The late, great Eddie Guerrero is the second shortest WWE World Champion ever, but he was more muscular when he became a regular in WWE. He wasn't always like that. If you saw him in ECW or WCW in the late 1990s he was skinner. Once he got to WWE he bulked up. That's not an accident because he knew to get noticed he had to get bigger. When you look back at Eddie's one WWE Title win at No Way Out in February 2004 you know that it wasn't because he looked bigger. It was because he had a connection with the fans that was special and WWE finally got behind him after four years in the company. It was a huge celebration when he beat Brock Lesnar to become WWE Champion. Eddie was a terrific all around perfumer that didn't win the WWE Title because of what he looked like. It was all because of his talent. When you can wrestle as well as him, deliver promos the way he could, work successfully as a face or heel and always draw a reaction then you're going to make it to the top. That's what Eddie did. He passed away on the morning of November 13, 2005. He was actually going to win the World Heavyweight Title at a Smackdown taping that day. He may be gone, but he will forever be remembered as a champion.
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