Why the Spirit of WWE Legend Eddie Guerrero Lives On
November 13, 2025 at 12:46AMIn an essay for ESPN, Roberto José Andrade Franco remembers Eddie Guerrero—a legendary WWE star who died at 38 in 2005—and reflects on family, legacy, dreams, and the world of lucha libre, the Mexican form of professional wrestling. Whether writing about loss or sports or family, Franco never fails to move me. Even as he looks outward to tell the stories of his subjects, he turns inward to uncover his own truths. Here, he lets Guerrero family members share their memories of Eddie, while also writing about what Eddie meant to him—as both a sports hero and a person.
I stopped watching wrestling long before Eddie died. But in between the time I first saw him and when he died, I kept an eye on him as he won tag team, European, United States, Intercontinental and WWE championships. On the occasion I’d see him on television it always felt like reconnecting with an old friend even if he looked different. With about 220 pounds of muscle on his 5-foot-8 frame, Eddie had a larger presence than he ever had in Juárez. Not just physically, but also as a character since his confidence and charisma had also grown. But he was still the same Eddie who made me feel that warm sense of pride whenever he got introduced as being from home.
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