Óscar Omar Puentes Molgado (born August 19, 1977) is a Mexicanluchador (professional wrestler) under the ring nameEl Ángel (Spanish for "the Angel"). Puentes worked under the ring nameÓscar Sevilla from 1997 until 2005 where he adopted the "El Ángel" ring character. He is manly known for his work in the Mexicanprofessional wrestling promotionAsistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) which he worked for until mid-2009. He current works on the Mexicanindependent circuit and makes regular appearances for theLos Perros del Mal andInternational Wrestling Revolution Group promotions amongst others and occasionally works asEl Novillero ("The Apprentice Bullfighter").

Óscar Puentes made his professional wrestling debut forAsistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1997, working under the ring name "Óscar Sevilla", he adopted the ring character of aBullfighter, similar toEl Torero who was quite popular at the time. While El Torero portrayed a seasoned bullfighter Sevilla played the part of a novice bullfighter, earning him the nicknameEl Novillero (theSpanish term for a novice bullfighter). Being young and unseasoned AAA decided to pair him up withGran Apache and a group of seasonedrudós (bad guys orheels) to help him improve in the ring. Sevilla began a feud with the Gran Apache's led group of wrestlers that also included R-15, Cuerno de Chivo,Magnum 357 and Mohicano. On April 24, 1998, Sevilla defeated Mohicano in aLucha de Apuesta match, winning the right to shave Mohicano bald after the match per. Lucha Libre traditions.^[2] AtTriplemanía VI teamed withCharly Manson losing toVenum and R-15.^[3] The storyline between Sevilla and Gran Apache's group continued throughout 1998, resulting in Sevilla teaming up with Niño de la Calle to win aLucha de Apuesta match over Tony and Luis Cirio on December 25, 1998.^[2] In early 1999 Sevilla qualified for the 1999Rey de Reyes tournament, but was eliminated byLatin Lover in the semi-final.^[4] The long running storyline with Gran Apache reached a critical point on March 31, 2000, when Sevilla defeated him in aLucha de Apuesta match, shaving him bald after the match only to be beaten up by Gran Apache.^[2] The final match in the storyline came atTriplemanía VIII where Gran Apache defeated Sevila in a one on one match.^[5] AtTriplemanía IX Sevilla,Blue Demon, Jr. andEl Hijo del Solitario lost toLos Exoticos (May Flowers,Pimpinela Escarlata andPolvo de Estrellas) in one of the undercard matches on the show.^[6]

On December 12, 2002, Sevilla teamed up withLos Barrio Boys (Alan,Billy Boy andDecnis) to defeatLos Vatos Locos, winning theMexican National Atómicos Championship.^[7] The team had one successful title defense, defeating Hator, Monje Negro, Jr., El Potro and Ben Hur on April 6, 2003^[8] On July 18, 2003, the team lost the Atómicos title back toLos Vatos Locos but would regain them under a month later when they defeatedLos Vatos Locos on August 8, 2003.^[7] Sevilla andLos Barrio Boys successfully defended the Atómicos title againstLos Exoticos (Pimpinela Escarlata, May Flowers, Polvo de Estrellas and Sexy Francis) on October 26, 2003.^[8] Their second, and final run with the Mexican National Atómicos title ended on August 20, 2004, when they were defeated byThe Black Family (Chessman,Ozz,Cuervo andEscoria), ending their combined reigns at 606 days in total.^[7] In early 2005 Sevilla took part in a special type ofApuestas match, where the competitors would risk their wrestling careers instead of their hair and mask. Sevilla and El Torero faced off against Rata II and Esquizofrenía in a two-stagePareja Suicida match. In the first stage Sevilla and Toreror defeated their opponents, which meant that both Rata II and Esquizofrenía had to retire. Then immediately after that match Óscar Sevilla and Torero had to fight each other for their careers. By the end of the night Sevilla had retired his "mentor" El Torero as well.^[9] On July 3, 2005, Sevilla faced off againstSangre Chicana, Sangre Chicana Jr. andEl Brazo in a four-wayLuchas de Apuestas match. In the end Sangre Chicana Jr. pinned El Brazo, forcing him to have his hair shaved off while Óscar Sevilla escaped anotherApuesta match without being shaved.^[2]

In early 2005,Místico was becoming a very popular wrestler for rivalConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which led AAA ownerAntonio Peña to create his own version of Místico. He created the characterEl Ángel for Puentes, complete with a wing adorned mask and outfit in silver colors, mimicking the look of Místico.^[2] LikeArgenis after him, being a copy of Místico but not being as talented as the original led to the concept not going over well with the crowd initially.^[10] Following a "tweaking" of the character, changing colors away from the gold and silver of Místico and focusing less on the "religious" aspects, the fans began accepting El Ángel as atecnico ("good guy"). In early 2006 he was added to the groupReal Fuerza Aérea both to distance him a bit from the Místico image and because he fit in the group of wrestlers who use a high flying style. In July 2006 El Ángel was one of several AAA wrestlers who toured with the Japanese promotionPro Wrestling Noah. He participated in the 2008Alas de Oro, but was the second one to be eliminated from the match, eliminated byTeddy Hart.^[11] In April 2009 El Ángel left AAA, citing his dissatisfaction with the amount of work they booked for him.

Starting in April 2009 El Ángel began working on the MexicanIndependent circuit, including thePerros del Mal Producciones. Despite the "El Ángel" character being invented by AAA Puentes still works under the name. El Ángel became a regular inInternational Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), even working with former AAA colleagues as IWRG and AAA started to work together around the same time. On October 7, 2012, El Ángel won theIWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship by defeatingOficial AK-47 as the last man in a 10-manSteel cage match.^[12] It was later announced that Ángel would be one of 10 men to risk their mask in IWRG's annualEl Castillo del Terror match.^[13] On October 28, Ángel turned on his tag team partnerTrauma II, turningrudo ("Bad guy"), targeting Trauma II to improve his own odds for theCastillo del Terror.^[14] On February 17, 2013Oficial 911 defeated El Ángel and Trauma II by count out, which meant that he would not be forced to put his mask on the line in a subsequentLuchas de Apuestas match, slated for March 3, 2013, while Trauma II and El Ángel would put their mask on the line.^[15] The decision was later reversed by the Mexico City wrestling commission due to the fact that 911 won by count out, he was put back inLuchas de Apuestas match. On the night 911 escaped with his mask safe, pining both Trauma II and El Ángel. In the end Trauma II pinned El Ángel even after Los Oficiales attacked both competitors. Following the match El Ángel removed his mask and gave it to Trauma II as a trophy of his victory and revealed his birth name; Óscar Omar Puentes Molgado.^[16][17] In the weeks following the mask loss El Ángel turned on his tag team partnerDr. Cerebro after Dr. Cerebro accidentally hit him during the match. Subsequently he announced that he was now arudo and was targeting Dr. Cerebro.^[18] On April 11, 2013Eterno defeated El Ángel to win the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship, ending El Ángel's reign after 186 days.^[19] Following his mask and title loss El Ángel was one of thirty men competing in IWRG's 2013Rey del Ring ("King of the Ring") tournament but was eliminated after only a few minutes in the match.^[20] On September 29, 2013, El Ángel,Canis Lupus, Astro Rey Jr.,Avisman,Carta Brava Jr.,Douki, Fulgor I andOficial Rayan competed in an elimination match for the vacantIWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship. El Ángel was the fourth man eliminated over all in what was his last major IWRG show appearance.^[21]

In 2015 Puentes started working under the name Óscar Sevilla El Novillero, or simply "El Novillero" as he reverted to his original bullfighter character for some independent circuit shows. He has worked with wrestlers billed as "El Nuevo Ángel" ("The New Angel") as well as "El Hijo del Ángel" (literally "The Son of El Ángel") but no family connection has been confirmed.^[22]

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
  • Mexican National Atomicos Championship (2 times) - withAlan,Decnis, andBilly Boy^[7]
• International Wrestling Revolution Group
  • IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[12]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #261 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2007^[23]

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• Mexican National Atómicos Champions

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