Former WWE Creative Writer reveals Wrestlemania 22 plan for Eddie Guerrero.

This week on Bauer & Pollock, former WWE creative writer Court Bauer shares his thoughts on the passing of Eddie Guerrero eight years ago this month and reveals plans the sports-entertainment organization had for the legendary grappler at the following year's WrestleMania pay-per-view event in Chicago, Illinois. Bauer also squashes the rumor of Guerrero being scheduled to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista during their feud.Bauer recalls, "It was twenty-four hours before he passed away, I believe. Twenty-four hours, forty-eight hours, something like that. We had a call with Vince at home, and we were talking about the preliminary plans for WrestleMania. I know there’s this romanticized story about how Eddie was going to get the title, and that was the plan that he was going to get it that night or at Survivor Series. That wasn’t the plan. I think Stephanie said that, or alluded to it on the air, and that was not the plan. The plan was that he would lose, and I think they were going to return in December. We had talked about a fascinating idea; I’m not the biggest Bruce Prichard fan, but to his credit, I believe it was Bruce Prichard who pitched putting Eddie Guerrero at WrestleMania against Shawn Michaels and doing the parallels of their careers. Being the heartthrob in Mexico and this mercurial figure south of the border, and the American version being HBK. "They had never really worked, and you would’ve had such a great dynamic between the two with heel Eddie versus Shawn. That’d be your “tear the house down,” high quality match at WrestleMania 22 in Chicago. Vince was like, “God damn, that’s really appealing. We could parallel their careers. What kind of footage of Eddie do we have outside of WCW? We could really do some impressive packages.”In 2005, Bret Hart worked with WWE for the first time since the infamous "Montreal Screwjob" by contributing interview footage and selecting matches for a DVD highlighting his career. With Hart in bed again with WWE, Vince McMahon proposed that they fight at WrestleMania 22.Bauer recalls, "We talked a lot of matches, and the other match at WrestleMania 22 was going to be Vince versus Bret in a street fight, that they would do in a convoluted manner several WrestleManias forward. Bret had just come back into the company in a very informal way. He had just agreed to do the home video release. (Vince) literally, on that call, got Bret on the other line and pitched him doing the match. Bret was uneasy, but was thinking he could possibly do it as long as there were no hits to his head. We’re sitting here like, “Holy sh*t, we didn’t think we’d be talking about a Bret/Vince match!” Vince pitched that match and said, “What do you guys think?” Everyone was like, “Yeah, no sh*it! Of course! Bret versus Vince, yes! That’s huge.” Bauer continues, "A week or two later, Vince said that match was no longer an option. I think it had to do with something on Bret's end"

Guerrero vs HBK, I think I've just had a trouser accident

That would have been f*cking awesome!!!

So instead of a surefire classic we ended up with Shawn Michaels vs. Vince McMahon?!?!   Francis

F**k death!

The Shawn Michaels, McMahon match was actually a very good gimmick match. I know it wouldn't be as good technically as a match with Guerrero but I'm not so sure their match would have been that good as I think their styles may have been far too similar for it to work effectively. The best matches usually have two different contrasting styles, but Guerrero and Michaels were very similar in the ring.

Crimey wrote:The Shawn Michaels, McMahon match was actually a very good gimmick match. I know it wouldn't be as good technically as a match with Guerrero but I'm not so sure their match would have been that good as I think their styles may have been far too similar for it to work effectively. The best matches usually have two different contrasting styles, but Guerrero and Michaels were very similar in the ring.

I agree Crimey that HBK vs. Vince was a really good match but we're talking about MICHAELS vs. GUERRERO here!  


As for their styles being too similar, may I point you in the direction of HBK's match with Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 19. Similar styles but they had a damn good match and when you factor in that Eddie Guerrero was a better worker than Chris Jericho then in my mind you have the recipe for an absolutely nailed on classic.

With the right build up we could have been looking at a 5 star for sure!!

Viva La Raza!!!!!!!!

Guerrero vs Shawn would have been brilliant, not just the match but the entire build up, its the kinda match that the heel could turn face mid match due to how great the performances.