Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, Konnan, and DDP shared memories of the late, Eddie Guerrero while on Jericho’s cruise. This was later released as an episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast.
During the episode, Jericho revealed how Vince McMahon first felt about Eddie Guerrero when he came into WWE.
Here is what Jericho said (quotes below via Wrestlezone):
“He came in with Chris [Benoit], Perry Saturn, and Dean [Malenko]. They were called The Radicalz, imagine combination. Now, if you look at those guys, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko. It’s the WWE system. Who’s gonna make it? Right from the start – I vividly remember this two weeks after they got there – I heard from a very high source, ‘Vince says, ‘Eddie’s the guy.’’ I was like, ‘Really?’ ‘Eddie’s the guy. He’s the one?’ ‘Out of all these other guys?’ Perry’s all big and Benoit was Benoit and Dean was Dean. Vince said, ‘Eddie’s the guy.’ Because he checked off all the boxes.
He didn’t have the size, but he worked like he was a giant. He thought like he was a giant. He could do anything, as all of us know, and he had the character and charisma. Lo and behold – Vince is a genius and Vince knew what he wanted and Vince made him one of the biggest stars in the company, but that was right off the bat. He saw that, which I always
though , ‘Wow, right away, you could see Eddie’s character and charisma coming through.”
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