Eddie Guerrero To Receive Huge Honor From His Hometown

This month marks the 20th anniversary of Latino Heat's passing
Eddie Guerrero
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The late Eddie Guerrero is set to be honored by his hometown of El Paso, Texas, with Latino Heat set to receive a day named in tribute to him later this month.

Guerrero, who tragically passed away at the age of just 38 in 2005, will see an event held to honor his memory on November 18 at City Hall in El Paso.

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The event will coincide with the 20th anniversary of the former WWE Champion's untimely passing, which happened on November 13, 2005. Partly organized by Guerrero's daughter Sherilyn Guerrero, the event will also be streamed on YouTube and has asked members of the local community to wear a lucha mask or dress as their favorite wrestler for the festivities.

El Paso community member Chris Rojas said of the event on social media, "I have been working on a special project! Join us on November 18 as we celebrate and honor an El Paso legend, Eddie Guerrero! Aside of this proclamation we are also looking at getting funds to redo the mural at Lincoln park, name a park after Eddie, and our long term goal is build a statue at Lincoln park for Eddie! This is so exciting and I can’t wait! Thank you to @sherilyn_guerrerooo for all your help with all this! You’re the real MVP!"

Sherilyn recently began her own pro-wrestling career after joining Booker T's Reality Of Wrestling promotion in Houston, Texas. Booker worked with Eddie both in WCW and WWE, where they were members of the SmackDown brand together in 2004 and 2005.

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Eddie Guerrero Left One of the Greatest Legacies in Wrestling History

Guerrero is widely regarded as one of the finest in-ring workers of all time, serving as a major inspiration to generations of wrestlers who came after him. His Cruiserweight Title match against Rey Mysterio at WCW Halloween Havoc 1997 is often (correctly) listed as one of the best matches in wrestling history.

He also put forth a litany of classics with the likes of El Hijo del Santo, Dean Malenko, Shinjiro Ohtani, The Great Sasuke, Jushin Liger, Sean Waltman, Kurt Angle, Booker T, Chris Jericho, DDP, Ric Flair, Edge, JBL, RVD and Brock Lesnar among several others during his time in AAA, New Japan Pro Wrestling, ECW, WCW and WWE.

Latino Heat lifted the WWE, Intercontinental, United States, European and Tag Team Titles during his time in WWE, and was also a multiple time Cruiserweight Champion and one time US Champion in WCW, as well as a two-time Television Champion in ECW. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006, a few months after his death.

For anyone interested in either attending or watching the event on November 18, you can learn more here.

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Joe Baiamonte is a contributing writer for The Takedown On SI, joining the team in April, 2025. Joe has been covering professional wrestling, sports and entertainment for over a decade, serving as editor at SPORTbible between 2014 and 2018 - where he helped the team to three consecutive Football Blogging Awards - and as head of sport at Unilad. Joe has written for numerous outlets in the United Kingdom and United States, including The Sportsman, Sporf, Pubity, GiveMeSport and The Sportster, interviewing the likes of Neymar, Harry Kane, Ruud Gullit, Triple H, Ric Flair, Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Rey Mysterio, Aaron Boone, Alex Cora, Chris Sale and Chase Uttley. He has a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from the University of Salford and currently resides in Manchester, England, having been raised just down the road in Burnley. He briefly moved to Croatia with his family after the birth of his son, where he spent an entire summer writing on the beach and eating squid.

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