Juventud Guerrera
Juventud Guerrera (born Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández on November 23, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional wrestler who has worked for World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH and World Wrestling Entertainment. He is the son of Mexican legend Fuerza Guerrera (Power Warrior in Spanish). Juventud Guerrera means "Youth Warrior" in Spanish. In English his first name 'Juventud' means "Mexican Salamander" which was gimmicked by current WWE Cruiserweight Champion Kid Kash
Career
Juventud Guerrera wrestled in many Mexician independent promotions as a masked wrestler but he made his name in World Championship Wrestling. Juvi (as he was sometimes known) lost his mask in a match against Chris Jericho in WCW, and later became an announcer on WCW Thunder, after he suffered an injury. Juvi often imitated The Rock by calling himself The Juice and saying The Rock's catch phrases. Juvi was released from WCW after an "incident" in Australia where Juvi embarrassed the company by making a scene publicly while under the influence of what was believed to be PCP. The night before he smoked an unknown substance given to him by an unknown party at a nightclub. The next morning he ran into the hotel lobby and began attacking everyone in sight, including other wrestlers. It was his second offense as he had a previous DUI against him.
Guerrera went on to wrestle for many other promotions including Xtreme Pro Wrestling, WWA, AAA, and Frontier Wrestling Alliance until he joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
In TNA Juvi was joined by fellow AAA wrestlers: Mr. Águila, Héctor Garza, Abismo Negro, Heavy Metal to form a group first know as Team AAA, then later as Team Mexico to compete in TNA's World X-Cup Matches.
When TNA's working relationship with AAA came to an end the group dispanded, and Juvi was released to continue working for Lucha Libre promotions.
Juventud Guerrera had signed a contract with WWE in spring 2005. He debuted on television, wrestling simply as Juventud (the Guerrera was dropped, possibly to avoid confusion with Chavo and the late Eddie Guerrero) on June 18, 2005, defeating Funaki on SmackDown!'s sister show Velocity. On June 23 he, Super Crazy and Psicosis (The Mexicools) interrupted a match between Chavo Guerrero and Paul London by riding to the ring on a lawn mower and attacking both wrestlers.
This was followed week by week of The Mexicools interrupting matches and beating down seemingly random wrestlers and cutting promos, Juventud quickly established himself as the mouthpiece/leader of the group a began using his old gimmick name of "The Juice".
At the 2005 Great American Bash on July 24, the Mexicools defeated the bWo, a team led by Stevie Richards, in a six-man tag team match.
After more weeks of interruptions and sneak attacks, Juventud and the group were sent down to the Smackdown B-show, WWE Velocity. The group fueded with Velocity main-stay and cruiserwieght champion, Nunzio and his tag partner, Big Vito. Members of the Mexicools picked up numerous pin fall victories over the champion during this time.
At the October 4 Smackdown tapings, for Velocity, Juventud (along with Super Crazy and Psicosis) faced Brian Kendrick, Paul London, Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki in an over-the-top battle royal with the stipulation that the winner would receive a title shot at the Cruiserweight championship at WWE No Mercy. After finally eliminating Paul London, Juventud won the battle royal and the title shot. At the event on October 9, he defeated Nunzio following a Juvi Driver to capture his first ever WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Juventud later went on to lose that the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy, mentioned only on WWE.com. On November 25 however, Juventud regain the gold on an edition of Smackdown from England, following a Juvi Driver. Guerrera lost the title to Kid Kash at WWE Armageddon on December 18, 2005.
On January 6, 2006, WWE announced that Juventud had been released from the company. His final match aired later that evening on Friday Night Smackdown, a cruiserweight title rematch against Kid Kash which Juventud lost. There is speculation that going long during the match cost Juventud his job - the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back after a lengthy record of behavior problems during his short tenure with the company.
Profile
- Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
- Weight: 165 lbs
- Birthday: November 23, 1974
- Hometown: Mexico City, Distrito Federal
- Trained by: Fuerza Guerrera (father), Pepe Casas, Cacique Mara
- Debut: March 13, 1992
- Previous identities: Juventud Guerrera, The Youth Warrior, Air Juvi, The Juice, Juventud
- Previous managers: Rob Black, Lady Victoria (both in XPW), Torrie Wilson (in WCW)
- Movie(s): Ready to Rumble (as himself)
Quotes
- "We are not Mexicans, we are Mexicools!"
- "Are there any Mexicans in the house?!"
- "I said, Are there any Mexicans in the house?!"
- "I am the Juice!!"
- "Whatever the Juice says, the Juice does!"
- "I am 100% Mexican Champion!"
- "'Cause when the Juice says so, the Juice makes so!"
- "Your ass is grass and we're the lawnmowers!"
- "Listen up, Gringos, this is serious!"
Finishing and signature moves
- 911 (Wrist-clutch Michininoku Driver II)
- Juvi Driver (Michinoku Driver II)
- Juvi Splash (450° splash)
- Double underhook piledriver
- Pumphandle sitout facebuster
- Juvi Lock (Argentine leglock)
- Juicy Elbow (running feint leg drop to elbow drop)
- Wheelbarrow faceplant
- Springboard missile dropkick
- Swinging DDT
- Frog splash
- Splash Mountain (Sitout crucifix powerbomb)
- 5225 (tiger feint kick)
- Air Juvi
Championships and accomplishments
- 2-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion
- 3-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion
- 1-time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Rey Misterio Jr.)
- 1-time NWA America's X-Cup Winner (team mexico)
- 2-time AAA Tag Team Champion
- 1-time AAA Welterweight Champion
- 3-time CMLL Mexican National Tag Team Champion
- 1-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 2-time WWA World Lightweight Champion
- 1-time WWA World Welterweight Champion
- 1-time WWA World Trios Champion (with Fuerza Guerrera & Psychosis)
- 2-time WWA World Tag Team Champion (with Fuerza Guerrera)
- 2-time WWA International Cruiserweight Champion (first-ever)
- 1-time IWA Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time XWF Cruiserweight Champion
- 1-time IWAS Tag Team Champion
- 1-time BTW United States Light Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time UWA Tag Team Champion
- 1-time X-LAW Extreme Junior Champion
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 140 of the best 500 singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 126 of the best 500 singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2005.
Championship succession
Job Titles
- WCW Thunder Commentator