One of the infamous vanilla midgets, Eddie came from a wrestling family. His uncles Enrique Llanes and cousin Javier Llanes wrestled in Mexico, while his father Gory Guerrero hosted wrestling events in El Paso. During intermissions, Eddie often wrestled against his nephew Chavo. Eddie wrestled around the world, from Mexico to Japan to the United States. He was a very gifted wrestler, and as part of WCWs cruiserweight division, he was putting on some of the best matches American audiences had ever seen. Unfortunately, backstage politics really hurt his career while in WCW. Eddie was labelled a vanilla midget by some of the more influential people in WCW, and they felt that pushing him as a main-eventer wasnt a good idea, despite the fan interest in his matches proving the opposite. When Eddie jumped to WWF, he was one of the most popular wrestlers to arrive in Vinces company. Despite some roadblocks in the earlier part of his career, including some problems with alcohol and drugs that led to his release, Eddie bounced back and eventually won the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YZL4ZiWEas Like Austin, Eddie had a natural charisma that made it easy for him to connect with the crowds. Fans generally enjoyed watching him wrestle, and he was naturally a big hit with the Latino demographic. He had to overcome a lot, from backstage politics, to personal demons, to family strife, but in the end, Eddie overcame the odds and reached the top of the WWE.
Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.
