”You know how sometimes a dream seems too far-fetched and unreachable €” well Wrestlemania XX was one of the moments where I realized that dream. The two world champions embraced in the ring following Benoit’s victory. One month later, Guerrero celebrated alongside Chris Benoit, one of his best friends in wrestling, who also ascended to the top of the WWE as World Champion at Wrestlemania XX. The pinnacle of Guerrero’s career came last February at the No Way Out pay-per-view, when he defeated Brock Lesnar to capture the WWE World title for the first time. Eddie was a consummate performer.”Īn amazing and well-respected superstar, with both fans and other wrestlers, Eddie will be remembered for his dynamic storytelling, his charismatic appeal and his stellar matches with friends including Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio and Kurt Angle. “Eddie was a wonderful, fun-loving human being. This is a huge loss,” said WWE chairman Vince McMahon. ”Actually, he told me on the plane just yesterday, that he had just marked 4 years of sobriety.,” said Chavo when asked whether Eddie’s substance abuse could have contributed to his death.

In “Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story,” a one-hour program, which aired last year on UPN and was later released on DVD, chronicled Guerrero’s childhood and his struggle with drug addiction that almost cost him his job, family and life before his recovery and eventual capture of the WWE championship. Guerrero was not only a featured superstar on the UPN series, “WWE Smackdown!” and son of Mexican wrestler, Gory Guerrero, but also became the second wrestler of Hispanic heritage to become WWE champion. Guerrero, who was born in 1967, is survived by his wife Vickie and three daughters: Shaul, 14, Sherilyn, 9 and Kaylie Marie, 3. 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.” “It was from his past €” the drinking and the abuse,” said Eddie’s widow, Vickie Guerrero. The autopsy, which was conducted at Hennepin County medical examiner’s office, determined that Eddie suffered from heart failure. He is reported to have died with his toothbrush in his mouth. When a 7 am phone call and knocks on the door went unanswered, hotel security at the Marriot City Center and Guerrero’s nephew and fellow WWE wrestler, Chavo Guerrero, forced their way into his room where Eddie was found lying in the bathroom floor. Former World Wrestling Entertainment champion, Eddie Guerrero, was found dead in his hotel in Minneapolis on Sunday morning, according to wwe.com.

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