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Salvador Guerrero Llanes (January 7, 1949 – February 11, 2017), better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero Sr., and also known during the 21st century as "Chavo Classic", was a Mexican-American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He was best known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts), Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA), and WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of third-generation wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr. He was the oldest son of Gory Guerrero, Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, and part of the Guerrero family, Guerrero wrestling family. He was the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007), WWE Cruiserweight Champion.
In 1977, Chavo competed for Western States Sports, NWA Western States. Guerrero later moved his family to California so he could compete in Los Angeles's Worldwide Wrestling Associates, NWA Hollywood Wrestling and San Francisco's Big Time Wrestling (San Francisco), Big Time Wrestling. In NWA Hollywood, he feuded with Roddy Piper for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship. Between 1979 and 1980, he held the title 15 times.
He spent the early 80's splitting his time between All Japan Pro Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts), Mid South Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, CWF, and Houston Wrestling. In 1982, Guerrero feud (professional wrestling), feuded with Atsushi Onita over the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling. In 1983, he feuded with Gino Hernandez in Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts), Mid South Wrestling. The feud resulted in Loser Leaves Town matches, Texas Death Matches and a Mexican Chicken Match. In 1984, he teamed with his brother Hector Guerrero in Championship Wrestling from Florida. They had rivalries with The U.S. Express, from whom they captured the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA United States Tag Team Titles from and The Breakdancers of Brickhouse Brown and Mark Ragin. In 1985, Hector and Chavo then traveled back over to Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts), Mid South Wrestling, where they feuded with The Rock 'n' Roll Express. They then engaged in a rivalry with Ted DiBiase and Steve Williams (wrestler), "Dr. Death" Steve Williams over the UWF Tag Team Championship. In 1986, they wrestled The Fabulous Ones on multiple occasions for Mid South.
At wrestling-titles.com *National Wrestling Alliance **NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 2 times) *Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling **ACCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *Championship Wrestling from Florida **NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version)#Title history, 1 time) – with Héctor Guerrero, Hector Guerrero *Eastern Wrestling Federation **EWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *Empire Wrestling Federation **EWF Heavyweight Championship (EWF Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 1 time) *Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling **HHW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *International Wrestling Federation **IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *NWA Hollywood Wrestling **NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 15 times) **NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (NWA Americas Tag Team Championship#Title history, 11 times) – with Raul Mata (2), John Tolos (1), Gory Guerrero (1), Paul Vachon, Butcher Vachon (1), Victor Rivera (1), Roddy Piper, The Canadian (1), Héctor Guerrero, Hector Guerrero (1), El Halcon (1), Black Gordman (1) and Al Madril (1) **NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 2 times)1 *New Japan Pro-Wrestling **NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 2 times) *''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' **PWI ranked him # 130 out of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "Pro Wrestling Illustrated, PWI Years" in 2003. *Southwest Championship Wrestling, Southwest Championship Wrestling / Texas All-Star Wrestling **SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 1 time) **SCW World Tag Team Championship (SCW World Tag Team Championship#Title History, 1 time) – with Manny Fernandez (wrestler), Manny Fernandez **TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **Texas All-Star USA Tag Team Championship, TASW Texas Tag Team Championship (Texas All-Star USA Tag Team Championship#Title history, 2 times) – with Al Madril (1) and himself (1)3 **Texas All-Star USA Heavyweight Championship (1 times) * Vendetta Pro Wrestling ** Vendetty Award—2014 Co-Special Guest star of the Year (w/ Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Charles Wright (wrestler), The Godfather) *World Wrestling Association **WWA Trios Championship (WWA Trios Championship#title history, 1 time) – with Mando Guerrero, Mando and Eddie Guerrero, Eddy GuerreroWWA World Trios Title (Mexico) history
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*World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
**WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1996–2007), WWE Cruiserweight Championship (List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions (1991-2007), 1 time)
*''Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, Wrestling Observer Newsletter''
**List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, Best Wrestling Maneuver (1986) Moonsault block
1When 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 promotion's 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.
Chavo Guerrero Sr.: A Legend (Official Website)
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Chavo 1949 births 2017 deaths Guerrero family American professional wrestlers of Mexican descent Professional wrestlers from El Paso, Texas Professional wrestling managers and valets American professional wrestling trainers American male professional wrestlers Deaths from liver cancer in Texas 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century American professional wrestlers WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Champions NWA World Light Heavyweight Champions NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champions NWA United States Tag Team Champions (Florida version) NWA Americas Tag Team Champions NWA Americas Heavyweight Champions NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champions
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1977–1981)
In 1977, Chavo competed for Western States Sports, NWA Western States. Guerrero later moved his family to California so he could compete in Los Angeles's Worldwide Wrestling Associates, NWA Hollywood Wrestling and San Francisco's Big Time Wrestling (San Francisco), Big Time Wrestling. In NWA Hollywood, he feuded with Roddy Piper for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship. Between 1979 and 1980, he held the title 15 times.
Various territories (1981–1988)
He spent the early 80's splitting his time between All Japan Pro Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts), Mid South Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, CWF, and Houston Wrestling. In 1982, Guerrero feud (professional wrestling), feuded with Atsushi Onita over the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling. In 1983, he feuded with Gino Hernandez in Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts), Mid South Wrestling. The feud resulted in Loser Leaves Town matches, Texas Death Matches and a Mexican Chicken Match. In 1984, he teamed with his brother Hector Guerrero in Championship Wrestling from Florida. They had rivalries with The U.S. Express, from whom they captured the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA United States Tag Team Titles from and The Breakdancers of Brickhouse Brown and Mark Ragin. In 1985, Hector and Chavo then traveled back over to Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts), Mid South Wrestling, where they feuded with The Rock 'n' Roll Express. They then engaged in a rivalry with Ted DiBiase and Steve Williams (wrestler), "Dr. Death" Steve Williams over the UWF Tag Team Championship. In 1986, they wrestled The Fabulous Ones on multiple occasions for Mid South.
AWA and EMLL (1988–1990s)
In 1988, Mando and Chavo stopped in the American Wrestling Association, AWA. They went after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka). However, they were unable to capture the titles in multiple attempts. In 1990, Chavo teamed with his brothers Mando Guerrero, Mando and Eddie Guerrero, Eddie in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, EMLL. He competed with his brothers in multiple trios matches.World Wrestling Entertainment (2004, 2010)
In 2004, Guerrero began working for WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), joining his son Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chavo Jr. in a feud with his younger brother Eddie Guerrero, Eddie. While with WWE, he competed as 'Chavo Classic’. On the May 20, 2004 episode of Smackdown, Chavo Classic became the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1991–2007), WWE Cruiserweight Champion in history, defeating Chavo Jr. and Spike Dudley in a triple-threat match. On the April 1 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Classic and Chavo Jr. lost to Spike Dudley and Rey Mysterio. On the April 22 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Classic and Chavo Jr defeated John Cena in a 2-on-1 handicap match. On the May 13 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Chavo Classic defeated Jacqueline Moore, Jacqueline thanks to outside help by Chavo Jr. On the June 3 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Chavo Classic retained the Cruiserweight title against Shoichi Funaki, Funaki, thanks to outside help from Chavo Jr. He lost the title to Rey Mysterio less than a month later. On June 15, 2004, he was fired by WWE for Glossary of professional wrestling terms#No-show, no-showing multiple ''SmackDown!'' house shows. On the November 15, 2010, "Old School" episode of ''Raw'', Guerrero returned as Chavo Classic, driving Alberto Del Rio to the arena.Lucha Underground (2016)
Chavo Classic first appeared on Lucha Underground talking with Rey Mysterio about the upcoming match of the latter against his son Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a ''Loser Leaves Lucha match''. During the match, Classic, who was in the attendance, turned on Mysterio, helping his son win the match, but Dario Cueto ordered to restart the match, and Mysterio hit the ''619'' on Classic and defeated Chavo Guerrero, leaving Lucha Underground without the Guerreros.Personal life
Chavo was the son of Gory Guerrero and the older brother of Mando Guerrero, Mando, Héctor Guerrero, Hector, and Eddie Guerrero. He grew up in El Paso, Texas He had two children, wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chavo Jr. and daughter Victoria,Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 16. and he was the brother in-law of Vickie Guerrero. In July 2016, Guerrero and his son were named as part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE that alleged wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. Over a year after his death, US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant dismissed the lawsuit in September 2018.Death
On February 11, 2017, Guerrero died of liver cancer, at the age of 68.Other media
* In 1978, he co-starred with Henry Winkler in the movie ''The One and Only (1978 film), The One and Only'' as a wrestler called Indian Joe. * He is the subject of the song "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" by The Mountain Goats and is featured in its music video. * The 2017 Netflix series, ''GLOW (TV series), GLOW'' has its 7th episode dedicated to Chavo Guerrero Sr.Championships and accomplishments
*All Japan Pro Wrestling **NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 1 time)NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title historyAt wrestling-titles.com *National Wrestling Alliance **NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 2 times) *Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling **ACCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *Championship Wrestling from Florida **NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version)#Title history, 1 time) – with Héctor Guerrero, Hector Guerrero *Eastern Wrestling Federation **EWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *Empire Wrestling Federation **EWF Heavyweight Championship (EWF Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 1 time) *Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling **HHW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *International Wrestling Federation **IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *NWA Hollywood Wrestling **NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 15 times) **NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (NWA Americas Tag Team Championship#Title history, 11 times) – with Raul Mata (2), John Tolos (1), Gory Guerrero (1), Paul Vachon, Butcher Vachon (1), Victor Rivera (1), Roddy Piper, The Canadian (1), Héctor Guerrero, Hector Guerrero (1), El Halcon (1), Black Gordman (1) and Al Madril (1) **NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 2 times)1 *New Japan Pro-Wrestling **NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 2 times) *''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' **PWI ranked him # 130 out of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "Pro Wrestling Illustrated, PWI Years" in 2003. *Southwest Championship Wrestling, Southwest Championship Wrestling / Texas All-Star Wrestling **SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history, 1 time) **SCW World Tag Team Championship (SCW World Tag Team Championship#Title History, 1 time) – with Manny Fernandez (wrestler), Manny Fernandez **TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **Texas All-Star USA Tag Team Championship, TASW Texas Tag Team Championship (Texas All-Star USA Tag Team Championship#Title history, 2 times) – with Al Madril (1) and himself (1)3 **Texas All-Star USA Heavyweight Championship (1 times) * Vendetta Pro Wrestling ** Vendetty Award—2014 Co-Special Guest star of the Year (w/ Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Charles Wright (wrestler), The Godfather) *World Wrestling Association **WWA Trios Championship (WWA Trios Championship#title history, 1 time) – with Mando Guerrero, Mando and Eddie Guerrero, Eddy Guerrero
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3Defeats Al Madril to claim Madril's part of the championship, though he quickly surrenders the titles on the same day.
References
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Chavo Guerrero Sr.: A Legend (Official Website)
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Chavo 1949 births 2017 deaths Guerrero family American professional wrestlers of Mexican descent Professional wrestlers from El Paso, Texas Professional wrestling managers and valets American professional wrestling trainers American male professional wrestlers Deaths from liver cancer in Texas 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century American professional wrestlers WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Champions NWA World Light Heavyweight Champions NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champions NWA United States Tag Team Champions (Florida version) NWA Americas Tag Team Champions NWA Americas Heavyweight Champions NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champions