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105-609: Máscara Mágica may refer to the following wrestlers: Eddie Guerrero (1992) Antonio Gómez Medina (1993-on) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Máscara_Mágica&oldid=1011330059 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

210-513: 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 a popular tag team with Art Barr . After

315-524: 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

420-434: 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

525-401: A heptagon with a enlarged U.S. flag along with the company's scratch logo located at the top of the main plate in white and black paint. Below the logo is a gold banner with the words “WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT” etched inside. In the center of the main plate is a black banner with the words “UNITED STATES CHAMPION” etched in gold. On the bottom of the center plate, the name plate attaches to

630-589: 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

735-592: 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

840-688: 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

945-580: 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

1050-503: 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

1155-463: 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

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1260-464: 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

1365-673: 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

1470-540: 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

1575-489: 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 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

1680-591: 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 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

1785-611: A physical championship belt, and later became the first to wear a newly designed belt, which was used up through WCW's closing in March 2001, after being purchased by rival promotion, the then- World Wrestling Federation (WWF). When WWF purchased WCW, they used the United States title during the WWF's Invasion storyline. The title was deactivated after being unified with the then- WWF Intercontinental Championship at that year's Survivor Series , when United States Champion Edge defeated Intercontinental Champion Test , becoming

1890-571: 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

1995-550: 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

2100-597: A result of the WWE Draft ; the 2023 draft moved the title back to SmackDown. Of WWE's currently active championships, the United States Championship is the only one that did not originate in the promotion. It is the second-oldest active title in the company, behind the WWE Championship (1963), but the third longest-tenured championship, behind the WWE and Intercontinental Championships (1979), as WWE has only owned

2205-657: 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

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2310-650: 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 a series of acclaimed matches with Dean Malenko before they both signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) later that year. Guerrero lost

2415-464: 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

2520-475: 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 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

2625-560: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eddie Guerrero Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005) 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

2730-567: The United States Championship by defeating defending champion Baron Corbin and Bobby Roode in a triple threat match . On the following episode of SmackDown Live , after recapping all of his previous accolades, Ziggler said that the WWE Universe did not deserve him and he dropped the title in the ring and left. After unsuccessful attempts at contacting Ziggler, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan declared

2835-427: The 2018 Superstar Shake-up , the title briefly returned to Raw when champion Jinder Mahal was drafted to the brand. However, it was immediately returned to SmackDown after Jeff Hardy defeated Mahal for the title and was drafted to SmackDown the next night. The championship definitively returned to Raw in 2019 when reigning champion Samoa Joe was drafted to the brand during that year's Superstar Shake-up . During

2940-573: 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 the WWE Tag Team Championship , and established himself on

3045-423: 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

3150-504: 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 a dark match , teaming with Ultraman to defeat Huichol and Rudy Boy Gonzalez. Guerrero wrestled as

3255-662: 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 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

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3360-539: 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

3465-460: 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

3570-696: 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 a match at Clash of the Champions XXXIII . He started feuding with DDP to steal his nickname of "Lord of

3675-514: 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 a boy, he would attend the wrestling promotions held by his father Gory Guerrero at

3780-668: 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

3885-556: 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

3990-433: The April 6, 1991, episode of World Championship Wrestling , Nikita Koloff destroyed the classic 1980s United States Heavyweight Championship belt during a post-match brawl with Lex Luger, who was in his fourth reign as champion. Koloff, who claimed to be the true champion, knocked Luger unconscious by striking him with the title belt and then repeatedly smashed the championship belt into a ringpost. Luger would appear without

4095-495: 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

4200-561: 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 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

4305-615: 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

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4410-566: 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 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

4515-620: 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

4620-586: The November 8, 2024, episode of SmackDown , general manager Nick Aldis introduced the women's counterpart to the United States Championship . The design of the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship from 1991 to 1995 featured five plates. A center plate on the gold background consisted of a map of the Contiguous United States with a flag shown alongside with an eagle. On top of the plate shows

4725-675: 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 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

4830-434: 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

4935-673: 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 was born and raised in El Paso, Texas , where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School (La Jeff) in 1985. He attended

5040-577: The United States Championship became officially recognized as a component of the re-established honor. In August at that year's SummerSlam , United States Champion John Cena faced WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins in a Winner Takes All match , which Rollins ultimately won to become the first wrestler to hold the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and United States Championship simultaneously. Rollins held both titles until Cena defeated Rollins in his rematch for

5145-546: The United States Championship belt, along with all other pre-existing championship belts in WWE at the time, received a minor update, replacing the long-standing scratch logo with WWE's current logo that was originally used for the WWE Network that launched earlier that year in February. On the July 6, 2020, episode of Raw , after 17 years since the title's reactivation, MVP introduced a completely new belt design for

5250-716: The United States Championship since 2001. The United States Championship began as a regional championship called the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, one of several versions of the title allowed in different territories under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) bylaws. It was created by and defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW) run by Jim Crockett Jr. Introduced on January 1, 1975, Harley Race became

5355-420: The United States Championship. The belt now features only three plates. The center plate is an upside down heptagon. The top portion of the center plate features the WWE logo flanked by white stars on a gold background. Below this, "UNITED STATES" is written in red, with "CHAMPION" prominently written below that in blue; eight stars divide the two. Below the word champion is an eagle with its wings spread out across

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5460-416: The WCW logo with the two banners reading on the black background "UNITED STATES" along with two stars on each side while the text says "HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION" on the bottom. Both side plates on each side feature one with the U.S. flag with the text "UNITED STATES" while the other shows two wrestlers grappling with the WCW logo on top and the text "CHAMPION" on the bottom. After its minor update in 1995,

5565-502: 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

5670-584: 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

5775-462: 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

5880-408: The belt now featured three plates with the center plate slightly redesigned with the side plates also feature a gold filigree with the text "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING". This belt would also appear on WWF's programming until November 2001. After its reactivation in July 2003, the newly renamed WWE United States Championship was redesigned. This belt consisted of five plates. The center plate featured

5985-648: The championship the only one from WCW to be reactivated as a WWE title (although the WCW Cruiserweight Championship had also become a WWE title, it was not deactivated and reactivated; it replaced the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship during the Invasion storyline). Eddie Guerrero became the first champion after its reactivation by winning a tournament at that year's Vengeance , defeating Chris Benoit in

6090-472: 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

6195-513: 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 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

6300-505: 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 the company failed to elevate him to a main event spot. He moved to WWF during

6405-413: The final match. This was done shortly after the Intercontinental Championship was recommissioned by the Raw brand, making the title its equal counterpart. The first brand extension ended on August 29, 2011, allowing the United States Championship, as well as all other titles, to be defended on both Raw and SmackDown . In 2015, WWE introduced an updated version of its Grand Slam Championship , and

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6510-410: 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

6615-570: 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

6720-401: 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 the match, but WCW would go on to win the series at 4–3. In 1996, Guerrero received several shots at

6825-426: 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

6930-607: The inaugural champion. The title quickly replaced the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship as the top singles title in the promotion. While the NWA recognized only one World Heavyweight Champion , there was no single undisputed United States Champion as a number of NWA regional promotions recognized their own version of the title and champion. That changed, however, in January 1981; San Francisco -based NWA territory Big Time Wrestling , which

7035-467: The main plate by two screws at the back. One of the side plates featured an light etching of an American bald eagle resting on top of a shield with the WWE logo painted white and red within the shield with an eagleholding a red and white striped banner as well as blue-painted square with a white star at the center is placed above the eagle The other side plate featured an portrait of an Statue of Liberty surrounded by four stars on each corner. In August 2014,

7140-583: 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

7245-631: 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

7350-498: 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

7455-499: The new Intercontinental Champion. In July 2003, a year after the first brand extension went into effect in the promotion renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the title was reactivated as the WWE United States Championship by then- SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon and with a completely new belt design. It was commissioned to be a secondary championship for the SmackDown! brand, making

7560-536: 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"), 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"),

7665-659: The only two men to have held both the United States Championship and a world championship simultaneously; in Booker T's case, the world title was the WCW World Heavyweight Championship , while Rollins held the WWE World Heavyweight Championship (both Lex Luger and Goldberg were the United States Champion when they won their first world championship, but unlike Booker T and Rollins, they vacated

7770-693: 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 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

7875-578: 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 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

7980-457: The plate, with the red and white stripes of the American flag beneath its wings. Coming in line with WWE's other championship belts, the belt features two side plates with a removable center section that can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates consist of a gold WWE logo over a silver globe. Following the revival of the United States Championship in 2003, the title

8085-481: 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. WWE United States Championship The championship was established on January 1, 1975, as

8190-411: 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

8295-482: The secondary championship of the promotion. After Ted Turner bought the company and renamed it World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in November 1988, the title continued to be used and recognized as secondary to the World Championship. WCW began to pull itself away from the NWA, demonstrated by the company changing the name of the title to the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in January 1991. On

8400-431: 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

8505-578: 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

8610-442: 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

8715-566: 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 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

8820-501: The title at Night of Champions the following month. In July 2016, WWE reintroduced the brand extension; during the draft , United States Champion Rusev was drafted to the Raw brand. Days later, he successfully defended the title against SmackDown draftee Zack Ryder at Battleground , keeping the title exclusive to Raw. On April 11, 2017, United States Champion Kevin Owens , along with

8925-418: 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

9030-452: The title vacant and announced a tournament to crown a new champion. The final was originally scheduled to occur at the 2018 Royal Rumble , but was moved up to the January 23 episode of SmackDown Live . However, on the January 16 episode, after Jinder Mahal and Bobby Roode won their respective semifinals matches, Roode challenged Mahal to have the final that night and Bryan scheduled it for that episode's main event. The inaugural champion

9135-511: The title, moved to SmackDown as a result of that year's Superstar Shake-up . Owens was already scheduled to defend the title against Chris Jericho at the Raw-exclusive pay-per-view Payback on April 30. Then-SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan declared that regardless of who won at Payback, the United States Championship would remain on SmackDown; Jericho defeated Owens for the title at Payback and he transferred to SmackDown. During

9240-591: 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 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

9345-484: 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

9450-456: 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

9555-471: 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

9660-462: 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

9765-578: The version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Jim Crockett Promotions , and later assumed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which eventually seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Harley Race was the inaugural champion. After WCW was purchased by the then- World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, the then-WCW United States Championship

9870-401: 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

9975-480: Was Harley Race . There have been 102 different champions, with Ric Flair having the most reigns at six. The longest-reigning champion is Lex Luger , who held the title for 523 days from May 22, 1989, to October 27, 1990. "Stunning" Steve Austin 's second reign was the shortest, lasting approximately five minutes. Dean Ambrose is the longest-reigning champion under the WWE banner at 351 days, lasting from May 19, 2013, to May 5, 2014. Booker T and Seth Rollins are

10080-404: Was defended in the WWF until it was unified with the Intercontinental Championship at that year's Survivor Series . After the 2002 brand extension and the promotion being renamed WWE , the championship was reactivated as the WWE United States Championship in July 2003 as a secondary title of the SmackDown brand. The United States Championship has switched between brands over the years, usually as

10185-482: Was designated to SmackDown. The brand extension was discontinued on August 29, 2011, but it was revived on July 19, 2016. The following list indicates the transitions of the United States Championship between the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The tournament for the vacant WWE United States Championship was held between June 19 and July 27, 2003 for the SmackDown! brand, with the final being at Vengeance (2003) . At Clash of Champions 2017 , Dolph Ziggler won

10290-549: 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

10395-499: 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

10500-422: 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

10605-403: 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

10710-415: 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 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

10815-585: Was the last remaining promotion outside the Mid-Atlantic territory that recognized its own United States Champion, ceased operations around that time, leaving the Mid-Atlantic version as the only remaining United States Championship. The title remained the primary championship within the Mid-Atlantic territory until 1986 when Crockett gained control of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The United States title then became

10920-618: 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

11025-592: 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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