Podcast: El Paso icon Eddie Guerrero’s legacy and city’s lucha libre culture

By Diego Mendoza-Moyers, El Paso Matters

<a href="https://rss.com/podcasts/the-el-paso-matters-podcast/2344781">How the legacy of El Paso icon and WWE champion Eddie Guerrero lives on </a> Diego Mendoza-Moyers: It’s the early 2000s, and a red sports car pulls up to the Don Haskins Center in West El Paso.

Emerging from the vehicle is Eddie Guerrero, the former superstar who, at the time, held the U.S. WWE championship belt, as he parades down the steps of the arena while adoring fans cheer intensely for the hometown hero. For many who have any sort of ties to El Paso, the moment still evokes some level of pride, even 20-plus years later. Here is the Don Haskins Center, a cherished but modest arena, hosting a world-famous wrestling champion in his hometown befor