Mr. Águila

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Mr. Águila

Name Mr. Águila Real name Jesús Guadalupe Delgado Saldaña Nicknames None Name history Mr. Águila/Águila (debut - ), Papi Chulo (98 - 02/00), Essa Rios (02/00 - ) Family None Maestro(s) Diablo Velazco, Flash I Birth date, location December 10, 1977 - Atotonico, Jalisco Obituary date Debut, location January 3, 1994 - Guadalajara, Jalisco Lost mask to Último Guerrero - September 11, 1998 - Arena México Height 5'10"/179 cms Weight 200 lbs/90 kg Signature moves Moonsault, Springboard twisting armdrag, Vuelo de Aguila, 450 Splash, Shooting star press Titles: WWF World Light Heavyweight Title, Puerto Rico: IWA World Junior Heavyweight Title, National Heavyweight Title, UWA World Light Heavyweight Title, 2004 TNA World X-Cup (w/Abismo Negro, Juventud Guerrera, Héctor Garza, Heavy Metal), CMLL Trios Titles (w/Perro Aguayo Jr. & Héctor Garza), Mexican National Trios Championship (w/Damian 666, Halloween)

Biography

Mr. Águila debuted on January 3, 1994. In 1997, at the age of 19, he was signed by the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) and was added to their Light Heavyweight division. He wrestled under a mask as Águila. In his first match in the WWF (WWE) he defeated Super Crazy in the first round of the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship tournament. On the the second round of the tournament he would lose to the future winner of the WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, Taka Michinoku. As month past he took on Taka Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XIV. He did not defeat Michinoku for the championship, but put on an impressive showing nonetheless.

Eventually, he returned mask-less as Papi Chulo, and made an appearance in ECW (while still contracted to WWE) at Cyberslam 1999 against Taka Michinoku. He once again failed to defeat Taka Michinoku, but was an impressive showing nonetheless. It must have impressed WWF management, because he was repackaged as Essa Rios and won the WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship in his "debut" match against Gillberg on February 8, 2000. He lost the championship to Dean Malenko on March 13, 2000 and progress a feud with the Hardy Boys (over Lita) and Chyna and Eddy Guerrero for the European title. He would eventually vs Eddy Guerrero at Backlash 2000 for the European belt, but failed to beat him. After all of those storyline, he would end up wrestling mostly on WWF Jacked where he defeated future TNA superstar, which includes Samoa Joe and Low Ki. He was release in 2001, where their was a rumor that he refuse to learn how to speak English.

After his release from WWE, Mr. Águila began accepting bookings for Japan and would end up competiting in several matches for TNA from January-July 2004, as part of the Team Mexico faction in the World X-Division Cup.

After that he returned to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

He is currently competing in independent wrestling.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	hair	Mr. Águila	Torbellino Negro	unknown
98/09/11	mask	Último Guerrero	Mr. Águila	Arena México - Mexico City
03/12/05	mask (1)	Mr. Águila	MS-2	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
05/01/23	hair	Mr. Águila	Blade	Arena Cuauhtemoc - Guadalajara, Jalisco
06/04/28	hair	Rey Bucanero & Tarzan Boy	Damián 666 & Mr. Águila	Arena México - Mexico City
(1) Relevos Suicidas vs. Heavy Metal/Juventud Guerrera

Gallery

1996

on RAW in 1997

in Promo Azteca

1997/1998 Insane Flyers

2001

2001

Perro del Mal

Mr. Aguila Masked

Mr.Aguila at WrestleMania

1996