"BEING A RELATIVE of Eddie Guerrero means that at certain moments and for particular reasons, recollections of the famed wrestler will come flooding into your mind. Maria Guerrero's memories are filled with the sounds of slaps across the chest, the grunts of pretend pain, and of bodies slamming against each other. From the backyard of her childhood home, neighbors heard a father teaching his sons the family business. "You're doing it wrong!" Gory Guerrero would shout."
"She's the last of the Guerreros in the city synonymous with their name, talking of where they all once lived. That single-story brick house in the Buena Vista neighborhood was a God-fearing home. It was three blocks from the border separating El Paso, Texas, and Juárez, Mexico, and a five-minute drive from the El Paso County Coliseum where the family spent most of their time."
Maria Guerrero's memories are filled with slaps, grunts of pretend pain, and bodies slamming against each other. Neighbors heard their father teaching his sons the family business, with Gory Guerrero shouting, "You're doing it wrong!" She is the last of the Guerreros in El Paso and remembers where they once lived. Their single-story brick house in Buena Vista was a God-fearing home three blocks from the El Paso–Juárez border and five minutes from the El Paso County Coliseum. The family moved to El Paso in 1962. Gory began wrestling at 16 and later focused on the business side of wrestling. Wrestling has been an El Paso staple since the 1920s and helped birth lucha libre.
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