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The LWO's Remarkable Rebirth

MORE SUCCINCTLY KNOWN to wrestling fans by its initials, the Latino World Order began life in 1998 at World Championship Wrestling. Led by the late Eddie Guerrero, the LWO launched that autumn with standout luchadores Hector Garza and Damian 666 before quickly growing in number. By the end of the year, the group featured such lucha luminaries as Silver King, LA Park, Psicosis, and Villano

Forced to dissolve in 1999 under the on-screen duress of the New World Order—and, off-screen, because of the real-life injury of Guerrero—the faction has now made an unlikely, yet explosive, comeback.

The 2023 incarnation of the LWO boasts one of the earlier version’s

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