Chavo Guerrero , Jr . Salvador " Chavo " Guerrero IV ( October 20 , 1970 ) also known as Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero , Jr . , is a third generation Mexican - American professional wrestler and member of the famed Guerrero wrestling family , who was signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . He is best known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) and World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . He is a one - time world champion , having held the ECW Championship in 2008 , a six - time Cruiserweight Champion , a two - time WWE Tag Team Champion with Eddie Guerrero and a one - time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Corporal Cajun . He is the grandson of Gory Guerrero ; the son of Chavo Guerrero , Sr . ; the nephew of Eddie Guerrero , Hector Guerrero , Mando Guerrero , and Enrique Llanes ; and the cousin of Javier Llanes and Hector Mejia . His grandfather , Gory Guerrero , was one of the most famous wrestlers in Mexican history . His father , Chavo Guerrero , Sr . , was also a legendary wrestler in Mexico and worked in WWE as a part - time wrestler and full - time manager . One of his uncles , Eddie Guerrero , was one of WWE ' s biggest stars . Eddie performed for the SmackDown ! brand , as did Chavo Sr . ( aka Chavo Classic ) . Chavo Jr . has two other uncles ( Mando and Hector ) who have had successful careers in the business . Professional wrestling career . Early career and World Championship Wrestling ( 1994 – 2001 ) . Guerrero made his professional wrestling debut in May 1994 wrestling in Mexico and Japan including New Japan Pro Wrestling . He joined World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) in May 1996 . He made his in - ring debut wrestling Steven Regal . While in WCW , Guerrero shared the limelight with his uncle Eddie , becoming a reluctant ally of his uncle ' s . As part of their angle , Eddie would continually try to make Guerrero adopt Eddie ' s cheating tactics , but Guerrero often refused to do so . Eventually , Guerrero ' s treatment at the hands of Eddie would drive him " crazy " and Chavo adopted the gimmick of a psycho fixated with a hobby horse he dubbed " Pepé . " This led to a feud with Norman Smiley in which Pepé was thrown into a woodchipper by Smiley . Another result of his insanity , was his inability to join Eddie ' s Latino World Order stable , which was a take - off of the nWo . The stable included nearly every Latino wrestler in WCW except Guerrero . Towards the end of 1999 and early 2000 , he adopted a salesman gimmick . He was also a member of the comedy stable the Misfits In Action ( MIA ) , billed as Lieutenant Loco . As Loco , he defeated Daffney for the WCW Cruiserweight Champion in a triangle match also involving Disco Inferno on the June 7 , 2000 episode of " Thunder " . Loco lost the championship to Lance Storm a month later on " Nitro " . At WCW Mayhem , Loco left the MIA and reverted to Chavo Guerrero , Jr . Guerrero won the Cruiserweight Championship from Mike Sanders on the December 6 episode of " Thunder " . Chavo defended and retained the title against Rey Misterio , Jr . on February 18 , 2001 at the WCW SuperBrawl Revenge in Nashville , Tennessee . As Cruiserweight Champion , Guerrero engaged in a memorable feud against " Sugar " Shane Helms eventually losing the championship to Helms at WCW Greed . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ( 2001 – 2011 ) . Los Guerreros ( 2001 – 2004 ) . Guerrero ' s contract with WCW was one of the twenty - five contracts that were included in WCW ' s sale to the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . Like most of the wrestling talent that came over with WCW , Guerrero wrestled under the WCW banner as his WWF debut was as part of The Alliance , a group of WCW and ECW employees who had , in storyline , invaded WWF after their promotion was bought out by WWF . Guerrero spent time as an undercard wrestler in the company , which was soon rebranded World Wrestling Entertainment , before becoming a trainer for WWE ' s second " Tough Enough " competition . Soon after returning to the active roster , Guerrero was aligned with his uncle Eddie , forming the tag team Los Guerreros . In contrast to his previous WCW storyline with his uncle , Guerrero fully adopted his uncle ' s policy of " Lie , Cheat and Steal " to win matches as part of the gimmick . The duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship twice , feuding with such teams as Edge and Rey Mysterio and Team Angle . The tag team eventually turned into fan favorites and as Eddie ' s popularity grew , he began seeking the WWE Championship . In one angle , his uncle ' s singles title ambitions made Guerrero jealous and Guerrero turned on Eddie , broke from the team , and became a villain again . He was soon joined by his father Chavo Sr . who sided with his son instead of his brother . Cruiserweight Champion ; Kerwin White ( 2004 – 2005 ) . After the feud with Eddie finished , Guerrero became a wrestler in the cruiserweight division and captured the WWE Cruiserweight Championship on several occasions . On February 15 , 2004 , at a Smackdown - exclusive No Way Out in Daly City , California , Chavo , with his father , Chavo Classic , in his corner , defeated Rey Mysterio to win the WWE Cruiserweight Title . On a May 4 taping of Smackdown ! in Tucson , Arizona , Chavo would eventually drop the title to returning WWE Diva Jacqueline after he issued an open challenge for anyone to face him for his title . He would regain the title on May 16 , 2004 at Judgment Day in a match with his hand tied behind his back , though his father Chavo Classic untied it during the match . Chavo again dropped the title on a May 18 taping of Smackdown ! in Las Vegas , Nevada , this time to Chavo Classic , who " accidentally " pinned his son in a Triple Threat Match which involved Spike Dudley . On an August 26 , 2004 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Guerrero suffered a legitimate concussion due to Billy Kidman ' s shooting star press and had to be taken to the hospital . Guerrero returned several months later as a fan favorite again , exacting revenge from Kidman , who had turned into a villain as a result of the injury to Guerrero , but shortly returned to his villainous persona after receiving a villain reaction after facing then - cruiserweight champion Funaki in a losing effort during a " SmackDown ! " show in Japan . Guerrero went on to become Cruiserweight Champion once again at No Way Out in 2005 after eliminating Paul London in a six - way cruiserweight gauntlet match . He would lose the title to London in a battle royal a few weeks later ; Guerrero was the first person eliminated from the battle royal when everyone else in the match ganged up to throw him out right at the beginning . In reality , Guerrero was forced to drop the title due to a broken orbital bone that would sideline him for several weeks . On June 30 , Guerrero became one of the last minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft , which saw him jump from " SmackDown ! " to the Raw brand . The next week , on " Raw " , he denounced his Hispanic heritage in favor of the Anglo - American way . This came after two weeks of being battered by the Mexican faction , The Mexicools . It led to the changing of his persona to " Kerwin White " , a stereotypical , middle - class , white , conservative , Anglo - American man . He dyed his hair blond and often drove a golf cart to the ring which held his golf clubs . His new catchphrase became the pun , " If it ' s not White , it ' s not right . " The phrase later changed to " If it ' s not Kerwin White , it ' s not right " . It was later phased out entirely . Soon after his debut , White started making suggestive remarks towards African Americans , specifically directed towards then - babyface , Shelton Benjamin . On an episode of " Raw " , White cost Shelton a match against Rob Conway . Benjamin defeated White by disqualification the following week when Kerwin attacked Shelton with his golf club . At Unforgiven , White was beaten by Benjamin . White then hired Nick Nemeth ( later known as Dolph Ziggler ) as his new " caddy " to help him in his matches . Aftermath of Eddie ' s death ( 2005 – 2007 ) . On the morning of November 13 , 2005 , Guerrero checked into the same hotel as his uncle , Eddie , in Minneapolis , Minnesota . Guerrero was alerted by hotel security that Eddie did not respond to a wake - up call and opened the locked door to the room , Guerrero found his uncle , but as he said in his video tribute to Eddie , someone who he saw as " his brother " due to the fact they were close to the same age and practically grew up together , unconscious . Guerrero attempted CPR but Eddie was declared dead when paramedics arrived on the scene . Later that afternoon , Guerrero appeared at a press conference with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to address Eddie ' s death . They announced that both shows that week would be tributes to Eddie . These events resulted in Guerrero dropping the Kerwin White gimmick and wrestling under his real name as a fan favorite to continue the Guerrero legacy . Under his real name , he defeated John " Bradshaw " Layfield ( JBL ) on the November 18 , 2005 episode of " SmackDown ! " , using the " Three Amigos " triple suplexes and the Frog Splash in tribute to Eddie . He also used the cheating tactic of throwing a steel chair to an opponent who catches it ( while laying down himself ) as the referee turns around and disqualifies the opponent , which Eddie made famous . On the February 24 , 2006 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Guerrero attacked Randy Orton with the Three Amigos and the frog splash when Orton began to insult Eddie , and talked about the heritage of the Guerreros . Guerrero was soon dragged out by security , but kept yelling to Orton " You forgot about the Guerreros - the greatest wrestling family ! " and " You forgot " me " ! " . On the February 27 episode of " Raw " , Guerrero faced off against now - heel Shelton Benjamin in a qualifying match for the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 22 . During the match , Orton interfered and hit Guerrero with the RKO . This allowed Shelton to get the pinfall victory . On the April 3 episode of " Raw " , Guerrero came out to address the crowd . He thanked the fans for all the support they had given him and his family and for keeping Eddie ' s spirit alive , but he expressed his disappointment in not having a title match at WrestleMania 22 . He felt that night would become his WrestleMania and he was going to dedicate his match to his Eddie . He proceeded to challenge Shelton Benjamin for the WWE Intercontinental Championship , but ended up losing after he missed a Frog Splash , allowing Benjamin to connect with his T - Bone Suplex finisher . In a segment that aired on " WWE Unlimited " , an emotional Guerrero decided to quit WWE , in storyline , after believing he had let his family , Eddie , and the fans down and expressed his doubts about being a wrestler . On May 13 , Guerrero appeared at a " SmackDown ! " house show in El Paso , defeating then - heel Finlay . Guerrero also appeared at Judgment Day to support Rey Mysterio . Guerrero would then support Mysterio for a few weeks on " SmackDown ! " . At the Great American Bash , Guerrero interfered in Mysterio ' s World Heavyweight Championship match , ostensibly to help Mysterio . Guerrero turned into a villain once more , however , by hitting Mysterio with a steel chair , which allowed challenger King Booker to win the match . On the August 4 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Guerrero accused Rey of using Eddie ' s name to succeed , claiming that Rey disrespected Eddie ' s memory . Guerrero went on to beat Mysterio at SummerSlam , after Vickie Guerrero accidentally knocked Mysterio off the top turnbuckle . On August 25 , Vickie came down to the ring to apologize to Mysterio and Guerrero . Vickie ended up turning into a villainess against Mysterio by hitting him in the back with a steel chair . The following week on " SmackDown ! " , the evil Vickie announced herself as Guerrero ' s new manager . Weeks later on October 8 , Mysterio gained his revenge on Guerrero by defeating him in a Falls Count Anywhere match at No Mercy . Guerrero eventually challenged Mysterio to an " I Quit " match , in which Guerrero won after inflicting multiple chair shots to Rey Mysterio . As per the condition of the match , Mysterio was forced to leave " SmackDown ! " , possibly ending the emotional feud between the two . A week later , Chris Benoit , another old friend of Eddie ' s , tried talking to Vickie , but she would not hear it . It started a feud between Guerrero and Benoit and both men would have numerous confrontations over the following weeks . Benoit defeated Guerrero to retain the WWE United States Championship at the Survivor Series . After weeks of continued interaction , the two faced off in a United States title rematch at Armageddon that Guerrero also lost when he tapped out to a Sharpshooter . Guerrero got yet another rematch the following Friday , losing the match after Vickie hit Benoit with the title belt . Guerrero snapped after the match , knocking over Vickie and attacking Benoit . The feud concluded with Benoit forcing Guerrero to submit in a No Disqualification match . At No Way Out , Guerrero was labeled a surprise entrant in a Cruiserweight Open Match by the announcers ( despite already having been advertised as one of the wrestlers in the match on WWE . com and on the No Way Out merchandise ) ; he entered last and pinned Jimmy Wang Yang after a frog splash , thus winning the Cruiserweight Championship from Gregory Helms . On June 24 , Guerrero retained his title against Jimmy Wang Yang at . He then retained his title on the June 29 episode of " SmackDown ! " in a triple threat match that also involved Jamie Noble and Funaki , when he pinned Funaki after the " Gory Bomb " . At The Great American Bash , he lost the Cruiserweight title in a Cruiserweight open when Hornswoggle pinned Noble ( Hornswoggle was not originally in the match but was in the ring when the bell rang , thus becoming an official entrant ) . Guerrero then turned his attention to Rey Mysterio , whom he had put out of action , in storyline , in 2006 . Before Mysterio ' s return at SummerSlam , Guerrero mocked Mysterio ' s knee injury and taunted him during matches . He was , however , unable to defeat Mysterio at the pay - per - view . He then lost an " I Quit " rematch to Mysterio , when Mysterio continued to assault Chavo ' s left knee with a steel chair , which is what Chavo did to Mysterio in the first " I Quit " match thus injuring him in storyline . This allowed Guerrero to have time off to serve his suspension for violating the WWE Wellness Policy . ECW Champion and La Familia ( 2007 – 2009 ) . Chavo remained inactive until the December 18 , 2007 episode of " ECW " , where he appeared after the main event between WWE United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter and ECW Champion CM Punk and proceeded to attack the vulnerable ECW Champion , sending a message that he wanted a title shot . With the beginning of 2008 , Guerrero entered a feud with CM Punk regarding his ECW title . Guerrero challenged Punk to several matches until he finally won the third via countout after interference from World Heavyweight Champion Edge to earn a championship match . The previous matches he lost via countout and disqualification . On the January 22 episode of " ECW " , Guerrero defeated CM Punk in a No Disqualification match to win the ECW Championship following interference from Edge . In the process he proclaimed Edge and company as his " familia " . He then successfully defended his title against CM Punk at No Way Out and on the March 4 episode of " ECW " , both times pinning Punk after a frog splash . At WrestleMania XXIV , Guerrero lost the ECW Championship to Kane in a record eight seconds . Shortly afterward , Bam Neely debuted to act as his bodyguard . Shortly after losing the ECW Championship , Guerrero had several attempts to regain the ECW Championship including losing to Kane at Backlash and also failing to become the number one contender at One Night Stand . Guerrero became involved in the Edge - Undertaker rivalry at this point , but Edge later turned on all La Familia teammates , including Guerrero . After this , Guerrero returned to singles and tag team action with Neely , feuding with ECW newcomers Evan Bourne and Ricky Ortiz , and also attempted to regain the ECW Championship at Unforgiven in a Championship Scramble match , but failed . He also was embroiled in the Undertaker - Big Show storyline , and lost a Casket match to the Undertaker on October 31 . After that he tried to win the ECW Championship from Matt Hardy , but he failed to win the title . Final storylines and departure ( 2009 – 2011 ) . Guerrero was drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft . He then became involved in the feud between Vickie Guerrero and Santino Marella , in which he attempted to help his Aunt in law on numerous occasions . At Extreme Rules , Guerrero and his aunt faced Santina in a Hog Pen match , in which the duo lost . Upon Vickie ' s departure from WWE , Chavo continued to feud with Marella and defeated him on the June 18 episode of " WWE Superstars " . Guerrero next feuded with Hornswoggle , where the two constantly faced off in various types of matches ( in which a handicap of some sort was imposed on Guerrero by the various celebrity guests left in charge of Raw every week ) with Hornswoggle gaining the win . Chavo then turned his attention towards the guest hosts themselves . On December 7 , Chavo and Jillian Hall teamed up to take on Eve Torres and Hornswoggle where Eve pinned Jillian . After the match he tried to beat up Hornswoggle but Eve stood up to him . Chris Masters then came in and applied the Master Lock on him then threw him on the ground ; Masters then left the ring with Eve with Hornswoggle standing over Chavo . On December 4 , Chavo got an upset victory over Primo . On the January 14 , 2010 episode of " WWE Superstars " , Chavo and Jillian faced Gail Kim and Primo where Gail Kim kicked Chavo then Primo rolled him up for the pin . Chavo then started a minor feud with Primo when Chavo and Carlito lost to Evan Bourne and Primo on the February 18 episode of WWE Superstars . As part of the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft , Guererro was drafted back to the SmackDown brand . On Chavo ' s first night back to Smackdown , Kane came out and chokeslam med him during a promo to welcome him back to Smackdown . He then started an alliance with Dolph Ziggler to feud with Christian . Guerrero and Ziggler teamed up in a tag team match against Christian and Hornswoggle , but they were defeated . The duo competed in a handicap match against Christian , which concluded in a victory at the hands of Ziggler and Guerrero . They both competed in a Battle Royal to determine who would replace The Undertaker in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Fatal Four Way , which was won by Rey Mysterio . On the July 9th episode of Smackdown , Guerrero competed in a triple threat Money in the Bank qualifying match , along with Dolph Ziggler and MVP . Throughout the match , it became apparent that Vickie Guerrero ( Ziggler ' s manager ) had told Guerrero and Ziggler to work together to ensure Ziggler qualified for Smackdown ' s Money in the Bank ladder match . During the match , however , when both MVP and Ziggler were down , Guerrero attempted to pin MVP to win the match himself , turning his back on Vickie and Ziggler , thus ending the alliance . Ziggler did win the match , however , by forcing MVP to submit to the sleeper hold . On the August 26th episode of WWE Superstars , Guerrero debuted a new shorter ring attire in his match with Kofi Kingston . Guerrero soon started portraying Jack Swagger ' s Soaring Eagle mascot , however this was later dropped . On January 30 , 2011 , Chavo competed in the 2011 Royal Rumble match as the tenth entry . Chavo had a notable spot in the Royal Rumble match , attempting Three Amigos on Ted DiBiase Jr . , but CM Punk disrupted him at 2 so Chavo gave them to Punk , but John Morrison breaks it up at 2 , so Chavo did it to Morrison and Daniel Bryan nails him at 2 again so Chavo finally gets all Three Amigos on Bryan . Chavo was then quickly eliminated by the eleventh entrant , Mark Henry . On March 8 , Chavo was announced as a NXT Pro to Darren Young for the fifth season of " WWE NXT " . On the May 6 episode of " SmackDown , " Chavo commentated on a match between Tyson Kidd and Sin Cara , which Sin Cara won . After the match , Chavo and Sin Cara shook hands , with Chavo hinting at a future match between them . On the May 13 episode of " SmackDown , " Chavo interfered in the match between Sin Cara and Daniel Bryan , helping Sin Cara win . At Over The Limit , Sin Cara defeated Guerrero , and again on " SmackDown " ( which turns out to be his last appearance on Smackdown ) , to end their feud . Afterwards , he mainly appeared on NXT with his rookie Darren Young . His last match in WWE was teaming up with JTG and Darren Young against Yoshi Tatsu , Conor O ' Brian and Vladimir Kozlov on NXT in a losing effort . On June 25 , 2011 , at his request , Guerrero was released by WWE . Independent circuit ( 2011 – 2012 , 2014 - present ) . Chavo Guerrero appeared for the first time since his WWE departure at WWC ' s Anniversario event on July 15 and 16 , 2011 . On July 16 , Guerrero defeated El Sensacional Carlitos and Orlando Colón to win the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship . In December 2011 , Guerrero took part in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ' s India project , Ring Ka King . During the first week of tapings , Guerrero and Bulldog Hart were crowned the promotion ' s inaugural Tag Team Champions . On July 28 , 2012 , Guerrero appeared at a Vendetta Pro Wrestling event in Lompoc , California , defeating Joey Ryan for the vacant Vendetta Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship , holding the title until October 27 , 2012 when he lost it to Chris Masters , being the last person eliminated in a Four - Way Elimination with Rik Luxury and Sean Casey having been eliminated prior . In September 2014 , it was repoted that Guerrero had signed with El Rey network ' s new show " Lucha Underground " , that will begin airing on October 29 . On September 19 , 2014 , Guerrero made his debut for Chikara , when he , Hernandez and Homicide , representing LAX , took part in the 2014 King of Trios . They were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by the Golden Trio ( Dasher Hatfield , Icarus and Mark Angelosetti ) . Impact Wrestling ( 2012 – 2013 ) . It was announced on July 18 , 2012 that Guerrero had signed with Impact Wrestling . He made his debut as a face on the July 26 episode of " Impact Wrestling " . During his debut speech , Guerrero was interrupted and attacked by Gunner and Kid Kash , before being saved by Hernandez . The following week , Guerrero defeated Kash in his Impact Wrestling in - ring debut . On August 12 at Hardcore Justice , Guerrero and Hernandez defeated Gunner and Kash in a tag team match . On the September 6 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Guerrero and Hernandez , after being hand - picked by Hulk Hogan as the number one contenders , unsuccessfully challenged Christopher Daniels and Kazarian for the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Guerrero defeated Daniels in a singles match to earn himself and Hernandez another shot at the World Tag Team Championship . On October 14 at Bound for Glory , Guerrero and Hernandez defeated Daniels and Kazarian , and A . J . Styles and Kurt Angle in a three - way match to become the new Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Champions . At the Slammiversary PPV Guerrero and Hernandez lost there tag titles in a fatal four way elimination match to Gunner and James Storm , the match also included the team of Christopher Daniels and Kazarian and the team of Austin Aries and Bobby Roode Personal life . Chavo is the son of Salvador " Chavo " Guerrero and Nancy Vasquez . He is married and has two sons . His wife ' s name is Susan , and they have been married since 1998 . On August 30 , 2007 , Guerrero , along with nine other WWE Wrestlers were named by " Sports Illustrated " to be given illegal steroids not in compliance with the Talent Wellness program . Guerrero received somatropin , nandrolone , and anastrozole between April 2005 and May 2006 . Chris Benoit , Eddie Guerrero , and Brian Adams were also discovered to have been given steroids prior to their deaths during this investigation , as well as former WWE Wrestler Sylvain Grenier . In June 2007 , Chris Benoit ( a close friend of Guerrero ) , his wife Nancy , and their son Daniel were found dead at their home ( their deaths have been since ruled a double homicide - suicide ) . Guerrero was reportedly one of the last people to talk to Benoit and one of the people Benoit sent text messages to before killing himself .