Sherilyn Guerrero is speaking publicly once again about the trauma that changed her life after first accusing her stepfather of sexual assault back in 2023.
The daughter of late WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero originally made headlines in April 2023 when she posted a video to TikTok alleging that her stepfather sexually assaulted her during a cruise in 2020. At the time, Sherilyn also claimed that her mother, Vickie Guerrero, chose to stand by her husband instead of supporting her daughter through the situation.
The allegations sparked widespread discussion throughout the wrestling world, especially after fans began speculating online that the cruise in question may have been connected to Chris Jericho’s wrestling cruise due to the timing of social media posts from that period. Sherilyn herself never confirmed that connection publicly.
Now, during an appearance on The Smooth Vega Podcast, Sherilyn opened up in much greater detail about how deeply the experience affected her mentally and emotionally, while also explaining how wrestling eventually became part of her healing process. Sherilyn admitted that the trauma pushed her into a place where she no longer wanted to keep going.
“Yeah. Um I think well I think I know it was something I uh you know I don’t mind talking about it. you know, I uh went through sexual assault and it was something that I felt that I wanted to give up. I didn’t want to be here anymore. I didn’t have my protectors anymore.”
Sherilyn then reflected on how her father’s own battles throughout his wrestling career became a source of strength for her while trying to survive emotionally.
“But I think what really helped me was seeing everything my dad went through his whole life and how he truly fought to get his family back and to be, you know, back in the WWE. You know, he got fired. He got he got thrown into rehab by them. He had to he had to really fight some demons to say like I’m not going to give up.”
She also spoke about how isolating it felt growing up in such a public wrestling family while privately dealing with trauma that few people fully understood.
“Being on your own with such a known life, like having my life so public my whole life, um can actually be really lonely um on the inside because everyone knows what’s going on surfacely and you kind of don’t want to bring or talk about what’s going on inside.”
Sherilyn later revealed that the emotional damage became so overwhelming that she struggled with suicidal thoughts during that period.
“It got so dark so privately still publicly but still privately where I I was just forced to be quiet about it and I had to find a way that it wasn’t going to kill me. You know, I I had battles with suicidal ideation and I had to know that that’s not I would be cheating the way out if I did.”
According to Sherilyn, rebuilding her faith became one of the biggest reasons she was able to continue moving forward.
“So God God first, if anything, I really had to build my faith. Um, I also looked at my dad’s story and saw that God really had a plan for him. So, I don’t think God brought me through everything to abandon me.”
Sherilyn also explained that after enduring what she described as “three years of hell,” wrestling slowly found its way back into her life through Reality of Wrestling and training under Booker T. She credited the experience with helping her mentally rebuild herself and reconnect with the passion she once lost after Eddie Guerrero’s death.
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