What if Eddie Guerrero hadn’t passed away?

#1 Another world title reign

Sooner or later, Guerrero would have found his way back to a world title.

Stephanie McMahon has famously recounted in a number of interviews that Eddie Guerrero asked to have the WWE Championship taken off of him in 2004 because he felt it was too much pressure to shoulder the title. She has followed up by commenting that WWE always meant to get the title back around his waist when the tie was right for both sides.

Guerrero passed away before that can happen.

We’ll never know for sure if Guerrero was going to get that second title reign, but it certainly seems feasible. He remained in the main event orbit for most of his life to follow, including a storyline with World Heavyweight Champion Batista in Guerrero’s final days. It doesn’t seem likely Guerrero would have taken the strap off The Animal in that program, but he may well have been in line for a title push when Batista went down to injury months later, or when Edge got hurt the year after that. One way or another, he was popular with fans and respected by the boys. It’s hard to picture him never finding his way back to the top, if only for a short time.