9. The Adaptability To Any Style
Who hasn't noticed the gradual homogenization of wrestling styles in WWE lately? Many of WWEs current stars were trained in the same places (as well as by the same teachers) as their opponents...And it shows. Its not that the matches are boring, its just that they mostly tend to follow the same pace, ring psychology and wrestling style as the contest that took place immediately beforehand. This, as much as anything else, is a subtle factor that has the effect of turning casual viewer off. Two guys who trained together can have a great match, don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't suggest it as an idea for half the roster. However, the WWE of Guerreros time was a mad grab bag of relentlessly shifting and changing styles, this led to some exciting (and unpredictable) match-ups. There were hardcore brawlers, technical grapplers, highflying daredevils, tough-guy martial artists and much more besides. During his tenure, Eddie locked up against them all. Guerrero was able to adapt easily and convincingly to any style. If his opponent was a brawler, he could be a brawler, if he found himself in the ring with a luchadore, he could be a luchadore. Eddie Guerrero could be booked into almost any kind of match and emerge looking like an absolute winner. Guerrero managed to constantly adapt to the styles of his opponents, but he did so without ever losing his own unique flavour in the process. That, I imagine, takes a great deal of training, but moreover, I suspect it takes an awful lot of talent.