Colin Who????

Early this morning on Espn radio, Colin Cowherd made some pretty rude comments about the passing of WWE superstar Eddie Guerrero saying that his death wasn't news worthy, that no one cares that he died, and also speculationg on his sudden passing. Well I'm a fan of freedom of speech, but when is it crossing the line. Sure he was a wrestler and their profession is really looked at more like a circus than a sporting event, but the man he talked about was still A HUMAN BEING FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!!! What in the hell happened to having compassion for your fellow man? What happened to having the sincerity enough to think aboutwhat his family is dealing with it? They care that he died. The fans that loved watching the man perform week end and week out loved the man and they care. So who cares if he dies eh? That is the most asinine question that could ever have been asked.

I've watched Eddie for many years. I didn't get to see his very first match, but I did get to see probably one of the greatest matches of all time as he wrestle Dean Malenko in a techincal classic. Yes the show is indeed a "show", but the name of the game is wrestling and it always, always comes back to the wrestling. The true fan can appreciate that and not some tuesday morning quarterback that questions everything on the fucking page. Since professional wrestling is a big part of my life, I consider a select few of these superstars to be legitamite role models. Eddie was one of the few. He's battle with addiction which nearly cost him his job, his family, and his life has been well documented and he came back from the depths of hell to be, not only back in professional wrestling, but to become champion and finally get the acknowledgement he deserves as one of the best.

When I first saw Eddie perform, I knew he was destined to be one of the greats. He had that thing. He was very charasmatic and he knew how to operate inside the ring. He knew how to sell and he knew how to make everyone working with him look like a million dollars when they were only worth maybe $2. And if you put him with someone that was just as talented as he, then the match was guaranteed to be a 5 star performance. Eddie also proved that you didn't have to be the stereotypical stiff big man to be a world champion. He was a smaller wrestler with a wrestling background and not only did he become champion, but he was the proudest champion that I remember seeing. He just couldn't wait to show everyone how far he had come. He wanted to show everyone that he was back, acknowledging and thanking the fans for their support.

People do care that he died. People were rooting for this guy because he could have been anyone. A brother, sister, cousin, nephew, aunt, uncle, mom, dad, granparent, someone that we all knew in life that had hit rock bottom and all we wanted for them to do is succeed. We wanted Eddie to succeed because he had humbled himself to those that he loved. He had humbled himself to us fans that have never met him, but he still wanted us to know his story and I for someone to completely overlook that is ignorant.

Eddie was a human being, and he will be missed by us fans, but missed most of all by his friends and family.
FOR THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT CARED ABOUT HIM!!!!

Thanks for the memories Eddie....

-mx-

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Eddie Guerrero is from here. He was born here and went to high school here...one of my uncles was an acquaintance of him and his father...
I saw him wrestle once when I was young...when he was still doing "lucha libre" type of wrestling...from what I have heard from others,
he was a good man who loved the career wrestling gave him. Needless to say, I am sad to hear of his passing.

To that idiot ESPN guy: Acknowledge and show some respect to someone who loved the sport that gave him a name.

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