • TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • TASW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Al Madril
• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Mando and Eddy Guerrero
• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Cruiserweight Championship (6 time)
  • WWE Tag Taem Championship (2 time) - with Eddie Guerrero

External links

• Official Site
• WWE Profile
• Chavo Guerrero Sr.: A Legend (fansite)