MINNEAPOLIS - Eduardo Gory Guerrero, a World Wrestling Entertainment superstar was found dead in his hotel room Sunday in Minneapolis, where he was scheduled to appear that evening in a WWE Supershow. He was 38.

When he didn't respond to a wake-up call, hotel security at Minneapolis Marriott City Center and Guerrero's nephew and fellow WWE wrestler, Chavo Guerrero, forced their way into the room, police said.

There were no apparent signs of foul play or suicide, police said. An autopsy was planned at the Hennepin County medical examiner's office.

He was a featured star on the UPN series "WWE Smackdown!" and son of Mexican wrestler Gory Guerrero.

Chavo Guerrero and McMahon said Guerrero was open about his past drug and alcohol abuse but they said he'd been sober for four years.

In February 2004, Guerrero became the second wrestler of Hispanic heritage to be WWE champion when he defeated Brock Lesnar, a former University of Minnesota wrestling standout. Guerrero lost the title four months later.

In May 2004, UPN aired the special "Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story." The one-hour program chronicled his childhood and his struggle with drug addiction that almost cost him his job, family and life before his recovery and eventual capture of the WWE championship.

Not to downplay anyone's death but the most disturbing thing of all is that I know
Vince McMahon will milk all the publicity he can out of this unfortunate incident.Just another plot device in this testosterone trailer trash version of a Soap Opera!!

I guess it was posted on the WWE website that he died of heart disease. frown

I actually watched some of Raw after the football game with the sound down (as usual) and it seems like they handled it with some class. A lot of "we miss you" signs in the audience and everyone who came out to wrestle had some sort of Eddie Guerrero garb. The show was interspersed with interviews in memoriam. It seemed like it was handled well.