Saturday, November 19, 2005

R.I.P. EDDIE GUERRERO 1967-2005
i was deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of
one of my favourite wrestlers and entertainers of alltime, Eddie Guerrero.
Just this past Sunday i was in stitches as i watched Eddie lie, cheat and
steal his way to a victory over Mr Kennedy on WWE Experience, then the
following day, the news of his death totally shook the foundations of my
world. Eddie now joins the long list of gone but forever missed superstars
along with Owen Hart, Rick Rude, Brian Pillman, Curt Hennig, Davey Boy
Smith and many others. I have followed Eddie from his late 90's WCW days
and have always thought he was the total package-excellent mat technician,
high flyer and all round entertainer. I'm still finding his death hard to
come to terms with and he was one of the few reasons i still followed the
WWE which IMO has gone downhill recently. This is no doubt one loss the WWE
will find hard to recover from, since Eddie was undoubtably one of the top
5 most over Superstars on the roster and i have a feeling that he may have
been on his way to a second title win-something he deserved more than many
on the roster. I was so happy when he won the WWE title in 2004 and i never
would have imagined that a year and a half later i'd be typing a message
about his death! I think the WWE totally screwed up when they put Eddie in
a feud with Bradshaw-a former tag team wrestler and midcarder at best. Not
only did this kill the PPV buyrates but it also scapegoated Guerrero as the
reason for the poor ticket sales since he was the champion. I think this
affected Eddie alot psychologically and i'm not going to just to
conclusions here but this could be one of the factors that contributed to
his untimely death.

Rest In Peace Eddie, thanks for the wonderful memories and may your legacy
live on for generations to come.