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One day he received a draw from a fan as gift. In that draw he was portrayed with an eagle on his arm. He not only liked the gift, he also got an idea. He learned falconry and adopted and trained an eagle which he named Jaty. He used to take Jaty to the gym and the arenas in he presented. | One day he received a draw from a fan as gift. In that draw he was portrayed with an eagle on his arm. He not only liked the gift, he also got an idea. He learned falconry and adopted and trained an eagle which he named Jaty. He used to take Jaty to the gym and the arenas in he presented. | ||
Was an instant hit thanks to his ring entrance where he would bring Jaty with him to the ring and allow it to fly all over the arena before his matches. Obviously this led to some situations where the eagle would refuse to return to his master. There was a time that [[Fuerza Guerrera]] was so upset with the eagle because | Was an instant hit thanks to his ring entrance where he would bring Jaty with him to the ring and allow it to fly all over the arena before his matches. Obviously this led to some situations where the eagle would refuse to return to his master. There was a time that [[Fuerza Guerrera]] was so upset with the eagle because he believed that Jaty got all the attention. Tired of this situation, before the match started and during Jaty's fly he attacked Aguila Solitaria taking off his glove avoiding Jaty to return to his master. Or would actually attack various fans or his opponents. Popular enough for CMLL to create a mini, [[Aguilita Solitaria]]. | ||
Injuries took a toll on his body and even though he refused to take part in the mass exodus of talent to [[AAA]] in the spring of [[1992]], [[CMLL]] never really gave him a shot and he was kept in his mid-card role until eventually fading away from the Lucha Libre scene in the mid-90's after making some quick appearances for [[AAA]] in the spring of [[1997]]. | Injuries took a toll on his body and even though he refused to take part in the mass exodus of talent to [[AAA]] in the spring of [[1992]], [[CMLL]] never really gave him a shot and he was kept in his mid-card role until eventually fading away from the Lucha Libre scene in the mid-90's after making some quick appearances for [[AAA]] in the spring of [[1997]]. | ||
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Notes
Origins
Águila Solitaria made his professional debut around 1976 after training under Hércules Flores and Tom Mix. After them there were groups in Arena Mexico in which he learned from Super Halcón, El Faraón, Gran Cochisse, and Águila India. Moreover when he was at El Toreo he was trained by Angel Blanco and Blue Demon.
The Solitary Eagle
He was looking for a ringname to remember and his fondness for birds inspired him to chose the ringname of Águila Solitaria (Solitary Eagle) adopting a winged mask. The mask designs were of his own. The early design was very detailed; it included the eagle's talons and feathers during his first years of career. One day he lent one of his masks to Atlantis because his mask was ripped off. Águila saw Atlantis wearing his mask from far and he noticed that many of his mask details such as the talons and feathers could not be seen from far and the mask shape did not looked like the one of a bird. Then he decided to modify his mask in a more simple way just leaving the wings and the eagle's head making his mask design recognizable from near and far. The winged black and silver mask that became his trademark.
EMLL
During his first years of career he was wrestling in the independent circuit particularly at Arena Ajusco. He held a longtime rilvalry with Vulcano which led to an epic lucha de apuestas in which Aguila Solitaria won his first mask.
When he joined to EMLL he had to start from the bottom. He met again with Vulcano continuing with their rivalry. They used to participate in what was known as Lucha de Botana (also known as Lucha de Regalo or Desempance) which is an extra match after the main event with the purpose of avoiding congestion at the exit. People could either left or stay. These kind of matches were performed by those wrestlers who were in the preliminaries. One night Aguila Solitaria and Vulcano went in an extra bout and they gave a great match that all the crowd stayed to see them.
Aguila Solitaria was considered probably the most promising rookie of the 80's. Broke out in 1981 by making a nice very good record of victories in apuestas matches which put him on the map.
His Loyal Companion
One day he received a draw from a fan as gift. In that draw he was portrayed with an eagle on his arm. He not only liked the gift, he also got an idea. He learned falconry and adopted and trained an eagle which he named Jaty. He used to take Jaty to the gym and the arenas in he presented.
Was an instant hit thanks to his ring entrance where he would bring Jaty with him to the ring and allow it to fly all over the arena before his matches. Obviously this led to some situations where the eagle would refuse to return to his master. There was a time that Fuerza Guerrera was so upset with the eagle because he believed that Jaty got all the attention. Tired of this situation, before the match started and during Jaty's fly he attacked Aguila Solitaria taking off his glove avoiding Jaty to return to his master. Or would actually attack various fans or his opponents. Popular enough for CMLL to create a mini, Aguilita Solitaria.
Injuries took a toll on his body and even though he refused to take part in the mass exodus of talent to AAA in the spring of 1992, CMLL never really gave him a shot and he was kept in his mid-card role until eventually fading away from the Lucha Libre scene in the mid-90's after making some quick appearances for AAA in the spring of 1997.
Currently he wrestles with his son Aguila Solitaria Jr. on the independent circuit.
Luchas de apuestas record
Gallery
 Aguila Solitaria with Javier Llanes |
