Eddie

Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert

8th July 2015 by Scott Keith

Hey Scott, I was recently watching some old Memphis wrestling stuff and got into the feud between Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert and Jerry Lawler. I was pretty amazed at how good Gilbert was, particularly on the mic, and I was wondering why he never went to the WWE? Was it because he was too small, or some other reason?

He was in WWE, for quite a while actually by his standards, but it’s before he became famous and he was basically an enhancement guy on house shows so it’s not typically publicized. After he became a big star, he developed a drug problem and to call him "hard to work with" would be a major understatement so I can’t see Vince wanting to take that on. Plus, yes, he was way too small anyway.
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Eddie and JBL

11th April 2015 by Scott Keith

> Hi Scott,
> Hope all is well.
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> I'm curious as to why Eddie Guerrero was booked to drop the belt to JBL so soon after winning it in 2004? If I'm not mistaken Eddie was basically the most over babyface on the roster, and JBL was kind of a newly introduced gimmick and his reign ended up being widely panned. Was this a typical case of Vince just choosing to put somebody/gimmick he likes over a smaller, less traditional top babyface that the fans loved? Was JBL getting more heat than I'm imagining? Enough to logically put him over a top babyface business wise? It's genuinely confusing to me because looking back now I'm pretty confused as to why he is anything more than a glorified midcard tag team specialist. I mean… he kinda sucked…
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> Thanks Eddie was really burned out as champion, like right away.  He wanted out of that position and I think there was fear that things would go badly if they left the title in him.  Which proved to be a legit concern a year later.  And Vince really loved the JBL character for obvious reasons. 

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Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko – WCW Saturday Night 10/7/95

13th October 2014 by Scott Keith

WCW Saturday Night was, for years, the flagship show for WCW. Then Nitro came along. The Saturday night show continued to be relevant for time after Nitro’s debut, but eventually became a showcase for the Power Plant talent and the luchadores. Here is an excellent match between Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko that many of us may not remember seeing.


Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko by Stinger1981

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September Classics: Edge vs. Eddie Guerrero – Smackdown 9/26/02

11th September 2014 by Scott Keith

I really wanted to find Bret Hart vs. Jean-Pierre LaFitte from IYH 3, but I could not find a copy of it on the Youtubes, etc. Then I wanted to find Hart vs. Austin from an African event called Sun City Showdown in ’96, no go there either. HBK vs. Mankind from IYH: Mind Games is a given, but it’s been done. So I’ve gone with this nugget from the Smackdown Six days of Smackdown, the No DQ match between Edge and Eddie Guerrero, which some people insist on remembering as a ladder match.

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MOTD: Eddie Guerrero vs Lightning Kid

6th May 2014 by Scott Keith

Not sure where or when this is from (I presume a Super Juniors tournament in 93ish) or why it’s got a German commentator who sounds like a 14 year old boy, but it’s a pretty swank match.  Eddie is a huge dick and Kid decides saving his body for later in life is a waste of time.

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Eddie Gilbert Being a Delightful Scumbucket

17th September 2013 by Scott Keith

I admit to being an Eddie Gilbert mark if for no other reason than he would pull the same shit over and over and over and over again and people would always fall for it and it was always money.

So I just wanted to share some Eddie Gilbert goodness this evening.

Here he is making Bill Watts look like an idiot.

And one of my favorite bloodbath promos as he suckers in the ultimate sucker, Tommy Rich

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The next Eddie?

20th August 2013 by Scott Keith

"Hey Scott,  with all the talk of Bryan being the next "Stone Cold", i think a more suitable comparison would be Eddie Guerrero circa 2004. Your thoughts??"

They had no intention of making Eddie a long term top guy like they do with Bryan.  A better comparison would be 98 Mick Foley, and in fact Vince came out on RAW and made that very comparison himself.  
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Eddie Guerrero

15th February 2013 by Scott Keith
From what I've heard, Eddie Guerrero was booked to win the World Title on the Smackdown episode that happened two days before he sadly passed away. Do you know if this was planned long term or not? And what the plans for Eddie as champ were? I've heard it was supposed to culminate at Wrestlemania 22 against Shawn Michaels, which would have been an incredible match. Could you shed some light on this subject?
Untrue. It had been talked about and would have made sense, but Eddie was not booked to win the title back at any point, nor was he ever asked to.  
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Eddie Title Win

26th January 2013 by Scott Keith
Scott,

I was randomly reviewing some of your rants from 2003 and was interested in following the progression of Eddie Guerrero from summer to Wrestlemania.  In the SummerSlam rant, you said he was crazy over and they needed to do something with him right them.  By early 2004 (No Way Out) they had the WWE Title on him.  However, along the way, they didn't seem so sure about Eddie's push, as he worked midcard feuds, jobbed to Big Show, and did another PPV match as los Guerreros against the Bashams.  It didn't seem like they were all that sure until they finally pulled the trigger.  So my question: was Eddie's title win the long-term plan all along or was it a relatively last-minute decision?  He certainly wasn't getting the typical rocket push from summer on or anything.

Related question: How far out was Benoit's title win planned?  Did they always intend to have Eddie & Benoit leave Wrestlemania XX as champs, or were there other plans for that show?

Thanks Scott

Eddie was absolutely the long-term plan all along.  As I've noted before, I was basically told months in advance "We're putting the World title on Eddie at No Way Out because it's in a heavy Hispanic arena and it'll be awesome."  That was right after Brock won the title back from Kurt Angle in the iron man match on Smackdown, so there was clearly a plan in place.

Benoit I don't know for sure about, unless he was with-holding the info to keep it as a surprise for me.  You would have to assume that it was also the long-term plan, especially since they did the angle where Benoit lost his last title shot and thus would have to win the Rumble to get another one.  
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Austin vs. Eddie

9th January 2013 by Scott Keith
Hey Scott,

Longtime reader, written to you several times, blah blah blah.

I just need a memory refresher. In 2002, Eddie returned to WWE, and I THINK it was to set up a feud with Austin. There may have even been a segment on TV that was going to set it up. Was this at Austin's request because Vince knew he was getting unhappy, and never happened because of the Lesnar debacle? I'm pretty certain this is the story but I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere I look, so I turn to the master (now you HAVE to bury The Fuj for this compliment) for a response.

Thanks a ton!
I don't have the definitive answer, but yes, this is more or less what I remember from my conversations with Ed Koskey around that time.  Basically Austin wanted to work a program with Eddie, but left after the Brock thing and Eddie was basically left swinging in the wind as a result.  
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