Vicky Guerrero was recently interviewed by Wrestlezone. During the interview, she discussed what it was like to make the transition from being Eddie’s wife on-screen to becoming more involved in the storylines. She also talked about advice Eddie gave her about the business. Here are the highlights:
On Becoming Involved In The Storylines:
Being married to Eddie, I got to see the nice side of the business. Eddie got to travel and then he worked and came home, he got to enjoy the girls and myself, enjoy the quiet side. Of course he didn’t have the stressful side of getting him to the airport on time—that was my job—but to see it now [after performing herself], it’s quite a different role. I wasn’t supposed to be in this business. My job was to raise the girls and be the supporting wife and support Eddie. I just loved Eddie and the legacy he left and I’m very proud of that, but to be part of WWE put a lot of stress on me. I had the odds against me; I was just ‘the wife’ and when Eddie passed away, they thought ‘oh, she just got the job because Eddie died.’
It was true—I can’t say it wasn’t true because they did it to help me out—but I earned my way. I believed in my character they gave me and I truly loved all of the roster because they were my second family. With that love and appreciation and respect, for them to give me that opportunity, I really gave 100% to do the best that I could.
On Advice Eddie Gave Her:
It did take awhile. The first show that I did on my own after Eddie passed, I had a promo in the ring—I’m working with Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio and Chris Jericho, and those were great times—but to do my first promo, I was lost mentally and emotionally. When I came backstage, Dusty Rhodes, God bless his soul, put his arm around me and goes [doing a Dusty impersonation] ‘Sweetheart, you sucked!’
Through him, and people like Paul Heyman, Teddy Long, Vince McMahon and Johnny Ace, they took me in. I would ask them every day ‘What do I need to work on?’ and ‘What did you see good, what did you see bad?’ because I cared about it so much. I wanted to respect Eddie’s legacy and not be a failure within myself. I wanted to become famous too, because I had a little taste of it. I wanted to go out there and give the crowd the best that I could because they paid for that ticket. That’s what Eddie taught me too; each fan pays for that ticket and when they go home you want them to talk about just one thing you did that night. I took that logic and used that to my advantage, and I just had a good time every night in the ring.
On Her Role With The San Antonio Family Emergency Shelter:
I am so excited to be a part of the Salvation Army in San Antonio, Texas, I work with the Family Emergency Shelter. It’s women and men and the children who come from domestic, drug abuse, emotionally abused families and they give them a shelter to go, whether it be in the middle of the night or the morning or afternoon, and they feed them, clothe them and provide until they can find a safe place to live. It’s just something that’s really dear to me.
It’s a really exciting time where I get to talk to the moms, and with me being a single mom and raising my two girls, I’m able to tell my story of the struggles and the triumphs that I had in my life. To just spread some positivity and be that enforcement that ‘I’m here, I want to work with you and I really want to see you succeed’ really makes a difference to these women that don’t know where to turn.
You can listen to the full interview below:
Credit: Wrestlezone.
