10 Best WWE European Champions
27 men held the belt between 1997-2002...
5. Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero had an auspicious start in WWE.
After jumping from the sinking ship that was WCW, Guerrero – along with Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn – caused a stir by attacking WWE wrestlers and being treated as a genuine threat from the off.
Then the next time they appeared on television, the quartet lost all of their matches and, worse, poor Eddie dislocated his elbow while performing a routine Frog Splash. It was a disheartening situation, the pain and worry etched over his face.
But you can’t keep a good Guerrero down, and Eddie rallied, coming into his own as a personality while temporarily on the side-lines. When he returned to the ring, he quickly captured the European Championship from Chris Jericho and started an onscreen relationship with Chyna.
Eddie was a fighting champion, defending in good matches against eclectic opponents such as his fellow Radicalz members, Rikishi and Essa Rios.
Latino Heat’s 100+ day run as European Champion is a fondly-remembered part of his early WWE days.
Written by Lewis Howse
Features journalist for Cultaholic.com and script writer for the Cultaholic YouTube Channel.