Wrestler Eddie Guerrero found dead age 38

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WWE Star Found Dead in Minneapolis Hotel
Nephew Finds Eddie Guerrero, 38, After Wrestler Fails to Answer

MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 13) - World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Eduardo Gory Guerrero was found dead in his hotel room Sunday morning in Minneapolis, where he was scheduled to appear that evening in a WWE Supershow.
When Guerrero, 38, didn't respond to a wake-up call, hotel security at Minneapolis Marriott City Center and Guerrero's nephew and fellow WWE wrestler, Chavo Guerrero, forced entry into the room shortly after 7 a.m., police said.
The 5-feet-8, 220-pound wrestler was found on the floor. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
There were no apparent signs of foul play or suicide, police said. An autopsy was planned at the Hennepin County medical examiner's office.

Eddie Guerrero was found in his hotel room in Minneapolis with his toothbrush in his mouth. He apparently died while brushing his teeth. At this point, the belief among WWE personnel is that Guerrero died of heart failure.

Shortly after Guerrero's body was found and removed from the room, Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio, Dean Malenko and Chavo Guerrero visited the hotel room to say their goodbyes. WWE wrestlers and staffers were visibly shaken and emotional while leaving the hotel to go the Target Center, the site of tonight's Raw/Smackdown taping. Word from WWE sources is that the tenor of tonight's taping will be dramatically different and that the Smackdown show will need to be revised.

Raw and Smackdown this week will be tributes to Eddie Guerrero

Wow... sad news

another Roidhead bites the dust.

Briana Dawson

Being a WWF/WWE fan growing up from the late 80's & still watching it today, I found this news sad & troublesome. On rare occasions an active wrestler on a roster will pass away & it's a weird sad feeling.

You don't know them personally, but you watch them for years & know that when they're in that ring or part of the show, they put on 1 hell of a performance, day in & day out. The wear & tear on the wrestlers bodies probably contributes to a shorter lifespan on top of substances they may or may not take to get through the events.

Viva LaRaza Eddie, thanks for the memories & awesome matches you were involved in. You'll never be forgotten by the legion of fans all around the world & I know you're going to have some great matches with the legends up in the Big Ring in the sky.

A very eerie pattern is that some of the folks involved in the Wrestling industry who die do not make to age 50. I don't know the exact ages of the names I'm about to list, but off the top of my head, the character's or RL name are listed:

Mr. Perfect
Mrs. Elizabeth
Owen Hart
The Big Bossman
Brian Pillman
The British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith

Sorry for Rambling on here, but this is something I grew up watching & still watch today & appreciates the entertainment value that it provides.

I'm sure after years of drug abuse he did to himself plus the wear & tear on the road probably caught up to him. From what another article I read said, he was clean for 4 years.

Regardless, I’m sure any fan from any sport can relate to a favorite athlete of theirs dying unexpectedly via drug or non drug related.

Thanks for posting this

Ok, this post is gonna be long and rambling, but it's my own little tribute to Eddie Guerrero. If you're not interested feel free to move on.
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Way back in 1997, a friend of mine called out of the blue one day to see if I wanted to go to Mobile, AL and watch a live WCW wrestling match. I hadn't given much thought to wrestling in years, but he and several of my other pals had gotten into wrestling while living in the dorms at college. "Sure." was my reply.

$30 lighter we gathered together to travel on that Sunday afternoon. Another friend had promised to score us a ride to the match (there were 7 of us). We stood in the parking lot waiting and were soon rewarded with our pal and his brother-in-law pulling up in a backfiring, smoking pink conversion van. This had evidently been his parents at one point, although I don't ever remember seeing it before. It was loaded with captain's chairs, plush carpeting, faux woodgrain trim, fold out bed, running lights, mini-blinds, cofee table, the works. It was hideous. We said so as we climbed aboard for the two hour trek.

Along the way we laughed, cut-up and generally made traveling dangerous for the driver. Finally we made it to where the match was held. After standing in line for a couple of hours, we were allowed to go to our seats. The guy getting tickets assured us they were great seats. If you consider nosebleed section, where your back is against the far wall of the arena, then yes these seats were excellent.

Sitting high in the sky, the wrestlers actually smaller than they appear on television, being rowdy college kids we yelled with all our might. However being six rows from the nearest person (it never occurred to us to move closer) we made no dent in the din of the crowd. That is until Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko faced off against each other. Eddie was in true bad-guy form. He sneered at the crowd, disrespected Malenko and generally made everyone hate him. We roared again at the empty space in front of us as the announcer tried to get the match underway.

Around this time, my pal who invited us originally stood very straight and still. Cupping both hands around either side of his mouth he began chanting. In a low, slow and steady rhythm he announced "Guerr-er-o Sucks . . . Guerr-er-o Sucks" His brother and I looked at him like he was insane. Our entire row looked his way. Somehow he'd found the pitch necessary to be heard out over the crowd. Then it clicked. Within seconds we were all joining in "Guerr-er-o Sucks . . . Guerr-er-o Sucks" and then, the entire arena was suddenly doing it. My pal grinned ear-to-ear at his accomplishment. The rest of us laughed hysterically. Eddie, never missing a beat to play up the crowd sneered our way, and did his chest slap/fist pump gesture that I saw many times after that. He then proceeded to throw a tantrum worthy of a cranky 3 year old after a full day of Disney Land. It was awesome.

Sorry to hear he's gone. He was a part of one of my fondest memories growing up. And just because it has to be said:

Awesome story & that brought back memories for me when I traveled with my friends/family to see the show's in our area.

For those interested, tonight WWE Raw will be a Tribute to Eddie. Candid interviews from wrestlers plus matches in honor of Eddie will be shown from what i'm understanding the lineup to be.

1. In The States the channel is the USA Network 9pm et/9pm pt
   
2. In Canada RAW will air on TSN 12:30am et/9:30pm pt. following the NFL game
   
3. Across The Pond, I apologize, I'm not sure what day & time WWE Raw is shown
   

That's the best information I can gather from different reports. It'll be an emotional show to say the very least.

Brock, after your emotional eulogy, I had to leave. I didn't comment ojn my original post because I was in stunned silence.

Eddie has been a part of my life for almost 10 years. Im 30 yrs old. thats a 3rd of my life

to some this all may be silly, of course "rasslin" isn't really a sport, but I cheered at Eddie and boo-ed him, enjoying every second of it. Eddie was the best, at being a good guy or bad guy. Wrestling just took a 2 mile jump back with out him. He was truly as gifted a wrestler as their ever was.

no i have never even met him (although I did wrestle on the same card as one of his arch nemises, El Hilo De Santo and have seen him wrestle a few times live), but as Brock Said, watching him week after week for 1/3 of my life, cheering him and jeering him (and loving every minute of either), I feel like i know him.

to those of you who didn't enjoy watching Eddie in the WWE or back in ECW or LWO

this is like Hulk Hogan dying 2 years after Rocky 3

Eddie was truly in his prime. At 5'8 (my rl height) to become the heavywieght champion in a business dominated by 6'8 giants is legendary. The sad part is word is he was to regain the World title on the very day of his death

I ussually never point anyone to the official (propoganda) site, but wwe.com has amazing videos up now of Eddie. After reading Brocks Eulogy, and seeing those videos, i headed down to buy me a video tape for tonights Raw and Fridays Smackdown (both of which will be tributes to Eddie). Then I had a shot of Petron, A shot of Don Julio, and a Tecate. Now iM about to have a chicken taco and a torta.

If tonight is anything like the Owen Hart memorial, im gonna need friends and if Eddie touched you like he touched me, join me at Mars Hotel at the drum circle during Raw. I heard Chris Beniot bawled the entire time. So I am gonna have an event/memorial/support group at Mars Hotel while Raw Airs. I prolly wont be a good host, but together we can celebrate the life of one of the most entertaining characters in the last 10 years

I believe RAW starts at 5 oclock eastern, so I am a little late, but I will head down to the drum circle in a few minutes (after I post event notice). My RAW wont begin until 9pm SL time. If Eddie entertained you, please join us. I prolly wont talk too much, or pay attention in world, cuz after 2 shots of tequila, some xanex, a couple beers, im not myself, but I would like some company for those who realize what we lost yestarday.

38 is too young to die, especially after his 4th birthday on sobriety. He leaves behind a wife, and very young children, plus fans like me who he made happy by his mere presence, making me love him or hate him.

To those of you who are going to stay stupid shit like "wrestlings fake", so is everything, including SL. You either got it or you didn't. And Eddie got it, and served it. And I am a better person being influenced by one of the most talented entertainers ever to walk this earth. Thank you Eddie

and of course

odelay vato

and don't worry guys, when you chanted Eddie sucks, he knew he was doing his job correctly.

can you speak at my funeral?

Ill speak at yours!!!

if you are over wieght, I will say "Another fatass lard tubs heart couldn't handle the mcfood she ate"

If you smoke I'll say "look at the color of her lungs, like she deserves to live polluting the air"

if you drink Ill suggest your liver be burried in a toxic waste dump

if you do any illegal drugs, I will suggest you deserved to die

if you are materialistic, I will say your selfish gluttony made way for people in need

if you had sex i will call you a dirty diseased whore human toilet whose immorality should be made an example of what not to do

if you do none of the above, Ill suggest you lived a boring pathetic life and didnt even deserve to live

another loser bites the dust is how I will summerize

it is so nice to see perfect people condemn others (without a shred of proof of any wrongdoing)

either way, when you die, an idiot blow hard loudmouth with be taken away who speaks, condemns, and is disrepectful of the dead whom you know nothing about.

and the world will be a better place

sleep well waste of oxygen

If you don’t like long winded post, feel free to not read any further.

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Last night's episode of WWE Raw was exactly what I expected it to be. The celebration of the life of Eddie Gurrero. Words cannot express the feeling of watching this situation throughout the night. From the opening monologue with Vince McMahon with the entire locker room side by side together to the end of the night where they laid Eddie’s T-shirt in the middle of the ring with the WWE Championship belt on top. It was an emotional evening to watch. Both wrestlers & fans were crying.

Seeing people like Chris Benoit openly weep for the loss of his friend had me crying as well. Seeing the matches that went on that night in dedication to Eddie & seeing the emotions flowing through their matches as some had to take a step back to get their composure & continue was a true testament to the professionalism the athletes have for 1 another. As a fan, you really see the bond each 1 of them have for each other & realize that 1 of their family members were taken away much too soon. Like I said in an earlier post, you don’t know them personally, but you feel the emotion & respect what each & everyone one of them do each & every night to entertain the fans.

Hearing wrestler’s talk about their faith & how Eddie was an inspiration to them moved me. Seeing the comedy skits that himself & his nephew Chavo did as Los Gurrero’s were classic moments. The moment of silent with the 10 bell salute was an awesome sign of respect by fans. Seeing highlights of Eddie winning his 1st ever Championship by beating Brock Lesnar was a proud moments @ least to me from a fan’s perspective after following his career from the WCW day’s. Being reminded by Mulch of the LWO day’s had me cracking a smile & that leads me to my memory.

1 of my fav. moment that sticks in my mind with seeing Eddie live was when Monday Night Raw came to the Oakland Arena & they did the live tapings for the night. Rumors of Stone Cold Steve Austin quitting earlier in the weekend circulated just before the show started & Vince McMahon came out & confirmed those rumors.

About ½ way through the show the WWE surprised is us all by playing Stone Colds music. The place erupted to a thunderous ovation. After about 15-20 seconds of the music playing, the music immediately cuts to, “LATINO HEAT!!!” The fans are dumfounded & realized we were all swerved because out from behind the curtain with that chesser cat like smile & that bounce in his step was Eddie Gurrero. He then proceeded to the ring to start his promo over the course of Boo’s with a joyous, “ODELAY VATHO!!!!” I LMAO because Eddie had all of us eating out of the palm of his hands.

I taped WWE Raw & will be filing that one with the Owen Hart Tribute. Coming up this Friday Night on Smackdown, they’re going to continue the tribute to Eddie Gurrero & I will be watching, reflecting & will chant along with everyone else in that arena as they did last night,

Thank You Eddie (clap…clap…clap clap clap)
Thank You Eddie (clap…clap…clap clap clap)

After the untimely passing of Eddie Guerrero, WWE and the entire sports-entertainment community is still reeling from the devastating loss of a champion. The initial autopsy reports on Guerrero have come in. WWE.com spoke with Eddie’s widow, Vickie Guerrero, earlier today.

“It was heart failure. It was from his past – the drinking and the drug abuse. They found signs of heart disease. She (the examiner) said that the blood vessels were very worn and narrow, and that just showed all the abuse from the scheduling of work and his past. And Eddie just worked out like crazy all the time. It made his heart grow bigger and work harder and the vessels were getting smaller, and that’s what caused the heart failure. He went into a deep sleep.

As soon as they saw his heart, they saw the lining of his heart already had the heart disease. There was no trauma, and Eddie hadn’t hurt himself in any way. It answered a lot of questions. I knew Eddie wasn’t feeling very good for the last week. He was home and kept saying he wasn’t feeling good and we thought it was just “road tired.” So we thought he just had to rest. It answered a lot of my questions, too, because he was just so exhausted. She said it was normal because the heart was working so hard.

When he didn’t call me last night and the night before I knew it was for real, because he would call me every night. I miss his phone calls. I cried through the whole thing (last night).

I loved his laugh. His laugh was the best.

We just celebrated his four-year sobriety last Thursday. We just thought we had life by the handful. We thought we had it all figured out. He worked so hard to make a better life for us.

I’m just overwhelmed by how people are coming out. It’s touched my heart a lot.

Everybody was just in awe last night in how beautifully everything was put together.

All my life was wrestling. All he did was take care of them and live for that. And I don’t know what to do now.”

From the names someone mentioned earlier, it was only Owen Hart who didn't die due to heart problems (he plummeted from, as some say, ten meters, because some idiot in the management wanted "show"...). So it seems bodybuilding and "flamboyant" lifestyle of wrestling stars may be harmful. Anyway, too bad the guy died. He wasn't a bad man after all...

Wrestling has been entertaining me for about 20 years now, but the sad fact is, wrestlers are disposable heros (I ommitted anyone who dies after age 55 for perspective):

Kerry Von Erich
Suicide
33

3/11/93
Dino Bravo
Murdered
44

12/13/93
Larry Cameron
Heart Attack
41

5/23/94
Ray Candy
Heart Attack
43

7/4/94
Joey Marella
Car Accident
30

11/23/94
Art Barr
Drug-Related Causes
28

1/22/95
Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell
Complications From Pneumonia
45

2/18/95
Eddie Gilbert
Heart Attack
33

3/20/95
John Studd
Liver Cancer
46

10/2/95
John Ayres
Liver Cancer
42

6/15/96
Dick Murdoch
Heart Attack
49

8/23/96
Neil Superior
Altercation with Police
33

1/3/97
Rick Martello
Unknown
38

8/15/97
Plum Mariko
Head Trauma During A Match
29

10/5/97
Brian Pillman
Heart Attack
36

2/15/98
Louie Spicolli
Asphyxiation From A Mix of Pain Killers & Alcohol
27

6/2/98
Junk Yard Dog
Car Accident
45

6/29/98
Jose Rivera
Leukemia
45

8/17/98
Brian Hauser
Shot By Cops
23

2/25/99
Renegade
Suicide
33

4/20/99
Rick Rude
Heart Attack
39

5/23/99
Owen Hart
Fell From The Rafters
34

9/8/99
Brian Hildebrand
Cancer
38

1/24/00
Bobby Duncum, Jr.
Overdose of Pain Killers
34

10/22/00
Yokozuna
Heart Failure
34

5/16/01
Jumbo Tsuruta
Complications From Hepatitis
49

7/16/01
Terry Gordy
Heart Attack
40

7/27/01
Rhonda Singh
Unknown
40

7/29/01
Dennis Coraluzzo
Stroke
48

10/7/01
Chris Adams
Shot To Death
46

10/28/01
Chief Dave Foxx
Heart Attack
44

12/15/01
Russ Haas
Heart Attack
27

5/7/02
Randy Anderson
Natural Causes
41

5/16/02
Big Dick Dudley
Kidney Failure
34

5/16/02
Shoichi Arai
Suicide
36

5/17/02
Davey Boy Smith
Heart Attack
39

9/21/02
Rocco Rock
Heart Attack
49

11/29/02
Jeff Peterson
Cancer
22

2/10/03
Curt Hennig
Heart Attack
44

3/18/03
Kodo Fuyuki
Cancer
42

5/1/03
Miss Elizabeth
Drug Overdose
42

9/26/03
Anthony Durante
Drug Overdose
36

10/19/03
Road Warrior Hawk
Heart Attack
46

11/6/03
Crash Holly
Suicide
34

12/1/03
Moondog Spot
Massive Heart Attack (died during a match)
51

12/6/03
The Wall
Heart Attack
36

3/6/04
Hercules Hernandez
Heart Attack
45

9/22/04
Ray "Big Boss Man" Traylor
Heart Attack
42

10/4/04
Marianna Komlos
Breast Cancer
35


1/18/05
Pez Whatley
Heart Failure
54

4/28/05
Chris Candido
Blood Clot After Surgery
33


7/11/05
Shinya Hashimoto
Brain Aneurysm
40

I've been watching wrestling since I was 12 years old. I remember the very first wrestler I claimed to be my favorite was Kerry Von Erich. Although Eddie was not my favorite wrestler he will be missed

MJ

I could actually have a seperate post for all the Von Erich deaths =(

Only Kurt Angle is left with the abilities in the ring AND the personality to entertain, and Kurt is one bad fall from paralysis (yet he continues, props to the guy who won his Olympic Gold medal in amatuer wrestling with a broken neck)

Of course Benoit is da man, but Eddie was 1 of 3 reasons I continue to watch wrestling as shitty as it has been lately =(

Speaking of Kurt Angle...it kinda bugged me that the crowd chanted "You suck" over and over as he walked out with his eyes teared up and swollen. I know its normal to do this when he walks out, however, seems to me like it should have been left out this time.

MJ

jeering a bad guy is the ultimate compliment

don't take it the wrong way, it was the audience saying "good job"

that was "the show going on"

Rita Cosby on MSNBC will feature a story on Eddie tonight (9PM eastern)

check local listings