WWE: 10 Things We Miss Most About Eddie Guerrero

7. The Moves You'd Never Seen Before (And May Never See Again)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jibrD6TRAZk Back in his WCW days, any Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio match would yield at least two or three moves that nobody had ever seen before. The pair of them just seemed to be making it up as they went along, like it was impossibly easy and we should all be doing it. All of Eddie's WCW Crusierweight matches were like freestyle dances, poetry in motion, with a heady, 'anything goes' vibe. Eddie must be responsible for the creation of so many manoeuvres that I€™m not even gonna try and mention them all here. There are other, better writers (armed with a far greater knowledge of wrestling) on this site - and that€™s a job for them, not me (By the way - how many votes can we get for a €˜Top 10 Moves Innovated by Eddie Guerrero€™ piece? Comments below, please...) Going back further, to Guerrero's time in ECW, any Dean Malenko vs Eddie Guerrero match would do just as well as a Guerrero/Mysterio matchup, new moves-wise. Guerrero was just a manically inventive wrestler and, crucially, one with the talent to back up his imagination. He must have spent so much time dreaming up new moves (as well as new scenarios in which to use them) that€™s its honestly hard to believe he ever did anything else. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp0cH7pmwLw In WWE, Eddie Guerrero brought in so many honest-to-goodness wrestling moves, that it was hard to keep track of them all. For many fans (including myself) it was the first time most of these exotic maneuvers had ever been seen. Eddie€™s WWE matches would include all kinds of interesting stretches, oddball holds and inventive reversals, not to mention death-defying high spots that could freeze your blood in an instant. As the years passed, many (otherwise excellent) WWE wrestlers€™ matches became somewhat dry re-treads of their special moves, signature high spots and other favourite maneuvers. In other words, they dried out and the audience response waned a little. On the other hand, Eddie€™s matches always offered something new, creative and spontaneous. He just kept adding to his repertoire. I imagine he forgot more moves than most other wrestlers can pull off.