There's no shame in not being as talented as Eddie Guerrero.
There have been thousands of wrestlers to walk the earth in the last hundred years. It's safe to say that many of them were not on Eddie Guerrero's level. You're talking about a guy who was strong, athletic, super-charismatic, and able to match up with any wrestler in the world. When he was alive, he was easily one of the five best wrestlers in the world. Since guys like that don't grow on trees, people get that, since he was so great, there was no shame in not being able to live up to his standard.
Unless you're Chavo Guerrero, Jr. Then, you just plain suck.
Chavo had the misfortune of being raised with Eddie Guerrero. Had he grown up anywhere else in the world and become a wrestler, he'd be looked at respectably, and judged on what he can and can't do. But because his last name is Guerrero, this guy has to live the rest of his life being told that he isn't Eddie. If only his last name was Cruz. Chavo Cruz might have been a world champion by now, or at the very least, a TNA World Champion.
All that's ever said about Chavo on the internet is that he isn't as good as Eddie and that he's getting by based on his name. To be fair, everything said about everyone on the internet just as negative, but when it comes to Chavo, I'm like, "You're taking it too far, internet. You're talking about him like you're talking about President Obama." The guy just can't do anything right.
So he isn't charismatic as Eddie. So he doesn't move like Eddie. So he isn't the wrestler that Eddie was. Who the fuck is? You know who else wasn't Eddie Guerrero? AJ Styles. Or Rey Misterio, Jr. Or Big Show. Or Christian. But no one's rubbing their noses in the fact that they aren't some other guy. Except maybe Christian. I mean, Edge was so much bigger than him.
But folks do it to Chavo because they share the same name. All the while overlooking the fact that he's pretty damn good himself. No, he's not Eddie, but he's a guy that also has good, fast-paced, exciting matches. And he's stuck next to fucking Hernandez. The internet is so fixated on hating Chavo for not being Eddie that they're overlooking the fact that he's teaming with Hernandez and still manages to pull good matches out of his ass. Now that is talent. When was the last time Eddie had to carry a shit partner like that?
The internet: "When he teamed with Chavo."
Me: "Well, I guess I kind of walked right into that one, didn't I?"
Except that Eddie didn't have to carry Chavo through those matches. No one did. It ain't like he was Erik Watts, a clear case of nepotism. Chavo carried his weight, held his own, whatever cliche you want to use to describe someone who does their part. Chavo was one of the "Smackdown Six," and for once, he wasn't just "Eddie's nephew" something like that, where he could be dismissed. He was on equal ground with everyone else. And was just as big a part of those matches as Edge or Rey Misterio, Jr. or [REDACTED] or Kurt Angle. Or, yes, even Eddie Guerrero. Go back and watch those matches. World titles be damned; Chavo Guerrero, Jr. can wrestle.
It's safe to admit it to yourself, Internet.
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