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A new book on Chavo Guerrero Sr. was officially released on 8/17.
Titled, Chavo Guerrero Sr. - Instant Classic, the book was authored by Chavo Guerrero and Kirk Buchner.
Promotional material for the 488 page book notes:
A member of the legendary Guerrero wrestling family, Chavo Guerrero Sr. wrestled all over the world for over thirty-five years. A champion in three countries, Chavo tells the stories of sex, drugs and pro wrestling, and the friends and enemies he made along the way. This is an earnest tale of a man who was proud to be a wrestler, a Mexican-American, but most of all, a Guerrero.
Guerrero had been working on a book at the time of his passing in 2017, so it would appear this release would be made up, in part, of those writings. Guerrero, 68 at the time of his passing, was the oldest son of lucha libre legend Gori Guerrero. He had a long, storied career in Mexico and the United States, including a classic feud with Roddy Piper in Los Angeles and a run in All Japan Pro Wrestling where he feuded with Atsushi Onita. While teaming with brother Hector Guerrero, Chavo worked Mid-South and Championship Wrestling from Florida as well as a top team.
Guerrero may be remembered best by younger fans for his run as Chavo Classic in WWE, where he held the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
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In December 2009, Chavo Guerrero Sr. sat down with PWInsider for an interview, discussing memories of the Los Angeles territory run by Mike Lebell, Lebell as a promoter, being tested in the ring and having to defend yourself, working for All Japan and New Japan, wrestling a young Atsushi Onita, being trained by his father Gory Guerrero, feuding with Roddy Piper in L.A., thoughts on the way WWE trains performers, why the art form is lost, the highspots performed by younger stars today, why that is not the true Lucha Libre style, why he believed John Laurinaitis hates him, Vickie Guerrero's work as a heel in WWE, how he feels about how WWE using Eddie's name in angles, wrestling a young Mick Foley in Foley's PPV debut, what led to the end of his WWE run as "Chavo Classic", the angle he didn't want to do during that run, the story he went after Verne Gagne for never paying him after wrestling on the AWA Superclash III PPV, returning to Los Angeles for WrestleReunion later that year and more. PWInsider.com Elite subscribers can listen to the interview at this link.
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