From the Shelf- Viva La Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (Disc Two)

Disc Two

WWF European Championship-Chris Jericho © w/Chyna vs. Eddie Guerrero from WWF Raw is War 4-3-2000
Before the match, Eddie talks about Chyna falling for the Latino Heat at Wrestlemania and says he needs to win tonight for his ancestors in Spain. They slug it out to start and Jericho presses Eddie onto the top turnbuckle. Clothesline by Jericho and he chops away. Jericho presses Eddie to the mat and he goes for a powerbomb but Eddie rolls through into a clothesline. Basement dropkick by Eddie and he snap mares Jericho. He steps on Jericho’s face and hits a back elbow. Sleeper by Eddie but Jericho fights out. Eddie catches him in the sleeper again but Jericho breaks with a back suplex. Eddie pokes the eye of Jericho and he dumps Jericho to the floor. Eddie follows and they trade chops on the floor. Snap mare by Eddie and he drives his knee into the head of Jericho. Back in, Eddie hits the Brainbuster and he goes up. Eddie leaps but Jericho moves and he catches Eddie in the powerslam. Bulldog by Jericho gets 2. Jericho drop toe holds Eddie which sends him into the ref, knocking the ref to the floor. Double powerbomb by Jericho and he hits the Lionsault. Jericho covers but there is no ref, so Chyna comes in and counts the 3. Chyna raises Jericho’s arm but then gives him the DDT!!! She puts Eddie on top of Jericho and throws the ref into the ring. Eddie gets 3!!!
Winner and NEW Eddie Guerrero *** ( Solid match between two guys who can’t have bad matches and it launched one of the best gimmicks of the Attitude Era, Latino Heat!!!! )

King of the Ring Qualifying Match- Eddie Guerrero w/Chyna vs. Matt Hardy from WWF Smackdown! 6-8-2000
Both men look for control to start and Hardy grabs a hammerlock. Eddie fights out and Hardy hits a tilt-a-whirl slam. Hardy presses Eddie to the mat and he goes for the Twist of Fate but Eddie counters into a backslide for 2. Hurricanrana by Eddie gets 2 and we get a roll-up reversal sequence for some near falls. Neckbreaker by Eddie and he goes up. Hardy follows and he hits a superplex to Eddie for 2. Northern lights suplex by Eddie and he goes up. Eddie leaps but Hardy moves and he presses Eddie onto the top turnbuckle. Eddie hits a second rope hurricanrana for 3!!!
Winner- Eddie Guerrero ** ( They packed a good amount of action into a short amount of time. Imgine how good this could have been with ten or fifth teen minutes. )

WWF Intercontinental Championship- Rob Van Dam © vs. Eddie Guerrero from WWF Backlash 2002
Rights by Eddie but RVD fights back with forearms. Spin kick by RVD and he hits a monkey flip to Guerrero. Spinning heel kick by RVD gets 2. Dragon screw leg sweep by Eddie and he hammers away on RVD in the corner. RVD hits some shoulders to the gut in the corner and Eddie fights back with rights. He stomps away in the corner and RVD throws some kicks at Eddie. Spin kick by RVD and he hits a standing moonsault for 2. Kick to the head by RVD gets 2. Suplex by RVD gets 2. Slam by RVD and he goes up. Eddie crotches him and he hits some rights. Eddie follows up and RVD snaps Eddie’s neck off the ropes to come back. RVD goes up and hits a superkick off the top. Corkscrew standing moonsault by RVD gets 2. RVD goes for a suplex but Eddie counters into a small package for 2. Eddie escapes another suplex attempt into the O’Connor roll for 2. Eddie rolls to the floor and RVD catches him with a baseball slide. Moonsault press off the apron by RVD and he gord busters Eddie onto the apron. Spinning leg drop off the apron by RVD and back in, RVD gets 2. Rolling Thunder attempt by RVD eats knees and Eddie stomps on the back of RVD. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker by Eddie and he hits a back suplex for 2. Eddie continues to stomp away on the back of RVD and he drop toe holds RVD. Mexican Surfboard by Eddie and he stretches the back of RVD. RVD fights out and Eddie goes to the Gory Special. RVD counters into the sunset flip for 2 and Eddie catches him with a clothesline. Back elbow by Eddie and he hits the Hilo for 2. Assisted hurricanrana by Eddie gets 2. Brainbuster by Eddie and he hits a Saito suplex for 2. Eddie goes up but RVD stops him and follows up. Eddie blocks the superplex attempt and he hits the sunset flip powerbomb off the top for 2!!! RVD escapes a powerbomb attempt and he hits the spinning heel kick. Eddie bails to the floor and he grabs the Intercontinental Title. Eddie goes to use the belt but RVD blocks. RVD takes the belt away but hits the ref by mistake, allowing Eddie to hit a neckbreaker on the belt. Eddie goes up and hits the Frog Splash for 3!!!
Winner and NEW WWF Intercontinental Champion- Eddie Guerrero ***1/2 ( Really good match. Eddie and RVD’s styles meshed well, with RVD taking it to Eddie early with his high risk offense but then crashed and burned and Eddie used his technical prowess and cunningness to beat RVD. This was a great way to cap off Eddie’s return after his battle with drugs. )

WWF Intercontinental Championship- Eddie Guerrero © vs. Jeff Hardy from WWF Raw 4-29-2002
Arm drags by Hardy and he goes to the arm bar but Eddie backs him to the ropes to break. Sleeper slam by Jeff gets 2. Headscissors by Jeff and Eddie bails. Back in, Eddie dropkicks the leg of Jeff and he stomps on the bad leg. Uppercuts by Eddie and he hits a back elbow. Back suplex by Eddie and he misses the Hilo. Jeff takes him down and hits the leg drop roll-up for 2. Clothesline by Eddie and he hits the Brainbuster. Eddie goes up but Jeff stops him and he follows up. Superplex by Jeff and he hits the jawbreaker to Eddie. Flying forearm by Jeff and he stomps away in the corner. Jeff takes Eddie down and hits a double leg drop to the midsection. Jeff goes up but Eddie crotches him and follows up. Jeff shoves Eddie off the top and leaps but misses Eddie. Whisper in the Wind by Jeff but it causes Eddie to collide with the ref. Jeff covers but there is no ref. Eddie knocks Jeff down and he grabs the Intercontinental Title. Baseball slide by Jeff and he goes for a slingshot pescado but Eddie blocks with the belt. Back in, Eddie goes up and hits the Frog Splash for 3.
Winner and Still WWF Intercontinental Champion- Eddie Guerrero ** ( Eddie tried his hardest, but Jeff didn’t bring his A-game and it resulted in a bit of a clunky match. )

No DQ Match- Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge from WWE Smackdown! 9-26-2002
Eddie attacks to start and he hits a back elbow. Monkey flip by Edge and he wraps Eddie’s arm around the ropes. Hammerlock by Edge but Eddie rams Edge into the corner and hits some shoulders to the gut in the corner. Eddie snaps Edge’s neck off the ropes and back in, Eddie covers for 2 with his feet on the ropes. Backdrop by Edge and he hits a dropkick. Slam by Edge and he hits an elbow drop for 2. Arm bar by Edge but Eddie fights out and hits an enzuigiri. He stomps away and knocks Edge down a few times. Suplex by Eddie gets 2 and he goes to the chinlock. Edge fights out and hits the powerslam. Edge goes up but Eddie stops him and he follows up. Superplex by Eddie gets 2. Eddie hammers away on Edge and Edge hot shots Eddie to come back. Edge clotheslines Eddie to the floor and he follows out. Edge grabs a ladder and he goes to ram it into the head of Eddie but misses and hits the ref!!! Eddie nails Edge from behind and then hits Edge in the back with a chair. Eddie rolls Edge into the ring and he nails Edge in the ribs with the chair. Eddie goes up and misses the Frog Splash as we go to break.
Back and Eddie hammers away on Edge in the corner. Eddie stomps away on Edge and he grabs a sleeper on Edge. Edge fights out and he hits the face plant on Eddie for 2. Edge goes to the second rope but Eddie stops him and follows up. Frankensteiner off the top by Eddie gets 2. Eddie works over the arm of Edge and he goes for the assisted hurricanrana but Edge blocks with a sit-out powerbomb. Edge brings a ladder into the ring but Eddie dropkicks the ladder back into Edge. Eddie grabs a second ladder and he knocks Edge onto one ladder. He places the second ladder on top of Edge and hits the Hilo onto the ladder sandwich!!!! Eddie covers for 2!!! Eddie sets up a ladder in the corner and he begins to climb. Edge follows up and they battle on top of the ladder. Eddie slams Edge’s face off the ladder a few times and he HITS A SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB OFF THE LADDER!!!! Eddie crawls into the cover for 2!!! Eddie sets the ladder up in the corner and he charges but EDGE BACKDROPS HIM INTO THE LADDER!!! Edge sets a ladder up in the opposite corner and he begins to climb. Eddie stops him and he follows up. Edge slams Eddie’s face off the ladder a few times and Edge HITS THE EDGE-A-CUTION OFF THE LADDER FOR 3!!!!
Winner- Edge ****1/4 ( Awesome blow-off match. It was weird for the match to start off mostly wrestling oriented but the second half of the match they threw caution to the wind and beat the hell out of each other and wowed the crowd with some spectacular spots. This is one of the best matches of a year filled with phenomenal matches.)

WWE Tag Team Championships- Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Hass) © vs. Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero) from WWE Backlash 2003
Hass and Eddie start. Both men look for control to start and Eddie grabs a small package for 2. Tag to Chavo and Benjamin. They battle for control and they eventually reach a standstill. Chavo hammers the back of Benjamin and he tags Eddie. Forearms by Eddie and he knocks Benjamin down with an uppercut for 2. Tag to Chavo and he grabs a cross arm breaker but Benjamin grabs the ropes to break. Knee to the back by Hass which allows Benjamin to hit a slam. Short arm clothesline by Benjamin and Eddie knees him in the back, allowing Chavo to work him over. Tag to Eddie and he stomps away. Chavo chokes Benjamin with the tag rope and he comes in. He dumps Benjamin to the floor and Eddie works him over on the floor. Back in, Chavo hits a back suplex for 2. Tag to Eddie and he hits the Hilo for 2. Back suplex by Eddie and Hass tags in. Backdrop by Hass and he stomps away on Eddie in the corner. Benjamin chokes Eddie with the tag rope and he hits a suplex for 2. Benjamin dumps Eddie to the floor and Hass rams Eddie’s back against the apron. Back in, Benjamin covers for 2. Tag to Hass and Benjamin leap frogs over Hass onto the back of Eddie. Hass covers for 2 as Chavo saves. Chinlock by Hass but Eddie breaks with a Saito suplex. Eddie goes for the tag but Hass takes him down to the mat to block for 2 as Chavo saves. Shelton comes in and goes to a chinlock. Eddie breaks with a jawbreaker and he goes for the tag again but Benjamin prevents it. Powerslam by Benjamin gets 2 and he goes back to the chinlock. Tag to Hass and he stomps away on Eddie. Backbreaker by Hass and he stretches Eddie across his knee. Eddie with some knees to the head to break and he takes Hass down with a headscissors. Tag to Chavo and he cleans house. Hass charges at Chavo in the corner but misses and nails Benjamin. Dropkick by Chavo and he hits a suplex for 2. Powerbomb by Benjamin to Chavo but he walks into the missile dropkick from Eddie. Three Amigos to Hass and Chavo covers for 2!!! Dropkick by Chavo and Eddie goes up. Frog Splash by Eddie and Chavo covers for 2 as Shelton pulls him off the cover!!! Chavo goes for a back suplex but Benjamin trips him up causing Hass to fall on top for 3!!!
Winners and Still WWE Tag Team Championships- Team Angle ***1/2 ( This was a really good opening match, these two teams had great chemistry together and the finish was great with Team Angle beating the Guerreros at their own game. )

After the match, Eddie presses Chavo onto Team Angle on the floor!!! Los Guerreros take the tag titles and they ride away in a green low rider.

Parking Lot Brawl- John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero from WWE Smackdown! 9-11-2003
John Cena cuts a rap on Eddie and Eddie arrives to the parking lot in a pick-up truck. Eddie nails Cena in the midsection with the US Title to start and he slams Cena’s face off the hood of a car. Cena returns the favor and he stomps away on Eddie. Eddie tosses Cena onto the hood and goes for a suplex but Cena blocks. Cena suplexes Eddie onto the roof of a car!!! Cena has a LAWN MOWER and goes to ram it into Eddie but Eddie moves. Cena goes to hit Eddie with a shovel but he misses that as well. Eddie flap jacks Cena onto the hood of a car and Eddie goes to nail Cena with the shovel but misses. Eddie swings a car door into the midsection of Cena and he chokes Cena with a seatbelt. Eddie hammers away as Cena is being strangled but Cena tosses Eddie into the trunk of a car to come back. Eddie pops the trunk into Cena’s face to come back and Cena tosses Eddie into the windshield of a car. Cena covers Eddie for 2 and Cena slams a car door into Eddie for 2. Eddie sends Cena’s head through a car window!!!! Cena returns the favor, sending Eddie’s head through a car window!!! Cena covers Eddie for 2. Eddie slams Cena’s face off steering wheel and he burns Cena with a cigarette lighter. Eddie puts the windshield wipers on driving them into the face of Cena. Eddie charges but Cena backdrops him onto the hood of a car for 2!!! Cena goes for the F-U but Eddie escapes and hits some knees to the gut. Hip toss onto the hood of a car by Eddie and Chavo Guerrero returns to nail Cena with a hub cap!!! Eddie climbs onto a van and hits the Frog Splash on the hood of a car for 3!!!
Winner- Eddie Guerrero ***1/4 ( It’s hard to have a good match with a gimmick like the parking lot brawl but these guys got real creative with the spots involving the cars and actually had a very good match despite the limitations. )

Chavo Guerrero w/Chavo Guerrero Sr. vs. Eddie Guerrero from WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Eddie is scary over at this point. Both men battle for position to start and neither can gain the early advantage. Chavo slaps Eddie so Eddie rams him into the corner. He looks to nail Chavo but Chavo is backed into the corner so the ref prevents him from doing so. Eddie attempts a chinlock but Chavo backs him into the corner and chops him to break. Eddie returns the favor with a chop so Chavo overpowers Eddie. They trade chops and Eddie pokes the eye of Chavo. Eddie takes Chavo down and he goes to the test of strength. Chavo breaks with a hurricanrana that takes both men to the floor!!! Eddie tries to climb the steps back into the ring but Chavo Sr. trips Eddie up, sending him face first into the steps. Back in, Chavo stomps away on Eddie and he hammers him on the mat. Eddie catches Chavo in a cross arm breaker. Chavo gets his foot on the ropes to break and he hits a back suplex to Eddie for 2. Chavo goes for the Three Amigos but Eddie escapes the third. Eddie blocks a Tornado DDT attempt and he hits some head butts to the back of Chavo. Three Amigos by Eddie and he goes up. Frog Splash by Eddie gets 3. After the match, Eddie nails Chavo Sr. as he was coming in and he ties him to the bottom rope with his tie. Eddie beats the hell out of Chavo and busts him open to get his revenge.
Winner- Eddie Guerrero **1/2 ( It felt like they were setting up for a long match but the match ended quick and abruptly. The booking was so weird; Eddie wanted to beat Chavo in a wrestling match despite the vicious betrayal from Chavo. This would have been so much better with some kind of stipulation where they could have had an all-out brawl, so this was a major disappointment. )

WWE Championship- Brock Lesnar © vs. Eddie Guerrero from WWE No Way Out 2004
Brock overpowers Eddie to start and he keeps telling Eddie that he ain’t nothing. Brock stomps away on Eddie in the corner and he chokes Eddie with his boot. Backdrop by Lesnar and he hits a suplex. Rights by Eddie but Lesnar breaks with some knees to the midsection. Brock charges in the corner but eats elbow and Eddie hammers away. Brock breaks with another knee to the midsection and he charges in the corner but eats boot. Second rope hurricanrana attempt by Brock is blocked and he giant swings Eddie. Overhead belly to belly suplexes by Lesnar and he hits a corner knee strike to Eddie. Eddie fights back but Lesnar breaks with another knee to the midsection. Overhead belly to belly suplex again by Brock and Eddie is forced to bail. Lesnar prevents Eddie from getting back into the ring but Eddie snaps Lesnar’s neck off the ropes to come back. Eddie slams Brock’s leg off the post a few times but Brock pulls Eddie into the post to come back. Back in, Brock hits a delayed Fisherman’s suplex for 2. Rear chinlock by Brock and he locks the body scissors on the midsection to apply added pressure. Eddie breaks with a jawbreaker and he escapes a press slam attempt. Dropkick to the leg by Eddie but he walks into a clothesline from Lesnar. Release German suplex by Lesnar and he stomps away on Eddie. Shoulders to the midsection in the corner by Lesnar and he goes for another corner kneestrike but misses and Lesnar falls to the floor!!! Slingshot pescado to the floor by Eddie and back in, Eddie hits a dropkick to the knee of Lesnar. Back suplex by Eddie but Lesnar stun guns Eddie to come back. Lesnar covers Eddie for 2 and he taunts Eddie which allows Eddie to catch Lesnar in the STF!!! Lesnar is able to power out so Eddie drives the knee of Lesnar into the mat. Eddie stomps on the leg of Lesnar and he goes for the Figure-4 but Lesnar kicks him away. Basement dropkick by Eddie and he goes for the Figure-4 again but Lesnar blocks it once more. Overhead belly to belly suplex by Brock and he goes for a suplex but Eddie escapes. Tilt-a-whirl headscissors by Eddie and he dropkicks the leg of Lesnar again. Figure-4 by Eddie but Brock makes the ropes to break. Eddie kicks the leg of Lesnar and he goes to the half crab. He converts it back into the STF but Lesnar rolls out of it. Release German suplex by Lesnar and he catches Eddie with a spinebuster for 2. Lesnar goes back to the rear chinlock with the bodyscissors and he converts it into the sleeper. Eddie battles to his feet and he runs into the corner, sending Lesnar into the turnbuckles. Eddie goes up and misses a missile dropkick. Suplex by Lesnar and he goes to a rear waistlock. Eddie tries to fight out so Lesnar hits a release gutwrench suplex. Lesnar rolls Eddie into a couple of near falls and he goes back to the rear waistlock. Eddie fights out and he hits some head butts. Dropkick to the leg by Eddie and he hits a dropkick to the back of the head. Tilt-a-whirl headscissors by Eddie and Lesnar charges in the corner but misses. Three Amigos by Eddie and he goes up. Frog Splash misses and Lesnar hits the F-5 on Eddie but the legs of Eddie’s hit the ref in the head!!! Lesnar covers but there is no ref. Lesnar grabs the WWE title but Goldberg comes out and Spears Lesnar!!!! Eddie covers Lesnar for 2!!! Eddie grabs the WWE title and swings at Lesnar but misses. Brock goes for the F-5 but Eddie counters into a DDT onto the belt!!! Eddie goes up and hits the Frog Splash for 3!!! The arena goes INSANE!!!!!
Winner and NEW WWE Champion- Eddie Guerrero ****1/2 ( Amazing match and the crowning achievement of Eddie’s career. Lesnar bullied and tossed around Eddie for most of the match but Eddie never gave up and weakened Lesnar by going for the legs of the giant. In the end, Lying, Cheating, and Stealing gave Eddie the title. This is an all-time great WWE moment and one hell of a match. )

This disc also has all of the Los Guerreros lying, cheating, and stealing vignettes from 2002-2003.

The 411: To Be Continued.......
Final Score:  8.5   [ Very Good ]