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Interview Highlights: Eddie Guerrero talks about pressure during title reign, WM20, dying in ring

Feb 22, 2005 - 3:52:00 PM
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By Wade Keller, Torch editor

Eddie Guerrero spoke to the UK Sun about his first title reign, adding insight in the reports in the Torch Newsletter
last year that he was taking very personally anything that didn't go right on the Smackdown brand during his title reign. Here are excerpts:

-On putting pressure on himself when he was champion: "It's a great responsibility being champion, as you're the one carrying the ball, and I found it very difficult. It was the first time I'd held the title and I don't think I was ready. I was ready to win the belt, but not for what lay ahead of me. I wasn't prepared mentally for what happens outside the ring - because I think that's where the real challenges lie. I was taking things like attendances and ratings very personally. I'm an extremist and that's one thing I'd like to change in my life. It's good to be hard on myself but not to the point where I beat myself up about things. And if I'm honest and look back at my mistakes then I was too hard on myself when I was carrying the title. I let things eat me up inside and I questioned myself when I shouldn't have. But it's a lesson learned and I won't make that mistake again."

On JBL as champion: "Of course I was disappointed to drop the title, how could I not be? The WWE championship was everything I'd worked for and it was heartbreaking for me to lose it. But JBL was great in our matches and he's really stepped up to the plate as champion. A lot of people doubted him, although I never did, and I think he's made them eat their words. JBL's the WWE champion for a reason. He's not there because he's anybody's friend, but because he's working hard and continues to do a great job."

-Regarding last year's WM20 when both he and Chris Benoit headlined in world title matches: " "You know how sometimes a dream seems too far-fetched and unreachable - well WrestleMania XX was one of the moments where I realized that dream. Not only for myself but also for Chris. Breaking that mould of giants was great - I'll take a pat on the back for that one. Being a smaller wrestler is something I've been dealing with all my life. But it's not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, it's the size of the fight in the dog. And that's what I'd say about me and Chris. When you put us in the ring, we're just as big as any other wrestler out there. And I'd say our hearts are even bigger, as we are taking on people larger and stronger than ourselves. I think WrestleMania XX was more Chris's night than it was mine. I don't want to take away from my match with Kurt - as I have so much respect and admiration for him - or that moment with Benoit, but beating Brock at No Way Out was more emotional for me. Winning the WWE title was just so special, especially as I had my mum right there at ringside."

-On dying in the ring: "When I'm out there I'm on a natural high. I grew up in this business and I love it. It's not everything to me in life, Jesus Christ is my saviour and what I live for. But he's blessed me by putting the fire within my heart to wrestle. So every time I get that opportunity, I give my body and life. When I'm wrestling I personally carry the responsibility and challenge in my heart to live or die in the ring. And If I were to die in the wrestling ring - I'd die a happy man."

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