Hector Guerrero

Hector Manuel Guerrero Llanes is a professional wrestler. He is the son of Gory Guerrero and has three wrestling brothers, Chavo, Mando and Eddie. He also has a nephew that wrestles, Chavo Guerrero, Jr.. Hector also has two sisters, Cookie and Linda.

Profile

• Height: 6'0"
• Weight: 231 lbs.
• Birthday: October 1, 1954
• Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
• Hometown: Tampa, Florida
• Other Gimmicks: Gobbledygooker, Laser-Tron
• Managers: Oliver Humperdink, Jim Holliday

Career

Hector Guerrero started wrestling in 1973. He has wrestled all over the country, primrarily in California early in his career and Florida late in his career. He has often teamed with his brothers, Chavo and Mando.

He spent some time in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in the mid-1980's. He was the masked Lazer-Tron who teamed with Jimmy Valiant. Together, they feuded with The New Breed, Chris Champion and Sean Royal. Alone, he feuded with "Downtown" Denny Brown for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title. He also teamed with Manny Fernandez as the Latin Connection until Fernandez turned on him to join Rick Rude and Paul Jones.

He wrestled in the American Wrestling Association in the late 1980's, winning the Tag Team Titles while there.

Hector also appeared in the WWF as the Gobbledygooker; the gimmick is widely conceded to be one of WWF/WWE's biggest embarrassments.

He has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

Hector is a born-again Christian and can be found occasionally wrestling on Ted DiBiase's religion & wrestling shows.

Titles/Accomplishments

• 1-Time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time AWA World Tag Team Champion
• 6-Time America's Tag Team Champion
• 2-Time America's Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion
• 1-Time Tri-State Tag Team Champion
• 1-Time Florida Junior Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Florida United States Tag Team Champion
• 1-Time Florida Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time UWC Tag Team Champion
• 1-Time PWF Tag Team Champion
• 1-Time FWF Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time HWO Tag Team Champion

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 423 of the best 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.

Sources

• Wrestling With God by Chad Bonham, 2001, ISBN 1–58919–935–9, pp. 123–138.