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| Ring name(s) | Chavo Guerrero Chavo Guerrero, Sr.[1] Chavo Classic[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 229 lb (104 kg)[1] |
| Born | January 7, 1949 [1] El Paso, Texas[1] |
| Trained by | Gory Guerrero[1] |
| Debut | 1972[1] |
| Retired | 2007 |
Salvador Guerrero III[1] (born on January 7 1949)[1], better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero, Sr., is a former professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of current superstar Chavo Guerrero, Jr. He is the oldest son of Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, and part of the Guerrero wrestling family.
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Earlier in his career, Guerrero feuded with Roddy Piper in California and Atsushi Onita in Japan over lighter-weight titles.
He usually teamed with his brothers, Mando and Hector wherever he wrestled. Prior to wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, his biggest exposure was in the late 1980s wrestling in the AWA on ESPN. He was teaming with his brother Mando to go after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka).
In 2004, Guerrero began working for WWE, joining his son Chavo Jr. in a feud with the younger Chavo's uncle and elder Chavo's brother Eddie.[1] While with WWE he competed as Chavo Classic and became the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion in history,[2] defeating Chavo Jr. and Spike Dudley in a 3-way match. He eventually lost the title to Rey Mysterio less than a month later. On June 15 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier.[2]
Chavo is the son of Gory Guerrero, and the older brother of Mando Guerrero, Hector Guerrero, and Eddie Guerrero.[3] He grew up in El Paso, Texas, where he attended a segregated school.[3] Growing up, he faced discrimination.[3]
He is also the father of Chavo Jr.,[3] and he is the brother-in-law of Vickie Guerrero. In 1978 he co-starred with Henry Winkler in the movie The One and Only as a wrestler called Indian Joe.
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 promotions 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.
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