It’s a well-known fact that Vince McMahon is an old school guy and he likes to push wrestlers who are well built compared to smaller, more athletic talent.
However, Eddie Guerrero was an exception in this matter as the Boss liked his work and he even booked the Lightweight star to defeat Brock Lesnar in a match at No Way Out in 2004.
During a recent episode of his podcast, wrestling legend Jim Ross talked about the former Champion and explained what made Mr McMahon like him:
“The fact that Eddie could work with anybody, He could work with a bigger babyface and make it real. He could work with a bigger heel and make it even more real. He brought the best out in everybody. If you polled the locker room, they’re gonna tell you that the two best workers we had at one point in time was Benoit and Eddie because they were.”
Continuing on the topic, the former WWE commentator revealed that Eddie didn’t want to be called a cruiserweight and bigger wrestlers in the company wanted to work with him
“They were fresh, Eddie was hungry. He didn’t want to be called a cruiserweight or a midget or whatever. I think it’s consistency and the fact that everybody wanted to work with him. When you have top guys going to the old man just to get face time, and they tell him ‘Vince if I get a chance, I’d like to work with Eddie.’ Enough guys did that and then Vince said there’s something here. He beat Brock Lesnar in the Cow Palace at 190 pounds and Lesnar at 290 and made it believable.”
