Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005

Sunday morning I went to check my list of daily websites and saw that Eddie Guerrero had passed away that morning. He was found in his hotel room with his toothbrush still in his mouth, heart-failure is what the autopsy has confirmed. Most of you will have no idea who Eddie is, to those of you who do we all know he will be missed and he was one of the greatest of all time. To those of you who don't, Eddie Guerrero was on of the best professional wrestlers of all time. He was a legend in a family of legends. One of my favorite Eddie moments was seeing him and Chris Benoit as the WWE and Heavyweight Championships at Wrestlemania 20, with Chris beating Triple H and Eddie beating Kurt Angle. Seeing and hearing the very emotional messages from other wrestlers about memories of Eddie has almost brought me to tears on more than one occasion. He was a fantastic man, from what I have heard from other fans. Always willing to stop and sign an autograph and take a picture, always smiling at the kids even when he'd rather be in bed resting his back. There have been some cheap shots taken at his death in the media, namely one on ESPN Radio attributing his death to steroid use. Eddie had battled with drug and alcohol addiction in the past but recently celebrated his 4 year clean and sober anniversary. He leaves behind a wife, three children, and more friends than you or I can count. The following are a few links to watch video about him if you are interested.

If you only watch one, watch Chris Benoit:
http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/videos/

More WWE superstars paying tribute:
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/smackdown/eddieguerrero/testimonials/

As much as I don't like the guy he did lose a friend:
http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/edgeeddie

And probably the most touching one:
www.wwe.com/content/media/video/494606/1515310/1581782/3tdeddietribvid

VIVA LA RAZA EDDIE! You are missed...

- R