WWE’s 5 Greatest Hispanic Stars
By Dean Siemon
5. Chavo Guerrero
While he’s not likely going to be placed in the WWE Hall of Fame when he finally decides to hang the boots up, Chavo Guerrero has certainly left a mark in professional wrestling. After growing up in a very successful wrestling family, Chavo Guerrero held the WWE Cruiserweight Championship four times, a championship he also won a few times while in WCW. But he also won the WWE Tag Team Championship twice with his uncle, Eddie Guerrero.
But Chavo Guerrero could have been a much bigger star if it wasn’t for how the WWE didn’t make the best booking decisions. Having him lose his first heavyweight championship in less than 10 seconds to Kane didn’t help his status. Sure, neither was the fact that the title was the WWE’s version of the ECW Championship.
The WWE also attempted to make him turn from his Hispanic roots and become a middle-aged white man. Thankfully, this gimmick was killed off quickly. And then there’s the storyline where he not only lost the Cruiserweight Championship to Hornswoggle, but he also jobbed to him with various cartoon-like sketches.
Guerrero was a great talent who was definitely willing to do what he was asked to do. It’s certainly worth putting him on this list.