Salvador "Chavo" Guerrero IV (born October 20, 1970) better known by ring names Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr., is an American professional wrestler, promoter and actor. He has previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Lucha Underground (LU) and Nación Lucha Libre.
As a singles wrestler, he is a former ECW World Champion in WWE, and a six-time Cruiserweight Champion between both WWE and WCW. He has also achieved success in tag team wrestling, being a five-time world tag team champion – winning the WWE Tag Team Championship twice with Eddie Guerrero as Los Guerreros, the WCW World Tag Team Championship once with Corporal Cajun as the Misfits in Action, and the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with Hernandez. Between WCW, WWE, and TNA, Guerrero has held a dozen total championships.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- As Chavo Guerrero
- Brainbuster
- Frog splash – used as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero
- Gory bomb
- Gory special
- Loco Lock (Cross-legged STF)
- Overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack drop
- Tornado DDT
- As Kerwin White
- White Out (Rolling single leg Boston crab)
- As Chavo Guerrero
- Signature moves
- Back body drop
- Back-to-back double underhook piledriver
- Corner clothesline
- DDT
- Diving crossbody
- Dropkick
- Elevated DDT
- European uppercut
- Falling DDT
- Frankensteiner
- Fireman's carry gutbuster
- Gory neckbreaker
- Guerrero Lowrider (Stepover toehold facelock)
- Hilo (Slingshot somersault senton)
- Lasso from El Paso (Cloverleaf, while kneeling on the opponent's back, or an inverted figure-four ankle lock) – used as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero
- Low dropkick
- Missile dropkick
- Moonsault
- Muta Lock (Inverted STF, with a bridging inverted chinlock) - adopted from The Great Muta
- Mule kick
- Multiple suplex variations
- Belly-to-back
- German
- Northern Lights
- Three Amigos (Triple rolling verticals) – used as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero
- Vertical, sometimes deadlifting
- Multiple tilt-a-whirl variations
- Backbreaker
- Headscissors takedown
- Slam
- Over-the-shoulder single leg Boston crab
- Plancha
- Piledriver
- Rear chinlock
- Rolling wheel kick
- Running somersault senton
- Single leg Boston crab, sometimes preceded with a roll-through
- Sitout side powerslam
- Slingshot plancha
- Springboard bulldog
- Scoop slam
- Schoolboy roll up
- Suicide dive
- Triangle dropkick
- Tornado DDT, sometimes swinging or springboarding
- Managers
- Chavo Classic
- Edge
- Major Gunns
- Nick Nemeth
- Vickie Guerrero
- Bam Neely
- Jesse James Leija
- Wrestlers managed
- Chavo Classic
- Darren Young
- Jillian
- Nicknames
- "Chavito"
- "The Gopher"
- "The Mexican Warrior"
- Entrance Themes
- World Championship Wrestling
- "Bad Man" by Stéphane Joly & Eric Caspar
- "Spin This" by Rick DiFonzo
- "MIA Theme" by Jimmy Hart & Howard Helm (used as a member of Misfits in Action)
- "Eddie Guerrero" by Jimmy Hart & Howard Helm (used while teaming with Eddie Guerrero)
- "Latino World Order" by Jimmy Hart
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- "We Lie, We Cheat, We Steal" by Jim Johnston (used as a member of Los Guerreros)
- "Chavito Ardiente" by Jim Johnston Feat. La Mamasita & Liz Pena
- "Never Thought My Life Could Be This Good" by Jim Johnston (as Kerwin White)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- "Te Kill Ya" by Dale Oliver
- Independent circuit
- "Chavito Ardiente" by Jim Johnston Feat. La Mamasita & Liz Pena
- World Championship Wrestling
Wrestlers trained[]
- Jackie Gayda
- Kenny King
- Linda Miles
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
- Lucha Libre World Cup (2016 Men's Division) – with Brian Cage and Johnny Mundo
- Cauliflower Alley Club
- Men's Wrestling Award (2008) – as part of The Wrestling Guerreros
- Imperial Wrestling Revolution / World Class Revolution
- IWR / WCR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Lucha Underground
- Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #17 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2004
- Ranked #385 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Ring Ka King
- RKK Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bulldog Hart
- RKK Tag Team Championship Tournament (2011) – with Bulldog Hart
- Talk 'N Shop
- Talk 'N Shop A Mania 24/7 Championship (1 time)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Hernandez
- Feast or Fired (2013 – Pink Slip)
- Vendetta Pro Wrestling
- Vendetta Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Vendetty Award – 2014 Co-Special Guest Star of the Year (with Chavo Guerrero Sr. and The Godfather)
- World Class Revolution
- WCR Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Championship Wrestling
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Corporal Cajun
- World Wrestling Council
- WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- ECW Championship (1 time)
- WWE Cruiserweight Championship (4 times)
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Eddie Guerrero
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Tag Team of the Year (2002) – with Eddie Guerrero
- Worst Feud of the Year (2009) – vs. Hornswoggle
- WrestleCrap
- Gooker Award (2009) – Feud with Hornswoggle
Luchas de Apuestas record[]
| Winner
(Wager) |
Loser
(Wager) |
Location | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Guerrero
(Hair) |
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
(Hair) |
San Diego, California | Bash at the Beach | July 12, 1998 |
| Chavo Guerrero Jr.
(Hair) |
Damián 666
(Hair) |
Santa Maria, California | Summer Sizzle V – VendettaVersary | August 2, 2014 |
| Chabelo
(Hair) |
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
(Hair and Penis) |
Ciudad de Mexico | Triple AAA CD Mex | February 6, 2023 |