Mando Guerrero

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Mando Guerrero
Birth nameArmando Guerrero Llanes
Born (1950-06-09) June 9, 1950 (age 74)
Mexico City, Mexico
Family Guerrero
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Mando Guerrero [1]
Tercera Dimensión [1]
El Psicópata [1]
Armando Guerrero
Billed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1] [2]
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st) [1]
Trained by Gory Guerrero [1]
Debut1974 [1]

Armando Guerrero Llanes (born June 9, 1950), better known as Mando Guerrero, is a Mexican American retired professional wrestler. [1] He also was the trainer for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, an all-female professional wrestling promotion. [3] He is a member of the Guerrero family.

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Professional wrestling career

Mando is believed to have started wrestling in 1971, teaming alongside his brother Chavo Guerrero Sr. He worked mostly in Los Angeles for NWA Hollywood Wrestling and in 1977, began working for Big Time Wrestling in San Francisco. [4] In 1980, he made his first tour of Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. In 1988, he teamed with his brothers Hector and Chavo for the AWA. There they unsuccessfully challenged for the AWA World Tag Team Championship against Badd Company. In the early 1990s, alongside his brothers, they wrestled in the UWA and EMLL. In 1992, he took on the persona of El Psicopata for AAA. [4] In 1994, he competed at UWF Blackjack Brawl for the UWF Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Movie stuntman career

Guerrero began a career as a Hollywood stuntman in 1977. [2] Gene LeBell suggested Guerrero work as a stuntman after meeting him at his brother Mike LeBell's wrestling promotion. [2] After spending three years as a movie extra, Guerrero began working in stunts. [2] His credits include Miracles (1986), Red Surf (1990), Eve of Destruction (1991), Falling Down (1993), [5] Steal Big Steal Little (1995), My Giant (1998), Critical Mass (2000), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), Submerged (2000), and The Shrink Is In (2001). [2] Guerrero was also hired as a stunt coordinator and choreographer for wrestling scenes in movies. [2]

Personal life

Before entering professional wrestling and stunt work, Guerrero worked in construction and retail sales. [2] He attended the University of Texas El Paso for two years, where he took drama classes. [2] He also attended Rancho Santiago College and Orange Coast College, where he took classes in TV production. [2] Mando Guerrero is the second oldest son of Gory Guerrero and the brother of Chavo Guerrero, Sr., Héctor Guerrero and Eddie Guerrero. [2] His nephew, Chavo Guerrero Jr., also wrestles. [2] Mando Guerrero was married. [2] Mando Guerrero has a son, Eduardo Guerrero, named after his brother Eddie.

Championships and accomplishments

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Mando Guerrero profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Oliver, Greg (January 11, 2007). "Size never held Mando Guerrero down". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Greg (April 13, 2000). "'Slop' matches haven't stopped Ivory". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Mando Guerrero". Cagematch. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Guerrero, Eddie. Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story, p. 18.
  6. 1 2 3 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
  7. ↑ "Pro Wrestling History". prowrestlinghistory.com.

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