| Juventud Guerrera |
| Juventud Guerrera Height: 5’5” Weight: 169 lbs. Real name: Anibal Gonzales Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico Pro debut: 1992 Finishing move: 911 Juvi Driver (Wrist-clutch Michininoku Driver II), Juvi Driver (Michinoku Driver II), Juvi Lock (Sicillian Crab), Juvi Splash (450° splash) Favorite quote: "I am the Juice!" Other aliases: Juvy (WCW), "The Youth Warrior" (WCW), Juventud (WWE) Career highlights: WWE Cruiserweight Champion (2), WWAS International Cruiserweight Champion (2), WCW World Tag Team Champion (w/Rey Mysterio Jr), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, WCW Cruiserweight Champion (3), Mexican National Tag Team Champion (3) (w/Fuerza Guerrera), WWA World Welterweight Champion, WWA (Mexico) World Trios Champion (w/Fuerza Guerrera & Psicosis), WWA (Mexico) World Lightweight Champion (2) Trained by: Fuerza Guerrera, Pepe Casas, Cacique Mara Juventud Guerrera wrestled in many Mexician independent promotions as a masked wrestler but he first gained American exposure in Extreme Championship Wrestling alongside fellow luchadores Rey Misterio Jr, Psicosis, Konnan and La Parka. When Konnan left for WCW, the luchadores followed. In WCW, Juvi (as he was sometimes known) lost his mask in a match against Chris Jericho in WCW, and later became an announcer on WCW Thunder, after he suffered an injury. Juvi often imitated The Rock by calling himself The Juice and saying The Rock's catch phrases. Juvi was released from WCW after an "incident" in Australia where Juvi embarrassed the company by making a scene publicly while under the influence of what was believed to be PCP. The night before he smoked an unknown substance given to him by an unknown party at a nightclub. The next morning he ran into the hotel lobby naked and began attacking everyone in sight, including other wrestlers. It was his second offense as he had a previous DUI against him. WCW didn't even bother to tell Juvi that he had been released from his contract. He had to find out from his friends who had read about it on the internet. Guerrera went on to wrestle for many other promotions including Xtreme Pro Wrestling, WWA, AAA, and Frontier Wrestling Alliance until he joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In TNA, Guerrera was joined by fellow AAA wrestlers: Mr. Águila, Héctor Garza, Abismo Negro, Heavy Metal to form a group first know as Team AAA, then later as Team Mexico to compete in TNA's World X Cup Matches. Guerrera would also take part in the 2003 Super X Cup advancing through to the final only to be defeated by Chris Sabin. When TNA's working relationship with AAA came to an end the group dispanded, and Juvi was released to continue working for Lucha Libre promotions. Juventud Guerrera had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in spring 2005. He debuted on television, wrestling simply as Juventud (the Guerrera was dropped, possibly to avoid confusion with Chavo and Eddie Guerrero) on June 18, 2005, defeating Funaki on SmackDown!'s sister show Velocity. On June 23 he, Super Crazy and Psicosis (collectively called "The Mexicools") interrupted a match between Chavo Guerrero and Paul London by riding to the ring on a lawn mower and attacking both wrestlers. This was followed week by week of The Mexicools interrupting matches and beating down seemingly random wrestlers and cutting promos, Juventud quickly established himself as the mouthpiece/leader of the group and began using his old gimmick name of "The Juice". At the 2005 The Great American Bash on July 24, The Mexicools defeated the bWo, a team led by Stevie Richards, in a six-man tag team match. After more weeks of interruptions and sneak attacks, Juventud and the group were sent down to the SmackDown! B-show, Velocity. The group fueded with Velocity main-stay and Cruiserwieght Champion, Nunzio and his tag partner, Vito. Members of The Mexicools picked up numerous pin fall victories over the champion during this time. At the October 4 SmackDown! tapings, for Velocity, Juventud (along with Super Crazy and Psicosis) faced Brian Kendrick, Paul London, Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki in an over-the-top battle royal with the stipulation that the winner would receive a title shot at the Cruiserweight Championship at No Mercy. After finally eliminating Paul London, Juventud won the battle royal and the title shot. At the event on October 9, he defeated Nunzio following a Juvi Driver to capture his first ever WWE Cruiserweight Championship. Juventud later went on to lose that the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy, mentioned only on wwe.com. On November 25 however, Juventud regained the gold on an edition of SmackDown! from England, following a Juvi Driver. Guerrera lost the title to Kid Kash at Armageddon on December 18, 2005. On January 6, 2006, WWE announced that Juventud had been released from the company. His final match aired that evening on SmackDown!, a Cruiserweight title rematch against Kid Kash which Juventud lost. During this match, Juventud would use many high flying moves - despite WWE telling its cruiserweights to tone down those aerial moves - and the 450 splash, a move WWE outright banned due to an earlier match Juventud had when he botched the move and ended up fracturing bones in Paul London's face. Because of these extra aerial moves, the match would end up going long over its assigned time. It is also said that Juventud tried to force a win for himself, making him champion. There is speculation that going long during the match cost Juventud his job; it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back after a lengthy record of behavior problems during his short tenure with the company. Juventud Guerrera would return to Mexico to compete with AAA. Guerrera first appeared on April 30th and is expected to form a new stable known as "Mexican Power" that will include Crazy Boy, who is the first cousin of Super Crazy. |
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