Chavo Guerrero comments on his controversial tweets towards Rey Mysterio.
In April, Chavo Guerrero stirred up quite a bit of controversy on the internet after making comments about Rey Mysterio's entrance at WrestleMania 39, where 'The Master Of The 619' used the Los Guerrero's theme song. Mysterio also came out in one of Eddie Guerrero's signature Low-Riders during the entrance.
After getting plenty of heat on Twitter, Guerrero went on to reveal that he was just playing a role and that he really has no ill will towards Rey or Dominik Mysterio.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Guerrero first talked about the virtual signing where he first made the comments regarding Mysterio.
“Look… I’ve said it before and Vince 100% believes this just like Jerry Jarrett [did as well]. Real issues create real money. This is nothing that I didn’t do in 2007, it’s the same thing, ‘You wanna be a Guerrero, you’ll never be a Guerrero, you’re jealous of us’, and that whole thing and people just latched onto it. Well, did they forget? I don’t know, but what happened was I did a virtual signing from Nick with Captain’s Corner and uh, and somebody asked if I was happy about Rey Mysterio coming out at WrestleMania with the Los Guerreros music, my voice, Eddie’s voice, we recorded that. Viva La Raza, that was our voice. So I kinda looked at [Nick], and he looks at me so I just start playing with it a little bit like I’ve done. Right before that in the interview, I had said I’m all about love. I think he gave me a bud light, so I was drinking a bud light and I said ‘Isn’t Bud Light doing the LGBTQ thing? I don’t know why everyone is so mad about it, who cares. If you’re cool then you’re cool, if you’re a jerk then you’re a jerk.’ Nobody’s listening to that part, everyone just wants to hear what they want to hear. So I said that and kind of tongue in cheek, we kind of laughed talking about how Dominik is probably a Guerrero and it was 100% sarcasm. When we got done, Nick looks at me and he’s like, ‘Wow’, I was like ‘C’mon man, total work’, and he’s like ‘Man, it was like real, like people could really jump onto that’ and I told him [to] just watch.”
Guerrero then went on to talk about the moments leading up to the tweets, which seemingly stirred up the most buzz.
"Nick Hausman texts me and goes ‘Hey man, your stuff is all over the news’, like the New York Post picked it up and I’m like ‘Really?’, I literally was kind of being tongue in cheek on it, you know and joking [like] hey, I’m sorry that nobody knows who Rey Mysterio Sr. is, but you wanted to be a Guerrero, you always wanted to be a Guerrero, it was very tongue in cheek. I texted him back and [told him] to watch my next tweet. So that’s when I sent this last tweet about him being a Guerrero and using the Guerrero’s name to his own benefit. It could be real, if I was really pissed off, I could really do this to people and latch onto it. People just started going nuts and going crazy, so finally after I started messing with them, I [sent the] hook, line, and sinker [tweet], that’s always being a heel."
Guerrero also went on to elaborate on the whole situation, noting that fans are still angry about the tweets. Guerrero also said that he loves wrestling fans because they're so easy to hook in.
“It’s the art of heat. People forget that.. Yes, I'm doing stuff in Hollywood, but I’m still a pro wrestler. That’s what has fed my family for over 85 years, over 85 years is pro wrestling. That’s the only thing. I’m doing pro wrestling stuff in Hollywood, but I’m still connected to that world. So I just had a little fun and people still, I mean literally I just had somebody else telling me… I could pick up my phone right now and just start going through the tweets. They don’t wanna look at the other tweets where I put like okay guys, wasn’t real. They’re like ‘Yeah, you’re just backtracking’. Oh my god, are you guys really that easy? I love wrestling fans because they’re that easy. They want to believe anything they want to and I don’t know anything else like that, except for maybe a soap opera. They want to believe so bad."
Dominik Mysterio recently talked about his "real father" Eddie Guerrero and how he helped him get to his current position in WWE. Click here to learn more.
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