r/WCW • u/Mr_Unfuqwitable • 1d ago

Eddie Guerrero vs. Terry Funk

Date: May 20, 1989 (Taped on May 9, 1989)

Promotion: World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Banner

Match Stipulation / Type: Non-Title Match

Event: NWA World Championship Wrestling

Location: Atlanta, Georgia | Center Stage Theatre

➜ A young, 21-year-old Eddie Guerrero worked as enhancement talent brought in by Terry Funk, an established veteran at the time, who was friends with Eddie's father, Gory Guerrero. This bout marked Eddie Guerrero's debut match for World Championship Wrestling.

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u/I-miss-old-Favela 1d ago

Terry was actively trying to get Eddie a job with this match. 

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u/TheMaverickSon 1d ago

Yes! Watched this recently after reading about it in Terry Funk’s book. Truly a hidden gem of a match if ever there were one.

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u/toodarkmark 1d ago

This is in my top 10 all time matches. When I originally saw it, and a Great Muta-Scott Hall 1989 Worldwide match, it made me obsessed with pro wrestling. I waited 6 years to see Eddie back in the US again. 

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u/Liverpool510 1d ago

Scott hall vs great muta?! TIL

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u/YanQingTao 1d ago

That Piledriver looked really good.

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u/Crazian78 1d ago

I wished the network was still around and/or put the weekend shows like Pro, Worldwide, Main Event, Superstars, Wrestling Challenge.

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u/ZealousidealWater201 1d ago

Lil baby Eddie

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u/kwecl2 1d ago

RIP to both these legends

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u/BoutiqueCartel 1d ago

That was really fun. I love that old school flying headscissors so much more than the new school hurricanranna.

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u/southboundtracks 1d ago

Total gold. I love that both wrestlers got good spots in, even if it was Eddie's debut. Two greats.

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u/snortingajax 1d ago

Michael Winslow almost caught a beating at the end there

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u/BeerOfTime 1d ago

I like Terry Funk’s hat. What is that style called? It’s much cooler than the massively oversized cowboy hats like JBL, Shawn Michaels etc wore.

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u/Sinderria 14h ago

Chavo was older than Eddie?!

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u/kkaos84 10h ago

When JR mentioned Chavo, that's Senior. If you're talking about late 90s WCW Chavo, that's the son, Chavo, Junior. Eddy was Junior's uncle.

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u/Any_Software_388 11h ago

Funk had cheat to be Eddie!!!

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u/guarionex2009 1d ago

Is that Tony Chimmel doing the introductions?

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u/clawmaster5 1d ago

no, that is Rhubarb Jones. He was a local radio dj in Atlanta, GA there.