El Texano

Personal information
Born	Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui (1958-11-26)November 26, 1958[1] Mexicali,Baja California, Mexico[1]
Died	15 January 2006(2006-01-15) (aged 47)[2] Guadalajara,Jalisco, Mexico[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Billy The Kid El Texano El Vaquero Johnny Texas Juan El Texano Roy Navarro Silver King II
Billed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Trained by	Antonio Cruz Diablo Velasco[1]
Debut	February 1, 1972[1]

Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui (November 26, 1958 – January 15, 2006), better known by hisring nameEl Texano, was a Mexicanluchador, orprofessional wrestler. From the early 1970s to the early 2000s, he wrestled undermasked and unmasked monikers for various promotions includingUniversal Wrestling Association (UWA),World Wrestling Council (WWC),World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), andWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW),Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) andAsistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). His son Juan Aguilar Leos wrestles under the nameEl Texano, Jr. in tribute to his father and another son wrestles as the maskedSuper Nova.

During his professional wrestling career Aguilar helped populate the concept of the Trios match (teams of three facing off in atag team match) inLucha Libre, as a part ofLos Misioneros de la Muerte ("The Missionaries of Death"; Texano,El Signo andNegro Navarro). He also worked for an extensive period of time withSilver King, collectively known asLos Cowboys, working both inJapan and theUnited States of America, achieving notoriety outside of his native Mexico.

Juan Aguilar was born and raised inMexicali,Baja California,Mexico but would later move toGuadalajara,Jalisco,Mexico where he lived until his death. Aguilar and his Guadalajara native wife had three sons together, two of whom became professional wrestlers, Juan Aguilar Leos who works under the ring nameEl Texano, Jr. andSuper Nova, who is anenmascarado (Masked wrestler) and thus his birth name is not publicized. He is the uncle of professional wrestlers Jonathan de Jesus Navarro Jímenez (works under the nameMictlán), Juan Miguel Escalante Grande (known asInquisidor) andPólvora (enmascarado). He is the cousin of professional wrestler Roberto Gutiérrez Frías, better known asEl Dandy.

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Aguilar began training for a career inLucha Libre (professional wrestling) at a very early age after receiving his parents' consent to do so. He made his wrestling debut on February 1, 1972 at the age of 13. In Mexico becoming a wrestler at such a young age is rare, but not unheard of if parental consent is given.^{[Note 1]} He made his debut as anenmascarado (masked wrestler) using thering name "Billy the Kid", portraying aCowboy character. Aguilar continued to train under Antonio Cruz in the years following his debut as he worked under a number of differentenmascarado characters such as Ry Navarro, El Vaquero ("The Cowboy"), Juan El Texano and Johnny Texas. After working primarily in and around his native state of Baja California he started making appearances in Mexico City around 1975, working forEmpresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), the world's oldest and one of Mexico's biggestprofessional wrestling promotions. During one show inArena Coliseo, EMLL's secondary venue, a lucha libre magazine writer suggested he should simply work as "El Texano" ("The Texan"), a ring name Aguilar used from that point on until his death. While working for EMLL he also began training withGuadalajara,Jalisco based wrestling trainerCuauhtémoc "Diablo" Velasco, one of the most famous wrestling trainers in Mexico.

In the late 1970s Aguilar, as El Texano, began working for EMLL's biggest rival theUniversal Wrestling Association (UWA) as they wanted to feature more wrestlers in the lighter divisions to strengthen their shows. UWA promoterFrancisco Flores wanted to build some of the lesser known lightweights into high card workers and decided to build a storyline between the masked El Texano and the recently debutBrazo de Oro ("Golden Hand"), which later expanded to include Brazo de Oro's younger brothersBrazo de Plata ("Silver Arm") andEl Brazo ("The Arm"). The Brazo brothers were given the team nameLos Mosqueteros de Diablo (The Devil's Musketeers) while El Texano began teaming with Antonio Sánchez Rendón, known under the ring nameEl Signo ("The Sign") and Miguel Navarro, better known asNegro Navarro. The team was dubbedLos Misioneros de la Muerte ("The Missionaries of Death"). Early on in the storyline Brazo de Oro defeated El Texano in aLuchas de Apuestas, or bet match, which forced El Texano to unmask. The storyline expanded and saw the unmasked Misionaros clash with the masked Mosqueteros on UWA promoted cards all over Mexico. The fan reception to those matches and the positive coverage in various Lucha Libre magazines was so big that other promoters around Mexico wanted to book them on their shows, not as individuals but as teams, which was the start of the trios match becoming more and more prominent in Lucha Libre. With the team being so in demand UWA started to feature Los Misioneros more often, including El Signo winning theUWA World Welterweight Championship, a title he would later lose to El Gringo, who in turn would lose the belt to El Texano in order to legitimize him as a wrestler.^[3] By 1981Los Misioneros began working high on the card, often working the main event match starting a trend of having trios matches instead of singles matches as the regular main event match format, something that helped make that match format the most common match type in Lucha Libre since then.^[2][4]

In 1981 theLos Misioneros de la Muerte name became a household name after a match inEl Toreo de Quatro Caminos ("The Bullring with four corners"), UWA's main venue. During the main eventLos Misioneros faced off against then 64-year-oldEl Santo, teaming withHuracán Ramírez andRayo de Jalisco. In that match El Santo collapsed in the middle of the ring, suffering a heart attack during the match. His life was only saved due to the quick witted actions of Ramírez.^[5] After the match the Lucha Libre magazine, prompted by Francisco Flores, played off the real life tragedy by promotingLos Misioneros as the team that nearly killed the biggest name in Lucha Libre ever.^[5] The event made the team the most hated trio in Mexico for years to come and helped fillEl Torero arena to the brim whenLos Misioneros teamed up withPerro Aguayo to face El Santo,Gory Guerrero, Huracán Ramírez andEl Solitario in El Santo's retirement match.^[5][6] Following Santo's retirementLos Misioneros feuded with the topfaces (wrestlers portraying "good guy" characters) such asLos Tres Caballero (Aníbal, El Solitario andVillano III both in trios and in individual competition. At one point Villano III defeated El Texano in aLuchas de Apuestas match, forcing El Texano to be shaved bald as a result of the loss.^[7] During the storyline El Solitario turned on his two partners, when he attacked El Signo with a bottle and costingLos Tres Caballeros an important match. The attack made the smallerLos Misioneros more sympathetic to the crowd, who began to support them more and more despiteLos Misioneros being booked on the shows as theheels ("bad guy" characters). Their popularity as a trio also led to them being invited to tourJapan, facing off againstNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) light weight wrestlers such asGran Hamada,Tiger Mask,George Takano,Akira Maeda andOsamu Kido. In 1984Los Misioneros won theUWA World Trios Championship for the first time, although it is not documented for exactly how long.^[8] In the mid 1980s the "War" between the UWA and EMLL had cooled off enough forLos Misionerios to actually wrestle on theEMLL 53rd Anniversary Show, losing a triosLuchas de Apuestas toRingo Mendoza,Américo Rocca andTony Salazar.^[9][10] Los Misionerios regained the UWA World Trios Championship in 1987 defeatingLos Villanos (Villano III,Villano IV andVillano V), after what was considered the "peak" ofLos Misionerios. With an influx of other popular trios both in the UWA and in Mexico in generalLos Misioneros days on the top of the Trios scene came to an end, which was followed by the end ofLos Missioneros de la Muerte in its original form. During a UWA World Trios Championship match againstLos Villanos El Texano threw in the towel to save his partner El Signo any more punishment. After the match and title loss his partners turned on El Texano and attacked him after the match. The attack was done primarily to write El Texano out of the UWA storyline as he had given notice that he was leaving.

El Texano left the UWA and joined rival EMLL where he began working both as a singles wrestler and as a regulartag team with his cousinEl Dandy, collectively known asLos Vaqueros or simply asLos Cowboys. Later on El Texano began teaming withSilver King, replacing El Dandy as one ofLos Cowboys.Los Cowboys began working for other promotions than just EMLL both inside and outside of Mexico, which led them to work for various international promotions such as International Wrestling Association both inJapan andPuerto Rico as well as working the UWA. In 1991 the team won their first tag team championship together, winning a tournament to become the first everWorld Wrestling Association (WWA)World Tag Team Championship.^[11] On January 19, 1992 they added theUWA World Tag Team Championship to their collection when they defeatedGran Hamada andKendo for the titles on a show inJapan and brought the titles back to Mexico.^[12]

At the time of their run as double tag team champions theUS basedWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) was looking for international tag teams to compete in a tournament for the vacantNational Wrestling Alliance (NWA)World Tag Team Champions and selectedLos Cowboys to represent Mexico. The team faced off againstThe Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes andJimmy Garvin) in the first round of the tournament. The match took place at theClash of the Champions XIX, which had El Texano billed as "Silver King II", was won by the Freebirds, marking the first and only timeLos Cowboys worked for WCW.^[13] Texano and Silver King lost the UWA World Tag Team Championship to the masked duo known asThe Can-Am Express (I and II) on June 28, 1992 as part of a longer-running storyline between the two teams.^[12] Three weeks laterLos Cowboys defeated the Can-Am Express in a tag teamLuchas de Apuestas match and forced the team to unmask to reveal their true identities ofDoug Furnas andDan Kroffat. On November 11, 1992 El Texano became theUWA World Light Heavyweight Champion, a title he would later lose to his partner Silver King.^[14] on July 7, 1993 Los Cowboys lost the WWA World Tag team titles toEl Dandy andCorazon de Leon but regained them two months later. Their second run with the WWA World Tag Team titles only lasted a month as Villano IV and Villano V won the titles from them on October 10, 1993, 39 days later.^[11] El Texano had a brief reunion withLos Misioneros as they won the UWA World Trios Championship in 1993 and held it for 155, but failed to recapture the fans' attention like their original run had.^[14] By the end of 1994Los Cowboys returned to EMLL, now renamedConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and began a long-running storyline with the tag team known asThe Headhunters that resulted in a series of brutal and blood filled brawls between the two teams. On December 16, 1994Los Cowboys won theCMLL World Tag Team Championship when they defeated DefeatedEl Satánico andEmilio Charles, Jr. in the finals of a32-team tournament for the vacant tag team titles.^[15] Six months later the feud with The Headhunters sawLos Cowboys lose the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to the Headhunter duo.^[15] The two teams took their storyline around the globe, facing off both in the Headhunters' native Puerto Rico and in Japan as well. During 1995 Los Cowboys began working for the Japanese based International Wrestling Association where they won the IWA World Tag Team championship from the Headhunters on March 3, 1995.^[16] The duo lost the tag team titles on August 20 the same year on the undercard of the IWA's "King of Deathmatches" show.^[17] After 1995Los Cowboys would only team together on rare occasions.

In 1997 El Texano began working forPromo Azteca and when that promotion folded joined most of the otherPromo Azteca wrestlers as they were absorbed byAsistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which had grown to become one of Mexico's top two promotions at the time (along with CMLL). In AAA he became part of a group known asLos Consagrados ("The Consecrated") along with his cousin El Dandy,Sangre Chicana andPirata Morgan. Texano and Morgan won theMexican National Tag Team Championship fromPerro Aguayo, Jr. andHéctor Garza on September 8, 2000 and held the belts for over a year until they were defeated by the duo ofMáscara Sagrada andLa Parka, Jr.^[18] El Texano was injured during asteel cage match inTijuana and wrestled his last professional wrestling match on May 15, 2005 participating in AAA'sTriplemanía XIII event. During the match he teamed up withMini Abismo Negro,Polvo de Estrellas andTiffany only to lose toEl Ángel,Lady Apache,Mascarita Sagrada and Sexy Francis in a match where El Texano spent most of the match outside the ring.^[19]

During a match El Texano injured his back and was forced to undergo two back surgeries to two different parts of the spine. These surgeries not only did not help Aguilar's back problems but caused him more health problems. During the final months of his life his breathing was supported by a ventilator and he was unable to even sit up. On the evening of January 15, 2006, Aguilar was rushed to a hospital inGuadalajara, Jalisco, for emergency surgery due to complications from pneumonia. Aguilar was pronounced dead upon arrival due to lung and respiratory failure.^[2]

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
  • Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withPirata Morgan^{[18][Note 2]}
• Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.
  • Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship – withNegro Navarro^[20]
• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
  • CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – withSilver King^[15]
• International Wrestling Association of Japan
  • IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Silver King^[16]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #342 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003.^[21]
  • PWI ranked him #68 of the 100 best tag teams during the PWI Years with Silver King in 2003.
• Universal Wrestling Association
  • UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[14]
  • UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[22]
  • UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Silver King^[12]
  • UWA World Trios Championship (2 times) – WithNegro Navarro andEl Signo^[8]
  • UWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time)^[3]
• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA Tag Team Championship (2 times – with Silver King.^[11]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[23]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) as part ofLos Misioneros de la Muerte^[24]

• List of premature professional wrestling deaths

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