Chavo Guerrero, Sr.

Chavo Guerrero, Sr. (born Salvador Guerrero Llanes on January 7 1949) is a former professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of current superstar Chavo Guerrero, Jr. He is the oldest son of Gory Guerrero, and part of the famous Guerrero wrestling family.

Career

Earlier in his career, Guerrero feuded with Roddy Piper in California and Atsushi Onita in Japan over lighter-weight titles.

He usually teamed with his brothers, Mando and Hector wherever he wrestled. Prior to wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, his biggest exposure was in the late 1980s wrestling in the AWA on ESPN. He was teaming with his brother Mando to go after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka).

In 2004, Chavo Guerrero began working for WWE, joining his son Chavo Jr. in a feud with his brother Eddie. While with WWE, where he competed as Chavo Classic, Guerrero had a brief reign as Cruiserweight Champion, which he would later lose to Rey Mysterio, becoming the oldest Cruiserweight Champion in history. On June 15 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier.

Personal life

Chavo is the son of Gory Guerrero, and the older brother of Mando Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, and the late, Eddie Guerrero. He is also the father of Chavo Jr. and brother-in-law of Vickie Guerrero.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
• Gory Special
• Moonsault
• Sitout spinebuster
• DDT
• Dropkick
• Multiple suplex variations
• Belly to back
• Delayed vertical
• German
• Short-arm clothesline

• Managers
• Dark Journey
• Baby Doll
• Sir Oliver Humperdink
• Chavo Guerrero, Jr.

Championships and accomplishments

• All Japan Pro Wrestling
• NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling
• ACCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
• NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hector Guerrero

• Eastern Wrestling Federation
• EWF Heavyweight Championship (2 time)

• Empire Wrestling Federation
• EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling
• HHW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• International Wrestling Federation
• IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• National Wrestling Alliance
• NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (15 times)(Most Reigns)¹

• NWA Hollywood Wrestling
• NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (9 times)
• NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (11 times) – with Raul Mata (2), John Tolos (1), Gory Guerrero (1), Butcher Vachon (1), Victor Rivera (1), The Canadian (1), Hector Guerrero (1), El Halcon (1), Black Gordman (1) and Al Madril (1)
• NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)²

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
• NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Southwest Championship Wrestling | Texas All-Star Wrestling
• SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) (First)
• SCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Manny Fernandez
• TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• TASW Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Al Madril (1) and himself (1)³

• World Wrestling Association
• WWA World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Mando and Eddy Guerrero

• World Wrestling Entertainment
• WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
• Rookie of the Year (1976, 1st runner up)
• PWI ranked him # 130 out of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• '''Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
• Best Wrestling Maneuver (1986) Moonsault block

^`While this title was primarily defended in the NWA Hollywood promotion, it was sometimes defended in other promotions through agreements made. It is unclear as to which NWA affiliate or affiliates Guererro wrestled for the first six times he won the title.
²When Chavo Guerrero won this championship, it was still officially recognized and sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and was primarily defended in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, an NWA affiliated promotion in Mexico. After the promotions withdrawal from the National Wrestling Alliance, they kept the title and continue to use the NWA initials. However, the NWA no longer recognizes or sanctions it.

Notes

¹While this title was primarily defended in the NWA Hollywood promotion, it was sometimes defended in other promotions through agreements made. It is unclear as to which NWA affiliate or affiliates Guererro wrestled for the first six times he won the title.
²When Chavo Guerrero won this championship, it was still officially recognized and sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and was primarily defended in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, an NWA affiliated promotion in Mexico. After the promotions withdrawal from the National Wrestling Alliance, they kept the title and continue to use the NWA initials. However, the NWA no longer recognizes or sanctions it.
³Defeats Al Madril to claim Madril's part of the championship, though he quickly surrenders the titles on the same day.

References

External links

• Official Site
• Profile at Online World Of Wrestling