Eddie Guerrero Shoot Interview. was an American
professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and
World Championship Wrestling (WCW). A prominent member of the
Guerrero wrestling family, being the son of first-generation wrestler
Gory Guerrero, he was widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential professional wrestlers of all time. Guerrero performed in
Mexico and
Japan for several major
professional wrestling promotions, and in the
United States he performed for
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW),
World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Guerrero's
gimmick was that of a "Latino Heat", a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His
catchphrase became "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!" and was used in one of his entrance themes; he partly used this phrase in the title of his 2005 autobiography,
Cheating Death, Stealing Life. Despite being a
heel for most of his career, he was
popular in and out of the ring and was at the peak of his career as a
face during 2003–2005, becoming the top wrestler on the
SmackDown brand in 2004. He experienced various
substance abuse problems, including
alcoholism and an addiction to
painkillers; these real-life issues were sometimes incorporated into his
storylines. In this shoot interview he talks about how he started in wrestling, Art Barr, Konnan, Art Barr's death, Frog Splash Origins, Paul Heyman,Dean Malenko, Eric Bischoff, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, Hogan, Hall, Nash & WCW backstage politics, LWO, 1999 car accident, addiction & recovery,WCW departure,WWF, Eddie talks about multiple WWF wrestlers & how the Latino Heat gimmick originated, Rehab & WWF departure. Eddie would rejoin the WWE and have matches against the likes of Kurt Angle until his sad untimely death. Great to hear his story in this open shoot.