Armando Guerrero Llanes (born June 9, 1950), better known as Mando Guerrero, is a retired Mexican American

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. He also was the trainer for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, an all-female professional wrestling promotion. He is a member of the

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Professional wrestling career

Mando is believed to have started wrestling in 1971, teaming alongside his brother

Chavo Guerrero Sr. 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 an American professional wrestler. He was best known for ...

He worked mostly in Los Angeles for

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and in 1977, began working for Big Time Wrestling in San Francisco. In 1980, he made his first tour of Japan for

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. In 1988, he teamed with his brothers

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and Chavo for the

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. There they unsuccessfully challenged for the

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against

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. In the early 1990s, alongside his brothers, they wrestled in the

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and

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. In 1992, he took on the persona of El Psicopata for

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. In 1994, he competed at

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for the UWF Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Movie stuntman career

Guerrero began a career as a Hollywood stuntman in 1977.

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suggested Guerrero work as a stuntman after meeting him at his brother Mike LeBell's wrestling promotion. After spending three years as a movie extra, Guerrero began working in stunts. His credits include ''Miracles'' (1986), ''Red Surf'' (1990), ''Eve of Destruction'' (1991), ''Falling Down'' (1993), ''Steal Big Steal Little'' (1995), ''My Giant'' (1998), ''Critical Mass'' (2000), ''Picking Up the Pieces'' (2000), ''Submerged'' (2000), and ''The Shrink Is In'' (2001). Guerrero was also hired as a stunt coordinator and choreographer for wrestling scenes in movies.

Personal life

Before entering professional wrestling and stunt work, Guerrero worked in construction and retail sales. He attended the

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for two years, where he took drama classes. He also attended

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and Orange Coast College, where he took classes in TV production. Mando Guerrero is the second oldest son of

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and the brother of

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and

Eddie Guerrero Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. He was a prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero i ...

. His nephew, Chavo Guerrero Jr., also wrestles. Mando Guerrero was married. Mando Guerrero has a son, Eduardo Guerrero, named after his brother

Championships and accomplishments

* 50th State Big Time Wrestling **

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( 2 time) **

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( 1 time) – with Samoa *All-California Championship Wrestling **ACCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Peter Maivia Jr. *International Wrestling Federation **IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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(

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) **

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( 7 times)Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 18. – with Tom Jones (2),

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(3), Carlos Mata (1) and

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(1) **

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( 1 time) **Los Angeles Battle Royal (1982) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him # 372 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003 *

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** SCW Television Championship ( 1 time) *UWC **UWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hector Guerrero *Western States Alliance **WSA Western States Championship (1 time) - with Hector Guerrero *

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( 1 time) – with

and

Footnotes

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Mando 1950 births Living people American professional wrestlers of Mexican descent University of Texas at El Paso alumni Professional wrestlers from Jalisco Los Guerreros American male professional wrestlers 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Champions NWA Americas Tag Team Champions NWA Americas Heavyweight Champions