page_title: History of WWE
section_title: Death of Eddie Guerrero
hierarchical_section_title: History of WWE / Other / Death of Eddie Guerrero
caption_attribution_description: Eddie Guerrero @ Adelaide, South Australia &#39;Smackdown&#39; house show on the 10th of April &#39;05Eddie Guerrero
context_page_description: The history of WWE dates back to the early 1950s when it was founded in 1953 as Capitol Wrestling Corporation. It underwent several name changes throughout the years, from World Wide Wrestling Federation to World Wrestling Federation to World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002.
  WWE is the largest professional wrestling promotion in the world. It has promoted some of the most successful wrestlers and storylines, and featured some of the most iconic and significant matches and moments in the history of sports entertainment. WWE currently airs several high-profile programs such as Raw and SmackDown in more than 150 countries, hosts 12 pay-per-view events a year including WrestleMania, and holds approximately 320 live events a year throughout the world. In 2014, WWE launched the first ever 24/7 streaming network which would eventually showcase the entire WWE video library.
context_section_description: On the morning of November 13, 2005, Chavo Guerrero checked into a hotel with his uncle, Eddie Guerrero, in Minneapolis, Minnesota where they were both scheduled be a part of a planned Raw and SmackDown! "Supershow" (a show where both Raw and SmackDown! would take place the same night in the same arena). After Eddie missed a wake-up call, security opened his hotel room and Chavo found his uncle unconscious. Chavo attempted CPR, but 38-year-old Eddie was declared dead at the scene. Vickie Guerrero, Eddie's wife, later announced that an autopsy ruled the cause of death to be massive heart failure.
  Guerrero's death fell on the day that he had been scheduled to compete in a match for the World Heavyweight Championship versus Batista and Randy Orton. The company held tributes to Guerrero on both Raw and SmackDown during the week following his death. On April 1, 2006 at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremonies during WrestleMania 22 weekend, Guerrero's wife Vickie accepted his posthumous induction into WWE Hall of Fame by Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit, and his nephew Chavo Guerrero.
  Following Guerrero's death, Vince McMahon announced a new drug policy under which performers would be subject to random drug tests by an independent company and would receive regular medical physicals with an emphasis on cardiovascular health.
caption: Eddie Guerrero as one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions
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