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
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, and even 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 feuded with the Hardy Boys (over Lita) and Chyna before his release in 2001, which was rumored to be over Águila's refusal to learn how to speak English. At Backslash 2000 Aguila went for the European Champion, but fail and lost the match to Eddie Guerrero.

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.

He is currently competing in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

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