Eddie Guerrero's 5 greatest moments in WWE

#4 Eddie Guerrero won the SmackDown Royal Rumble

Eddie Guerrero in his last televised match

Eddie Guerrero competed in the 2004 Royal Rumble match which was won by Chris Benoit, which guaranteed him a shot at a world title at WrestleMania. The only problem was, Benoit was a SmackDown superstar and he decided to use a loophole to join Raw and challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship. This left the SmackDown WWE Championship picture wide open.

One of the best pics in wrestling history. Eddie Guerrero was THE guy pic.twitter.com/NMFZYTfOiw

— Andy Cruz (@Cruz0881) July 25, 2021

SmackDown's then General Manager Paul Heyman, being the creative genius that he is, decided that SmackDown would air the first-ever network television 15-man Royal Rumble match to declare a new No.1 contender for the WWE Championship. Notable superstars in the match included Kurt Angle, The Big Show, John Cena and Rikishi.

#SD1000 Smackdown is coming live from the @CapitalOneArena in Washington, DC tonight. I've been to a lot of shows from that arena, including SD. My most favorite moment though was watching the late, great Eddie Guerrero win a 15 Man Royal Rumble. I wish I was home in DC tonight. pic.twitter.com/O8CcAySlHO

— Will Holder (@ThrillHolder) October 16, 2018

The match was ultimately won by Eddie Guerrero. Eddie, who was now a singles competitor, went onto challenge for the WWE Championship at the SmackDown exclusive No Way Out 2005 pay-per-view. The 15-man Royal Rumble win will go down as one of Eddie's greatest moments, as it begin his road to the top of the WWE.