10 Biggest Overachievers In Wrestling

5. Eddie Guerrero

Eddie Guerrero never envisaged even working in the United States, never mind winning the top company's World Championship. When Eddie broke into the business in the late 80s, it was definitely the realm of the big man. The best Eddie could hope for was a run on top in Mexico. But even in Mexico, Eddie had to (literally) fight for his place. As the son of Mexican legend Gory Guerrero there was a lot of resentment and jealousy towards Eddie. Based of his amazing performances in Japan (as Black Tiger) and in AAA as a member of the red-hot Los Gringos Locos, Eddie was invited to wrestle for ECW. Eddie, Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit caught the eye of WCW head honcho Eric Bischoff who invited them to wrestle for WCW. Although initially sceptical, the three amigos signed (with some stern encouragement from New Japan). WCW was a deeply frustrating time for Eddie and he was relieved when he was offered the chance to jump to the WWF in January 2000. While in WWE Eddie got the chance to show his true personality. Eddie made the connection with the WWE fans and, after cleaning himself up, came back stronger than ever. You could feel his emotion after his victory over Brock Lesnar at No Way Out 2004. Eddie had struggled and fought for respect for years and he had finally attained it, against all odds. Eddie was expected to be an Intercontinental Champion, at best, in WWE but he greatly overachieved and got to the top based on hard work and natural talent/charisma.