Sammy Guevara

[5.0] "Stagnated, and never became a stabdout character despite multiple, multiple attempts. His high flying antics are main-event worthy, we've seen him close out some Dynamites in fantastic fashion and there was a time his claim as one of the four pillars of AEW seemed legitimate and genuine. Since then? ! Nothing. The heel-turns, the reuniting with Jericho, sticking him with a vet like Dustin, it never worked. His best character work was with the cue cards during commercial breaks. When he strictly wasn't speaking. And even that wasn't all that special, it was cute and gave the show personality though and Sammy did that himself for a time. I doubt he rises near the top of the card again but will amend this if he proves me wrong."

[7.0] "His GTH looked real good during his peak AEW years. Since my only exposure to him since he was sent to ROH was a couple of singles matches against top guys, I can't say I know his current status that well. His weighted average is 6.62/10... Unless I delete the Matt Hardy match, then it's 6.85/10. He was a certified okay worker with (usually) go away heat that only went away when somebody more disliked than him was in front of him, see Ethan Page (usually), Dan Lambert (always), Cody Rhodes (you know when). I wouldn't like to see him win gold anymore without some great narrative to take me there, but when TNT was the lowest championship in AEW, it made sense for him to get it."

[6.0] "I think if AEW is going to get actual "gymnastic-circus" criticism, it should be really Sammy. And he's not the worst wrestler in the world, though his gimmick and whole attitude didn't much help as the promotion gotten older. He was promising when he first started in the indie scene and Lucha Underground but his lack to evolve himself really showed over time."

[2.0] "It's interesting seeing how well Sammy Guevara was positioned in AEW during the early days. I think the talent expansion in years forward really exposed his severe limitations, which is part of why he's seen little TV time. Nowadays, his heel work comes off as cringe, his in-ring work comes off as spot-reliant, and his character still reeks the stink of real-life controversies. It's not his fault that the lofty expectations of being one of AEW's "Four Pillars" were way too much, but at the same time, we've been exposed to the lowest of his lows."

[6.0] "Like most people, not the biggest Sammy fan, but in the last year or so he's really found his footing as a huge dickhead heel on ROH. It's probably his ceiling, but there's a lot worse out there."

[6.0] "The term "spot monkey" gets thrown around way too often. While I think that term is way too harsh for Sammy, he is definitely closer to being a "spot monkey" than a great wrestler. I often people say he's "good" or "great" in the ring, and my first thought is always "but is he? " He's athletic, for sure. He can tell a competent enough story. He does cool spots. That doesn't make a good wrestler though. His big spot ability makes him worthy of being on TV, though I don't think that place is AEW, NJPW, or AEW. He is worthy of being an undercard or midcard guy on a lower tier show like TNA, NWA, GCW, or MLW. That's simply for his name value and big spot ability. From an in-ring standpoint, there are a thousand Sammy Guevarras out there. As far as his promo ability goes, he's one of the worst I've seen on one of the big shows. He's coherent and SEEMS confident on the mic, but then he'll cut a five minute promo without saying anything; constantly repeating himself, being uncomfortable with any sort of pauses or silence, and dragging out a promo that should've been 30 seconds. His "where are my stars, Dave? " promo (which he gave shortly after getting five stars from Meltzer, ) is one of the worst promos in history. The build-up to the "Four Pillars" title match at Double or Nothing a few years ago really exposed him. The idea that this 33-year-old man (not a kid, as many think he is, ) was ever going to be a huge star baffles me. He was fortunate that the available talent for AEW back in 2019 was all signed elsewhere, or else I don't think many would even know his name. He's lucky that Cody Rhodes, Chris Jericho, and Tony Khan seemed to like him, because crowds never cared one way or another about the guy. I wish him luck, and I hope he can figure it out. He seems to have grown as a person a bit, which is the most important thing, but he has not grown as a wrestler since I was introduced to him ten years ago."

"Not a bad in ring wrestler woth some impressive moves but inconsistent on the microphone and it seems has lost charisma more and more. Crazy how his career has turned out after how highly AEW had him positioned to begin the company."

[7.0] "Sammy's problem is his lack of charisma and size. He's small and a bit of a spot monkey. His promos are fine but it's hard to take him seriously, which is a shame because he really is a great wrestler who can do a lot of cool stuff and he's not afraid to take risks either."

"Sammy Guevara has always had a lot of potential. When he was younger he was touted to be the next Eddie Guerrero. A tag like that can put unachievable expectations on a man. Sammy had shined everytime he's had a mainstream storyline. "Le Sex Gods" and "The Inner Circle" was the first faction Sammy showed his potential in, challenging for the Tag Team Championships with Chris Jericho, became the inaugural TNT Champion, battled in a 5 star ladder match vs Cody Rhodes, battled the other 3 pillars for the AEW World Title and had the high spot in the first ever Blood n Guts match. Sammy has had RoH title runs with Dustin Rhodes and now The Beast Mortos. Sammy Guevara has outperformed in almost every storyline/ match he's been put in, yet he doesn't gain the respect he's worked his butt off to gain. I can see Sammy on top of the wrestling world within the next 8 years, before he turns 40."

[2.0] "A failed industry plant. He's said some VERY controversial things in real life but even then I just find him terrible. He's athletic but he's really just a spot monkey because I've watched his matches and they aren't good. His whole gimmick is awful in my opinion too. I'm hoping he doesn't become a TV regular again. Ring of Honor is the best place for him. He's put on a couple of great matches but that's all the positives I have when it comes to him."

[6.0] "I do think that a lot of people in AEW have passed him by, but I still like Sammy and appreciate a lot of his older work. I do understand not putting him in a super prominent position, however, because he had some big mess-ups in the past."

[2.0] "Ah man, that one makes me sad. One of the pillars, married to a woman that comes from the same country as me, he didn't need to have a super anti carismatic gimmick...actually, he is super anti carismatic at all. Since this beef with Eddie that even result in a backstage brawl between those guys, I started to heavyly dislike him. He can throw some good moves but he is so dumb to understand what those moves really mean."

[4.0] "I blame Hechicero for making me think Sammy had something because I watched an indie match they had a decade ago that was great. Sammy is as standard a high flier as there ever was but AEW & TK-ROH have given him push after push after push and he's been less over every single time because he just doesn't have the sauce beyond doing really tall front flip bumps on occasion. I thought it was because Jericho kept vouching for him as a young guy he was trying to make but Jericho is gone and Sammy has now had three consecutive ROH Tag Title reigns with different partners lasting 16 months and still nobody cares. His list of standout matches can be counted on one person's fingers and most of them involve him falling off a really fucking tall ladder and eating shit. He's not awful but at this point I resent seeing him get TV time and pushes that could go to basically anybody else on the roster."

[2.0] "Boring, obnoxious and unsafe. Has basically through his own incompetence and recklessness nearly brained several wrestlers over the course of his tenure at AEW/ROH. We know more about his personal life than I or anyone else dare to care about. I feel like there was a before and after with AEW. The before being the fumble your way through the companies infancy "hire your mates era" and the after where they actually start to put together a roster with real talent and start trimming the guff. Guevara is very much a relic from the before era where they were getting conned into hiring any old sod and you were having Brandi Rhodes Vs Allie on Dynamite. Positioning this guy as one of your "Four Pillars" was a hilarious miscalculation."

[2.0] "Horrible wrestler with no charisma, look, or promo skill. Sure, he is athletic, I can give him that. But that being the only thing he is put her career on a timer that has long been finished. He has a couple good matches though which is why this can't be a zero. I could mention the weird tweets he has but it seems like he has apologized and it's been largely forgotten so whatever, still don't like the guy."

[7.0] "Sammy Guevara is like a human fireworks display--explosive, unpredictable, and occasionally makes you wonder if he's okay afterward. Known as "The Spanish God, " Sammy is the guy who'd show up to a backyard BBQ and insist on doing backflips off the picnic table just to prove a point. Sometimes Sammy's antics tiptoe dangerously close to "trying too hard" territory. And while his mic work has improved, it's not exactly Paul Heyman-level yet. But hey, nobody's tuning in to hear Sammy wax poetic; we're here for flips, kicks, and chaos."

[2.0] "The Spanish God who can't speak Spanish, (he was doing that as a babyface so it's not the heat, brother), does a lot of flips and jumps, incorporated his personal life into the wrestling public then begged fans to not be so nosy when that blew up in his face, has a history of being unsafe, runs a personal vlog that's filled with obnoxious clickbait thumbnails and behaves like a 14 year old. Again, he was doing that as a babyface so the heat excuse isn't going to fly. He can't cut a promo and is constantly tied to Jericho. They feud, they're friends, reverse and repeat to the delight of no one. He's not talented enough to continue to take up a roster spot. There's far too many wrestlers with more talent and less hassle. He also has what is one of the worst finishers in wrestling. The move is set up cool enough but he always does the laziest and most blatant thigh slap he could possibly do and it makes the move look like shit."

[3.0] ""And here I am, putting on 5 star matches! That I don't even get the recognition for! Huh Meltzer? Where's my stars? You want to give stars to all your favourites, but where's my stars? "-Sammy Guevara. He deserves a low rating just for this promo alone, genuinely one of the worst of all time. How this was allowed to be put on a pretape without anyone thinking it's cringe is incomprehensible. He really is AEW's Miz, he's just not as good as he thinks he is and is so obnoxious, but when you say so people will tell you "well they're both heels so they're doing their job right if you don't like them" not knowing the difference between good and bad heat. In the ring, he falls into a category of wrestler who can do the moves but doesn't put much story behind them, if you get me. He also seems like a massive twat behind the scenes, seems to have an ego, gets into petty "fights" with other talent and the comment he made about Mercedes Mone (you know the one). But that cutter he gave to Cody in Cody's last AEW match is a spot that lives rent free in my head, so I'll give him credit for that."

[5.0] "I feel like Sammy Guevara could be a very good wrestler. The biggest issue for him is that he just isn't able to put all the pieces together to truly unlock his full potential. I'm not saying he could be the greatest wrestler of all time, but he could easily be a very good wrestler. I'm not keen on him as a babyface, as I feel like he just has that face and "attitude" in-ring that's very easy to hate. He's decent in-ring, takes a lot of risks which is always nice to see. Just needs to keep improving and figure out what works best for him, because I haven't really been into a lot of his "gimmicks" throughout his tenure in AEW."

[2.0] "Sammy Guevara is a phenomenal athlete who rarely puts together compelling matches. Can be relied on for a fun high spot in multiman clusterfuck deals but I simply have no desire to see him in serious singles matches. He gets points for having a really cool set of moves but they do not mean much in the boring matches Sammy Guevara is apart of. He's too flippy to be a good heel and too generally unlikable to be a decent babyface. Hopefully being alongside Dustin Rhodes in Ring of Honor can unlock a new more interesting side of him."

[5.0] "I'm not really a huge fan of Sammy... of course his move-set can be considered impressive, with a lot of acrobatic moves, but overall during his entire career he didn't caught my attention and have a lot of problems, inside the ring and mostly outside of it. Never found himself as a character, and irritates me a lot, even though at his best, I admit that he has the potential to do some exciting stuff."

[7.0] "Sammy is a good high flyer, pretty smooth in ring, and capable of some really good moves. Unfortunately he has almost no character development and fails to tell in-ring stories at a high enough level, despite how athletically capable he is. Hopefully he'll find room to improve on character in the future, but he's far too concerned with doing moves that look cool rather than stringing together some sort of story with his moves. Connects much better with smaller audiences than larger ones."

[5.0] "Sammy Guevara is a performer who has certainly made a name for himself in the wrestling world, but his overall impact is still a mixed bag. While he has the potential to deliver high-quality matches, his reliance on flashy high spots often detracts from the storytelling that makes a match memorable. Theres no denying that Sammy has a natural athleticism and a willingness to put his body on the line, but he often falls short when it comes to connecting with the audience through in-ring psychology and promos. One of the standout aspects of Sammy's career has been his ability to deliver when it counts, particularly in his matches against Cody Rhodes and MJF. His series of matches with Cody, especially their ladder match, was a showcase of both his athletic prowess and his potential to tell a compelling story in the ring. Similarly, his encounters with MJF highlighted his ability to hang with one of the best heels in the business. These matches demonstrated that when Sammy focuses on the story, he can be a top-tier performer. However, not all of Sammys feuds have been as successful. His program with Scorpio Sky was underwhelming and lacked the intensity needed to elevate both men. The feud felt forced and failed to connect with the audience in a meaningful way. Likewise, his feud with Matt Hardy, despite some memorable moments, ultimately dragged on for too long and became more about shock value than substance. These duds highlight the inconsistency in Sammys career, where the highs are high, but the lows are glaring. In conclusion, Sammy Guevara is a solid performer with undeniable talent, but he still has some growing to do. He excels when paired with the right opponents and when he focuses on storytelling rather than relying solely on high spots. However, his inconsistency and lack of promo effectiveness hold him back from reaching the next level. Sammy has the potential to be a major star, but he needs to refine his approach and develop a stronger connection with the audience to fully realize that potential."

[5.0] "Just a very mid wrestler. He's should not be considered a pillar and pretty mediocre in ring. He's ok on the mic and can sometimes have a decent match but overall just kinda boring. He's definitely not worth the hassle when he causes problems every other month with his bad attitude. Overall he just kinda meh"

[2.0] "This guy is the most unimpressive of Aew's "four pillars" it's quite well documented that he has an attitude problem and holds himself on a pedestal so I won't really be weighing in on that very much I'll be critiquing him as a performer, this guy here is Will ospreay if you strip away everything that makes Will if you strip away all the substance, charisma, timing and about 80% of the talent and now that he's basically in the same company with the man who he is essentially a lesser clone of I don't really see how he'll stand out other than going back to the Jericho well once more and attachi g himself to Jericho and his stupid, god-awful, uninspired and downright bad lion tree shtick. This guy couldn't cut a compelling promo even if his life depended on it and he certainly is no main event player nor will he ever be one unless he starts taking himself and his career serioou and breaks out on his own instead of attaching himself to jericho and being paired up with his wife on screen. This guys work is hollow and he does moves for moves sake with one of his most impressive looking moves being his Spanish fly which if you guessed it Will ospreay does it 10x better. This guy is certainly no pillar and shouldn't be stroked with the same coat of paint as Darby and MJF, he and Jack perry are the weak links on the the pillars and should be phased out and replaced with Takeshita and Daniel Garcia who clearly are better and have more potential honestly. Edit: I just realised that this guy is 30 and is still as bad as he is I think it's time to accept that he probably won't be getting any better with time I mean this guy is just a year? Younger than Will and the same age as dragunov and yet he has less Aura than Danny who is still finding his stride post his run with the JAS stuff(also worth noting Danny would be far ahead of the game than he is right now had it not been for Jericho's stubbornness and his refusal to let Danny carve out his own path when his popularity with the fans was at a fever pitch but rather insisted that he been one of his stoogies)."

[10.0] "He cant always get blamed for being unsafe when sometimes its when the referee should have done something. He is so good in the ring and he doesnt deserve any hate whats so ever. All of his matches are so good and he deserves to be World champion. He has great charisma and great ring work."

[4.0] "Hard to believe that one point this guy was considered one of AEW's pillars given he has absolutely not improved at all in the ring or as a character. Even worse, he's what you would never want to be called as a wrestler, which is unsafe. He is still quite young but I don't see him ever rising above a passable midcarder."

[5.0] "Pretty cooked whenever he leaves Chris Jericho's shadow. Pretty much any time I hear about him outside of kayfabe, it's negative. You literally can't turn him face, they've tried multiple times. He just has a face you want to punch, but even his heel work ends there. Can't cut a promo. High athleticism, but that's still middle-of-the-pack in AEW. Maybe he can turn things around, but I think he might need an excursion in Japan or hop to another promotion like TNA or MLW or something."

[2.0] "Looks like a 2K CAW with even less personality. I'm really not a fan of his style of work, he's injured several opponents and is generally unsafe to be working on national television. He's considered a "pillar" of AEW but he's done nothing to really justify a title like that. If he ends up being anything in pro wrestling, I can maybe see him as a midcard or preliminary guy but he's not someone you want to build a company around. Supposedly he's been wrestling for 13 years and somehow graduated from Booker T's school but he acts and works like someone whose doing it for pops rather than actually being good at pro wrestling. Like I mentioned prior, his wrestling style is really unsafe both to himself and his opponent, I've seen him drop people on their heads which shows his carelessness when it comes to taking care of his opponents. He also opens himself up to injury but does a better job at protecting himself than protecting his opponents. Then theres his backstage antics, he's been in 3 separate incidents while in AEW but he's done little to change his backstage behavior. Overall, like I said, I'm not a fan of Guevara. I've seen people compare him to Eddie Guerrero but in what reality is that even possible? He's only 30 so maybe he'll turn it around in the coming years"

[4.0] "Sammy Guevara is indeed a talented wrestler, but his ego and treatment of other wrestlers is inexcusable. Guevara has been suspended numerous times during his time with AEW. He is an adequate competitor, when he wants to be. He has gotten into backstage fights and has been willing to vacate a title instead of losing it. Just a bad human."

[5.0] "Somehow incredibly talented and yet so tedious and annoying, without even going into his personal of screen personality.doesnt help hes not really been out in good storylines, just mainly with Jericho & the four pillars which him and jungle boy were out the place"

[6.0] "Sammy is what people like to pretend guys like Ospreay and Ricochet are. Really just exists for highlight reels and Twitter GIFs. But, hey, there's space for a wrestler like that in modern wrestling, and he plays the "holy shit moment machine" role well. Now if only they stopped trying to make him some kinda babyface..."

[4.0] "This man cannot be a babyface even if his life depended on it. He's so naturally unlikable. I don't understand why he wants to be an uppercard babyface so badly. He's just coasting on Jericho's success and even then the pair of them are not a pair you want to root for. The audience wants to boo Sammy so badly. I get it, he's a dad now, but if he wants to he believable as a babyface then he needs some more character motivation than just wanting to be the best to give your kid a good life or whatever."

[6.0] "Sammy is my least favorite of the 4 AEW Pillars(MJF, Darby and Jungle Boy); It doesn't mean he's bad, he is a decent wrestler but I think he is a bit overrated. He is an athletic in ring worker but his moves look very clumsy and sloppy and his matches tends to drag. However, he is a versatile wrestler with an arsenal of cool moves and perhaps he is able to fix his little missteps both in ring as well as promo work. He is gonna be one of the leading wrestlers of AEW so hopefully I grow on him."

[10.0] "Great guy, incredibly skilled. He can easily make a whole crowd hate him. He embraces being a great wrestler. Being led by chris jericho really helped him. Once he comes back from injury he deserves a chance at the title. That match has always been great. Sammy deserves another run with a title as well."

[10.0] "Sammy Guevara is one of my favorite wrestlers of all time. I almost instantly fell in love with him. The first ever AEW match I saw was his match against Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed TNT Championship, I became a fan of his shortly after and I guess the rest is history. Now, I know some people don't like him because he's considered "controversial" but I personally believe that he's not a bad person and is just misunderstood in a way. What he said and did can't be excused but I think that people shouldn't just automatically consider him a bad person. If you watch his vlogs then you'll know that he's actually really nice and considerate. Overall I don't think his controversies should overshadow his talent in the ring and people should start realizing that."

[4.0] "He doesn't have it, he has never had it and never will have it. He is too unlikeable to be a babyface and has a move set that doesn't fit being a heel. He should have been downcycled at least two years ago at this point but Tony will keep trying to get him over and it will keep failing."

[5.0] "I remember following Sammy's career since he had 2k subscribers in YouTube. When he got signed with AEW I expected him to change, to improve himself and become a star with this chance. He looks the same still. He's a very talented athlete, and high flyer. But in a company where MOST are high flyers, that isn't really special. As a character, he has this arrogant character that could work if not for the fact that he is so uninteresting talking. Not really interesting, but let's hope he changes."

[8.0] "Easily the best in ring worker of the 4 pillers. Sammy is one of the cleanest wrestlers not just in AEW but in the entire world of wrestling. He isnt the absolute best in the world, but he has one of the brightest futures as long as he doesnt screw up. Plays a good face, makes a great heel, you cant go wrng with this guy on your rpster period."

[5.0] "As a wrestler, he's fine. Can do some cool high flying moves. His selling is inadequate, it always feels like he's popping up a minute after nearly injuring himself on a dive. His character as of late is unlikable, his mic skills are subpar, and I only like it when he loses. EDIT: After all the backstage nonsense I feel it's only fair to tank his rating. He's got severe go-away heat with me, similar to someone like Austin Theory. EDIT 2: he seems to have cleaned up his act, thankfully. Still not too terribly high on him though."

[7.0] "Sammy is a good wrestler. He is very athletic and has an impressive moveset. His biggest issues is his charisma where he can be a good heel but does not connect as a face. His booking is very inconsistent which hurts him as well."

"Sammy has improved TONS since his first title runs, when you watch him it is obvious why Cody put him over. In my opinion, he put on the best performance in the highly promoted four pillars match with his smooth aerial attacks and willingness to take big bumps for spots."

[6.0] "Honestly the BEST body control I have ever seen in wrestling, and quite a varied move set. But his lack of character was killing his career. He sometimes like pandas; he occasionally is best friends with Fuego Del Sol; he is engaged to his high school sweetheart but dating Tay Conti errr Tay Melo; and this is just gleaned from watching AEW TV. I do not care about his personal life or seek out any such thing. Rejoining Chris Jericho in his new faction after the dissolution of the Inner Circle has rectified that loophole since he was seemingly unaffected when they split up despite being their biggest advocate. As an arrogant heel, he has potential and just needs to work on his promo ability. But for the sake of his career, he needs to find his character and stick with it, and if he changes, make sure it is on screen and has a motivation."

[4.0] "A good in-ring worker, horrible heel and unusable babyface. Guys like MJF proved that you don't have to be annoying to be a good heel, but Sammy is straight up annoying. And all of this is 100% the fans' fault for making such a big deal of him getting with Tay. They used it to get cheap heat and it was so boring"

[3.0] "Sammy has been overpushed and overhyped by the company literally since day one. He's never been over to the extent that he's been pushed, he's just not likeable, his promos suck, and there are probably literally 80 guys working for AEW that can do everything he does in the ring as good or better. I do not understand why Tony (and Excalibur) love him so much."

[6.0] "I don't get the hype with this guy. He's a decent wrestler, I'll give him that. BUt he doesn't have much charisma, at least not enough for the annoying Eddie Guerrero comparisons by Jim Ross every week. The only thing they have in common is being HIspanic wrestlers. Sammy will never be in Eddie's class, so please stop, Jim. It's never going to happen."

[4.0] "As of now, he is still the WORST pillar in AEW, but he is better this year than last year, but still he is so f#cking annoying, at least he is now getting heat and not go away heat"

[7.0] "You can hate him as a person all you want but there's no denying that Sammy Guevara's a fantastic wrestler. His backstage antics and attitude rubbed people the wrong way but it looks as if he's finally cleaned up his act. I feel like he's stuck in a weird position where no matter how good he performs in his matches, it won't be enough for him to win over the crowd. He's had go away heat for months now and his on-screen pairing with Tay Conti has only made things worse for him. He continues to be pushed in big feuds, including the current 4 pillars storyline, but most people don't seem to care for him or see him as a legitimate threat. The guy's very talented for his age but still has a long way to go, especially when it comes to talking on the microphone."

[6.0] "Sammy feels like someone who's been stagnating for a few years now. After the disaster that was his feud with Scorpio Sky made it so that he'd never be accepted as a baby face again, he's just kinda been costing on his "I'm Chris Jericho's annoying friend" energy ever since. This is a shame as he does have legitimate talent, I wish he'd show it off more often."

[7.0] "A lot of talent, but I find a real problem with his attitude. The guy really comes off as disrespectful when he's online. I feel that if he didn't have Jericho giving him a good word, we would've likely not seem him on AEW television as much."