WWE reports Eddie Guerrero found dead

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[Sir Gawain]

WWE reports Eddie Guerrero found dead

By COREY DAVID LACROIX -- SLAM! Wrestling

WWE.com is reporting today that Eddie Guerrero was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Minneapolis, MN.

No cause of death has been reported, Guerrero is survived by his wife Vickie and two daughters.

Guerrero had an absolutely stellar wrestling career, marked by his ability to deliver athletically competent, emotional, and ultimately awe inspiring performances in the ring. At the same time, it seemed he was constantly fending off his own personal demons in the form of alcohol and drug dependency. Those struggles were immortalized in the released DVD Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story.

SLAM! Wrestling will have more as this story develops.

[HitmanLV]

A shame. He has been one of my favorite wrestlers for the many years.

[M. Espinola]

Very talented Eddy came from a great wrestling family.

Eddy & Chavo

Condolences are sent to the entire Guerrero family

[Skip Ripley]

I disageree...he did some great work on the stick when given the chance to establish a character.

The business lost a GREAT performer...

[Bella_Bru]

Wow. I haven't watched in a few years, but Eddie was awesome! Condolencses to his family.

[richmwill]

God Bless his family. Eddie was truly one of the greats, and will be missed.

[StoneColdGOP]

Damn damn damn...

[HitmanLV]

A WWE press conference with Vince McMahon and Chavo Guerrero is online now.  It's about 12 minutes long.

Press Conference

A sad day.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Oh my gosh.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Was one of the best wrestlers/entertainers in today's era.

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[wallcrawlr]

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[CounterCounterCulture]

WWE is deeply saddened by the news that Eddie Guerrero has passed away. He was found dead this morning in his hotel room in Minneapolis. Eddie is survived by his wife Vickie and daughters Shaul, 14, Sherilyn, 9, and Kaylie Marie, 3.

[CounterCounterCulture]

he did some great work on the stick when given the chance to establish a character.

Indeed. Those heel in-ring promos in a darkened arena with the spotlight on him... exceptionally creepy-awesome speeches.

Great all-around performer.

[mitchbert]

Wow...5 years younger than me. What a shame. Condolences to his family.

[GreenHornet]

Another case of 'heart failure'. These wrestlers pay a huge physical price for the choices they make for fame.

My condolences to the Guerrero family. This is indeed a very sad story, and one that has been repeated over and over during the last 20 years. How many more wrestlers are going to die from a "heart attack" while in their 30s or 40s? If an equal number of NFL, NBA, or major league baseball players died under similar circumstances, you'd better believe there would be a congressional investigation. You can't tell me that Vince McMahon doesn't know what's going on here.

[janetgreen]

I watched Killer Kowalski and Haystack Calhoun when I was growing up, and I turned out OK.

This is going back a LONG way, but when I was a kid my aunt and uncle took me to several wrestling matches and I loved it. I saw Gorgeous George in all his silly glory, the flying Argentina Rocca, Mr. Moto with his "sleeper" hold, Lou Thesz, and several others. It was entertaining and good clean fun!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Eddie Guerrero had breakfast with Chavo Guerrero this morning and then returned to his hotel room. When he did not come out at the expected time, Chavo and others knocked on his door and called his room to no answer. Security got his door open and Guerrero was found dead in the bathroom with a toothbrush in his mouth. It is believed that he had a heart attack while brushing his teeth.

WWE wrestlers and staff were very shaken up as they headed to the Target Center for the RAW/Smackdown taping tonight. As reported earlier, the plans for the taping have been changed to make it a Eddie Guerrero dedication show.

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com

via 411mania.com

[billbears]

Man, now this is a shock. IIRC he was scheduled for a triple threat match with Batista and Benoit I believe. Batista apparently tore a muscle for real in a match with Kane and he was supposed to lose the title to either Eddie or Benoit. Well considering how Vince is running the WWE into the ground, he really can't afford to lose his wrestlers like this. Prayers offered for his family

[LibFreeOrDie]

I remember Gorgeous George! My grandfather used to watch him on TV.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Indeed. Those heel in-ring promos in a darkened arena with the spotlight on him... exceptionally creepy-awesome speeches.

You must mean a few months back when he was playing heel to Rey Mysterio, Jr.'s face character. On the "Smackdown" before the (inevitable) pay-per-view match Eddie came out sans lowrider, slowly entered the ring and stood silently while his facial expressions reacted to the crowd's heat on him. He slowly pulled a Mysterio mask out of his pocket, looked at it lovingly, then gleefully ground it into the mat. When the crowd's howls of indignation reached their peak he took on a mournful air and slowly left the ring without having uttered a sound for the entire five minutes.

Eddie's promo demonstrated his mastery of crowd psychology and his ability to silently move the story forward with physical acting alone - truly an acme all the half-talent newbies will be striving to emulate for years to come. His passing is a terrible loss to McMahons company at a time when that man's lack of taste and callous disregard for his employees are driving it down.

Perhaps its best that this thoroughbred "broke free" before the rest of the herd is rounded up for the glue factory.

Godspeed, Mr. Guerrero.

[HitmanLV]

In the press conference, Vinnie Mac called Eddie's nephew, Chavo Guerrero, 'the last of the bunch' when discussing the Guerrero's family presence in the wrestling biz over time.

Stuff sometimes comes out badly at times like this. A shame.

Battista is hurt and the word is they want the belt off him to get him to heal up. My gut tells me that the 3-way will still happen and that McMahon probably called up The Undertaker earlier today to take Guerreros place and since he is very popular, probably win the WWE Championship for a while. The problem is that brings Undertaker back to fast, but it's a 'situation.' That gives him a natural program with Randy Orton, who can win the title again and lose it to Battista when he is all healed up.

The irony (and borderline tastelessness) of having The Undertaker substitute for Guerrero and win the WWE Championship at the Eddie Guerrero Tribute show on the day Guerrero passed away will be lost on everyone at the WWE Front Office.