Chavo Guerrero Sr.
| Chavo Guerrero Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Salvador Guerrero III |
| Born |
January 7, 1949 El Paso, Texas |
| Family | Guerrero |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chavo Guerrero Chavo Guerrero Sr. Chavo Classic |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 229 lb (104 kg) |
| Trained by | Gory Guerrero |
| Debut | 1970 |
| Retired | 2010 |
Salvador Guerrero III (born January 7, 1949), better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero Sr., and also known colloquially during the 21st century as "Chavo Classic", is a retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of third generation wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr. He is the oldest son of Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, and part of the Guerrero wrestling family. He is the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion.
Earlier in his career, Guerrero feuded with Atsushi Onita in Japan over lighter-weight titles.
In the 1970s, Guerrero moved his family to California so he could compete in Los Angeles's NWA Hollywood Wrestling. He also feuded with Roddy Piper for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship. Guerrero held the title 15 times between 1975 and 1980.
He usually teamed with his brothers, Mando and Héctor wherever he wrestled. In the late 1980s wrestling in the AWA on ESPN. He was teaming with his brother Mando to go after the AWA World Tag Team Championship held by Diamond Dallas Page's team of Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka).
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