Original subtitles

- I would call Mysterio and Guerrero two of the greatest

Latino wrestlers in the history

of World Wrestling Entertainment, a dream team.

- We really bonded and connected,

'cause Eddie was definitely a mentor.

- Almost like brothers. - Man, we had some great,

great times, a lot of fun.

- And then like every marriage,

eventually you're gonna bump heads.

[dramatic music]

He wanted to be the bad guy.

♪ ♪

- Behind the scenes, there's an element of tension

and natural competition.

- They brought television's best soap opera

to "WWE SmackDown."

- Hey, Rey. This is your son,

Dominik's day care.

- The crazy thing about it is, is, you have to understand

you're dealing with real human beings in real life.

Dominik is Rey's son.

- Don't hurt my son! - Whoa, like,

that's real heavy stuff, man.

- What happened to brotherhood, ese?

It all escalated so fast.

- He wanted a fight. I gave him a fight!

♪ ♪

- This rivalry has just escalated into a war!

- When two legends collide, their rivalry stays pinned

in our minds forever.

This is where we break down the legendary stories

behind the greatest rivalries of all time.

I'm Freddie Prinze Jr.,

and this is "WWE Rivals."

♪ ♪

This one is very near and dear to my heart

and by far, my favorite,

Eddie Guerrero versus Rey Mysterio.

And in order to properly invest in this,

we have to talk about lucha libre as a whole.

My grandmother, from Boquerón, Puerto Rico,

was the first person to ever show me a wrestling match.

And she says, "Lucha is the struggle.

It's the--it's the fight between the two men."

Even though its roots were from Mexico, in America,

this was an opportunity for the American Chicano

to have someone to grab onto.

- Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio were the greatest

two Latino stars of all time and two of the greatest stars

of all time. I hate to even pigeonhole 'em

and say "Latino stars."

- You can kind of see the effect that they had

on a young man like me when they were wrestling,

and I know they've had that effect on even younger people

who watched them and saw them as heroes.

♪ ♪

- Hello, my name is Eddie Guerrero,

a friend to you but also a professional wrestler.

- The first time I saw Eddie Guerrero, I was just a fan.

Eddie was going, and he was wrestling at the auditorium

in Tijuana, wrestling next to my uncle, Rey Mysterio Sr.

- Rey Mysterio!

[crowd shouting]

- It's just amazing how life itself circles around,

you know? I never would've thought

that one day... [chuckles]

I was gonna become his great partner

and then his great nemesis.

- Eddie Guerrero up top, a Jackknife!

- Eddie Guerrero had the talent,

and he had it all. He had it.

He had the legacy, the name "Guerrero."

- Me, growing up with Mexican lucha libre, you always hear

about the stories about the Guerreros, being that they

came from Gory Guerrero, the legendary partner of El Santo.

♪ ♪

- You know, in my life,

I always wanted to be like my dad.

They used to call him "Ave de las Tempestades,"

which means "thunderbird,"

and the reason they called him thunderbird,

he'd go to the people, you know, kicking ass.

I want to be as good as my dad.

I want to be as good as my brothers, you know?

And I--little by little, I learned that I couldn't

live like that, 'cause it was killing me, you know?

I had to learn how to live my own story

and make my own story.

I'm a second-generation wrestler.

When I was born, I came out of my mom.

I dropkicked the doctor. That's right.

You don't mess with me, Jack.

I got blood flowin' in my veins, wrestling blood!

- Now Eddie Guerrero wears the American colors

red, white, and blue.

[crowd booing] As you can hear,

that really infuriates the Mexican fans.

- In the world of lucha libre, you have the técnicos,

which are the good guys...

- What's Guerrero gotta do? A poke in the eyes.

- And you have the rudos, which are the bad guys.

- [grunts]

[crowd cheering]

Eddie's character, he had the flip mode switch.

- There goes Guerrero off the ropes.

Dropkick in midair by Guerrero!

- He can be a técnico, or he can be a rudo.

♪ ♪

And to be able to dominate both worlds, that's a gift.

all: Eddie! Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

- If you were to ask me back then,

"Man, would you love to work Eddie?"

I would've said yes.

I was a skinny, scrumpy little kid

that had this passion for lucha libre.

Prior to becoming Rey Mysterio Jr., I remember my first match.

My uncle comes up to me, and he says,

"What do you think about this name or this name?"

And I'm thinking to myself,

"Wait, are you saying I'm not gonna be Rey Mysterio Jr.?"

He goes, "No, no, no. You gotta earn that.

That takes some work."

Within about a year and a half to almost two years,

I walk out to the ring, and right before the match

is getting ready to start, my uncle walks out,

and I'm thinking to myself, "Whoa, what's going on here?"

You know, he grabs the mic,

and, "Tonight there will be history

in the making. He will now be known as..."

It was like a new beginning for me.

- The first time that I kind of understood what they were

all about is when they came in

and, like, that explosion of wrestlers

that came into WCW.

- The debut of Rey Mysterio Jr.,

a sensation from Mexico.

- And I'd never seen any of this stuff.

It was amazing. - Watch out!

Mysterio is up and down!

- Springboard somersault off the top rope!

- The vertical leaping abilities on the ropes!

- Rey Mysterio in WCW, he was a superhero, you know,

which is why I fell in love with this business, period.

Eddie, the moment he walked out, you're watching him.

'Cause you didn't change the channel

when Eddie Guerrero was on.

[crowd shouting]

- Off the top-- both: Oh!

- Frog Splash.

- When Eddie and Rey would go out there and say a few words

in Spanish, it was, "I can speak to my people

in our language," and everybody

will be okay with it.

- [speaking Spanish]

- They changed the dream.

- I think that Rey has the same kind of love

that I have for this business.

Rey wrestles because he loves it in his heart.

- What? both: Oh!

- And that's the main drive in him,

and I believe that to be so in my life...

♪ ♪

And that's what I see in Rey.

♪ ♪

- WCW is where we really bonded and connected

in my personal life, in my career,

you know, and as a mentor,

'cause Eddie was definitely a mentor.

♪ ♪

Eddie and I had something very, very special,

you know, chemistry that not just happened

outside of the ring. It happened inside the ring.

It happened anytime we were around each other.

♪ ♪

- It all started in September of 1997.

Eddie and Rey finally put hands on each other.

- [grunts]

- It's wild, because both men seemingly

never stopped in the ring.

It felt like constant movement,

like rushing water.

[crowd cheering]

- So much offense and so much intensity,

and everything they did was so crisp.

♪ ♪

- Watching them, you knew it was something special

and magical. Whenever they were

in the ring together, you're just left speechless

and left in awe. The fact that I felt like that

as a kid still holds true now.

- Up on top! Got him!

- One, two, three!

- Oh! - Mysterio got him!

- What a comeback for the kid!

- The mask is one of the most important symbols

that represents lucha libre,

something very sacred, something very spiritual,

something very personal that you take with you,

because when you lose your mask,

you cannot wear it anymore.

That's part of tradition and lucha libre.

- What does the mask mean in lucha libre?

Everything.

It's your heart and your soul.

You wear it as your face.

- He's trying to unmask him. - Now, this would be

the biggest insult he could do to this guy, right?

- On screen, Eddie Guerrero was playing the ultimate

disrespectful villain by trying to take the mask off

of Rey Mysterio.

- It was as if I was to say to you,

"Okay, I'm gonna take your face away.

"I'm gonna change everything about you now,

and now you're just a human being."

- What was really interesting about that battle was that

at the same time that we were seeing it played out

on screen, behind the scenes, the people that were in control

of WCW were also trying to get

Rey Mysterio to start competing

without the mask on.

- I just felt that being able to see his face

would enhance his character, because the audience

could feel his emotion even more.

But I didn't really understand the connection, the legacy,

the history, the cultural relevance

of the mask to Rey.

- Apparently, the word going around was

that I was losing my mask,

and it came down to "Halloween Havoc."

- Well, I tell you what, Tony, there's gonna be a fight here.

Let me tell you something, what's at stake here.

Guys' livelihoods at stake here.

- The mask is Rey.

You're not relating to Rey Mysterio

like he's an average human being.

You're relating to Rey Mysterio

like he's something different,

because Rey is the mask.

♪ ♪

- You know, I know he had a lot to prove that night.

- Nice arm drag by Mysterio.

- Don't try this at home.

- I didn't wanna give up

something that was part of my beginning.

Our mask is our legacy, a torch that was passed on to me

by my uncle.

- Augh!

- And a surfboard maneuver here

pulling back on the chin, sitting on the back,

and here again digging on the mask!

- Hey, he's got the mask ripped!

- So it's 1997, "Halloween Havoc."

Eddie was running

through people,

and here comes Rey. - Rey Mysterio Jr...

all: Oh!

- There's always gotta be a bad guy,

and I think Eddie kind of liked being the bad guy.

- [grunts] - Augh!

- Then you've got this perfect,

you know, the perfect baby face.

- He's got the mask ripped! - Ripping at the eyehole

of Mysterio.

- Eddie Guerrero tried to rob Rey Mysterio

of his entire heritage by trying to take that mask away.

- There was a lot of politicking

going on backstage, and it was a big deal

for him to lose his mask. He didn't wanna lose it.

- Rey Mysterio Jr. just will not quit.

- What I think made Rey Mysterio so believable

in his fight to maintain his heritage

and who he was is that he was

fighting that fight for real.

- You know, I know he had a lot to prove that night,

and so did I.

I always wanted to take care of Rey.

You know, one of my favorite matches in my career.

It was just a great moment in time.

- This is from the middle turnbuckle!

- [shouts] One, two, three!

- Yes, yes! What a fight.

What a battle!

- And I was so proud of him and happy for him,

because he not only deserved it, man, he stole the show.

- This rivalry that I had with Eddie, he was able

to let me show the world

what I can deliver.

- I...

come to work with my heart,

and all you do is step on it,

and I'm tired of it.

I had been trying to get out of WCW for a while.

I hated being around that locker room.

It got to a point where I was taking work home,

and I was just real depressed at home.

♪ ♪

So you start drinking a little more,

and you start taking a pill here and a pill there

and just start going downhill, you know?

By the grace of God,

I'm a recovering drug addict and alcoholic

that works every day to stay sober, that works every day

to walk in the path of God.

- Eddie had some demons,

but Eddie was a phenomenal worker.

He was a really good dude and just a generous, loving guy.

All right. [laughter]

I was so excited about working in WWE, you know,

because Vince gives people opportunities.

- Eddie Guerrero on top! - Oh!

- My God, what a Frog Splash!

- Watching "Monday Night Raw," that first appearance--

that brought a smile to my face.

Eddie's one of my guys that I fell in love with in WCW.

He's a big deal.

It almost happened as a way of Eddie opening doors

for not just me but for the ones that were

coming after him.

♪ ♪

- There's something about Rey Mysterio.

If I really have that value, maybe I need to go to the place

where the biggest stars in the industry come from.

- He is the sensational... - Aw, yeah.

- The high-flying Rey Mysterio.

He makes his debut next!

- One of the first moves I made as lead writer

of "SmackDown" was to bring in Rey Mysterio.

That was one of the best moves I made.

- Look at Rey! Look at Mysterio!

- Oh, my God, a crossbody...

- Ho-ho! - From the top of the cage!

- Rey Mysterio was a revolutionary,

indeed evolutionary performer.

- There's a reason luchadors didn't make it in America,

'cause they had masks on.

[all cheering]

For Rey to be able to relate like that,

that's beyond amazing.

[indistinct chatter]

- We're doing Rey's video, and that--it's even more awesome.

I mean, I am so happy for him. Orale, you know?

He deserves it, you know? And he's worked hard,

and this is a--

it's--I'm on cloud nine right now for Rey and for myself.

Man, we had some great, great times,

a lot of fun, you know?

Not just going out, just having fun,

just being buds. - He was always around,

and I would see some cowboy boots, you know,

at our guest bedroom, like, right in front,

and I was like, "Man, I knew Eddie was here."

So I would walk downstairs, and there he was, you know,

sitting in the kitchen, you know, having breakfast,

you know, with my dad and my mom, and I remember just,

you know, having, like, breakfast burritos with him.

♪ ♪

- Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio

is just a natural tag team.

They traveled together.

They practically lived together on the road.

They loved each other, 'cause it was natural.

♪ ♪

- Tazz, I would call Mysterio and Guerrero a dream team,

arguably two of the greatest Latino wrestlers

in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment.

- Hey, look at this. - Wait a minute,

there's the other--

championship off the skull!

- Hey, wait a minute!

- We had wrestled against each other,

but we had never teamed up.

This was complete magic together.

- Eddie and Rey, lyin' and cheatin'

and stealin' the titles!

- That's a great way to kick off 2005, you know,

becoming tag team champions, and then, like every marriage,

eventually, you're gonna bump heads.

- There's nobody that can keep up with us, man.

I mean, Rey Mysterio versus Eddie Guerrero,

"WrestleMania 21," homes,

the biggest night of the year, man.

This is history, ese vato.

♪ ♪

- You're not serious, are you? - [laughs]

You thought I was serious? [laughter]

Oh, man! - I knew it!

- Duh. - You got me.

I thought you were serious. - Oh...

I'm dead serious.

♪ ♪

- Welcome, ladies and gentlemen!

We are live in Hollywood, and this is WrestleMania!

- Your put Rey and Eddie

in first match at "WrestleMania 21,"

You know exactly what you're gonna get.

You're gonna start off with a hot match where they can go,

"Pfft, follow that,"

and it just sets the bar right off the bat,

and you knew you were gonna have a great match.

- Corkscrew plancha over the top rope by Rey Mysterio!

Mysterio across the ring, hurricanrana!

Shoulders down! - Oh, man!

- Leg hooked! - He got it!

- He got it! - [screams]

- Mysterio got him!

- Eddie, at the time, he wanted to be the bad guy.

He knew exactly what he was doing.

♪ ♪

- I hadn't seen him in this state of mind

prior to our rivalry,

but I knew he could get there

very easily.

It all escalated so fast.

- A damn three-on-one mugging of Rey Mysterio!

♪ ♪

Here comes Eddie!

Eddie Guerrero... - Oh!

- Cleaning house! - Eddie tapped into that place

that he knew would trigger me.

♪ ♪

- Hey!

♪ ♪

- Oh, God, Mysterio's-- he's hurt; he's split open.

♪ ♪

- Not this. - No, no, no,

Eddie, put him down!

all: Oh!

- Bleeding, mask torn...

I mean, what else could happen to me?

♪ ♪

At that point, the fans knew it's on.

- Well, ladies and gentlemen,

we are still in shock over the trance-like beating

of a man this man once called his family,

Rey Mysterio. - He's changed.

I don't know this Eddie Guerrero.

- I didn't wanna do it, Rey!

Why'd you make me do it?

- You can see it in Eddie Guerrero's eyes,

especially when he had that promo where he was sitting

in the ring and the lights were dim

and he was explaining to Rey his pain and his anger.

- You were stealing my passion, my energy!

You were stealing my Latino heat!

- It made you go, "Whoa, this a Eddie

we've never really seen before, and he's dangerous."

- When you get to the frustration of

"I can't beat this guy..."

and Eddie Guerrero can't beat Rey Mysterio.

- Latino Heat's in trouble!

Bam! - 619 connecting.

Come on, Rey! - Look at this!

- And a chair! Eddie's been disqualified!

- Wow. Why?

- It's because he can't beat Rey Mysterio.

- "What can I do to get that edge on Rey Mysterio?

I'm gonna get in his head."

- I know a secret--

your secret, Rey--

the one you don't want your son, Dominik, to know.

- The story behind the battle over the custody of Dominik

came from Bruce Prichard

and Eddie Guerrero himself.

- The storyline came from Eddie Guerrero's book.

Eddie Guerrero had written about his problems

with drugs and alcohol, and Eddie had a child

with another woman during his separation.

What if that child were Dominik?

Now, you have to understand

you're dealing with real human beings in real life.

Dominik is Angie and Rey's son.

- My dad looked at me, and he goes,

"Dom, I wanna talk to you about something,"

and I thought I was in trouble,

like, right off the bat,

'cause no parent does that

to you when it's, like.

something good's gonna happen, you know?

So I was already freaking out.

He was like, "So the company wants to do a storyline

with you and me and Eddie," and I was like,

"Do I have to do it?"

And he goes, "No, you don't have to."

He goes, "But they're gonna pay you."

I said, "Oh, okay."

- I really enjoyed being a part of such a rich storyline

that included family members, which you hardly ever see.

It was very, very special.

- Hey, Rey. This is your son,

Dominik's day care.

- I remember very vividly the scene where I was filming

with Eddie in the park, and after every take,

he'd ask me, "Are you okay?"

And then he would hand me a Twizzler.

- Yeah! Is it good?

You like bedtime stories?

- I love bedtime stories, Uncle Eddie.

- Well, Uncle Eddie promises

to tell you a bedtime story

you'll never, ever forget.

- You know, whether it was in the match or the skits

that we were doing, he just wanted things to be

done the best way possible.

- [chuckles]

Hey, Rey Rey!

I know you were looking at that.

What do you say, homes? You think I should

tell everybody our little secret?

- This storyline was completely outside

of the realm of what was typical for WWE then or,

quite frankly, any time.

Get on your knees, and beg me not to tell the truth!

- You never really had a storyline that was

completely based around the offspring

of your good guy superstar.

- Springboard! - Seated senton!

- He's got it! - Here's the cover!

- He got it! He got it!

- He got him--no!

- At the "Great American Bash,"

Dominik was sitting next to announcers,

and I remember Eddie walking down

and grabbing him with both of his hands.

- Oh, no. - Uh-oh.

- Hey, hey! - Don't hurt my son!

- Hey, what are you doing? Don't hurt my son!

- It was tight. Like, it's--

I'm sure he didn't mean it, but, like, just the way

he was like--

like, it's just--I don't know. It was him,

and, like, I knew afterwards,

he was just like, "Hey, mijo, it's okay."

Like, "I didn't mean it."

[crowd shouting]

- Dominik, Dominik! Rey is not your father!

[crowd shouting]

I'm your father, Dominik.

I'm your papi.

- "I'm your papi." [laughs]

It's hilarious. I mean,

the whole idea of the whole storyline,

it was like, come on.

But you got invested.

- Is it true, Dad? Is it really true?

- My teachers were concerned, 'cause I wasn't in school,

and what they were seeing was what was on TV.

- No, no. Dominik.

- It was this real-life connection.

You know, and Eddie--when you talk about spitting venom, man,

there was nothing like Eddie spittin' venom at Rey.

- You can tell when something like that comes off good,

because they're close in real life.

You know, Eddie's probably watched Dom grow up,

and for him to stoop this low and try to bring it out on TV

and try to embarrass the--not just Rey, but the whole family,

and to confuse Dominik,

like, you go back and watch Dom's face.

His little eyes is just-- you know, he was younger

than me, and you just wanna, like, hold him, like,

"It's gonna be okay no matter

who's your papi," like, "It's gonna be okay."

- [laughs] - So it just really

brought you in, you know? And so yeah,

I loved Eddie, but in this particular storyline,

I was ready to see him get what he deserved.

- Rey probably didn't wanna hear the rest of the story.

But I bet all of you do.

[crowd cheers]

- There are audience members today that still wonder,

"Is Eddie Guerrero Dominik Mysterio's dad?"

- Chapter one. "Out of the goodness

"of my loving heart,

I gave my bambino to my best friend."

- Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio brought television's

best soap opera to "WWE SmackDown."

- So instead of me being daddy,

I became

Uncle Eddie.

- It worked so well, because everybody knew how good

of a relationship that Rey and Eddie had.

When you add that element of reality into a storyline,

like, you're drawn in, right? How can you not be?

Like, and especially now, like, as a father,

like, losing the custody of my kids?

Whoa, like, that's real heavy stuff, man.

- Prove it to me! Prove it to everybody

that you can beat me one last time

at "SummerSlam"

for the custody of Dominik.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

- Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in the history

of the WWE, the custody of a child will be determined

in a ladder match.

- The whole family gets involved,

and it makes you want to see a man get beat down for what

he's doing to this other man on national television.

- Briefcase is hanging up in the center of the ring,

and you have to grab a ladder, climb that ladder,

and pull that briefcase where the custody papers are in.

- Ooh! - And Eddie Guerrero

with a cheap shot, typical Guerrero fashion

to start off this matchup.

- As fans, we're not truly watching

to see which superstar is going to get custody of a child.

- Oh, my God! - Oh, right into the ladder!

- This Eddie Guerrero is sick.

- We're watching to see the good guy win.

- Eddie going for the briefcase.

- Hurry up. Hurry up - Mysterio!

And the elation in the face of Dominik.

♪ ♪

- I remember watching this with my mom, and my mom

was just like, "What?"

"No!" Like, she hated Eddie,

and I loved seeing her reaction,

'cause it felt so real.

- Watch out, Rey. It's all legal--

Cole, this is all legal.

- To fight over a custody of a child, it was beyond

just, like, creepy, pushing the edge.

- Wow!

- And you wanted to see Eddie get destroyed by Rey.

- Guerrero... - Oh, wait a minute!

- Face-first into the ladder!

- Watching it live there as a kid, you know, it really did

put things in perspective.

- And look at Rey! - [grunts]

- God. - Just hearing the shots

of ladders and, like, you know, the sound of the mat,

everything was just, you know, so surreal.

I did worry, you know? 'Cause I didn't want

either of them to get hurt.

[crowd shouting]

- Mysterio, driven by the love of his son--

- What the hell? Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! - And Rey Mysterio

falls as well!

- I remember falling, and I landed on top of the ladder,

then on the mat. It was a pretty rough landing.

♪ ♪

At the time, you don't feel none of that.

Your adrenaline is going, and you're just focused

on the task. - Oh, my God, that was ugly.

- Wait a minute! - What the hell?

- Wait a minute! - Dominik, no,

get out of there! Get--Dominik!

- Being in the ring and the cameras rolling,

I was scared, man. Like, I wasn't used to that,

so my heart would be beating, my hands would be sweaty,

but I just knew that I had to

go in there and do what needed to be done.

- Dominik! - Dominik's shaking

the ladder!

- Looking back it now, I really did try to shake it,

and I couldn't move the damn thing.

- He can't move it. - Not strong enough.

- We still give him grief for that,

slides in, and he grabs the ladder, and he's...

♪ ♪

Like, son, you should've shook that ladder.

- What's the matter with you?

Give me a hug!

- When you're passionate about your sport,

every little moment counts.

- No, look at this! Oh!

- And that's what made Eddie so special.

- Eddie went out there, and it's magic, freakin' magic.

It's inexplicable. You can't explain this guy.

You gotta understand, when he walked out,

it was like an electric cord that wasn't grounded.

He just electrified a freakin' arena.

- Oh, and into a spinebuster! - Oh, my God,

I never saw nothin' like that.

- Here we go! - Oh, look at this!

both: Rey's gonna do it!

- Come on, Rey! both: Yeah!

- Yes!

- Here is your winner,

Rey Mysterio!

♪ ♪

- Dominik is going home with Rey and Angie!

- And Eddie Guerrero is livid.

- Eddie had such a huge heart

that he wanted you to do good,

and Eddie gave me that blessing

to be able to go out there and perform

as his best tag team partner

or perform as his number one rival.

♪ ♪

We were at a "SmackDown" taping the last time

I had a chance to see Eddie.

I was getting ready to leave the arena,

and I said bye to everyone.

♪ ♪

I remember walking out, said,

"Hey, I'll see you Sunday. Okay. Perfect."

Gave him a hug, kiss,

and then left.

♪ ♪

Minneapolis, 2005, November.

♪ ♪

When I arrived to the arena...

♪ ♪

They broke it to me right then and there.

♪ ♪

Yeah.

[bleep] damn, it's hard.

[somber music]

- When I arrived to the arena,

they broke it to me right then and there.

"Eddie just passed." "No, no, no, no."

♪ ♪

I remember leaving my stuff, and I jetted over there.

You know, I made it there as fast as I could.

I was in denial.

♪ ♪

I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

♪ ♪

- They found Eddie Guerrero at the hotel.

Eddie's heart gave out brushing his teeth,

and it was horrible,

absolutely horrible, 'cause it was--

it just was a huge hole in my heart

and I think a hole in the industry overall.

♪ ♪

- The doctor spoke to the coroners, and they let us

walk into his room and say goodbye.

♪ ♪

And we just paid our respects.

♪ ♪

Paid our respects, and still was in denial.

I couldn't believe

that this was really happening.

♪ ♪

I remember kneeling down and just bawling,

crying, like, I just--

we had lost a fine soul.

♪ ♪

You know, one of the best friends you could ever have.

♪ ♪

I guess we all have our life

from beginning to end written out.

We just don't know when our ending is gonna come.

♪ ♪

- This hit me hard, and when I heard about this,

a big part of me said it was fake,

because I needed to believe that it--that it was,

and I hated learning the truth that he was gone.

- What I wouldn't give to have Eddie here now.

I mean, there's only one Eddie Guerrero, man.

People talk about him with reverence for very good reason,

and when he died, it was just like

a part of us died with him.

all: Eddie! Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

- I found out about Eddie Guerrero's death

at the Target Center at the arena in Minneapolis.

I saw all these signs that said, "Rest in peace, Eddie,"

and as a kid, I just-- it didn't quite hit me,

and I had this big smile on my face,

and this guy walked up to me, and he goes, "Did you hear?"

And I go, "Hear what?"

He goes, "Eddie Guerrero passed away."

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And I just remember everything at that moment

just stopped for me.

I felt like someone hit my heart,

but the glass didn't shatter, and then I took a look around.

And I saw those signs again, and I was like,

"This can't be real.

This can't be real."

[crowd chanting and clapping]

- Eddie Guerrero has passed away.

Eddie was in the prime of his life, 38 years old,

the prime of his career.

Eddie loved to perform

more than anything else, whether he was booed

or whether he was cheered. He loved to perform

for all of you.

♪ ♪

- My brother...

I love you.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

♪ ♪

- Even now to this day

I would say I've seen my dad cry--

I can count on one hand how many times I've seen him cry--

one of those times being Eddie.

♪ ♪

I'd see him upstairs, like,

just sitting on the couch by himself,

and just, like, looking back at pictures, voicemails, texts.

That's--that was one of my dad's best friends,

and to see him go like that so, you know, suddenly,

was a shock to everybody.

♪ ♪

- I want to dedicate this "Royal Rumble" to my brother,

to mi hermano, Eduardo Guerrero.

Y'all know he's watching us, right?

[cheers and applause]

Gracias!

[cheers and applause]

Oh, man, "Royal Rumble," 2006,

very special moment for me.

- For the 19th consecutive year

the road to "WrestleMania" begins at the "Royal Rumble"!

Paying homage to Eddie tonight in a low-rider,

here comes Mysterio.

- Comin' out with the low-rider,

hittin' the switches, bouncin' up and down.

There was an empty spot. I needed Eddie there.

But he was there in spirit.

I have 28 guys following me,

so it's not looking too good for me right out the get-go.

- 2006 Royal Rumble is an incredible moment.

The fight that Rey was fighting

is the same fight that Rey and Eddie fought

for their entire career.

It was a fight against the perception of what an American

wrestling champion was supposed to look like,

and that is what made this Rumble match so poignant.

[crowd cheering]

- Rey Mysterio dedicated this matchup to his late,

great friend, Eddie Guerrero.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa-- - Mysterio!

- Whoa! - He did it!

He did it! - No way!

- He did it! He did it!

- No way! - Rey Mysterio did it!

♪ ♪

- The explosion of the fans...

this was a picture-perfect moment.

♪ ♪

It was such a great moment that I had to let Eddie know

it was not just one person; it was two.

You couldn't see the other one,

but he knew he was there.

- Rey Mysterio is going to "WrestleMania"!

♪ ♪

- Rey Mysterio is going to "WrestleMania"!

[dramatic music]

- Rey Mysterio carries the soul of Eddie Guerrero

to one more WrestleMania main event,

Shakespeare.

♪ ♪

It's a beautiful play unfolding

right in front of your very eyes.

♪ ♪

It's beautiful.

- Springboard! Wow!

Oh, my God! - Oh, my!

- One, two, three! He got it!

- He got him! He got him!

Oh, my! Mysterio wins the title!

[cheers and applause]

- And you know the late, great, Eddie Guerrero, Cole,

is looking down upon Rey, and he's so proud.

♪ ♪

- Winning that title at "WrestleMania 22"

was the peak of my career

and a tribute to Eddie,

because Eddie would've loved

to have seen me as a champion.

♪ ♪

- I think it really hit him when he got home,

'cause, like, I would just see him staring at the title,

like, just, like--

it was--like, it wasn't real to him.

But it was real for us.

You know, it was-- it was really cool to see.

♪ ♪

- To me it's one of the toughest things

that a person could be asked to do.

♪ ♪

Rey has to carry the legacy of Eddie Guerrero.

That's virtually impossible to do,

and Rey did it, and Rey did it magnificently.

You know, if Eddie Guerrero is lookin' down, I mean,

he's--brother, he's smiling from ear to ear.

♪ ♪

- We're at the cemetery where Eddie is sleeping profoundly,

and it hurts.

It really hurts.

I'd rather keep the nice memories in my head

and in my heart.

♪ ♪

[birds chirping]

I miss you.

And I wish you were still here.

And I know you would be so proud of Dominik.

We talk about you all the time.

You inspired so many of us.

I love you for that.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

I feel at peace right now

in the way I had a sense of happiness.

And he's constantly in my heart and in my mind,

and, you know, there's not a day that passes

that I don't think about him.

I miss him.

- I loved these two men so much.

I don't mean "loved" as in past tense.

I just mean they are beloved to me.

♪ ♪

- You just felt such a connection.

I don't even know how to explain that feeling.

Like, oh, I'm gonna get choked up.

- That's okay.

[chuckles] - Whew.

- These were Latin American men

who brought lucha libre to the mainstream and made it work,

and I don't think any other two men could've

pulled off what they did.

- Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero are two of the best,

not in the business today.

They're just two of the best ever.

- They changed the game.

You know, they inspire so many people

to be larger than life.

- When you have two guys like that, that just wanna

give their very best to the fans, you know,

you can't go wrong.

♪ ♪

- Deep down inside you're thinking of all these moments,

and it's making every time we step in the ring

just mean that much more.

We both love to deliver.

And what better way than to do it

with your best friend,

with your brother?

♪ ♪