5 times WWE involved a dead wrestler in storylines

#4 Eddie Guerrero, 2006

Rey Mysterio carried forward Eddie Guerrero's legacy.

Eddie Guerrero was an unlikely top star for WWE — undersized and brought up in the tradition of independent wrestling rather than the WWE machine, not to mention his struggles with substance abuse on the way to the top.

In 2004, however, he got his shot on top, pinning young Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship, then successfully defending it against Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 20 in Madison Square Garden.

Guerrero passed on unexpectedly in the fall of 2005. The company aired tribute videos and hosted tribute episodes of Raw and SmackDown to his memory. WWE didn’t stop there, though, as they would, in turn, build a big push for fellow underdog luchador, and Guerrero’s real-life friend Rey Mysterio to rise up while paying tribute to Guerrero.

He won the 2006 Royal Rumble and dedicated it to Guerrero’s memory. From there, he won his first world title at WrestleMania 22, not only representing Guerrero again but actively avenging his memory against Randy Orton who dared to disparage Latino Heat.