The variety of early deaths in wrestling is among the tougher issues for followers to reconcile in regards to the sport they love. There was arguably no greater loss through the decade of the 2000s than Eddie Guerrero, who died from coronary heart failure in 2005 whereas an energetic member of WWE’s roster. Given simply how well-liked he was with followers and colleagues alike, Guerrero’s dying stays one of many extra tragic moments in a sport already crammed with them. Talking to “No Contest Wrestling,” Dominik Mysterio pointed to Guerrero’s passing as the primary time wrestling broke his coronary heart.
“I used to be nonetheless younger on the time,” Mysterio started. “I do not bear in mind exhibiting emotion as a child except I used to be like bodily harm… I all the time saved to myself. So I bear in mind once we’re watching at dwelling when Eddie had handed, and the video package deal that they performed with the Three Doorways Down tune, and I simply bear in mind crying as a child watching this. Remembering him, and simply what he had accomplished with me, and simply every little thing that like we had gone by and that angle, you recognize? So I keep in mind that as a wrestling fan, as a result of I knew I wasn’t gonna see him once more.”
Mysterio’s connection to Guerrero dates again lengthy earlier than Mysterio ever stepped within the ring himself. 8-year-old Dominik was a central determine within the notorious 2005 storyline involving Guerrero, his father Rey, and the query of Dominik’s true parentage. The purely fictional storyline created a novel bond between the 2, which Mysterio stated made the loss much more private.
“I get to understand his work a lot extra now,” Mysterio added. “As a result of I am residing by it, making an attempt to honor it, and simply taking a look at his matches and seeing how good he was. It makes me respect a lot extra the time I did get to spend with him.”
