Former WWE Star Explains What Led To His Departure After A 10-Year Run

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A former WWE star has explained why he left the company after a ten year run.

As previously reported, Chavo Guerrero recently criticized WWE for their tendency to rewrite history.

Guerrero spent nearly ten years with the promotion and was most known for his feuds with the likes of Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio.

During a new interview with INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, Chavo Guerrero revealed why his uncle Eddie considered retirement shortly before his tragic passing. He said:

“I remember before he passed, like 6 months before, I remember him coming to me and saying I don’t want to be here anymore. I said, ‘Dude, drop out and do something else’.”

“He got real mad, [and said] ‘What am I going to do? What else am I going to do? This is what we do, we wrestle.’ I said that it doesn’t matter, your family life is more important.”

Chavo continued on to reveal that that conversation with Eddie led to his own departure from WWE, saying:

“My kids at the time were 8 and 11 maybe, and I just didn’t want them growing up without a dad. I had already been on the road for 20 years.”

“I didn’t want to get divorced. I didn’t want my kids to grow up without a dad. That’s kind of why I left.”

Here’s a recap of what happened on the May 8 episode of WWE Raw:

Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins def. Damian Priest, Shinsuke Nakamura in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

Mustafa Ali def. Otis when Chad Gable and Maxxine Dupri argued and distracted Otis

Finn Balor def. Cody Rhodes, The Miz in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

Brock Lesnar, who had cost Cody Rhodes the aforementioned three-way, attacked Rhodes and demanded a rematch from Backlash at Night of Champions, which Rhodes later accepted

Rhea Ripley def. Dana Brooke and was then confronted by Natalya

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn def. Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser

Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis reunited The Way backstage, and Gargano hinted at someone else returning soon which could be Tommaso Ciampa

Zoey Stark def. Nikki Cross

Becky Lynch returned and confronted Trish Stratus

Dominik Mysterio def. Xavier Woods

Seth Rollins def. Finn Balor in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

Transcription via Chris Van Vliet

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