Sammy Guevara

Sammy Guevara
Guevara during an episode of Dynamite in All Elite Wrestling in October 2019
Born (1993-07-28) July 28, 1993 (age 30)
Houston, Texas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Sammy Guevara
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Billed fromNew Orleans, Louisiana
Trained byBooker T
Reality of Wrestling
DebutDecember 11, 2010

Samuel Guevara (born July 28, 1993) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and competes under the ring name Sammy Guevara. Due to AEW's working relationship with them, Guevara also wrestles for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).

During his time in AEW, Guevara has been a three-time AEW TNT Champion.

Career

All Elite Wrestling

On February 7, 2019, Guevara signed a contract with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[1] At Double or Nothing, Guevara made his AEW in-ring debut. He lost to by Kip Sabian.[2] At Fight for the Fallen, Guevara teamed with MJF and Shawn Spears to defeat Darby Allin, Jimmy Havoc and Joey Janela.[3]

On the October 2 debut episode of Dynamite, Guevara attacked Cody after their match along with AEW World Champion Chris Jericho. Guevara would join the debuting Jake Hager, Santana and Ortiz, and Jericho in a beatdown later in the night. They would called their stable The Inner Circle.[4]

At Full Gear, MJF and Wardlow joined The Inner Circle. Guevara didn't like this. He said that he would leave the group if MJF did anything to cause tension in the group.[5] On the February 10, 2021 episode of Dynamite, Guevara attacked MJF and left the group.[6] On the March 10 episode of Dynamite, Guevara returned and showed a video of MJF in the locker room trying to get Hager, Santana, and Ortiz to betray Jericho. The three would instead turn on MJF and Jericho kicked him out of the group.[7]

On the September 29 episode of Dynamite, Guevara won the AEW TNT Championship after defeating Miro. This was Guevara's first championship in AEW.[8] On December 25 at Holiday Bash, Guevara would lose the championship to Cody Rhodes.[9]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Rhodes to the Top Self
Present AEW All Access

Championships and accomplishments

  • All Elite Wrestling
  • Adrenaline Pro Wrestling
    • APW Gladiator Championship (1 time, current)[11]
  • CBS Sports
  • Inspire Pro Wrestling
    • Inspire Pro Junior Crown Championship (2 times)[13]
    • Inspire Pro Pure Prestige Championship (1 time)[14]
  • Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
    • AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tay Conti/Tay Melo[15][16]
    • AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[17]
  • Other championships
    • Bull of the Woods Championship (1 time)[18]
  • Pro Wrestling Federation of Pakistan
    • PWFP Ultimate Championship (1 time)[19]
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Faction of the Year (2021) – with The Inner Circle[20]
    • Ranked No. 28 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2022[21]
  • River City Wrestling
    • RCW International Championship (2 times)[22]
    • RCW Phoenix Championship (2 times)[23]
  • Total Championship Wrestling
    • TCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[24]
  • WrestleCircus
    • WC Ringmaster Championship (1 time)[25]
    • WC Ringmaster Championship Tournament (2019)
    • WC Sideshow Championship (1 time)[26]
  • Wrestling Association of Reynosa City
    • WAR City Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)[27]
  • Xtreme Wrestling Alliance
    • XWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Radican's AEW Double or Nothing ticket announcement rally recap – top news items, new signings introduced for male and female roster, matches announced for Double or Nothing, Omega debuts". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "AEW The Buy In pre-show results: Powell's live review of the Casino Battle Royale, Kip Sabian vs. Sammy Guevara". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ "7/13 AEW Fight For The Fallen results: Powell's live review of Cody and Dustin Rhodes vs. The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega vs. Cima, Chris Jericho promo, Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix vs. Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "7/13 AEW Fight For The Fallen results: Powell's live review of Cody and Dustin Rhodes vs. The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega vs. Cima, Chris Jericho promo, Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix vs. Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ "AEW Full Gear results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston in an I Quit match for the AEW Championship, FTR vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Titles, Cody vs. Darby Allin for the TNT Title, Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose for the AEW Women's Title, Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page in the eliminator tournament finals". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sammy Guevara Quits Inner Circle After Another Falling Out With MJF, Says He Needs Time Away". Fightful. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ "3/10 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Darby Allin vs. Scorpio Sky for the TNT Title, Rey Fenix vs. Matt Jackson, Christian Cage's first comments, Ethan Page vs. Lee Johnson, The Inner Circle". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ "9/29 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review Miro vs. Sammy Guevara for the TNT Championship, Jungle Boy vs. Adam Cole, Cody Rhodes and Lee Johnson vs. Dante Martin and Matt Sydal, Penelope Ford and The Bunny vs. Tay Conti and Anna Jay, sixteen-man tag match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  9. ↑ "12/25 AEW Rampage results: McGuire's live review of Sammy Guevara vs. Cody Rhodes for the TNT Championship, Hook vs. Bear Bronson, Leyla Hirsch vs. Kris Statlander, and Jungle Boy vs. Isiah Kassidy". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "AEW TNT Championship". All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
  11. ↑ Adrenaline Pro Wrestling [@AdrenalinePW] (February 22, 2020). "#andnew Your new APW Gladiator Champion, The Spanish God @sammyguevara #APWPandamonium #apwpandamonium t.co/0imTqx1zii" (Tweet). Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Brookhouse, Brent (January 2, 2021). "2020 CBS Sports Wrestling Awards: Drew McIntyre stands out as Wrestler of the Year". CBSSports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  13. ↑ "CAGEMATCH » Wrestlers Database » Sammy Guevara » Titles". cagematch.net. Cagematch. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Inspire Pro Pure Prestige Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2016-09-14.
  15. ↑ Knipper, Justin (April 30, 2022). "AAA Triplemania XXX Monterrey live results: Vikingo & Fenix vs. Young Bucks Saturday's PPV will also feature Sammy Guevara, Andrade and Deonna Purrazzo". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  16. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 30, 2022). "AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  17. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 25, 2018). "AAA World Cruiserweight Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  18. ↑ "NWA TSW Bull Of The Woods Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2014-09-22.
  19. ↑ "PWFP Ultimate Championship". dreamworld.pk. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  20. ↑ Grifol, Ignacio (January 14, 2022). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated anuncia los ganadores de sus PWI Awards 2021". Solowrestling.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2020". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  22. ↑ "RCW International Championship History".
  23. ↑ "RCW Phoenix Championship History". Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  24. ↑ "TCW". CageMatch.
  25. ↑ "WC Ringmaster Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  26. ↑ "WC Sideshow Championship". CageMatch. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  27. ↑ "WAR City Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2020-06-25.
  28. ↑ "XWA DTA". cagematch.net. Cagematch. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

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