CHAVO GUERRERO Sr.

　　MAGAZINE　ARTICLES　14　　

"Oscar Night"　for Mat Marvels

( from December 1978 issue of "Wrestling Revue" magazine )

　To the victor go the spoils in wrestling's whirligig.　How sweet it is to be idolized.　It's even better when the

　wrestling fans vote you their top favorite.　Winning awards on the West Coast is nothing new to matador

　Chavo Guerrero, the Mexican champion.　This year, Guerrero was voted "Most Popular Wrestler" in Los

　Angeles by the rambunctious fans at the Olympic Auditorium.

　" I sincerely believe the mat fans of Los Angeles are the most wonderful and dedicated fans in the world,"

　said Chavo.　" I'm not saying that because I've been voted the most popul20ar wrestler.　I'd say the same

　thing even if I wasn't picked as their favorite wrestler."

　Chavo's mat fans are legion.　They stampede to the Olympic Auditorium in great numbers to watch their idol

　swing into action against the most hated and dispicable grapplers.　Winning awards runs in the Guerrero

　family - a brother Mando Guerrero copped "Rookie of the Year" honors for 1978.

　By marked contrast, the Olympic Auditorium fans - with Count Billy Varga making the presentation - voted

　Moondog Mayne and Roddy Piper the co-winners of the infamous "Most Hated Wrestlers Award".

　If ever a contest is held to determine the most dedicated and inspirational mat fans the spectators of the

　Olympic in Los Angeles would win the award hands down.　Where but in Los Angeles do the rambunctious

　fans shower their idols with awards in such a fashion ?

Chavo taking the microphone to thank the wrestling fans in Los Angeles for selecting him

as the "Most Popular Wrestler" for the second straight year. ( Billy Varga is at his left. )　

　Ex-matman Billy Varga, a popular figure who has made numerous presentations of gold watches and trophies

　to the darlings of matdom, said "June 7, 1978, was a proud day for me since I made the presentation of

　favorite wrestler to Chavo Guerrero who won the same award last year.　Incidentally, that was the night

　Roddy Piper took the gold watch I gave Chavo and broke it into a million pieces."

　Piper and Moondog Mayne are making a mockery of the awards presentation.　Sure the award show isn't on

　the same international level as the Oscar or Emmy shows but Piper and Mayne demonstrate a lack of class

　in upstaging what is L.A.'s version of "Oscar Night" for matmen.

　One has to admire the class of Billy Varga who year after year steps in to reward the top - notch grapplers

　of Los Angeles.　" I know what it means to a grappler to receive the applause and affection of the fans.

　When I was wrestling in the 1940's and '50's,　I got my share of awards and I've got a room full of trophies

　and championship belts.　Why, I even put one of my belts on exhibit at a recent show in Long Beach," said

　Billy Varga.

　The presentation of awards to matmen is probably the best thing that has happened to grappling since the

　advent of television back in 1947.　From the look and size of the awards in appears the show is here to stay.

　Cry your heart out, Roddy Piper and Moondog Mayne.　Both of you deserve to receive the "Most Hated

　Award" as you both lack class and charisma and are jealous of Chavo and Mando Guerrero.

　Viva the Guerrero Brothers !　Viva Mexico !　Hats off to the wonderful and spectacular mat fans at Olympic

　Auditorium.　They're No.1 in the world in the hearts of the wrestling fraternity and Chavo Guerrero is

　Numero Uno in wrestling's gallery of champions on 18th and Grand in Los Angeles.