Mr. Águila

Jesús Guadalupe Delgado Saldaña is a Mexican professional wrestler currently performing for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Essa Rios and for his work for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, CMLL and AAA as Mr. Águila.

Career

He joined the WWF in 1997 as part of its newly relaunched Light Heavyweight division at the age of 18, wrestling under the names Aguila and Papi Chulo.

He had a high-flying match with Taka Michinoku during Extreme Championship Wrestling's Cyberslam 1999 pay-per-view before capturing the WWF Light Heavyweight title from Gillberg on his 'debut' as Essa Rios during February 13, 2000 edition of Sunday Night HEAT.

During his time as Essa Rios, he was managed by Lita who would often repeat Rios'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 Rios and then-champion Guererro at Backlash 2000, which Rios lost.

Rios' partnership with Lita ended sometime later after an angry Rios attacked Lita because he had lost a match. Rios lapse 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, Rios started accepting Japanese bookings in 2001.

After being released in 2001, with rumors being that he refused to learn English, he returned to Mexico for several years before working in AAA as part of the LLL storyline. He made a comeback in America in 2004 as part of Team AAA/Mexico in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling with Abismo Negro, Juventud Guerrera, Héctor Garza and Heavy Metal. He returned to Mexico, 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.

In wrestling

Previous managers

Finishing and signature moves

Moonsault
Rios Driver (Flip-over DDT)
Rana
Springboard flying armdrag
Vuelo de Aguila (Running twisting suicide plancha)
Shooting star press

Championships and accomplishments

1-time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion
1-time IWA Junior Heavyweight Champion
1-time UWA Light Heavyweight Champion
NWA:TNA America's X-Cup Winner (with Juventud Guerrera, Abismo Negro, Héctor Garza, Heavy Metal as Team Mexico)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

PWI ranked him # 446 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

1997 Rookie of the Year

Lucha de Apuestas record

**Luchas de Apuestas**
Wager lost/won	Winner	Loser	Where	Date	Note
Mask	Último Guerrero	Mr. Águila	Mexico City	September 11, 1998	-
Mask	Mr. Águila	MS-2	Tijuana, Baja California	December 5, 2003	-
Hair	Mr. Águila	Blade	Guadalajara, Jalisco	January 23, 2005	-
Hairs	Rey Bucanero & Tarzan Boy	Damián 666 & Mr. Águila	Mexico City	April 28, 2006	-

He also won the mask of Torbellino Negro