Chavo Guerrero Sr.

This article is about Chavo Guerrero Sr. For his son who also competes as Chavo Guerrero, see Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Chavo Guerrero Sr.
Birth name Salvador Guerrero III
Born (1949-01-07) January 7, 1949[1]
El Paso, Texas[1]
Family Guerrero
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Chavo Guerrero
Chavo Guerrero Sr.[1]
Chavo Classic[1]
Billed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight 229 lb (104 kg)[1]
Trained by Gory Guerrero[1]
Debut 1970[1]
Retired 2010

Salvador Guerrero III[1] (born January 7, 1949),[1] better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero Sr., and also known colloquially during the 21st century as "Chavo Classic", is a retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of third generation wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr. He is the oldest son of Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, and part of the Guerrero wrestling family. He is the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Earlier in his career, Guerrero feuded with Atsushi Onita in Japan over lighter-weight titles.

In the 1970s, Guerrero moved his family to California so he could compete in Los Angeles's NWA Hollywood Wrestling.[2] He also feuded with Roddy Piper for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship.[2] Guerrero held the title 15 times between 1975 and 1980.[2]

He usually teamed with his brothers, Mando and Héctor wherever he wrestled. In the late 1980s wrestling in the AWA on ESPN. He was teaming with his brother Mando to go after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka).

World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2004, Guerrero began working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), joining his son Chavo Jr. in a feud with the younger Chavo's uncle and the older Chavo's brother Eddie.[1] While with WWE he competed as Chavo Classic and became the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion in history,[3] defeating Chavo Jr. and Spike Dudley in a triple threat match. He eventually lost the title to Rey Mysterio less than a month later. On June 15, 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing multiple SmackDown! house shows.[3]

Cameo appearance (2010)

On the November 15 "Old School" episode of Raw, Guerrero returned as Chavo Classic, driving Alberto Del Rio to the arena.

Personal life

Chavo is the son of Gory Guerrero and the older brother of Mando, Hector, and Eddie Guerrero.[4] He grew up in El Paso, Texas, where he attended a segregated school.[4] Growing up, he faced discrimination.[4]

He has two children, wrestler Chavo Jr. and daughter Victoria.[2][4] and he is the brother in-law of Vickie Guerrero.

In July 2016, Guerrero and his son were named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit is litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE.[5]

Other media

In 1978 he co-starred with Henry Winkler in the movie The One and Only as a wrestler called Indian Joe.

He is the subject of the song "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" by The Mountain Goats and is featured in its music video.[6]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Notes

1When Chavo Guerrero won this championship, it was still officially recognized and sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and was primarily defended in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, an NWA affiliated promotion in Mexico. After the promotions withdrawal from the National Wrestling Alliance, they kept the title and continue to use the NWA initials. However, the NWA no longer recognizes or sanctions it.
3Defeats Al Madril to claim Madril's part of the championship, though he quickly surrenders the titles on the same day.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Chavo Guerrero Sr. profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Guerrero, Eddie. Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, p. 16.
  3. 1 2 Kapur, Bob (November 27, 2007). "Chavo Classic still loves 'that feeling'". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Van Der Griend, Blaine (January 28, 2010). "Discrimination was always a part of Chavo Guerrero Sr.'s life". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  5. ↑ "WWE sued in wrestler class action lawsuit featuring Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Paul 'Mr Wonderful' Orndorff". FoxSports.com. Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox). July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YvDfiAXT8
  7. ↑ American Wrestling Association (1988-12-26). "AWA Vs CWA; The RPMs & Cactus Jack Vs The Guerrero Brothers". AWA SuperClash III.
  8. 1 2 NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
  9. ↑ NWA United States Tag Team Title (Florida version) history At wrestling-titles.com
  10. ↑ "Independent Wrestling Results - March 2006". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  11. ↑ NWA Americas Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
  12. ↑ NWA World Light Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
  13. ↑ SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
  14. ↑ SCW World Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
  15. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling USA Heavyweight Title history At wrestling-titles.com
  16. ↑ SCW Southwest Tag Team Title history At wrestling-titles.com
  17. ↑ "2014 Vendetty Awards". Vendetta Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  18. ↑ WWA World Trios Title (Mexico) history At wrestling-titles.com

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