Frosted tips refers to a hairstyle in which the hair is cut short and formed into short spikes with hair gel or hair spray . The hair is bleached such that the tips of each spike will be pale blond, usually in contrast to the wearer's main hair color.
99-530: Frosted tips were prominent throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. Notable people who wore frosted tips include Eddie Guerrero , Justin Berfield , Lance Bass , Steven Bradbury , Aaron Carter , Zac Efron , Guy Fieri , Joe Jonas , Mark McGrath , and Justin Timberlake . Other variants, such as inverted or "thawed" tips, where dark highlights are applied to the gelled ends of the person's hair that
198-625: A Hair vs. Mask match at the first Lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide , which they lost. Guerrero and Barr's first break would come when they were noticed in late-1994 by the owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Paul Heyman , and were approached about wrestling for him in 1995. Barr, however, died before he could join ECW with Guerrero. In 1992, Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he
297-537: A dark match , teaming with Ultraman to defeat Huichol and Rudy Boy Gonzalez. Guerrero wrestled as the original "Máscara Mágica" in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) until his departure in 1992. He then left the company to pursue a career with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Although the Máscara Mágica gimmick was popular, CMLL owned the rights to the character. Guerrero then appeared on
396-547: A fan favorite during a rivalry with Kurt Angle , while the other Radicalz remained villains and eventually forced Benoit out of the group, with Guerrero replacing him as the leader. Guerrero eventually turned into a fan favorite as well, and had a short alliance with Team Xtreme ( The Hardy Boyz and Lita ), but went to rehab in June 2001 for alcohol abuse. Guerrero completed a three-month program and had started working house shows to get ready for his return to television, but
495-524: A fatal four-way match , which Jericho won. Guerrero focused on the European Championship, feuding with the champion Test defeating him at WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1 to win his second and final European Championship with help from Saturn and Malenko. On the April 26 episode of SmackDown! , Guerrero would lose the title to Matt Hardy . At Backlash on April 29, Guerrero competed in
594-434: A feud with Essa Rios and Lita, ending in a European title defense at Backlash on April 30, which was also billed as the night of Guerrero's prom (he was said to have just earned a GED ). Guerrero defeated Rios after arriving at ringside in a 1957 Chevrolet , even wrestling in his tuxedo pants and a bow tie . Guerrero turned face and successfully retained the title against former Radicalz friends Saturn and Malenko in
693-736: A professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling (as the Revolution) and World Wrestling Federation (as the Radicalz) that debuted in July 1999. The group consisted primarily of Eddie Guerrero , Chris Benoit , Perry Saturn , and Dean Malenko . The stable is notable for consisting of four well-known wrestlers who would jump ship during the Monday Night War . Within three months of joining
792-589: A triple threat match at Judgment Day on May 21, before losing the title to Saturn at Fully Loaded on July 23. The two slowly began to become popular with the fans, but over the next few months friction began to build between Guerrero and Chyna. Chyna was upset when Guerrero pinned her to advance in the King of the Ring tournament. Then at SummerSlam on August 27, Guerrero and Chyna wrestled an Intergender tag team match against Trish Stratus and Val Venis , who at
891-592: A Triple threat match for the WWF European Championship but failed to win the title. In April, The Radicalz feuded with Test and his partners. Guerrero eventually left the Radicalz, siding with The Hardy Boyz and Lita. At Insurrextion on May 5, Guerrero defeated Grand Master Sexay . Around this point, Guerrero developed an addiction to pain medication stemming from his 1999 car accident and in May 2001
990-688: A WWE Championship rematch. Along the way, Guerrero found a partner in Booker T. At Armageddon on December 12, Guerrero and Booker T's initial teamwork broke away, and the match ended with JBL pinning Booker T following the Clothesline From Hell . Afterwards, Guerrero and Booker T briefly and unsuccessfully attempted to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. At the Royal Rumble on January 30, 2005, Guerrero entered
1089-488: A boy, he would attend the wrestling promotions held by his father Gory Guerrero at the El Paso County Coliseum . Guerrero's father allowed him and his nephew Chavo to wrestle each other during intermissions. Guerrero debuted in 1986. In 1989, he appeared with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a jobber , most notably wrestling Terry Funk . In 1991, he would return for WrestleWar '91 , wrestling
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#17327983627521188-580: A brief period in March 2002, this time unmasked. He aligned himself with the villainous Team 2000 stable, and primarily teamed with Black Tiger . Guerrero returned to the WWF on the April 1, 2002 episode of Raw , attacking Rob Van Dam . He feuded with Van Dam, defeating him for his second Intercontinental Championship at Backlash on April 21. After retaining the title against Van Dam at Insurrextion on May 4 and Judgment Day on May 19, he finally lost
1287-503: A championship belt shot to the kidneys. The match ended with interference and a Gore from Rhyno , Benoit's partner, who was furious at the team's failure. Guerrero pinned Benoit and won the United States Championship. At SummerSlam on August 24, Guerrero retained his title by defeating Rhyno, Benoit, and Tajiri in a fatal four-way match . He later began a feud with John Cena , turning face once again. On
1386-463: A chance to be main event stars in WCW. These frustrations came to a head when Guerrero requested that WCW President Eric Bischoff either push his character or give him a raise for family reasons. Bischoff responded by allegedly throwing coffee at Guerrero (however, in his autobiography, Guerrero states that Bischoff accidentally knocked his coffee off the table and that it was a complete accident that he
1485-537: A draw in a two out of three falls match at the ECW Arena . After the match, the locker room emptied and the two were carried around the ring by their fellow wrestlers while the crowd chanted "please don't go". Guerrero returned to WCW in late 1995 along with Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit with whom he had worked with in NJPW and ECW. Guerrero competed in his first match on August 30, losing to Malenko, which aired on
1584-464: A feud with Big Show , which involved Guerrero giving Big Show some laxative laced burritos and then later spraying Big Show from a sewage truck. The feud ended when Guerrero lost the United States Championship to Big Show at No Mercy on October 19. Four days later, Los Guerreros lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the Basham Brothers ( Danny and Doug ). They began feuding with
1683-673: A heel faction. In March, Guerrero, who was wrestling as a heel, began pursuing the affections of Chyna , who he referred to as his "Mamacita". At the time, Chyna was allies with Chris Jericho and initially rejected his advances. On the April 3 episode of Raw is War , Guerrero faced off against Jericho for the WWF European Championship . During the match, Chyna turned on Jericho and helped Guerrero win, and later explained her actions by declaring that she could not resist his "Latino Heat". After Guerrero abandoned Lita to be attacked by The Dudley Boyz , he and Chyna began
1782-520: A hiatus, before returning to WCW in April. The four first made their appearance on the January 31, 2000 episode of Raw Is War as audience members and backstage guests of Mick Foley . They interfered in a match consisting of Al Snow and Steve Blackman and The New Age Outlaws . While the group was sitting in the front row, Road Dogg took a cheap shot at Benoit, which prompted all four to severely beat both of The New Age Outlaws inside and out of
1881-593: A lot of time together. They caught the attention of Philadelphia-based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling 's (ECW) booker and promoter Paul Heyman . Heyman was keen to introduce the Mexican lucha libre style to the United States professional wrestling fans, and he saw Guerrero as an ideal example of this. He also loved the technical styles of Benoit and Malenko, so Heyman booked all three men in his company. It would be here that they met Perry Saturn,
1980-801: A match against The Filthy Animals, which they lost. At the time of their departure to the WWF, Benoit was recognized as the WCW World Heavyweight Champion , having won the vacant title by defeating Sid Vicious at Souled Out . In reality, then WCW head booker Kevin Sullivan decided to give Benoit the title as an attempt to keep him in WCW. The two never saw eye-to-eye, however, a primary reason believed to have been Benoit becoming romantically involved in real-life with Sullivan's wife Nancy (Nancy and Sullivan were separated, but not yet divorced) – Benoit and Nancy later married. WCW management later stated on Nitro that Vicious' foot
2079-407: A match and forced him to become his "slave". At Uncensored , Chavo was forced to support Guerrero when he faced Booker T for Booker's WCW World Television Championship . Guerrero lost the match after receiving a missile dropkick . Guerrero and Chavo feuded with Último Dragón. Chavo lost to Dragón at Spring Stampede . At Slamboree , Guerrero defeated Dragón despite interference from Chavo. After
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#17327983627522178-657: A match at Clash of the Champions XXXIII . He started feuding with DDP to steal his nickname of "Lord of the Ring", but lost. Guerrero participated in a tournament for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and defeated DDP in the final round at Starrcade to win the United States title in December 1996. In 1997, Guerrero defended the United States Heavyweight Championship against Scott Norton at Clash of
2277-540: A match to Flair at King of the Ring on June 23. On the August 1 episode of SmackDown! , Guerrero and Benoit moved to WWE's SmackDown! brand . Guerrero feuded with Edge , to whom he lost at SummerSlam on August 25. Guerrero continued his feud with Edge, whom he defeated at Unforgiven on September 22; they then had a no disqualification match on the September 26 episode of SmackDown! which Edge won thus ending
2376-556: A popular tag team with Art Barr . After the death of Barr, Guerrero received his first mainstream exposure in the United States in 1995 by joining ECW and winning the ECW World Television Championship two times. Later that year, Guerrero moved to WCW, where he became WCW United States Champion and WCW Cruiserweight Champion and also led the Latino World Order . He left WCW in 2000 after
2475-516: A release from his contract on January 19, 2000. He signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2000 along with fellow WCW stars Benoit, Malenko, and Saturn. Guerrero, Chris Benoit , Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn debuted in the WWF on the January 31, 2000 episode of Raw is War as The Radicalz , interfering in a match involving The New Age Outlaws , establishing themselves as faces. During his first match with
2574-550: A rematch. Chavo Guerrero legitimately tore his biceps, forcing Guerrero to look for another partner. He chose Tajiri , and they won the WWE Tag Team Championship, Guerrero's second and Tajiri's first at Judgment Day on May 18 by defeating Team Angle in a ladder match. The following week, Guerrero and Tajiri managed to retain their titles against Team Angle by cheating. They also defeated Roddy Piper and his protégé Sean O'Haire in Madison Square Garden on
2673-657: A result of the incident. Then, The Radicalz reunited and feuded with the reformed D-Generation X (Chyna, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg , and K-Kwik ) (DX). They defeated DX at Survivor Series on November 19 in an elimination tag team match and assisted Triple H in his match with Stone Cold Steve Austin . Guerrero was later defeated by Gunn for the Intercontinental Championship on the November 23 episode of SmackDown! . At Rebellion on December 2, Guerrero and Malenko lost to Gunn and Chyna. Benoit left
2772-430: A rift within the group, and they quietly separated. However, Saturn turned on Guerrero, instigating a feud over the WWF European Championship . The four drifted apart mainly in the summer of 2000 to pursue individual goals, but in November of that year the group reformed and aligned themselves with Triple H as his secondaries/hired guns during his feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin . In early 2001, Benoit had turned into
2871-481: A series of acclaimed matches with Dean Malenko before they both signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) later that year. Guerrero lost the ECW Television Championship to Malenko on July 21 of that year, but Guerrero regained the title on July 28. Guerrero lost the ECW Television Championship back to 2 Cold Scorpio on August 25. The next day, they had their last match which ended in
2970-464: A singles match at No Mercy on October 3. General Manager Theodore Long booked a Survivor Series Elimination match between a team led by Guerrero and a team led by Angle. Guerrero's team consisted of himself, Big Show, John Cena (replacing the originally chosen Rey Mysterio ), and Rob Van Dam . At Survivor Series on November 14, Guerrero's team defeated Angle's team. Guerrero, along with Booker T and The Undertaker , then challenged JBL for
3069-489: A stable in WCW called The Revolution , whose leader was "The Franchise" Shane Douglas , which further fueled the rumors that Douglas wanted in on the jump. The Revolution was formed by Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko (leftovers from the last incarnation of the Four Horsemen ), Perry Saturn and Shane Douglas on the July 29, 1999 edition of WCW Thunder . When the group first came together as fan favorites , it
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3168-524: A televised AAA show as Máscara Mágica, only to then unmask himself along with the aid of his tag team partner that night, Octagón . In Mexico, Guerrero wrestled mainly for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), teaming with El Hijo del Santo as the new version of La Pareja Atómica (The Atomic Pair), the tag team of Gory Guerrero and El Santo . After Guerrero turned on Santo and allied with Art Barr as "la Pareja del Terror" ("the Pair of Terror"),
3267-472: A traditional power wrestler and brawler, but he did not become a member of the group until they all signed contracts with WCW. In 1999, many WCW mid-card to upper-level stars became unhappy with the political environment of WCW. Management offered anyone who was unhappy a chance to be released from their contracts. Scott Levy aka Raven was singled out for his comments on WCW by WCW President Eric Bischoff and offered an opportunity to negotiate his release with
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3465-423: The Basham Brothers to win his final title, the WWE Tag Team Championship for a fourth time, with it being Mysterio's third reign. Many expected the new champions to defend their title at WrestleMania 21 on April 3, but after encouragement from Chavo , Guerrero challenged Mysterio to a one-on-one match instead so they could "bring the house down". The two wrestled a match at WrestleMania with Mysterio getting
3564-544: The Brian Pillman Memorial Show for Heartland Wrestling Association . Guerrero was re-signed by the WWF in March 2002, and was paired with Benoit to coincide with his return from injury (though not as The Radicalz). The duo would separate after jumping to the SmackDown! brand , but interacted on occasion, either as opponents or allies. The most notable instance occurred at WrestleMania XX , where
3663-605: The Raw brand after winning the Royal Rumble match, using his title shot to go for Triple H 's World Heavyweight Championship , Guerrero won a 15-man Royal Rumble match on the January 29, 2004 episode of SmackDown! to earn a shot at the WWE Championship . After becoming the number one contender, Guerrero elevated himself to main event status and began feuding with the champion Brock Lesnar , whom he defeated to win
3762-408: The Royal Rumble on January 25 to settle their feud. After the match Eddie attacked Chavo causing him to bleed. "The chair shot was very stiff. [...] Eddie went deep. Very deep. I had no idea until I watched that tape back how much blood there was, I have seen some bloodbaths in Japan, Europe, Mexico and Texas-I had been in several-I have never seen anything like that." When Chris Benoit jumped to
3861-564: The United States and formed their own government. Their theme music had a guitar and percussion sound very similar to Marilyn Manson 's " The Beautiful People ". Benoit and Malenko left the group in October, but Malenko turned on Benoit in a setup where Malenko had never really left The Revolution. The Revolution then added Asya and feuded with The Filthy Animals . The Revolution kidnapped Torrie Wilson and put her freedom up in
3960-429: The United States he performed for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Guerrero's gimmick was that of "Latino Heat", a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His catchphrase became "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!" and was used in one of his entrance themes; he partly used this phrase in
4059-668: The WWA International Cruiserweight Championship . On March 1, he defeated the champion CM Punk and Rey Mysterio in a Triple Threat match for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship . He dropped the title back to Punk one day later on March 2. He vacated the WWA Cruiserweight title in April 2002 after returning to the WWF. Guerrero also returned to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) for
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4158-628: The WWE Tag Team Championship , and established himself on the SmackDown brand. He climbed to main event status and won the WWE Championship , his sole world championship at No Way Out 2004 . He lost the title later that year but remained a popular main eventer until his sudden death on November 13, 2005. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE , AAA , Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Hardcore halls of fame. Guerrero
4257-556: The World Heavyweight Championship . On the March 25 episode of SmackDown! , he started a feud with fellow Texan John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) after JBL interrupted Guerrero's title match with Booker T . The rivalry would soon turn personal when at a non-televised live event, JBL caused Guerrero's mother to suffer a ( kayfabe ) heart attack while in attendance at ringside. At Judgment Day on May 16, Guerrero defended his WWE title against JBL, retaining
4356-639: The referee out of the ring when Guerrero was covering Gunn for the pin after a frog splash, thereby illegally breaking up the cover. Benoit then lost to Triple H , but not before making him tap out to the Crippler Crossface while the referee was unconscious. Soon afterwards, the four wrestlers were "given" contracts with the WWF by Triple H, in exchange for them turning on Mick Foley. The group became known as The Radicalz (sometimes spelled The Radicals in on-screen graphics), and they attained some measure of success. At first tightly knit, all four of
4455-495: The Basham Brothers, but failed to regain the championship at Survivor Series on November 16. As Los Guerreros attempted to regain the tag team titles, things began to go downhill between Chavo and Eddie, as animosity began to build. Chavo then attacked and turned on Guerrero after he suffered a beating from the Basham Brothers on the January 8, 2004 episode of SmackDown! . Guerrero feuded with Chavo and defeated him at
4554-495: The Champions XXXIV , Syxx in a ladder match at Souled Out , and Chris Jericho at SuperBrawl VII . His reign came to an end at Uncensored when Dean Malenko defeated him for the title. Following the title loss, Guerrero defeated Malenko in a non-title rematch on the next night's Monday Nitro before taking time off. He returned to WCW after a two-month hiatus on the June 9 episode of Monday Nitro and avenged
4653-559: The Dead Pool at Road Wild and Fall Brawl . They next feuded with Revolution ( Shane Douglas , Chris Benoit , Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn ). Guerrero was victorious over Saturn by disqualification in a singles match at Halloween Havoc . At Mayhem , the Animals lost to Revolution in a mixed tag team elimination match . When Vince Russo was fired as WCW booker and replaced by Kevin Sullivan , Guerrero asked for and received
4752-518: The June 26 episode of SmackDown! . After Guerrero and Tajiri lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to The World's Greatest Tag Team (previously Team Angle) on the July 3 episode of SmackDown! , Guerrero turned on Tajiri, slamming his partner through the windshield of his low-rider truck, turning heel once again. In July 2003, Guerrero competed in a tournament for the WWE United States Championship . He managed to advance to
4851-497: The October 7 episode of Saturday Night . Guerrero made his televised debut in WCW on the September 17 episode of Main Event against Alex Wright in a match which ended in a no contest after Guerrero injured his knee. Guerrero won a rematch against Wright on the October 21 episode of Saturday Night . His first televised pay-per-view appearance was at World War 3 where he competed in the 3-ring, 60-man World War 3 battle royal for
4950-434: The September 11 episode of SmackDown! , Guerrero challenged Cena to a "Latino Heat" Parking Lot Brawl match for the United States Championship, which Guerrero won with help from his returning nephew, Chavo. The next week on SmackDown! , Los Guerreros defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team to win the WWE Tag Team Championship, making Guerrero a double champion (beginning Guerrero's third tag title reign). Guerrero engaged in
5049-583: The WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. He dropped the title to Rey Mysterio Jr. at Halloween Havoc in a title vs. mask match where Mysterio's mask was also on the line. On the November 10 episode of Monday Nitro , he regained the Cruiserweight Championship from Mysterio, and made a successful title defense against Mysterio at World War 3 . After retaining the title against Dean Malenko in
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#17327983627525148-403: The WCW lawyers immediately if he was so unhappy, which Levy did. The contract forbade Levy from signing with the WWF for the length of terms of his original WCW contract. However, Levy did not see this as an issue and re-debuted in ECW less than a week later in August 1999. His attitude inspired other wrestlers who followed suit. At the time of the jump, Benoit, Malenko and Saturn were members of
5247-551: The WWE Championship in the main event of No Way Out on February 15, his first world championship win in WWE. The victory made him a Triple Crown and Grand Slam Champion in the process. His next feud was with Kurt Angle , whom he defeated at WrestleMania XX on March 14 to retain his title in his first big defense. At the end of WrestleMania, Guerrero celebrated in the ring with longtime friend Chris Benoit, who had just won
5346-584: The WWF, a tag team match with Perry Saturn against The New Age Outlaws, Guerrero performed a frog splash off the top rope and dislocated his elbow when he landed the move; as a result, he was sidelined for several weeks. Guerrero and Saturn had originally been booked to defeat The New Age Outlaws, but due to his injury, Guerrero panicked and told Road Dogg , who was in the tag team match with Billy Gunn against Guerrero and Saturn, to immediately pin him. After losing their "tryout matches" upon entry, The Radicalz aligned themselves with WWF Champion Triple H and became
5445-828: The WWF, each member would hold a different championship at various points: Benoit with the WWF Intercontinental Championship , Guerrero with the WWF European Championship , Malenko with the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship , and Saturn with the WWF Hardcore Championship . Benoit, Malenko and Guerrero toured the world before signing with WCW. Their lack of size did not translate well in the United States, but their respective styles were popular in countries like Mexico, Canada and particularly Japan. The trio would face off repeatedly, forcing them to spend
5544-462: The WWF. On February 23, 2002, he faced Super Crazy on the debut show of Ring of Honor known as The Era of Honor Begins to crown the first-ever IWA Intercontinental Champion . Guerrero lost the match. On February 24, he debuted in the Australian promotion World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) at The Revolution beating the champion Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis in a Triple Threat match for
5643-516: The company failed to elevate him to a main event spot. He moved to WWF during the Attitude Era with his WCW colleagues Chris Benoit , Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn , who formed a group called The Radicalz . Guerrero went on to win the WWF European Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship before he was released in 2001 due to addiction issues. After being rehired in 2002, he formed Los Guerreros with his nephew Chavo , winning
5742-472: The course of the match, Angle knocked down Chyna with the title belt and Guerrero laid on top of her to try to revive her. However, this resulted in Guerrero "accidentally" pinning Chyna as her shoulders were still on the mat, and thus Guerrero won the match and his first Intercontinental Championship. Chyna became visibly uncomfortable as Guerrero began to cheat in order to retain his title, while Guerrero
5841-493: The duo became arguably the most hated tag team in lucha libre history. Along with Barr, Konnan , Chicano Power, and Madonna's Boyfriend , Guerrero formed los Gringos Locos ("the Crazy Americans"), a villainous stable . Guerrero later said that no matter how many people joined los Gringos Locos, the stable was all about Barr. Locos feuded mostly with El Hijo del Santo and his partner Octagón , eventually ending in
5940-410: The final round, defeating Último Dragón and Billy Gunn in the process, where he would meet Chris Benoit . At Vengeance on July 27, Guerrero turned to his cheating tactics, hitting Benoit with the belt at one point in the match. Guerrero tried to get Benoit in trouble by placing the title belt on top of the unconscious Benoit. It did not work, however, since he knocked out the referee earlier with
6039-570: The good of the company, yet found himself angry and outraged once more because of Bischoff's supposed continued refusal to elevate Guerrero and other similar wrestlers. He let Brian Adams pin him and get an upset victory in a match. On-screen, Guerrero responded to Bischoff's actions by forming the Latino World Order (LWO), which was a take-off of Bischoff's New World Order . The group was an answer to Bischoff's "refusal" to push Latino wrestlers in ways they felt they deserved. The LWO
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#17327983627526138-408: The group changed to one that was anti-America and anti-government. This was established with Benoit taking a microphone, looking toward the entrance stage, and stating that they were "tired of the politics going on in the back". This blurred the line between storyline and real-life in regards to how WCW was being managed. The group even went so far as to create their own flag and claim to have left
6237-426: The group to focus on a singles career while the rest of The Radicalz feuded with Lita and The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ). At Armageddon on December 10, The Radicalz defeated The Hardy Boyz and Lita in an elimination tag team match. In early 2001, Guerrero feuded with Chris Jericho, Benoit, and X-Pac over Jericho's Intercontinental Championship. At No Way Out on February 25, the four men faced each other in
6336-583: The match and keep the title. However, Guerrero was involved in a car accident on New Year's Day 1999 that cut short the LWO storyline. After his return on the May 31, 1999 episode of Monday Nitro , Guerrero became a founding member of the Filthy Animals alongside Rey Mysterio Jr. and Konnan. They feuded with the Dead Pool ( Insane Clown Posse and Vampiro ). They received two straight victories over
6435-631: The match, Chavo kissed Eddie and began to display insane behavior. At The Great American Bash , Chavo got an upset victory over Guerrero. They faced each other in a hair vs. hair match at Bash at the Beach which Guerrero won. Continuing to show his crazy behavior Chavo would shave his own head while Guerrero looked on in disbelief. Guerrero saved Chavo from beatings by Stevie Ray , seeming that he would align with Chavo but he wanted his release. Despite his success and popularity, Guerrero had been one of many wrestlers who were frustrated at never being given
6534-622: The match, but WCW would go on to win the series at 4–3. In 1996, Guerrero received several shots at the United States Heavyweight Championship against Konnan at Uncensored and Ric Flair at Hog Wild . He feuded with Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen during 1996 after Guerrero's partner Arn Anderson turned on him during a tag team match against Ric Flair and Randy Savage . In late 1996, he feuded with Diamond Dallas Page after defeating him in
6633-498: The namesake match at #1 and lasted 28:11 before being eliminated by Edge. In a skit before the Royal Rumble match, he drew his number the same time Ric Flair drew his. In an attempt to get a better draw, Guerrero switched his number with Flair's (and stole Flair's wallet in the process). Theodore Long made him return both items before the match. Flair would enter at #30. At No Way Out on February 20, Guerrero teamed up with longtime friend and sometimes rival, Rey Mysterio and defeated
6732-438: The opening bout of Starrcade in December 1997, Guerrero dropped the title to Último Dragón the following day on the December 29 episode of Nitro . On the March 9, 1998 episode of Nitro , Guerrero's nephew Chavo Guerrero lost to Booker T in a match. After the match, Guerrero delivered a suplex to Chavo for the main purpose of teaching him a lesson. On the March 12 episode of Thunder , he defeated his nephew Chavo in
6831-465: The original Triple Threat stable in ECW, while Saturn was part of The Eliminators with John Kronus . During a house show on September 11 at the Baltimore Arena , three days after the death of WCW referee Mark Curtis , Douglas, Benoit and Malenko paid tribute to their friend and dedicated the show to him. In October of that year, after Vince Russo became head writer, the gimmick of
6930-460: The ring and walked to the ring slowly with a frown on his face, gained a new theme which was a darker remix of "Lie, Cheat, And Steal" and started using his other finishing move, the Lasso from El Paso , more often. At Judgment Day on May 22, Guerrero lost to Mysterio by disqualification after hitting Mysterio with a chair. The Radicalz The Radicalz , also known as The Revolution , were
7029-449: The ring. The attack ended after Guerrero performed a frog splash on Billy Gunn and Benoit performed a diving headbutt on Dogg, with Jim Ross dubbing them The Radicalz. The four were offered a chance to "win" contracts by beating the members of D-Generation X in a series of three matches. Malenko lost to X-Pac after an illegal groin attack , while Saturn and Guerrero ended up losing against The New Age Outlaws, since Dogg had pulled
7128-411: The rivalry. With Benoit focusing on Kurt Angle , Guerrero aligned himself with his nephew Chavo , forming the tag team Los Guerreros . In contrast to a previous WCW storyline with his nephew, Chavo fully agreed with his uncle as their slogan stated: "We lie, we cheat, and we steal, but at least we're honest about it". To push the new tag team, vignettes were produced, which included things such as
7227-431: The team's definitive moments, Chavo told Benoit that his former friend Guerrero was assaulted by his tag team partner Angle. Benoit ran to make the save, only to have himself locked inside a room. Guerrero then appeared in the room and assaulted Benoit with a steel chair. Benoit and Angle managed to overcome their differences and eventually defeated Los Guerreros in the tournament semi-finals. Later on, Benoit and Angle won
7326-444: The time of their deaths. Malenko retired from in-ring competition in 2001, but remained with WWE as a road agent until departing the company in 2019 and joining All Elite Wrestling . Saturn was released by WWE in 2002 and, after a few years where his whereabouts were unknown due to homelessness and drug addiction, remained active on the independent circuit until his retirement in 2013. Terri left WWE in April 2004 after eight years with
7425-578: The time was the reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion . The Intercontinental Championship was on the line in the match, and whoever scored the pin would win the title. Guerrero's team won the match, but Chyna scored the pin on Trish and became a two-time Intercontinental Champion. Although Guerrero said he did not mind that Chyna was the champion, on the September 4 episode of Raw is War he went to WWF Commissioner Mick Foley and asked to be inserted into Chyna's title defense against Kurt Angle claiming that he did not want Angle to hurt his "mamacita". During
7524-442: The title after getting himself disqualified , hitting JBL with the championship title. The match witnessed Guerrero bleed heavily mid-way in the match as a result of Guerrero performing a bladejob after a stiff headshot ringside with a chair from JBL. It was later explained that he cut too deep, thus hitting an artery. After the match concluded, Guerrero was persuaded to go to hospital by WWE producer Bruce Prichard where his wound
7623-581: The title loss by interfering in Malenko's title defense against Jeff Jarrett and attacking Malenko, costing him the title and turning heel in the process. Shortly after his return, Guerrero feuded with Jericho focusing on Jericho's Cruiserweight Championship . He challenged Jericho for the title at Clash of the Champions XXXV but lost. Guerrero demanded a rematch for the title. In the opening match of Fall Brawl , Guerrero defeated Jericho to win
7722-607: The title of his 2005 autobiography, Cheating Death, Stealing Life . Despite being a heel for most of his career, he was popular in and out of the ring and was at the peak of his career as a face during 2003–2005, becoming the top wrestler on the SmackDown brand in 2004. He experienced various substance abuse problems, including alcoholism and an addiction to painkillers ; these real-life issues were sometimes incorporated into his storylines . Guerrero spent much of his early career wrestling in Mexican promotions and forming
7821-418: The title to Van Dam on the May 27 episode of Raw in a ladder match in which a fan in an Edmonton Oilers jersey pushed him off a ladder. Guerrero then feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin , but Austin left the WWE before a match could take place. Chris Benoit returned to WWE the night Guerrero lost the title and reunited with him. Guerrero and Benoit feuded with Ric Flair for a while and Guerrero lost
7920-484: The title. Benoit and Angle then fought for a trophy for being the first WWE Tag Team Champions. Much to Benoit's surprise, Los Guerreros helped him win the match. At Survivor Series on November 17, Los Guerreros faced the new champions Edge and Rey Mysterio and the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the titles. Guerrero made Mysterio submit to the Lasso from El Paso to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship. They turned face due to their popularity. They lost
8019-512: The titles to Team Angle ( Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin ) on the February 6, 2003 episode of SmackDown! . Los Guerreros and Team Angle began feuding with each other. Los Guerreros participated at WrestleMania XIX on March 30 as contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship, along with the team of Chris Benoit and Rhyno . Both teams lost to Team Angle in a triple threat match. At Backlash on April 27, Los Guerreros lost to Team Angle in
8118-471: The titles, Guerrero abandoned Mysterio, whom he had considered "his family" earlier in the show, costing them the match. At the end of the May 5 episode of SmackDown! , he saved Mysterio from an attack by Chavo and MNM, before attacking Mysterio, leaving him bruised and bloody after suplexing him onto a set of steel steps, turning heel in the process. Guerrero then adopted a new, brooding gimmick . During this time, he also stopped driving his low-riders down
8217-527: The two celebrated together after successfully reigning as world champions , as Guerrero retained the WWE Championship and Benoit won the World Heavyweight Championship . They would wrestle their final match against each other at the first ECW One Night Stand event. Guerrero died from acute heart failure due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on November 13, 2005, while Benoit committed suicide on June 24, 2007 after murdering his wife and son . Both Guerrero and Benoit were still employed by WWE at
8316-462: The two finagling their way into a rich lady's house and throwing a pool party. These segments marked the beginning of the rise of popularity for the team, especially Eddie, who continued to use the mannerisms. The duo entered the eight-team tournament for the new WWE Tag Team Championship , sneaking past Rikishi and Mark Henry in the opening round, before starting a feud with the newly formed tag team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. In one of
8415-443: The vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship . Guerrero was one of the final nine men in the battle royal (notably being one of only two men in the group to be under the age of 35, the other being The Giant ) until he was tossed out of the ring by Four Horsemen members. At Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling in December 1995, Guerrero represented WCW in a WCW vs. NJPW World Cup tournament, which saw him losing to Shinjiro Otani in
8514-401: The win. Although visibly frustrated, Guerrero congratulated his partner. After several mishaps in the weeks following WrestleMania, the growing tension between Guerrero and Mysterio finally erupted when they lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to the new team MNM ( Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury ) on the April 21 episode of SmackDown! . Although the next week they received a rematch to regain
8613-419: The wrestlers in the group eventually drifted apart as all of them sought stardom as singles wrestlers in the WWF. Saturn and Malenko formed a tag team , with the injured Guerrero serving as a manager for the team. Benoit sought singles success and only worked with the stable when he required back up. Malenko quickly won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship , annoying Benoit. Varying levels of success caused
8712-656: Was an American professional wrestler . He was best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). A prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family , being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero , he is widely considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Guerrero performed in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions , and in
8811-611: Was born and raised in El Paso, Texas , where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School (La Jeff) in 1985. He attended the University of New Mexico , and then New Mexico Highlands University on an athletic scholarship . It was there that Guerrero entered collegiate wrestling before moving to Mexico to train as a professional wrestler. He followed in the footsteps of his brothers and father, who had also wrestled in Mexico. As
8910-494: Was formed in October when Guerrero returned to WCW, with Héctor Garza and Damien . The group eventually grew to encompass almost all the Mexican wrestlers working for WCW at the time. They mainly feuded with Rey Mysterio Jr. and Billy Kidman because they wanted Mysterio to join the group. He faced Kidman in a match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, but Mysterio interfered and helped Kidman win
9009-499: Was hit). Furious, Guerrero demanded Bischoff release him from his contract on a live episode of Nitro . Guerrero then left the company for months, angry at Bischoff for what he had done. Guerrero later returned to WCW, leading to the belief that maybe Guerrero's angry speeches against Bischoff were a work (Guerrero later confirmed it to be a worked shoot ). Guerrero would later contradict himself on WWE's DVD Monday Night War claiming that he tried to put personal differences aside for
9108-671: Was known as the second incarnation of Black Tiger . He became more successful upon his return when he won the 1996 Best of the Super Juniors tournament of junior heavyweights . He received a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion The Great Sasuke at Skydiving J, but lost the match. Guerrero won the ECW World Television Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio in his debut match for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on April 8, 1995, at Three Way Dance . He went on to have
9207-552: Was released by the WWF in November 2001 after getting arrested for driving while intoxicated. Saturn, Terri and Malenko continued as The Radicalz until Malenko's retirement, making their final appearance together on the July 3, 2001 episode of SmackDown! where a frustrated Malenko attacked Saturn after his erratic behavior disrupted a bout between Malenko and Scotty 2 Hotty . Malenko and Saturn had one more match together defeating Justin Credible and Raven on August 9, 2001 at
9306-422: Was sent to rehab , missing the entire Invasion storyline that featured his former fellow WCW (and later ECW) wrestlers. To explain his absence, a storyline was created where Guerrero was "injured" by Albert in a match. On November 9, 2001, he was arrested for drunk driving and was subsequently released by the WWF three days later. Guerrero started wrestling on the independent circuit after his release from
9405-403: Was stitched up and he received IV fluids. At The Great American Bash on June 27, Guerrero defended the title against JBL in a Texas bullrope match . JBL won after Kurt Angle (who was General Manager of SmackDown! at the time) reversed the decision after Guerrero appeared to have retained the title. On the July 8 episode of SmackDown! , Guerrero pulled a switcharoo with Shannon Moore , who
9504-446: Was under the ropes at the time Benoit forced the submission and therefore his title reign was deemed invalid. However, the WWF would recognize the title change. In early 2000, Benoit, Guerrero, Saturn and Malenko headed to the WWF. In January 2000, Malenko, Saturn and Benoit left WCW along with Eddie Guerrero in a dispute with management and formed The Radicalz in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), while Douglas took
9603-618: Was upset that Chyna was posing for Playboy magazine , even trying to invade the Playboy Mansion to stop the photo shoot. Just when it appeared that Chyna would leave Guerrero, he proposed to her and she accepted. At Unforgiven on September 24, Chyna helped Guerrero in retaining his title against Rikishi . The engagement was called off when Guerrero was caught showering with two of The Godfather 's hos (one of whom would later wrestle as Victoria ) claiming that "two Mamacitas are better than one". Guerrero turned heel again as
9702-546: Was with the idea that they were a group of younger wrestlers who had felt slighted by WCW management, never giving them the chance to be stars, while always giving older, more established wrestlers the top spots. The concept held some truth, and in reality the stable was actually made up of close friends, as Douglas, Benoit, Malenko and Saturn knew each other from their days in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Douglas, Benoit, and Malenko also were
9801-592: Was wrestling as " El Gran Luchadore " and wore the costume. On the July 15 episode of SmackDown! , Guerrero faced JBL in a steel cage match for the WWE title where El Gran Luchadore appeared again and cost Guerrero the match; he later revealed himself as Kurt Angle. Guerrero continued his feud with Angle. At SummerSlam on August 15, Guerrero lost to Angle after submitting to his ankle lock . Guerrero then allied himself with Big Show . Each week Angle and his new allies Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak began targeting Guerrero and Big Show. Guerrero defeated Reigns in
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