After his last match for ECW against, the locker room emptied and the two were carried around the ring by their fellow wrestlers. He went on to have a series of legendary matches with Dean Malenko leading to both of them being signed with World Championship Wrestling later that year.
Eddie won the ECW World Television Championship in his debut match for Extreme Championship Wrestling, beating 2 Cold Scorpio. Barr’s death affected Guerrero deeply as he had come to view Art as a brother more than a partner. Barr, however, died before he could join ECW with Guerrero. Guerrero’s big break in America came when he and Art Barr were noticed in late 1994 by the owner of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Paul Heyman, and were approached about wrestling for the promotion in 1995.
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In 1993, Guerrero began wrestling in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he was known as the second incarnation of Black Tiger, winning annual Best of the Super Juniors 1996 tournament, one of the most prestigious of all New Japan’s many tournaments.
Guerrero eventually turned on Santo and allied with Art Barr as La Pareja del Terror (The Pair of Terror), the duo became arguably the most hated tag team in lucha libre history. There was no doubt in Eddie’s mind that he would follow in his Dad’s footsteps and enter the family business.Įddie wrestled mainly for the famed AAA promotion (Asistencia Asesoría y Administración), teaming with El Hijo Santo as a replacement for his father. Guerrero graduated from Jefferson High School and attended the University of New Mexico as New Mexico Highlands University on an athletic scholarship where he wrestled before going to Mexico to train as a professional wrestler.
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