For many sports entertainment fans, the famed "Attitude Era" of the WWE represents their most cherished memory in pro wrestling. Spearheaded by in-ring performers such as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, HHH, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Mankind, Kane, The Hardy Boyz, and The Dudley Brothers, the violently unfiltered and provocatively compelling brand of pro wrestling become so popular that it prompted a significant shift in the company's highly publicized ratings war with the WCW--a brand many considered superior to the WWE a decade prior. Led by their outlandishly brash CEO, Vince McMahon, the WWE blazed a trail into the mainstream with riveting storylines while the WCW trended downwards. Therefore, three years into the "Attitude Era," Vince  McMahon purchased the WCW from AOL Time Warner for $4.2 million.

The famous transaction prompted an influx of WCW talent to the WWE. Suddenly, WCW wrestlers such as Booker T., Eric Benoit, Rey Mysterio, the late Eddie Guerrero, and his younger cousin Chavo were now a part of WCW's rival brand for the first time ever. Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero were primarily viewed as "mid-card" wrestlers in the old WCW, but after transitioning to the WWE, they both became superstars, WWE World Heavyweight Champions, and cultural icons within the Latino Community. They also reigned as WWE Tag-Team Champions in 2002; before providing fans with a memorable rivalry against one another involving Rey Mysterio's biological son, Dominick Mysterio.

Since joining the WWE, Rey Mysterio has become arguably the most famous Lucha Libre-inspired wrestler of all time, while the legacy of Eddie Guerrero's "Latino Heat" angle still lives on the annals of pro wrestling history. Although Rey Mysterio is in the twilight of his career, the 45-year-old remains an active member of the WWE roster, where he is currently engaged in a storyline with his adult son, Dominick, who is portraying a heel (on-screen villain) that turned on his father back in September of 2022. The family feud culminated with a one-on-one showdown at Wrestlemania 39. Rey Mysterio defeated his son with the help of Bad Bunny, and the match was viewed as a success. The storyline has also given birth to an interesting subplot...the return of the LWO. The Latino World Order was a pro-wrestling faction started by Eddie Guerrero in the late 90s when he was an active wrestler with the WCW. Rey Mysterio recently re-established the group in the WWE as a tribute to his old friend.

Chavo Guerrero, a former WWE Tag Team Champion (with Eddie), recently voiced his displeasure about the amount of attention Rey Mysterio has been generating by using the Guerrero family name. The biological cousin of Eddie Guerrero also suggested that if Rey really wanted to honor the deceased WWE Hall of Famer, he could do that in a number of ways, behind the scenes, such as donating money to his daughters.

"If @reymysterio is really mentioning the Guerrero name only in tribute [and not] to line his own pockets with cash, maybe he'll donate some of that money to charity, or even better, how about to Eddie's daughters. That will show myself & the fans that he's not prostituting the family name."

In response, several fans stood up for Rey Mysterio by indicating that his recent storyline with the WWE should be considered an honorable sign of respect and homage from a  renowned entertainer and to his former best friend. But Chavo pushed back on that notion.

"They were [best friends]?" Chavo wrote. "That’s funny, I guess you are the only one who thinks that. Everyone knows who Eddie’s best friend was, it wasn’t Rey."

Shortly after his tweets went viral, Chavo hopped back on social media to indicate that he had been tweeting in the character of the heel that he used to play with the WWE, but that hasn't stopped fans from speculating about the realness of his prior statements. To make matters more confusing, Chavo recently appeared as an interviewee on a pro wrestling podcast called Monte & The Pharaoh, out of character, where he once again accused Rey of attaching himself to the Guerrero name for fame and notoriety. (You can watch that interview here)

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Source: Wrestle Talk