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There have also been several DVDs and books released about his life and career, including Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story (DVD, 2004), Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story (book, released on December 5, 2005), and Viva La Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (DVD 2008).
On November 13, Eddie Guerrero was found dead in his hotel room. The following night, Raw held a Guerrero tribute show hosted by both Raw and SmackDown! wrestlers. Benoit was devastated at Guerrero's death and was very emotional during a series of video testimonials, eventually breaking down on camera. [79] The same week on SmackDown!
[8] [9] Eddie married Vickie Guerrero (née Lara; born 1968) in 1990; Vickie would become a prominent wrestling personality in the years following Eddie's death. Shaul Guerrero (born 1990): Eddie and Vickie's daughter, made her debut in 2010 under the ring name Raquel Diaz as the second third-generation Guerrero to be a professional wrestler. [10]
The main event was a standard wrestling match, in which World Heavyweight Champion Batista defeated challenger Eddie Guerrero to retain his title. This would be Guerrero's final pay-per-view match before his sudden death one month later (coincidentally, the event took place on Guerrero’s 38th birthday).
Vickie Guerrero, widow of Benoit's best friend and Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero, has also approved of Benoit being inducted into the hall. [123] Some journalists, fans and wrestlers, including Hall of Famer Mick Foley, have advocated for the inclusion of Nancy into the Hall of Fame for her work in WCW and ECW as a valet and manager. [124] [125]
Vickie Lynn Benson (formerly Guerrero, née Lara; [2] born April 16, 1968), better known as Vickie Guerrero, is an American former professional wrestling personality and manager. She is best known for her tenures in WWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
In addition to Barr's death in 1994 and Guerrero's death in 2005, Louie Spicolli (1971-1998), King Lion (1968-2002) and Black Cat (1954-2006) have all died. Leaving Konnan as the only surviving member of Los Gringos Locos.
He refereed one last match at a local independent show mere days before his death. Hildebrand's death was briefly acknowledged on the following episode of Thunder , but the first WCW event to have taken place after his death was a house show on September 11 at the Baltimore Arena , which was held in his honor with a ten-bell salute.