Eddie Guerrero passes away
 

This was just brought to my attention. Unfortunately, when I read "Did you hear about Eddie G" I pretty much had a feeling that something bad had happened.

"WWE is deeply saddened by the news that Eddie Guerrero has passed away. He was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Minneapolis. Eddie is survived by his wife Vickie and his two daughters."

That's all that's on the officail WWE site. I guess more will be revealed later.

As someone who is obviously a huge Eddie mark, I find this jaw dropping and shocking. His theme song is my main ringtone.

I'm in such shock, I refuse to believe it.

Yet I know it's true.

This is just...sickening. After beating his demons, winning the biggest symbol of drug addiction defiance (the WWE Championship), Eddie dies the way noone wanted him to back when he had his problems, alone in a hotel room.

Eddie was one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, one of the true innvoators, and the first hispanic wrestler to become world champion in an american promotion. He set the standard for main eventers of his kind, and he could never truly stay heel for long, when he was heel, he made you beleive it.

I always criticised his feud with Rey Mysterio (primarily because I despise Mysterio), but in all fairness, that feud reinvigorated much of SMACKDOWN for me, and I now prefer it over RAW, now nothing more than a dumping ground for the Mcmahons and jobber fodder for the prick holding the championship presently. F*ck you Cena, f*ck you bookers, instead of slapping the belts on three move wonders, why not take advantage of something and someone who deserves it before its' too late?

I despise the way WWE works sometimes, but Eddie bounced back from the pressure of main eventing in 2004, and came right back, he will always be remembered as someone who cheated death, and stole not only life, but also the notion of underestimation. The guy is a living breathing example of when not to lower your expectations, for he may very well surpass them from his previous track record.

And he did that in spades.

VIVA LA RAZZA

That avatar has always been one of my favorite pics of Eddie.

WWE.com will have a press conference from Vince and Chavo Jr at somepoint today. The WWE tapings from tonight will be Eddie Guerrero tribute shows. (For tomorrow's RAW and Friday's SD)

Wow... such terrible news. I've been kinda outa of the wrestling seen for a while now (though I'll watch snippets form time to time) but I ALWAYS liked Eddie, good guy or not....what a terrible loss...

OMG... I...he was so young! :o

I hadn't been watching WWE lately but I was getting updates on what's been going on and stuff from my contacts in the WWE.

Man..what a thing to wake up to this morning. With a message from a friend of mine in the WWE that Eddie had passed away. :(

Eddie was a nice guy...he loved his family more than anything. I only wish I had met him. :cry:

Everybody! Go here!! It's the press conference on his death!

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/vid...eddiepressconf

Chavo was the last one to see him alive.

eddie will always be my favorite wrestler i am truely saddend by this

Eddie Guerrero Remembered
 

Hello all!

To all the wresting buffs on the boards im sad to announce the passing of a great westler

Eddie Guerrero passed a way today in his hotel room in Minneapolis, Minnesota. due to unknown reasons.

though i have not been that big of a wrestling buff i do remember Eddie as a very influential pressance in the ring

R.I.P Eddie, were gonna miss you!

For more info on his life and carrier:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Guerrero

Shocking! This was a surprise when I came on here tonight.. I really thought Eddie G was a great wreslter but I couldn't believe this.. I mena all the things he had problems in the past, he was fixing them and all of a sudden, he passed away. :cry:

I will surely miss you Eddie! :)

those cars you bought out every week in smackdown was a memory i can relive with.. Those matches you done and how you risk your self doing those amazign moves..

He died of Heart failure while brushing his teeth.

Man...i still can't believe it.

R.I.P my brother...Heaven just got alittle warmer from a huge dose of Latino Heat.

Good times.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1666/lwo9rx.jpg

Aww wow that sucks. Hope he wasn't a Roids user that could have been why.

Nah man...he was naturally cut.

The sad thing is, he was celebrating 4 years of being clean and sober this weekend and this happens.

Man...i still can't believe he's gone. Im keeping the Forever sig on for a good long time.

That is so bad ass. lWo 4 life bitches.

Thank You Eddie.
For Entertaining Us.
For Thrilling Us.
For Making Us Laugh
For Making Us Cry.
For Making Us Jump.
For Making Us Cheer.
For Making Us Boo.
For Making Us Smile.
For Making Us Mad.
For Making Us Happy.
For Making Us Love It.
For Making Us Love You.
For Making Us Dream.
For Making Us Hope.
For Making Us Believe.
Thank You Eddie.
Thank You For Being You.

((Man...i've been a f*ckin' baby tonight..Watching WM20 and No way out 04' doesn't help matters much, does it? ))

Don't feel bad, I've been a mess myself. Everytime my phone rings, it's a reminder.

I just wish that all of this was some big horrible joke.

Batista:"Eddie...if you were alive...i would give you this championship..I miss you buddy..."

*Cell phone rings*

Eddie:"Dead?!...I LIIIIIIIIIIIED!!"

I swear...it just all feels like some horrible dream

God I wish it was a bad dream. My mother called today saying she heard on the news a WWE guy died, wanting to know who it was. I told her it was Eddie and she was really upset by it. She remembered watching him in WCW and WWF when I was younger and She always loved him. So we talked about Eddie for awhile.

I'm making myself a new ringtone out of Eddie's themes. I'm combining the Cell phone ring "Can you feel the heat?" Intro with the Original Lie, Cheat and Steal theme. I was using the rap song, his last new theme but I kind of want to use Lie Cheat and Steal.

Lie Cheat and Steal is the better song for Eddie's send-off. My mother loved Eddie too. But only because of his Heel run against Rey. When i told her she said "My Papi's dead?" Man...Eddie brought my family together for Smackdown.

I am so glad he went out as a face...I don't know if im gonna be able to watch Raw tomorrow.

Even though the main event is Orton Vs. Cena and Mysterio Vs. Michaels is also on the card...OMG...What if Benoit wins the title and then points up and dedicates the title run to Eddie?

Im sorry but i would break down. Eddie was just one of a kind.

I could use some asistance.

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...R243SZLVJ82G0B
That's the one I made using both themes. (High quality so you could hearit better)
http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1...I3AWK68PRBR7FQ
That's just cut in to the size i need for a ringtone.

What do you think?


Edit:
One more, the heel mix but I edited it for more lyrics: http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1...P38501ACUKZXF0

Sounds good to me man! i like the combination of Eddie's 9th and 10th theme.

anyone else see a bit of a bright side in this tragedy?

Eddie went out on top, Not as a retired ex-wrestler, Not as a lower mid-card jobber.

His last Televised match personified why everyone loved Eddie (Cheating,The Lowrider and the charisma)

I only wish he would've lived to Survivor Series..atleast a TASTE of Michaels/Guerrero would've been oh so sweet.

Sadly, a match we'll never see now.

I think Im going to use the 9th/10th mix on my phone...

Imagine the Dream card in Heaven....

Owen,Bulldog and Eddie Vs. JYD,Yoko andCandido

Its just so sad....but im happy to see Chavo going back to Guerrero Mode..i liked Kerwin but this is not the time.

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5581/chavo5qt.jpg
Mine too Chavo....Mine too.

Two Big Guerrero Marks..atleast we're paying tribute to the man...And don't play SVR2K6 for a good long time if you loved Eddie...

Yeah, I've decided to wait on getting SVR2k6 now. I definetley want it, since it may be the last game with Eddie in it but I just think it may be kind of hard to play. The man was a hero to me. It was like hearing Superman died.

Hehe, I used to want one of those shirts so bad when I was a teenager. (the Eddie Guerrero is my favorite wrestler shirt) No place around me carried it though. I almost bought the lWo shirt, and I still wish I did.

Seriously man...i tried playing it just now to get Eddie the WWE belt and i had to do a storyline where i had to fight Taker in a buried alive match.

.....oh god...i just turned off the PS2 real quick

I doubt it'll be Eddie's last game...hopefully he'll be added to the legends roster for SVR07

Honestly, I really hope he is. I'd like to see them put different Era's of Eddie in the games. One old school WCW Eddie when he wore the full singlet (when he came to the ring to a rock song called "Bad Man") Maybe the "LWO" Era Eddie, of course "Latino Heat" 2000-2001 Eddie. I know they can't all do that in one game, but over the course of a few years, I think they can and will.

I still can't believe I'll never be able to get my WWE title signed by him. It was a mark-ish dream I had. I often thought about how cool it would be to meet him at a signing and get my belt signed by him, and take a pic with him. and I don't even collect autographs.

Im glad i was lucky enough to have met him.

He gave me free tickets to Survivor Series (I forget which year but it was the one where he and Chavo won the tag titles)
I worked at these Indy feds setting up the ring and such and he was the only one that ever talked to me backstage.

I remember the day he called me a "Freak" because i knew so much about his career and such.....*sigh*

Damn....

Ironically, I met RVD and had a conversation with him about Eddie o_O
(basically it was about how RVD loves working with Eddie, and I said something about how I'd love to see a WWE Undisputed title match between the two of them. The title had yet to be split back in to two by Lesnar and Bishoff)

Damn..I wonder how RVD feels about this.

Here's what Jericho posted on his site.

Chris Jericho
I am devastated by the news of Eddy's passing and I am so sad...

I've lost alot of friends over the years but this one hurts the most by far.

I had the pleasure of meeting Eddy in Mexico City almost 14 years ago and we've been close ever since (although it didn't start that way!) He is one of my favorite people that I've ever met in the wrestling business, as well one of the greatest performers I've ever seen and had the pleasure to work with. One of my favorite times in my career was when Eddy and I were an underutilized, underpushed, hell, almost non-exisitant tagteam, that were thrown together randomly in WCW. But there was a chemistry there that existed becuase we had mutual respect for each other and we both loved what we were doing. One of my most cherished matches was myself and Eddy vs Chris and Dean in Knoxville, on a benefit show for our dear friend Brian Hildebrand. All four of us started the same way and had the same love and respect for the business, for Brian and for each other...it was a magical night. My best match of 1997 was against Ed at Fall Brawl that year. He was as talented as they come and a true class act.

He was also so humble and a true family man and most importantly a warrior for God. He taught me so much about wrestling and about being a man and it is an honor to call him a true brother and friend.

I have so many classic Eddy stories that I would love to share, but instead I'm just going to go and cry myself to sleep remembering what an awesome human being Eddy was and will always be...

May God bless your family and your soul and may he keep you safe forever putillo falso....I love you my brother...

Love your chapete
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Wow..he seems really hurt...you don't really know how much you care about a person until they're gone

I'm going to bed for the night, but before I go I wanted to say one last thing:

...VIVA LA RAZA

ahhh yeah that old theme song is my favorite

From a wrestling newsletter Im subscribed to:

Eddie's body is scheduled to be returned to his home in Phoenix, AR, by private jet tomorrow following an autopsy in Minneapolis. Funeral arrangements are set for Wednesday in Scottsdale. Eddie had just moved his family to Phoenix from central Florida. Phoenix resident and WWE legend Superstar Billy Graham has been asked by the family to conduct the service at his church.

All I have to say is this much and this much alone...

*does the rock on sign with her hand* Rock on forever, bud!


VIVA LATINO HEAT!!!!!! VIVA!!!

For those who aren't yet aware, ESPN is having a major situation. Colin Cowherd made some horrible comments about Eddie Guerrero that can be found at www.wrestlingexposed.com. He's quoted as saying that Eddie's death isn't newsworthy, and that all wrestlers are steroid users and such, and then went on to make speculation on Eddie's death. My friend Nathan found and posted the number for ESPN at the wrestling exposed forum, and ESPN has gotten thousands upon thousands of phone calls already (all today!). The goal is to get this Colin Cowherd guy fired. You can call ESPN at 860-766-2000. Just tell the customer service operator that yer calling in regards to Colin Cowherd, and you'll be forwarded to the phone number they had to set up to take the massive amounts of calls. You'll be told to press 5 to comment on Eddie Guerrero, and you can then leave your thoughts.

Also, there's a petition that is literally growing BY THE SECOND to fire this guy. 2 Minutes ago, the petetion was at 1960 signatures, and is now at 2004. Sign it here http://www.petitiononline.com/firecc/petition.html. Pass it on.

Here's the audio segment of the comments. After actually hearing what was said, this guy is even more of an ass-hole than I thought. "Jimmy Snuka invented the sleeper hold", the guy's a ****ing idiot. Oh and as for the petition; it's gotten about 2000 signatures in less than a day.

I couldn't believe it when I heard this news yesterday- I was totally in shock. I've been a wrestling fan for years and Eddie Guerrero was one of the few all around great wrestlers left in the WWE and one of my favorites. Not only was he an excellent in-ring wrestler, but also a great performer in general. With the quality of WWE having gone down in the past few years, there were only a few wrestlers left who made the shows (especially SmackDown) worth watching for me, including Guerrero, Benoit, Angle, and Jericho (until he left). Eddie was just such a fun guy, it's hard to believe we won't see him again...

RIP Eddie. You will be missed. :cry:

Shawn Michaels' comments tonight made me truly realize that Death is not goodbye...its just a strange way of saying "See you later"

Raw tonight had me tonight...i was an absolute mess after Benoit's interview.

I'll see you again one day my brother, Peace

I have not watched wrestling in years but Eddie Guerrero was a genuine talent.

Off topic: It's nice to see that Shredder is still around.