Armando Guerrero Llanes (born June 9, 1950), better known as Mando Guerrero, is a

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retired

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. He also was the trainer for the

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, an all-female

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. He is a member of the Guerrero family.

Professional wrestling career

Mando is believed to have started wrestling in 1971, teaming alongside his brother Chavo Guerrero Sr. He worked mostly in Los Angeles for

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and in 1977, began working for Big Time Wrestling in San Francisco. In 1980, he made his first tour of Japan for

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. In 1988, he teamed with his brothers

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and

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for the AWA. There they unsuccessfully challenged for the

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against Badd Company. In the early 1990s, alongside his brothers, they wrestled in the

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and

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. In 1992, he took on the persona of El Psicopata for

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. In 1994, he competed at

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for the UWF Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Movie stuntman career

Guerrero began a career as a

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stuntman in 1977.

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suggested Guerrero work as a stuntman after meeting him at his brother Mike LeBell's wrestling promotion. After spending three years as a movie extra, Guerrero began working in stunts. His credits include ''Miracles'' (1986), ''Red Surf'' (1990), ''Eve of Destruction'' (1991), ''Falling Down'' (1993), ''Steal Big Steal Little'' (1995), ''My Giant'' (1998), ''Critical Mass'' (2000), ''Picking Up the Pieces'' (2000), ''Submerged'' (2000), and ''The Shrink Is In'' (2001). Guerrero was also hired as a stunt coordinator and choreographer for wrestling scenes in movies.

Personal life

Before entering professional wrestling and stunt work, Guerrero worked in construction and retail sales. He attended the

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for two years, where he took drama classes. He also attended Rancho Santiago College and

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, where he took classes in TV production. Mando Guerrero is the second oldest son of

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and the brother of Chavo Guerrero, Sr.,

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and

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. His nephew, Chavo Guerrero Jr., also wrestles. Mando Guerrero was married. Mando Guerrero has a son, Eduardo Guerrero, named after his brother Eddie.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 2 time) ** NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Samoa *All-California Championship Wrestling **ACCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Peter Maivia Jr. *International Wrestling Federation **IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

** NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship ( 2 times) ** NWA Americas Tag Team Championship ( 7 times)Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 18. – with Tom Jones (2),

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(3), Carlos Mata (1) and Al Madril (1) ** NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship ( 1 time) **Los Angeles Battle Royal (1982) *''

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'' **PWI ranked him # 372 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003 *

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** SCW Television Championship ( 1 time) *UWC **UWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hector Guerrero *Western States Alliance **WSA Western States Championship (1 time) - with Hector Guerrero *

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** WWA World Trios Championship ( 1 time) – with

and Chavo Guerrero Sr.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Mando 1950 births Living people American professional wrestlers of Mexican descent University of Texas at El Paso alumni Professional wrestlers from Jalisco Guerrero family American male professional wrestlers 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century Mexican professional wrestlers 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Mexican professional wrestlers NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Champions NWA Americas Tag Team Champions NWA Americas Heavyweight Champions