When I called Karl and left the sad message I about choked up. I
knew what Eddie and all the Guerreos meant to Karl and Barbara. I
had talked with Karl a day or two after the WWE event he was
assigned to as the Wrestling Commissioner of Missouri. And that was
all he wanted to talk about was how Eddie had finally gotting his
act together. And how they was coming up to his ranch to see
everyone. Karl told me a many stories about back in LA with the
Guerreos and I really enjoyed hearing them. Some people in this
busness now are in it for the money. But Eddie was in it because it
was, and is, his life. This is truely a tragic lose to the wrestling
world. Eddie will always be remembered as a true champion....

--- In CACF@yahoogroups.com, "evpklauer" <evpklauer@y...> wrote:
>
> When I came home from church and heard Morgans message about
Eddie,
> it took me and Barbara several minutes to accept what we had
heard.
> Of the literaly hundreds of wrestlers I have known or worked with
> over the last 58 years, 3 are extremly close to us. Leo Garibaldi,
> Gory Guerrero and Eddie Guerrero.
>
> In 1979 Gory and I formed Six Amigo's wrestling promotions in Los
> Angeles, Gory had the book and I had the job of filling the
arena's,
> we were running 4 towns A WEEK, Santa Ana, San Pedro, Oxnard and
> Oceanside. Our youngs helpers and slaves of the weekly headaches
were
> a 11 year old Eddie Guerrero and 13 year old Wayne Lauer. These
two
> were like glued to each other for the next 4 years. Every weekend
> they would spend togeather and all summer, they wrestled and
chased
> the girls togeather. If they were not at the Lauer house they were
at
> the Guerrero home. When Gory decided to move back to El Paso.Texas
> due to health reasons Eddie went also. That was 1983 I beleive.
>
> When we would visit them Eddie had the pro fever and asked when I
am
> ready I will come and work for you "Uncle Karl" And he did in 1988
> and on and off for the next 5 years. He worked for us in WWA and
the
> WIN and the AAA. I knew then that he would make his mark as one
of
> greatest Mexican stars. I was with Eddie just 2 months ago
Sept.11,
> 2005 in Springfield Mo for a WWE house show. We had a great visit
and
> he was planning to bring his family to our ranch in Missouri, was
> excited about seeing Wayne again, it had been almost 20 years. The
> wrestling world has lost a great talent and the Lauers have lost a
> great friend and the subject of some wonderful memories, which we
> will always have.
>
> I am sure history will list the Name of Guerrero as one of the
> greatest wrestling families, a father Gory, four sons Chavo,
Mando,
> Hector and Eddie and one grandson Chavo Jr known by us as Chavito
who
> had his first match for me in Los Angeles at the famous Olympic a
> building that his family had sold out 10,400 seats on countless
> occasions, I know he will make his uncle Eddie proud.
>
> In the next few weeks a lot of stories will arise, some true, some
> exagerated and some completely fabricated. I choose to ignore them
> and remember Eddie Guerrero as one very nice young man who made my
> life a little more enjoyable with his wit, his talent and his
> friendship.
>
> Karl K. Lauer
>