16 Awesome Stories From Eddie Guerrero Tribute On Talk Is Jericho

11. "Eddie The Giant"

The three friends now start joking about Eddie's temper and Chris asks Dean what his first experience with Eddie The Giant was. Apparently that was the nickname that had been stowed upon him by his fellow workers due to the change in his persona when he got a little alcohol in him. Dean said the first time he encountered The Giant was during their time in Japan. Chris jokes about how when Eddie was drinking, he would go from 5'8" to 8'5". They joke that everyone knows the real giant in wrestling was Guerrero. Chavo says it's a trait that the entire family shares, but that it was an extreme for Eddie. He says he himself has woken up many times in the morning with a black eye thinking "I thought I was so much bigger than that guy!" Jericho remembers the first time he met Eddie he was Eddie The Giant. He was working in Mexico and Hector Guerrero had been assigned to show the rookie Jericho around the Mexican territory. He went to Hector's house to meet Eddie, who he had learned about. When Eddie answered the door he grumpily asked what his name was. Chris thought he wanted his wrestling name so he told him it was Corazon de' Leon and told him that meant Lionheart in Spanish, to which Guerrero replied "No sh*t, I'm Mexican I know what it means. I don't care about your wrestling name you stupid mark, what's your real name?" Chris says that Eddie apologized the next Dean and the three men agreed that he was the most apologetic person any of them have ever known.