HECTOR GUERRERO ON GIVING BACK, GOBBLEDY GOOKER, MORE
- 01/03/2016 (11:54:29 am)
- Bob Mulrenin
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Today Meowbox.com presents The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling as they take their second trip into the world of one of the most celebrated wrestling families, The Guerrero's with the great Hector Guerrero. From stories about growing up talking wrestling at the breakfast table to his run as the unique and charismatic character Lazertron, there isn't a territory or promotion Hector hasn't worked for and a legendary wrestler he hasn't worked with. John and Chad also get a very inside and in depth look behind wrestling's most infamous costumed character, The Gobbledy Gooker and how the WWF may have pulled the plug too early on what could have been an entertaining attraction.Full Episode Download Link:
Hector Guerrero On The Gobbledy Gooker: I Did My Best, WWE Dropped The
Ball:
Still giving back to the wrestling business:
I've been giving back to it all the time and all my life my friend.
That's what wrestling is all about. You say how do I give back? I've given it
all I've got. My body, my thoughts, my mind and every time I wrestled, I
wrestled with my heart. I gave it all. I was reading a blog from Kurt Angle and
it was about how when he was ready to give up and went home for three months and
he said he was going to give it all he had and the rest was history. He won a
gold medal and then he came back and got into professional wrestling and look at
what he's done in professional wrestling. It's kind of like the way my Dad
taught all The Guerreros. When we went out to the ring we gave it all we had. If
it wasn't good enough for the people or wasn't good enough for the promoter or
good enough for myself I still would have that satisfaction that I gave it all I
had. That has been the main thing that I think all of the Guerreros have
had. Everyone of us, Gory who taught us to Chavo Jr. who is holding the name up
right now.
The business evolving:
Wrestling has changed but it always evolves. But it always comes back.
It's like a circle. It says on the marquee wrestling. It doesn't say circus or
it doesn't say Soap Opera or it doesn't say football game. It says wrestling.
It's always had it's own following and it's a big following here in the United
States and a big following in Japan and a big following in many other places
too. Europe has always been big on wrestling but I didn't think it would evolve
to this situation but it will cycle again. Evertime it was always go to
wrestling again.
How his family legitimately lived the wrestling business and how
there is so much information available about professional
wrestling:
There is always going to be people out there who think they know
everything about the business. That includes me too. We don't always know
everything but me, I started when I was a kid learning how to fall in a backyard
ring. We learned how to do all the Lucha drills when we were 5,6,7,8 years old
and that is including Eddie. He was doing arm-drags and head-scissor takeovers
with us when he was a baby. So it's something we grew up in. It all depends on
the circumstances of how life evolves. With us, it evolved because we took it as
something we loved. We lived it and we would mastermind the shows around our
dinner table at dinner. That was just the way my Dad had us. Even my Mother
would give her input and even Eddie I remember giving his input as a little
baby. Everybody was laughing but Dad had always said he was right.
Just how special all of the Guerrero family was while in the
ring:
Gory Guerrero was a brand name in Mexico. He was known as "The Phoenix
Bird". The reason they called him that was because he created riots. My Dad was
not afraid. I've heard stories that my Dad would back down crowds of people that
were coming at him and just wave his fists and they would back off. My Dad had
such a respect of him in Mexico that you would have no idea but what you saw,
you saw Eddie. Eddie has a lot of big moments but all of us had our big moments.
I've heard about myself that I couldn't have a bad match. My Dad taught us to
wrestle like if we were wrestling with brooms. If we could wrestle with a broom,
you could have a match. I've seen my oldest brother Chavo (Chavo Classic) move
the Olympic Auditorium in ecstasy in a match with him vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper.
I've seen matches where my brother Mondo would wrestle and be in matches with
Victor Rivera. I had great matches with John Tolos at fifty years old and I was
in my youth and he would keep up toe to toe with me. Unfortunately my brother
left us too soon. That is why there has been such an impact. If it was an impact
on you, can you imagine the impact on us?
Hector also discusses his run as Lazertron in the NWA, being approached to
play the Gobbledy Gooker, performing at WrestleMania 17, his years in TNA and
his wrestling consulting business.
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