

They went around 20 minutes and did lots of big moves and teases, and JBL deserves a tonne of credit for allowing himself to look so vulnerable by bumping willingly and doing things like begging off. Never more so than when Guerrero hit a massive Frog Splash from the top of the cage onto his prone opponent. Title match, Eddie Guerrero vs JBL in a Texas Bullrope match for the WWE Title and Undertaker vs The Dudley Boyz in a Concrete. Theirs was an even match and they utilised their surroundings well. He always worked as though he was much bigger, and it helped in these situations as he could conceivably throw down with someone like JBL and maintain suspension of disbelief. One of the biggest rivalries in 2004 resulted in a friendship as Eddie Guerrero put over JBL to become the new WWE Championship. One thing Eddie did well was that, despite being undersized by the standards of the time, he never wrestled like a 'little' guy. It was booked for the July 17 episode of SmackDown and would take place inside a steel cage. And I’m backstage with two brothers about to fight, about what do I do now? You know? And finally, Eddie kind of backed off.Eddie ended up losing the WWE Title to JBL in a Texas Bullrope match at the Great American Bash pay-per-view, but the dodgy nature of the result (Eddie looked to have won it but General Manager Kurt Angle overturned it and awarded the match to JBL on a technicality) meant that a rematch was inevitable. “They literally stand up like they’re going to fight.
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How about John just hits mom with a big boot? He wants me to big boot, a seventy-four-year-old lady. The 2004 Survivor Series was the 18th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Now it’s they are about the fight, he goes, OK, OK, OK, OK. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.


“Eddie looks at me, goes mom’s seventy-four years old, he’s not hitting her with a clothesline, and then Chavo comes out with and then mom gets a little colour, Eddie. So just like typical brothers, Chavo starts telling Eddie and he goes, How about then John hits mom with the clothesline?” While Eddie Guerrero is remembered as an incredibly loving and caring man, he was also a perfectionist when it came to his work. I thought it was magnificent and then Chavo realizes Eddie’s getting a little worked up. The steel cage door is chained shut for this WWE Championship clash between WWE Hall of Famers JBL and Eddie Guerrero: Courtesy of Peacock and WWE Network.St. “We needed something big to happen, and Chavo and Eddie pitched the idea to me. Then they were backstage, and they knew that JBL character wasn’t getting over.” A funny story I’ve told a few times was when he and his brother Chavo came up with a heart attack angle for his mother. “Without Eddie, JBL would have never happened. JBL hit Eddie with a Clothesline From Hell for a 2 count, and as he dragged him around the ring, nearly the entire ring mat. JBL then shared his favourite story about the late star, and it includes how Eddie’s nephew Chavo wanted JBL to attack Eddie’s own mother as part of the show: Rey Mysterio - SmackDown September 9, 2005. We were really close friends, but the legacy of Eddie, people remember Eddie like it was yesterday, and that shows you how great a person and a character he was and how much people just loved Eddie Guerrero, and he was the right guy for me.” He’s was a groomsman in my wedding and I was part of his eulogy.
