Chavo Guerrero: I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Really Retire, But I’m Focused On Other Avenues

Chavo Guerrero isn’t retired, but he’s focused on other ways of engaging with the wrestling world.

Chavo Guerrero isn’t retired, but he’s focused on other ways of engaging with the wrestling world.

Guerrero had a brief run in AEW in 2021, but he subsequently left the company. He managed Bandido in a one-off appearance at ROH Supercard of Honor in 2022, but he otherwise has been absent from major wrestling promotions ever since.

During an appearance on the Wrestling Perspective Podcast, Guerrero was asked whether he has retired. He stated that Guerreros never really leave the wrestling business, and everything he’s doing is linked to wrestling in some capacity. He noted that while he still occasionally wrestles, he’s working in other avenues.

“You don’t ever retire. I mean a Guerrero’s never retired. It’s the truth, you really really don’t. So when I see like Ric Flair’s retirement match, I’m kinda like, which one is this? You know, come on. You just really don’t ever retire. You’re always involved with wrestling. So everything I’m doing is still wrestling it’s just a different avenue, with my movie-making career, TV-making career, my beer, I have a beer out that’s kind of an offshoot of wrestling. I got cigars coming out. I got a whole thing, it all kind of stems off my old wrestling career, whether I’m doing a ComicCon signing or I’m doing a cameo, it all really stems off of that still. But I’m not getting punched in the face anymore. So to your question, I don’t think I’ll ever really retire, but I wrestle maybe three, four times a year now. There’s not really big huge WrestleMania matches because I know where I need to be at, but I keep in shape, ready to go at all times. So any match that I have, the guys are always like, ‘What the hell, dude? You’re still outperforming all of us.’ I’m like I just don’t do it 300 days a year anymore, so I can do that,” Guerrero said.

Earlier in the interview, Guerrero was also asked about his transition out of wrestling and into the acting world. He made it clear that his work primarily comes behind the scenes, and he’s passionate about this area of entertainment.

“I’m not really acting. I’ll leave that to Cena, I’ll leave that to Batista, I’ll leave to Rock. I’m the one making all the shows. So it’s more of a passion. I was on TV for 20 years, I’m cool. I’m good with it. Now, I’m literally the one creating something, so I’m actually on a show, for instance, Young Rock that I’m doing, we’re getting ready to go back for season three in a week, everything wrestling goes through that. I mean script supervision, I’ll read all the scripts and say this is right, that’s wrong. Talking about not just choreography of the matches but set design, wardrobe, anything wrestling really kind of goes through me. Brian Gewirtz, who was the head of Raw for a long time, he’s also the executive producer, so between he and I, we’ll call Dwayne and say, ‘Hey, what about this? What do you think about that?’ So it’s anything wrestling on it. So I’m pretty busy, it’s pretty good,” Guerrero said.

When asked whether he’d potentially be interested in managing again, he responded by saying, “If it can work out with my shooting schedule, then absolutely. I love being involved with wrestling. It’s still my passion.”

Among other projects, Guerrero has also been attached to the “Tales From The Road” series. More information is available here.

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