Eddy Gordo first appeared in
Tekken 3 and appeared in the following title,
Tekken Tag Tournament. In
Tekken 4, Eddy Gordo was initially omitted from the roster and was replaced with Christie Monteiro, another Capoeira practitioner, but appeared as an alternate costume for Christie in the console release, and without serving any purpose in the storyline. Masahiro Kimoto stated that Eddy was replaced because initially, they had intended to create a female Capoeira character in
Tekken 3 but instead changed to a male character due to artistic limitations. In
Tekken 4, the team was able to successfully create "an attractive female character named Christie" who practiced Capoeira, so they chose to replace Eddy with her. Eddy, once again, served as a character costume swap for Christie in
Tekken 5, but became a separate character in the
Tekken 5 update,
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection; however, while he did have his own character customizations, his moveset remained identical to Christie's. Eddy Gordo appeared again in
Tekken 6, and its update,
Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, but his moveset has remained similar to Christie's, only differing in move properties such as speed and distance. Eddy was born into one of the richest families in Brazil. When Eddy was 19 years old, his father was killed while trying to destroy a Brazilian
drug cartel known as the "Organization". In his last breaths, Eddy's father asked his son to take responsibility for his death. Eddy went along with his father's last wish and served eight years in prison, during which he met an old man who taught him
Capoeira. For his eight years of prison, Eddy practiced until he became a master. Upon his release, Eddy heard about the
King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 and the Mishima Financial Empire (MFE), the sponsor of the tournament and a conglomerate compared to a "large slice of the world" which is owned by Heihachi Mishima. He decided to enter the tournament, believing he could either convince the MFE or take control of it and force it to help him get revenge on his father's killers. As shown in his Tekken 3 ending, Eddy tracked down the gang who killed his father; the gang members confessed that the killing had been ordered by Kazuya Mishima. In
Tekken 4, it is learned that while Eddy was in prison he learned of his master's granddaughter, Christie Monteiro, and made a promise to his master to teach her Capoeira when Eddy got out of prison. After the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, Eddy found and taught Christie Capoeira, who became impressive at the martial art after two years of training. Soon after Christie's training, Eddy left, saying, "Those responsible for my father's death will pay." Christie Monteiro entered The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 to find Eddy, as this was the only clue that could lead her to him. Prior to
Tekken 5, Eddy learns that the master who taught him capoeira in prison is about to be freed. Eddy goes to his release but discovers that his master has become a weak and frail old man, not the great Capoeira master he had studied under. After he takes his master to a hospital, Eddy learns that he is dying from an incurable disease that will give him less than six months to live. There is hope, however, if the Mishima Zaibatsu's technology and resources could be put to use. Knowing this and hearing the announcement of the fifth King of Iron Fist tournament, Eddy and Christie enter with the hopes of saving Christie's grandfather. He also a playable character in
Tekken 7, where it is revealed that even with the Zaibatsu's technology, it is still unable to cure his master's illness, with his passing causes Eddy to resign from the Zaibatsu and continue his vengeful quest against Kazuya on his own, while remaining on good term with Jin. Eddy returns as a
DLC character in
Tekken 8, revealing that Eddy is outmatched against Kazuya during his failed assault at G Corporation, until
Yoshimitsu rescued him in time, and guided him to meet someone he once knew in the past ten years, allowing Eddy to discard his vengeance and vow to save every survivor from Kazuya's tyranny. The said childhood friend is none other than the current Polish Prime Minister, Lidia Sobieka. During
Tekken 8, while joining forces with Jin's side against Kazuya, it is revealed four months before the tournament that Eddy and Yoshimitsu are leading the surviving Tekken Force soldiers from the assault of G Corporation led by his former colleague,
Nina Williams, whom Kazuya hired after he supposedly killed
Heihachi Mishima at the end of
Tekken 7. Once the Tekken Force survivors are rescued without casualties, he and Yoshimitsu accompanies Lidia to the Tekken Monks' base, where they accept their request to rehabilitate a now amnesiac Heihachi. However, at the same time both Jin and Kazuya lost their Devil Gene during their final fight, Eddy, Lidia and Yoshimitsu fails to save the monks from being killed by Heihachi, when he regain the memory of his evil-self during his final trial.
BradyGames, in 2009, attributed the "button masher" stigma to Eddy's "constantly shifting stances and unpredictable nature" in regards to casual gameplay of
Tekken 6, while in competition the random actions of button mashing" lead to heavy punishment more often than not." In
Tekken 8, Eddy's usual gameplay style is modified to include a "Mandinga" function, a feature exclusive to him, allowing him to gain access to additional attacks. Pete Dreyer at
Red Bull listed Eddy among the "cheapest" fighting game characters, stating "The problem was that because of his style and his multiple stances, if you didn't recognise his moves and what they did, there was absolutely no way to know what was going on, and every time you thought you could get in a punch, you'd get a swift kick in the face." ==In other media and merchandise==