Los Guerreros

Los Guerreros was a professional wrestling tag team associated primarily with World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown brand. The team consisted of Eddie Guerrero and his nephew Chavo Guerrero Jr., members of the prominent Guerrero wrestling family. Although the pair appeared together in World Championship Wrestling during a storyline in 1998, their more recognizable and successful incarnation began in WWE in 2002. The team's identity combined family drama, technical wrestling, comedy, and rule-breaking. In WCW, Eddie attempted to teach the inexperienced Chavo to use deceptive tactics, while Chavo resisted and was portrayed as increasingly unstable under Eddie's influence. Their storyline included matches against one another, forced loyalty, and Chavo's eccentric attachment to a hobby horse named Pepé. This early material established the volatile family dynamic that later became central to the WWE version of the team. Eddie and Chavo reunited in WWE after the 2002 brand extension. Eddie moved to SmackDown with Chris Benoit, while Chavo joined the same brand soon afterward. The pair entered the tournament created to determine the first WWE Tag Team Champions. Although they did not win that tournament, they defeated established teams in a triple-threat elimination match at Survivor Series 2002 to capture their first WWE Tag Team Championship. Los Guerreros later became fan favorites and defended the titles against teams including John Cena and B-2. They lost the championship to Team Angle in February 2003 and were unable to regain it in several subsequent matches. Chavo's injury forced Eddie to team temporarily with Tajiri, and that substitute pairing won the titles before losing them back to Team Angle, later known as The World's Greatest Tag Team. The team reunited in September 2003 after Chavo returned from injury. They defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team to win their second WWE Tag Team Championship, making Eddie a double champion because he also held the United States Championship. Their second reign ended when the Basham Brothers won the titles in October 2003. Tensions between Eddie and Chavo intensified after the defeat, eventually producing a family feud rather than another sustained tag-team run. Los Guerreros formally disbanded in January 2004 when Chavo attacked Eddie after a failed championship challenge. Their singles feud culminated at the Royal Rumble, where Eddie defeated Chavo. Eddie subsequently won the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar at No Way Out 2004, while Chavo won the Cruiserweight Championship at the same event. The rivalry ended after a later championship confrontation was disrupted by Kurt Angle. The two wrestlers briefly appeared together again in 2005 during the storyline involving Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, and the WWE Tag Team Championship. Their final documented team appearance was a live-event match on June 16, 2005, when they lost to Paul London and Rey Mysterio. Eddie died on November 13, 2005, ending the possibility of another regular Los Guerreros reunion. The team remains remembered for its two WWE Tag Team Championship reigns, its family-centered storytelling, and Eddie Guerrero's wider rise to WWE world-champion status.

Los Guerreros first appeared as a family-centered storyline in World Championship Wrestling in 1998. Eddie Guerrero, the more experienced wrestler, attempted to impose his rule-breaking philosophy on his nephew Chavo Guerrero Jr. Chavo was presented as a younger performer who resisted Eddie's methods. Their relationship developed through a series of matches and humiliating or coercive angles, including Eddie defeating Chavo and forcing him into a subordinate role. The storyline expanded into a feud involving Último Dragón and later Norman Smiley. Chavo's character became increasingly eccentric, including his attachment to the hobby horse Pepé. The angle also intersected with Eddie's Latino World Order association, although Chavo was excluded from that group because of his portrayed instability. This WCW period was not yet the consistent tag partnership that audiences would later associate with Los Guerreros. The principal version of the team began in WWE in 2002. Following WWE's brand extension, Eddie and Chavo were brought together on SmackDown. They entered a tournament intended to establish the first WWE Tag Team Champions and adopted the Los Guerreros name. Their first tournament run ended in the semifinals against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit, but they later defeated Benoit and Angle and Edge and Rey Mysterio in a triple-threat elimination match at Survivor Series 2002 to win the championship. During their first WWE title reign, Los Guerreros moved from villainous presentation toward a more sympathetic and popular role. They retained the titles against John Cena and B-2, but dropped them to Team Angle in February 2003. A series of rematches followed, including programs at WrestleMania XIX and Backlash. Chavo's injury prevented him from competing in a planned ladder-match rematch at Judgment Day, so Tajiri replaced him. Eddie and Tajiri won the championship, but the titles later returned to Team Angle, then called The World's Greatest Tag Team. Chavo returned in September 2003 and immediately helped Eddie in a conflict with John Cena. The reunited Los Guerreros defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team to win their second WWE Tag Team Championship. During this period Eddie also held the United States Championship, giving him simultaneous singles and tag-team title status. The team lost the tag titles to the Basham Brothers in October 2003. The defeat exposed growing distrust between the relatives. Chavo increasingly accused Eddie of taking credit and attention, while Eddie attempted to repair the relationship. The conflict reached its breaking point in January 2004. After Los Guerreros failed to win the tag-team championship from the Basham Brothers, Chavo attacked Eddie and ended the partnership. Chavo's father, Chavo Guerrero Sr., appeared to offer an apology but participated in a further ambush, turning the breakup into a broader family storyline. Eddie defeated Chavo Jr. at the Royal Rumble. Their later confrontation over the WWE Championship ended without a decisive result when Kurt Angle interfered, effectively closing the feud. Los Guerreros made only a brief return as a team in 2005. Chavo became involved in the developing conflict between Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, whose relationship had become central to WWE's SmackDown narratives. Eddie and Chavo were seen together at Judgment Day, and they later reunited for a live-event match against Paul London and Rey Mysterio on June 16. They lost that contest, which was their final documented team match. Eddie Guerrero died on November 13, 2005. The team's legacy rests on two WWE Tag Team Championship reigns, the 2002 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Tag Team of the Year recognition, and its role in establishing Eddie Guerrero as a major WWE singles performer. Los Guerreros also demonstrated how WWE used a tag team not only as a sporting unit but as a vehicle for family melodrama, comedy, character conflict, and individual advancement.

• 2005

  Final documented team appearance

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  Eddie and Chavo reunited at a live event but lost to Paul London and Rey Mysterio.

• 2004

  Partnership ends

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  Chavo turned on Eddie after a failed title challenge, ending the regular Los Guerreros partnership.

• 2003

  Second WWE Tag Team Championship

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  The team defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team to capture the championship for a second time.

• 2002

  Los Guerreros name adopted in WWE

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  Eddie and Chavo reunited on WWE's SmackDown brand and formally began competing under the Los Guerreros name.

• 2002

  First WWE Tag Team Championship

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  Los Guerreros won their first WWE Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series.

• 1998

  First major storyline in WCW

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  Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. were paired in a family conflict storyline involving manipulation, cheating, and Chavo's growing instability.

A character-driven professional wrestling tag team built around the Guerrero family's legacy, combining athletic tag-team wrestling with comedy, deception, betrayal, and emotionally charged family narratives.

• Professional wrestling tag team · 1998

  Los Guerreros tag-team act

  The core Los Guerreros offering was a two-person professional wrestling act featuring Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. Its presentation combined tag-team competition with scripted family conflict, humor, deception, and shifting alliances. The act appeared in WCW and, most prominently, WWE's SmackDown brand, where it won the WWE Tag Team Championship twice.

• 2004

  End the tag partnership and launch a family feudStrategy

  Background

  Repeated losses and disagreements after the second title reign created tension between Eddie and Chavo.

  Action taken

  WWE scripted Chavo's attack on Eddie, disbanding Los Guerreros and moving both wrestlers into singles programs.

  Aftermath

  Eddie defeated Chavo in their principal match and went on to win the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar.

  Source

• 2003

  Replace injured Chavo Guerrero Jr. with TajiriOther

  Background

  Chavo was unable to compete in a planned WWE Tag Team Championship ladder-match rematch because of an injury.

  Action taken

  Tajiri substituted for Chavo as Eddie Guerrero's partner.

  Aftermath

  Eddie and Tajiri won the titles, although this was not a permanent Los Guerreros lineup.

  Source

• 2002

  Reunite Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. on SmackDownStrategy

  Background

  WWE's brand extension placed Eddie and Chavo in the same SmackDown environment after their earlier WCW storyline.

  Action taken

  WWE paired the relatives as a tag team and introduced the Los Guerreros name during the tournament for the first WWE Tag Team Championship.

  Aftermath

  The partnership became a central SmackDown act and won the WWE Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series 2002.

  Source

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