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Salvador Chavito Guerrero III  | |
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| Born | October 20,1970 El Paso, Texas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chavo Guerrero Chavito Guerrero Lieutenant Loco Chavo Guerrero, Jr. Kerwin White |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Debut | May 20, 1994 |
Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (born Salvador Chavito Guerrero III on October 20, 1970) is a third generation American professional wrestler and member of the famed Guerrero wrestling family.
He is the grandson of Gory Guerrero; the son of Chavo Guerrero, Sr.; the nephew of Eddie Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, Mando Guerrero and Enrique Llanes; and the cousin of Javier Llanes and Hector Mejia. He is currently working on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment, where he is the reigning WWE Cruiserweight Champion.
His grandfather Gory Guerrero was one of the most famous wrestlers in Mexican history. His father, Chavo Guerrero, Sr., was also a legendary wrestler in Mexico, and worked in WWE as a part-time wrestler and full-time manager. One of his uncles, Eddie Guerrero, was one of WWE's biggest stars. Eddie performed for the SmackDown! brand, as did Chavo Sr. (aka Chavo Classic). Chavo Jr. has two other uncles (Mando and Hector) who have had successful careers in the business.
Career
Chavo Jr. started wrestling in 1994, and quickly joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW). While in WCW, Chavo shared the limelight with his uncle Eddie, becoming a reluctant ally of his uncle's. As part of their storyline, Eddie would continually try to make Chavo adopt Eddie's cheating tactics, but Chavo often refused to do so. Eventually, Chavo's treatment at the hands of Eddie would drive him "bonkers" and Chavo adopted the gimmick of a psycho fixated with a hobby-horse he dubbed "Pepé." This led to a famous feud with Norman Smiley. Another result of his insanity, he was not allowed to join Eddie's Latino World Order stable, which was a take-off of the nWo. The stable included every Latino wrestler in WCW except Chavo. He was also a member of the comedy stable the Misfits in Action, billed as Lieutenant Loco.
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment
Chavo's contract with WCW was one of the twenty-five contracts that were included in WCW's sale to the World Wrestling Federation. Like most of the wrestling talent that came over with WCW, Chavo wrestled under the WCW banner as his WWF debut was as part of The Alliance; a group of WCW employees who had (kayfabe) invaded WWF after their promotion was bought out by WWF.
Chavo Guerrero spent time as an undercard wrestler in the company, which was soon rebranded World Wrestling Entertainment, before becoming a trainer for one of WWE's Tough Enough competitions. Soon after returning to the active roster, Chavo was aligned with his uncle Eddie, forming the tag team Los Guerreros. In contrast to his previous WCW storyline with his uncle, Chavo fully adopted his uncle's policy of "Lie, Cheat and Steal" to win matches as part of the gimmick. The duo would soon win the WWE Tag Team Championship.
The tag team eventually turned face and as Eddie's popularity grew, Eddie began seeking the WWE Championship.
In one angle, his uncle's singles title ambitions made Chavo jealous and Chavo turned on Eddie, broke from the team, and became a heel. He was soon joined by his father Chavo Sr. who sided with his son instead of his brother. Eddie Guerrero defeated Chavo at the 2004 Royal Rumble. After the feud with Eddie finished, Chavo became a wrestler in the cruiserweight division soon capturing the WWE Cruiserweight Championship on several occasions.
On an August 26, 2004 episode of SmackDown!, Chavo Guerrero suffered a concussion due to Billy Kidmans Shooting star press and had to be taken to the hospital.
Chavo returned several months later as a face, exacting revenge from Kidman, but shortly returned to his heel persona with no real explanation. Chavo went on to become Cruiserweight Champion once again at No Way Out 2005 after eliminating Paul London in a 6-way cruiserweight gauntlet match. He would lose the title to Paul London in a battle royal a few weeks later, Chavo was the first person eliminated from the battle royal when everyone else in the match ganged up to throw him out right at the beginning (In reality he was forced to drop the title due to a broken orbital bone that would sideline him for several weeks).
On June 30, 2005, Chavo became one of the last minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft, which saw him jump from SmackDown! to RAW. The next week, on RAW, he denounced his Hispanic heritage in favor of the Anglo-American way. This came after two weeks of being battered by the Mexican faction, The Mexicools. This led to him changing his persona to Kerwin White, a stereotypical, middle-class white Anglo-American man. His new catchphrase became the pun, "If it's not White, it's not right." Though the phrase would later change to "If it's not Kerwin White, it's not right" because the original version sounded racist, but the catchphrase would later be phased out completely. Many references to the Chavo Guerrero name was edited to Kerwin White.
Soon after his debut, White started making suggestive remarks towards African-Americans, specifically directed towards Shelton Benjamin. On an episode of RAW, Kerwin cost Shelton a match against Rob Conway. Shelton Benjamin defeated Kerwin White by disqualification the following week when Kerwin attacked Shelton with his golf club. At Unforgiven 2005, White was beaten by Benjamin. White then hired Nick Nemeth to help him in his matches.
Eddie's death
On the morning of November 13, 2005, Chavo Guerrero checked into the same hotel with uncle Eddie Guerrero in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chavo was alerted by hotel security that Eddie did not respond to a wake-up call and after security opened the locked door to the room, Chavo found his uncle, but as he said in his video tribute to Eddie, someone who he saw as "his brother," unconscious. Chavo attempted CPR but Eddie was declared dead when paramedics arrived on the scene. Following the death of Eddie Guerrero, Chavo's Kerwin White persona was abandoned.
Later that afternoon, Chavo appeared at a press conference with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to address Eddie's death. They announced that both shows that week would be tributes to Eddie. These events resulted in Chavo reverting to his previous ring name Chavo Guerrero to continue the Guerrero legacy. As Chavo Guerrero, he defeated John Bradshaw Layfield on the November 18, 2005 episode of SmackDown!, using the "Three Amigos" triple suplexes and the Frog Splash in tribute to Eddie. He also used the cheating tactic of throwing a steel chair to an opponent who catches it (while laying down himself) as the referee turns around and disqualifies the opponent, which Eddie made famous.
Chavo even began using the Three Amigos and the Frog Splash as a tribute to his Uncle Eddie. On the January 9, 2006 edition of RAW, Chavo beat Rob Conway to qualify for the 2006 Royal Rumble. He was eliminated from the Royal Rumble by Triple H rather quickly, much to the confusion of fans who believed that Chavo was set to have a push.
A month later, on the February 24, 2006 edition of Smackdown!, Chavo attacked Randy Orton with the Three Amigos and the Frog Splash when Orton began to insult Eddie Guerrero, and talk about the heritage of the Guerrero's. Chavo was soon dragged out by security, but kept yelling to Orton that he "forgot about the Guerreros; the greatest wrestling family".
On the February 27, 2006 edition of RAW, Chavo faced off against Shelton Benjamin in a qualifying match for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at Wrestlemania 22. During the match, Randy Orton interfered and hit Guerrero with the RKO. This allowed Shelton to get the pinfall victory.
On the April 3, 2006 edition of RAW, Chavo came out to address the crowd. He thanked the fans for all the support they had given him and his family and for keeping his Uncle Eddie's spirit alive, but he expressed his disappointment in not having a title match at WrestleMania 22. He felt that night would become his WrestleMania and he was going to dedicate his match to his Uncle Eddie. He proceeded to challenge Shelton Benjamin for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, but ended up losing after he missed a Frog Splash, allowing Benjamin to connect with his T-Bone Suplex finisher. In a segment that aired on WWE Unlimited, an emotional Chavo Guerrero decided in kayfabe to quit WWE after believing he had let his family, Eddie, and the fans down and expressed his doubts about being a wrestler.
SmackDown!
On May 13, 2006 Chavo appeared at a SmackDown! house show in El Paso, TX, defeating Finlay. Chavo also appeared at Judgment Day 2006 to support Rey Mysterio. Chavo would then support Mysterio for a few weeks on SmackDown!.
At the 2006 Great American Bash, Chavo interfered in Rey Mysterio's World Heavyweight Championship match, ostensibly to help Mysterio. However, Chavo turned heel by bashing Rey with a steel chair, which allowed challenger King Booker to win the match.
On the August 4, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, Chavo accused Rey of using Eddie's name to succeed, claiming that Rey disrespected Eddie's memory. Chavo went on to beat Rey Mysterio thanks to a frog splash at SummerSlam 2006, after Vickie Guerrero accidentally knocked Mysterio off the top turnbuckle.
On the August 25, 2006 edition of Smackdown!, Vickie Guerrero came down to apologize to Rey Mysterio and Chavo. Vickie ended up turning on Mysterio by hitting him in the back with a steel chair. The following week on SmackDown!, Vickie Guerrero announced herself as being Chavo's new manager.
On October 8, 2006, Rey Mysterio gained his revenge on Guerrero by defeating him in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at No Mercy 2006. Guerrero eventually challenged Mysterio to an "I Quit" Match, in which Guerrero won after inflicting multiple chair shots to Rey Mysterio. As per the condition of the match, Mysterio was forced to leave SmackDown!, possibly ending the emotional feud between the two.
A week later Chris Benoit, another old friend of Eddie's, tried talking to Vickie Guerrero but she wouldn't hear it. It started a feud between Chavo and Benoit and both men would have numerous confrontations over the following weeks. Benoit defeated Chavo to retain the WWE United States Championship at Survivor Series 2006. After weeks of continued interaction, the two faced off in a U.S. title rematch at Armageddon 2006 that Chavo also lost when he tapped out to a Sharpshooter. Chavo got yet another rematch the following Friday, losing the match after Vickie hit Benoit with the title belt. Chavo snapped after the match, knocking over Vickie and attacking Benoit. The feud concluded with Benoit forcing Guerrero to submit in a No-Disqualification match.
At WWE No Way Out 2007, Chavo Guerrero was a surprise entrant in a Cruiserweight Open Match, entering last and pinning Jimmy Wang Yang after a Frog Splash, thus winning the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Wrestling facts
- Finishing and signature moves
- As Chavo Guerrero
- Frog splash
- Gory Bomb (Gory special facebuster)
- Brainbuster
- Three Amigos (Combination three vertical suplexes)
- Deathlock STF (Cross leg STF) - in WCW
- Tornado DDT
- DDT
- Canadian backbreaker drop
- Spinning headscissors
- European uppercut
- Plancha
- Standing or running dropkick
- Missile dropkick
- Belly to back suplex
- Northern Lights suplex
- Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
- As Kerwin White
- Avalanche Suplex (Brainbuster)
- White Out (Roll-through into a single leg Boston crab)
- Double team electric chair drop (with Nick Nemeth)
- Managers
Championships and accomplishments
- PWI ranked him # 385 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- WWE Cruiserweight Championship (4 times, current)
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Eddie Guerrero
- 2002 Tag Team of the Year (with Eddie Guerrero)