Los Guerreros (English: The Warriors) was an American professional wrestling tag team, which consisted of Eddie Guerrero and his nephew Chavo Guerrero Jr. Both wrestlers were members of the Guerrero family. They wrestled as a team in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and most notably World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the SmackDown! brand, where they became two-time Tag Team Champions.
History
World Championship Wrestling (1998) In World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Chavo and Eddie were not really a tag team as they were later on in WWE. Chavo had only a year of experience in contrast to Eddie's eight or nine years. As part of their angle, Eddie would continually try to make Chavo adopt Eddie's cheating tactics, but Chavo often refused to do so.
On the March 9, 1998 episode of Nitro, Chavo lost to Booker T in a match. After the match, Eddie suplexed Chavo to teach him a lesson. On the March 12 episode of WCW Thunder, he defeated his nephew Chavo in a match and forced him to become his "slave". At Uncensored, Chavo was forced to support Eddie when he faced Booker T for Booker's World Television Championship. Eddie lost the match after receiving a missile dropkick. Eddie and Chavo then feuded with Último Dragón. Chavo lost to Dragón at Spring Stampede. At Slamboree, Eddie defeated Dragón despite interference from Chavo. After the match, Chavo kissed Eddie and began to display insane behavior. Eddie would leave Chavo during a match, and that would lead them to feud with each other. At The Great American Bash, Chavo got an upset victory over Eddie. They faced each other in a Hair vs. Hair match at Bash at the Beach which Eddie won. Continuing to show his crazy behavior Chavo would shave his own head while Eddie looked on in disbelief. Eddie saved Chavo from beatings by Stevie Ray, seeming that he would align with Chavo but he wanted his release. Chavo's treatment at the hands of Eddie drove him "crazy" and he adopted the gimmick of a psycho fixated with a hobby horse he dubbed "Pepé." This led to a feud with Norman Smiley in which Pepé was thrown into a woodchipper by Smiley. Another result of his insanity, was his inability to join Eddie's Latino World Order stable, which was a take-off of the nWo. The stable included nearly every Latino wrestler in WCW except Chavo.
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Tag Team Champions (2002–2003) Eddie Guerrero reunited with Chavo Guerrero in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Chavo joined the SmackDown! brand shortly after the 2002 draft lottery while Eddie was working on the Raw brand as Chris Benoit's tag team partner. Eddie and Benoit jumped to the SmackDown! brand in July and Benoit moved onto a feud with Kurt Angle while Eddie formed a villainous tag team with Chavo. They teamed up for the first time on the August 15 episode of SmackDown!, where they lost to Edge and Rey Mysterio by disqualification. Shortly after, they adopted the name "Los Guerreros" when the two were entered into a tournament to crown the first-ever WWE Tag Team Champions for SmackDown!. Los Guerreros defeated Mark Henry and Rikishi to make it to the semi-finals where they lost to the eventual winners Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Los Guerreros unsuccessfully challenged Angle and Benoit for the titles at Rebellion.
Edge and Rey Mysterio won the titles afterwards. At Survivor Series, Los Guerreros defeated Benoit and Angle and Edge and Mysterio in a triple threat elimination match to win their first WWE Tag Team Championship. After facing makeshift teams consisting of Edge, Mysterio, and Benoit for a few months, they turned babyfaces to feud with John Cena and B-2, whom they defeated to retain the tag team titles on the January 16, 2003 episode of SmackDown!. Los Guerreros dropped the titles to Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) on the February 6 episode of SmackDown!, leading to a lengthy feud between the two teams. Los Guerreros continued their feud with Team Angle as they failed to win the titles from Team Angle in a triple threat match at WrestleMania XIX, also involving Chris Benoit and Rhyno. Los Guerreros received another title shot against Team Angle at Backlash but lost again. Los Guerreros were set to get a rematch against Team Angle for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a ladder match at Judgment Day but Chavo suffered an injury and was replaced by Tajiri as Eddie's partner. The duo went on to win the titles. They lost the titles back to Team Angle, by then known as The World's Greatest Tag Team in July. Eddie then turned on Tajiri and turned into a villain.