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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 3:08 pm
Didn't know where else to put this. Eddie Guerrero has passed away. He was 37 or 38.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 3:25 pm
He turned 38 last month.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 3:52 pm
ack!! I just watched him within the past couple of weeks!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 4:42 pm
I just saw that. So very young and I read that his nephew said that he just celebrated his 4th year of sobriety.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 4:44 pm
My son was shocked, he's a wrestling fiend. So sad.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 4:46 pm
My son is too, Mocha. He's at the Raider game so he has no idea yet.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 4:56 pm
I just watched the press conference. Raw and Smackdown this week will be tough to watch ...
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 4:59 pm
I remember how sad it was when Owen Hart died. I sat there watching that show and bawling like a baby!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 5:17 pm
me too, Mamie, me too ...
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 3:48 pm
I was kind of shocked when I heard about it too. I don't know if any of you are old AWA fans, but the Crusher from the old days just died about a week or so also. His was more from old age though. The local radio station was saying it was probably caused by all the drugs, especially steiroids that he did years ago. I use to be an avid wrestling fan, if it was on I was watching. I quit watching several years back because it just didn't seem the same anymore.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 4:55 pm
I remember da Crusher on sucks someone posted a report on the taping of Raw & Smackdown. He said it was a super show.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 5:36 pm
I imagine it will be, KL ... I haven't been a faithful watcher of Raw or Smackdown in a couple of years, but I will be watching tonight ...
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 5:44 pm
I don't usually watch anymore either but my son has recently gotten back into watching it. I know I'll catch tonight's show with him. There are so many of the "old" guys wrestling again.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 6:08 pm
oh heck ... I am sitting here with tears rolling down my face. to see those big, tough guys openly crying is very hard to see
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 7:58 pm
Vin is a big sports fan... and was channel flipping between football and the WWE... We were shocked to discover what had happened. He asked me to Google to find out what had happened to the poor guy. So sad. CBC report: Wrestling star Guerrero found dead in hotel Last Updated Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:12:44 EST CBC News Pro-wrestling star Eddie Guerrero, also known as Latino Heat and Black Tiger, has been found dead in a Minneapolis hotel room. Authorities say the World Wrestling Entertainment star didn't answer a wake-up call on Sunday morning. His nephew, WWE wrestler Chavo Guerrero, and hotel security forced their way into his room just after 7 a.m. local time. Professional wrestler Eduardo Guerrero in March 2004. (AP Photo/Masahiko Yamamoto) Police say there were no apparent signs of foul play and an autopsy is underway to determine how the 38-year-old married father of three died. His nephew said Guerrero had been sober for four years, having been candid about his past drug and alcohol abuse. In May 2004, UPN aired the special Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, chronicling his childhood and struggle with drugs, which almost cost him his job, family and life. "This is a huge loss," said WWE chair Vince McMahon at a news conference. "Eddie was a wonderful, fun-loving human being." Guerrero was considered one of the bigger personalities on the WWE Smackdown! shows. Last year, he became the second wrestler of Hispanic background to become champion. Chavo Guerrero said the last time he spoke to his uncle, they had made plans to order breakfast and hit the gym Sunday morning. He said things seemed to be fine with his uncle. The two were in Minneapolis to shoot Smackdown! episodes along with 60 other wrestlers. McMahon said there would be special tributes to Guerrero at the tapings. "Eddie was different in that he was very well liked," Wade Keller, editor of the weekly Pro Wrestling Torch, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "He was so emotional. He didn't shake hands. He hugged." Keller said Guerrero boosted the popularity of wrestling among Hispanics. The son of wrestler Gory Guerrero, Eduardo Gory Guerrero was born in 1967 into Mexico's first family of professional wrestling, growing up in El Paso, Texas. He and his three older brothers were all wrestlers.
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Luvmom
Member
10-17-2000
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 8:15 pm
I just tuned into WWe and saw this....I loved Eddie.It was sad enough to lose Owen And Davey Boy Smith..now Eddie.My husbands in Pennsylvania working so I'm not sure if he's seen this yet.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, November 14, 2005 - 9:37 pm
Very touching.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 2:12 pm
I hadn't heard about Davey Boy Smith, when did he die? He was related to some other wrestler but I don't remember who it was anymore.
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Taterheadtwo
Member
09-29-2005
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 2:17 pm
Davey boy smith was one of the british bulldogs, and he was married to bret and owens harts sister.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, November 18, 2005 - 9:08 pm
Anyone else see Smackdown tonight? Eddie would've been proud.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Saturday, November 19, 2005 - 3:51 pm
Yes, I saw it KL, he would've been proud.
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