So, Eddie Guerrero is one of the best wrestlers of all time. Obviously, this is the series where we're going to go through beat by beat and see where he was good and where he was great.

But no matter what kind of number we come up with, I want to make it very clear.

I mean, there's a reason that people are still copying and doing what Eddie Guerrero did today. It's because he is one of the goats. I always look back in shame a little bit as well because when he was in WCW and his early days in WWF, I didn't totally get it.

Like I understood in the ring, he was absolutely amazing. But he wasn't one of my guys, and then one day it all clicked. And yes, I did look at the floor and thought, you don't deserve to be a wrestling fan. I mean, everyone's going to have a different opinion. But it does come to Guerrero. I kind of think everybody should just think you rules. Now, if you've not seen this series before, we take the Brett Hart method of reviewing wrestlers and apply to brand new sports entertainers. And the way the hitman did this is he took look, he took in-ring ability, and he took promos, and he ranked them out of 10. That's the long and the short of it. So we shall start with the look, because I suppose this is one that is actually quite interesting when it comes to Eddie Guerrero, because let's not forget for a large portion of his career, even though it was the late 90s,

and of course, start with the look, because I suppose this is one that is actually quite interesting when it comes to Eddie Guerrero, because let's not forget, for a large portion of his career, even though it was

the late 90s and of course the early 2000s, that man decided to rock a mullet. Now, if I all of a sudden walked on television today, or on YouTube I to say, with a mullet, everybody would look at me, but any man, he just made that thing work and of course it allowed him to stand out, which is also the case,

because once again, if we go back to this time period, especially in the World Wrestling Federation, although it's true in World Championship Wrestling too, it was the land of the Giants. And if you were an undersized guy in inverted commas, sometimes your push wouldn't come because how is anybody going to believe you against a monster? It's why it's totally crazy that Eddie did get hired in 2000 by the WWF, because Vincent Man just wanted six foot two guys. But go and watch every single thing he did in 2004. Not only did Eddie Guerrero get himself mega jacked, but you never looked even when he was taken on Brock Lesnar. I thought, oh my gosh, there's a huge size of screpancy there, because somehow when he was in the ring, any just created magic, which is doubly nuts. If you did go to a live show, you know he was quite a slight guy, but he didn't come across that way when you watched him on the TV, because once again, he just had the power on his hands. Outside of that as well, he could just be a heat magnet, which is why he had that haircut. He wanted to get that kind of reaction. And his gear and tights

were always just spot on. I well, he could just be a heat nightnook, which is why he had that haircut. He wanted to get that kind of reaction. And his gear and tights were always just spot on. I mean, he had a bunch of colour schemes, but I would guess the three colours most associated with would be gold, black and red. He also stuck the tights for most of his career as well, and do not forget a lot of people that tried to jump into the main event scene, would stretch two trunks. That's another thing he had going for him. Didn't actually matter what he wore. People were obsessed with any. You also had the big old entrance by the end as well because he was coming out in his low rider. So I really do think you have to give him an 8.5 out of 10 at a minimum because once again, he kind of flew in the face of everything that was meant to be a professional wrestler in professional wrestling and proved once again it didn't matter. So when you were talking about guys like Brian Danielson or CM Punk, the usual crew who were able to open that door, you have to throw Guerrero's name in there too, because he didn't give a damn, he was going to make it regardless. Now you can kind of apply this to his promos as well, because if you go back to WCW, it was impossible to get anything if you were in the Cruiserweight Division. I mean, they were essentially propping up the company when it came to actually getting time to develop stories to do something else. Well, it's like pulling teeth. Now, Carrera was able to show flashes of brilliance here and there, but when he did find his feet, oh my gosh. I mean, some of the stuff he did was quite generic because it had to be generic, but go and watch anything that he did with China. He became like a fully realized person, and even though during that feud he wasn't like getting a microphone and shouting down the camera, the way he interacted with her and the way he interacted with his surroundings, but he was just a laugh right. He also knew how to be emotional and sweet, which he also showed during his time on screen with China, and he could even get sympathy where he was a heel, which he usually used, then throw it back into your face and be like, well, you shouldn't have believed that, because I am a bad guy. And that's when everything with the whole whole I lie, I still come from.

Fans were just so entertained by that.

Eventually everybody backstage is like, you know what? We've got to turn in baby face. It's just too damn good. Once he got to the main event level two, he was basically untouchable. And if you do need evidence of this, go and watch the promo. He does cut on Brock Lesnar before their 2004 no way out match. he talks about his struggles and all the personal issues he has been through.

And again, the whole point of being a professional wrestler is to connect with your audience. This may as well be Exhibit. He also made you feel like it was essentially did become the WWE champion, which once more was his job. And one year later, he'd basically become an insane heel, and he was brilliant of that too.

So overall, I would give him an 8 out of 10, but even then, I think I'm being quite low there. Because on his day and on his night, when he was ready to go, that man could compete with the best of him. Which brings us to his in-ring. I once saw an interview with JBL that said any Guerrera wasn't very good at planning matches backstage, and that's because kind of ties into everything else.

We said in this video, he was a dude that had to go out there and feel it, but when he did feel it, nobody could get close to him. In terms of technique and execution, surely he has to be at the top of the chain as well. And as always, if you do need more evidence with this, I'm going to tell you to go and watch Halloween Havoc 1997, Ray Mysterio versus Eddie Guerrero, which once again basically set the scene for the rest that we do have today. And if you were alive at the time and you're only watching North American wrestling, this almost quite literally blew your mind because you couldn't believe it. Guerrero could also speed up and slow down as if it was nothing. Don't forget that awesome backbreaker we used to do. I mean, I've dated people that weren't as good looking as that. And why do you think even in 2026, the internet is a wash with Eddie Guerrero Griffs? It's because every single thing you did look so damn good. I don't think that Eddie Guerrero made the best of any situation he was given. Like there was some period when he was in like a shark cage with Torrey Wilson and Perry Saturn. On paper, that sound absolutely terrible, but I can only assume that Guerrero would sit backstage and he just figured out how to make it work. Like he did have bad matches, but did I ever see Eddie Guerrero have a bad performance? No. And nine times out of ten, it's because he set the bar so high. So even if he hit here where you just thought it was able to do more. And even though that's not fair, because his match was still good

when it goes to show.

I think MGF talked about this. so high. So even if he hit here, well, you just thought he was able to do more. And even though that's

not fair, because his match was still good when it goes to show. I think MGF talked about this on his Chris Van Bleak podcast. If you're good and you make a mistake, no one cares, but if you're great, everybody will talk about it forever. Even in those five-minute matches, he was just so damn incredible. I think it's only fair to say that when he was struggling in his personal life that did affect his in ringability a little bit that's the whole point right that's how you

summarize it if you fair to say that when he was struggling in his personal life, that did affect his in-ring ability a little bit.

But that's the whole point, right? That's how you summarize it. If you do watch that and you get a bit confused, you've got to put an asterisk next to it. I also think when push came to Sharven, it was time to deliver a main event performance. He could do it every single time. And once again, let's go back to that 2004 match, but he did become the WWE champion.

Just listen to the reaction he gets when he hits the one, two, three.

Nobody cares that Goldberg has interfered, and I really think you could only listen to that kind of noise if everybody in that arena basically loves you. So it's at the very minimum of 9.5 out of 10, and we've left some room for error there, and once again, you can't even find somebody today that had the, I use the same word I just used, the magic that Eddie Guerrera had and it's been over 20 years. So you can bet your ass another 50. We're still going to be looking for him and we won't find him because Eddie Guerrera was one of a kind. Which brings us to longevity and that one's nice and easy. Go and watch Raw, go and watch Darmine, go and watch Darmine, go and watch any wrestling show. If anybody hits three

suplexes in a row, what does everybody chant, Eddie? And sure, yes, if you go back to some of

his early WCW Cruiserweight days, he's not having that much of an influence on the business.

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