| Los Guerreros | |
|---|---|
  Eddie (left) and Chavo (right) | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Eddie Guerrero Chavo Guerrero |
| Name(s) | Los Guerreros Eddie & Chavo Eddie & Chavo Guerrero |
| Billed heights | Eddie: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Chavo Jr.: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 428 lb (194 kg; 30.6 st) |
| Billed from | El Paso, Texas |
| Debut | 1998 |
| Disbanded | June 16, 2005 |
| Years active | 1998 2002–2004 2005 |
Los Guerreros (Spanish for “the warriors”) was an Americanprofessional wrestlingtag team, which consisted ofEddie Guerrero and his nephewChavo Guerrero Jr. Both wrestlers were members of theGuerrero family. They wrestled as a team inWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) and most notably World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on theSmackDown!brand, where they becametwo-timeTag Team Champions.
InWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW), Chavo and Eddie were not really a tag team as they were later on in WWE. Chavo had only a year of experience in contrast to Eddie's eight or nine years. As part of their angle, Eddie would continually try to make Chavo adopt Eddie's cheating tactics, but Chavo often refused to do so.
On the March 9, 1998 episode ofNitro, Chavo lost toBooker T in a match. After the match, Eddiesuplexed Chavo to teach him a lesson.[1] On the March 12 episode ofWCW Thunder, he defeated his nephew Chavo in a match and forced him to become his "slave".[2] AtUncensored, Chavo was forced to support Eddie when he faced Booker T for Booker'sWorld Television Championship. Eddie lost the match after receiving amissile dropkick.[3] Eddie and Chavo then feuded with Último Dragón. Chavo lost to Dragón atSpring Stampede.[4] AtSlamboree, Eddie defeated Dragón despite interference from Chavo.[5] After the match, Chavo kissed Eddie and began to display insane behavior. Eddie would leave Chavo during a match, and that would lead them to feud with each other. AtThe Great American Bash, Chavo got an upset victory over Eddie.[6] They faced each other in aHair vs. Hair match atBash at the Beach which Eddie won. Continuing to show his crazy behavior Chavo would shave his own head while Eddie looked on in disbelief.[7] Eddie saved Chavo from beatings byStevie Ray, seeming that he would align with Chavo but he wanted his release.[8] Chavo's treatment at the hands of Eddie drove him "crazy" and he adopted thegimmick of a psycho fixated with ahobby horse he dubbed "Pepé."[9] This led to afeud withNorman Smiley in which Pepé was thrown into awoodchipper by Smiley.[10] Another result of his insanity, was his inability to join Eddie'sLatino World Order stable, which was a take-off of thenWo. The stable included nearly every Latino wrestler in WCW except Chavo.
Eddie Guerrero reunited with Chavo Guerrero inWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Chavo joined theSmackDown!brand shortly after the2002 draft lottery while Eddie was working on theRaw brand asChris Benoit's tag team partner. Eddie and Benoit jumped to the SmackDown! brand in July and Benoit moved onto a feud withKurt Angle while Eddie formed avillainous tag team with Chavo. They teamed up for the first time on the August 15 episode ofSmackDown!, where they lost toEdge andRey Mysterio by disqualification.[11] Shortly after, they adopted the name "Los Guerreros" when the two were entered into a tournament to crown the first-everWWE Tag Team Champions for SmackDown!. Los Guerreros defeatedMark Henry andRikishi to make it to the semi-finals where they lost to the eventual winners Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.[12][13] Los Guerreros unsuccessfully challenged Angle and Benoit for the titles atRebellion.[14]
Edge and Rey Mysterio won the titles afterwards. AtSurvivor Series, Los Guerreros defeated Benoit and Angle and Edge and Mysterio in atriple threat elimination match to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship.[15][16] After facing makeshift teams consisting of Edge, Mysterio, and Benoit for a few months, theyturnedbabyfaces tofeud withJohn Cena andB-2, whom they defeated to retain the tag team titles on the January 16, 2003 episode ofSmackDown!.[17] Los Guerrerosdropped the titles toTeam Angle (Shelton Benjamin andCharlie Haas) on the February 6 episode ofSmackDown!,[18] leading to a lengthy feud between the two teams. Los Guerreros continued their feud with Team Angle as they failed to win the titles from Team Angle in a triple threat match atWrestleMania XIX, also involving Chris Benoit andRhyno.[19] Los Guerreros received another title shot against Team Angle atBacklash but lost again.[20] Los Guerreros were set to get a rematch against Team Angle for the WWE Tag Team Championship in aladder match atJudgment Day but Chavo suffered an injury and was replaced byTajiri as Eddie's partner.[21] The duo went on to win the titles. They lost the titles back to Team Angle, by then known as The World's Greatest Tag Team in July. Eddie then turned on Tajiri and turned into a villain.[22][23]
He went on to win a tournament to win the reinstatedUnited States Championship.[24] However, Eddie turned into a fan favorite by beginning a feud with John Cena on the August 28 episode ofSmackDown!.[25][26] Los Guerreros reunited on the September 11 episode ofSmackDown! when Chavo returned to WWE and helped Eddie in defeating Cena in aParking Lot Brawl.[27] The following week, onSmackDown!, Los Guerreros defeated World's Greatest Tag Team for their second WWE Tag Team Championship, thus making Eddie, a double champion.[28][29] They soon entered a feud withBig Show, which resulted in Eddie losing the United States Championship to Big Show atNo Mercy.[30] Los Guerreros would lose the WWE Tag Team Championship to theBasham Brothers on the October 23 episode ofSmackDown!.[31]
The loss of the tag team titles resulted in bickering between Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero on the October 30 episode ofSmackDown!, where Chavo blamed Eddie for the loss of the tag team titles and Eddie would apologize to Chavo only to get attacked by Basham Brothers.[32] On the November 6 episode ofSmackDown!, Eddie defeated the Basham Brothers in ahandicap match to earn a rematch for the WWE Tag Team Championship for the following week'sSmackDown!, where the Basham Brothers tricked Eddie into leaving by telling him the news that his wife's sister had a car accident and Chavo was forced to face them in a handicap match, which Chavo lost.[33][34] The title match was postponed toSurvivor Series, where Los Guerreros failed to win the titles.[35]
On the November 20 episode ofSmackDown!, Los Guerreros defeated the World's Greatest Tag Team but were attacked by the latter team after the match and Chavo's leg was injured in the attack, which led to him blaming Eddie for the assault.[36] The following week, onSmackDown!, Chavo was attacked by the World's Greatest Tag Team after Eddie defeated Charlie Haas.[37] Eddie then helped Chavo in beating Shelton Benjamin in a match but Chavo accused him of stealing the spotlight.[38] Eddie and Chavo finally began having problems with each other after losing a match to World's Greatest Tag Team on the January 1, 2004 episode ofSmackDown!.[39] Kurt Angle tried to reunite them and got them a WWE Tag Team Championship match against Basham Brothers on the January 8 episode ofSmackDown!, which they failed to win and Chavo turned on Eddie by attacking him after the match, thus disbanding Los Guerreros.[40] Eddie and Chavo began feuding with each other on the January 15 episode ofSmackDown!, when Chavo's fatherChavo Guerrero, Sr. apologized to Eddie for Chavo's actions but it turned out to be a ruse as he set up Eddie for an attack by Chavo Jr.[41] The feud culminated in a match between Eddie and Chavo Jr. at theRoyal Rumble, which Eddie won.[42]
Eddie would then rise to the main event status by earning himself aWWE Championship title shot againstBrock Lesnar atNo Way Out,[43] which Eddie won, thus winning his first world championship.[44] Chavo would also win theCruiserweight Championship at the same event by defeating Rey Mysterio.[45] On the February 19 episode ofSmackDown!, Chavo challenged Eddie to a match for the WWE Championship, which featured Kurt Angle as the special guest referee. The match ended in a no contest after Angle turned on Eddie and attacked him. This ended the feud between Eddie and Chavo.[46]
In March 2005, Chavo began turning Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions at the time against one another, which would lead to a match between Eddie and Mysterio atWrestleMania 21. Eddie lost the match and began having problems with Mysterio, which led to Eddie ultimately turning on Mysterio after losing the titles toMNM. This led to a feud between Eddie and Mysterio. Eddie and Chavo were last seen at together atJudgment Day when Chavo tried to interfere in the match between Mysterio and Eddie. Eddie and Chavo reunited as a tag team at alive event on June 16 against their respective rivalsPaul London and Rey Mysterio in a losing effort, thus marking the final time that Eddie and Chavo teamed with each other before Eddie's death on November 13 later that year.[47][48]
