Mr. Águila

Mr. Águila
Ring name(s)	Águila[1] Essa Ríos[1] Mr. Águila[1] Papí Chulo[1]
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Billed weight	190 lb (86 kg)[2]
Born	December 10, 1978 (1978-12-10) (age 32)[1] Guadalajara, Jalisco
Resides	Tijuana, Mexico
Billed from	Tijuana, Mexico[2]
Trained by	Diablo Velasco[3] Flash I[3]
Debut	01994-01-03 January 3, 1994[1]

José Seldano^[1] (born December 10, 1978) is a Mexican professional wrestler or luchador currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Outside of Mexico he is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Essa Ríos and Papí Chulo and for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the US, CMLL and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico as Mr. Águila. He is the co-leader of Los Invasores along with Héctor Garza.

Professional wrestling career

Seldano made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the November 3, 1997 episode of Raw is War as part of its newly relaunched Light Heavyweight division at the age of 18, wrestling under the Ring name Águila. This period included a match with Taka Michinoku at WrestleMania XIV for the Light Heavyweight Championship.^[4] He had a high-flying match with Michinoku during Extreme Championship Wrestling's 1999 Cyberslam pay-per-view before capturing the WWF Light Heavyweight title from Gillberg on his 'debut' as Essa Ríos during February 13, 2000 edition of Sunday Night Heat. His reign was a short-lived one, as he would lose the title to Dean Malenko a few weeks later. During his time as Essa Ríos, he was managed by Lita who would often repeat Ríos's finishing moves on wrestlers he had just beaten after a match. He and Lita had a feud with Eddie Guerrero and Chyna which led to a European title match between Ríos and then-champion Guerrero at Backlash 2000, which Ríos lost.^[5] Ríos' partnership with Lita ended sometime later after an angry Ríos attacked Lita because he had lost a match. It was there that the Hardy Boyz came to Lita's rescue and feuded with him briefly, with Lita becoming their protege. Ríos lapsed into obscurity but did have a brief feud with Kurt Angle that culminated in a main event match on Sunday Night Heat before once again only making occasional appearances. Having been off TV for months, Ríos started accepting Japanese bookings in 2001.^[1]

After being released in 2001, he returned to Mexico for several years before working in AAA as part of the LLL storyline. Águila made a comeback to the United States in 2004 as part of Team AAA/Mexico in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling with Abismo Negro, Juventud Guerrera, Héctor Garza and Heavy Metal.^[6] He competed in TNA as part of the X Division, even challenging A.J. Styles for the TNA X Division Championship, until July 2004.^[1][7][8] He soon returned to Mexico, however, continuing his feud with El Zorro and forming "X-team" with Juventud Guerrera and Charly Manson. In 2005, he jumped to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as a member of Los Perros del Mal which was led by Héctor Garza and Perro Aguayo, Jr. who had jumped from AAA in the past. When Perro Aguayo, Jr. left CMLL in the fall of 2008, Mr. Águilera left the promotion with him to help for the Perros del Mal Producciones.

Los Invasores

Main article: Los Invasores

On May 16, 2010, Mr. Águila returned to CMLL, interfering in a match between Psicosis II and La Sombra, siding with Psicosis II and a group called Los Invasores, the match also saw the return of Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. who ended up siding with CMLL in their war against the outsider group.^[9] CMLL later held a press conference announcing that they would hold a special Sin Salida event on June 6, 2010 that would center around the Los Invasores vs. CMLL storyline. During the press conference it was revealed that Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza were the co-leaders of Los Invasores.^[10] At the July 16, 2010 Super Viernes, Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza defeated the team of La Sombra and Volador, Jr. to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship.^[11] By virtue of holding the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, Mr. Águila participated in the 2010 Universal Championship tournament. He was part of "Block B" that competed on the August 6, 2010 Super Viernes show where he was eliminated from the tournament when he lost to La Máscara in the first round.^[12] On November 2, 2010, Águila and Garza lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Dragón Rojo, Jr. and Último Guerrero.^[13] On December 3, 2010, at Sin Piedad 2010 Águila had his trademark hair shaved off after being defeated by Rey Bucanero in a Lucha de Apuesta.^[14]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Flip-over DDT (WWF)^[1]
• Moonsault^[15]
• 450° splash
• Shooting star press

• Signature moves

• Corkscrew plancha^[1]
• Rana
• Somersault plancha over a turnbuckle to the outside^[1]
• Springboard arm drag^[1]
• Vuelo de Águila (Running corkscrew slingshot crossbody)^[3]

• Managers

• Lita
• Antonio Peña

Championships and accomplishments

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

• Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[16]

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Héctor Garza^[11]
• CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Héctor Garza and Perro Aguayo, Jr.^[17]
• Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) – with Damian 666 and Halloween^[18]

• International Wrestling Association

• IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[19]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #446 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003^[20]

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• America's X Cup (2004) – with Juventud Guerrera, Abismo Negro, Héctor Garza and Heavy Metal^[3]

• Universal Wrestling Association

• UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[21][22]

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[3]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

• Rookie of the Year (1997)

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Mask	Último Guerrero	Mr. Águila	Mexico City, Mexico	01998-09-11 September 11, 1998	[23]
Mask	Mr. Águila	MS-2	Tijuana, Baja California	02003-12-05 December 5, 2003
Hair	Mr. Águila	Blade	Guadalajara, Jalisco	02005-01-23 January 23, 2005
Hair	Rey Bucanero and Tarzan Boy	Damián 666 and Mr. Águila	Mexico City, Mexico	02006-04-28 April 28, 2006
Hair	Rey Bucanero	Mr. Águila	Mexico City, Mexico	02010-12-03 December 3, 2010	[14]

References

Professional wrestling portal

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Name	Águila, Mr.
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Date of birth	December 10, 1978
Place of birth	Guadalajara, Jalisco
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