| Aaron Aguilera | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1977-02-28)February 28, 1977 (age 48) Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Aaron Aguilera Conquistador Uno[1] Hardkore Kidd Jesús Lujo Esquire Uno Zodiac |
| Billed height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | San Diego,California |
| Trained by | Bryan Danielson El Jefe Kevin Quinn Superboy Tom Howard Ultimate Pro Wrestling Inoki Dojo |
| Debut | 2000 |
Aaron Aguilera (born February 28, 1977) is an Americanprofessional wrestler and actor best known asJesús andUno onWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), MTV'sWrestling Society X,All Japan Pro Wrestling asZodiac andLucha Libre USA asLujo Esquire.
Aguilera initially appeared in the World Wrestling Federation withChristopher Daniels asUno, one half ofLos Conquistadores during the timeEdge & Christian were masquerading as the team.[1] He was rehired nearly 4 years later to perform under thegimmick ofJesús. As part of akayfabe storyline, Jesús was accused of stabbingJohn Cena at aBoston,Massachusetts nightclub by order ofCarlito Caribbean Cool. After Cena defeated Carlito for theWWE United States Championship, Jesús attacked Cena several times in the next couple of weeks, finally hitting him in the kidney with Cena's own chain, temporarily sidelining him.[3] In reality, Cena required a break from WWE while he was out of the country filmingThe Marine.
Aguilera faced John Cena in aStreet Fight atArmageddon 2004 for theWWE United States Championship, but was defeated. Due to an injury sustained at ahouse show inJohnson City, Tennessee, he went into the match with a torngroin and twoherniated discs in his back, and left to have surgery immediately afterwards. The surgery was successful. Aguilera was released from his WWE contract on April 12, 2005.
Aaron later returned to WWE on a one time deal, wrestling under his real name on the November 11, 2007 episode ofWWE Heat in a losing effort againstRon Simmons.[4]
As the Hardcore Kidd, Aguilera appeared inUltimate Pro Wrestling, marking his first wrestling match since being released by WWE. On August 6, 2005, Aguilera started appearing in thePro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) promotion, first losing toT. J. Perkins (aka Puma), and then on the August 19, 2005 teaming withDavey Richards to defeat Perkins andAlex Shelley. On September 30, 2005, Aguilera lost to his former tag team partner Christopher Daniels at Adrenaline Unleashed. On October 22, 2005, Aguilera appeared at AWS, teaming with Al Katrazz to defeat Davey Richards and Tony Kozina. Then, on November 19, 2005, with the PWG, Aguilera teamed withPetey Williams, losing toFrankie Kazarian andChris Sabin. On November 26, 2005, Aguilera wrestledBabi Slymm to a no-contest. Then at the January 15, 2006 Pro Wrestling WAR show, Aguilera wrestled Charles Mercury to a no-contest. Then in the main event, Aguilera &Keiji Sakoda wrestledTeddy Hart andJack Evans to a double countout. Afterwards, Hart did a moonsault off a basketball hoop and injured his knee. Aguilera made an appearance at AWS at Frank and Sons on May 20, 2006, and picked up a win againstAdam Pearce after hitting Pearce in the head with a boot that he took from Pearce's manager,C. Edward Vander Pyle. Aguilera challenged Pearce and Vander Pyle to atag teammatch on July 8, 2006, with his manager, El Jefe.
On February 4, 2006, Aguilera made his Florida wrestling debut with Nick Mayberry's Hardkore Championship Wrestling, at the 2006 HCW Incredible 8 Tournament. He defeated former WCW enhancement talent Casey Thompson in the opening round, second-generation wrestler "J-Dawg" Jeff Brooks in the second round, and then "The King of The Indies" Reckless Youth in the final round of the tournament. He became the 4th person ever to win an Incredible 8 Tournament, behindShark Boy,Reckless Youth, and Dagon Briggs.
In March 2007, Aguilera officially made a challenge for theNWA World Heavyweight Championship and appeared in the Reclaiming the Glory tournament, falling to longtime rival Adam Pearce in the first round. He has also appeared briefly in theIWA in Puerto Rico.
Aaron 'Jesus' Aguilera was part of the team Los Pochos Guapos with Kaos. The team main evented in the third episode of WSX, in a Tables, Ladders and Cervezas match ending their feud withLuke Hawx andAlkatrazz. Los Pochos Guapos, on a losing streak, got their first win over the team of Teddy Hart andMatt Cross, known as the Filth and the Fury. They then began a feud with The Cartel and participated in the Season Finale episode of WSX facing The Cartel in a Piranha Deathmatch.
In June 2011, Aaron Aguilera was announced as a team captain for the AWW pilot tapings, under the name Awesome Aaron Aguilera. At the pilot tapings on June 29, Aguilera, who was under the nickname "The Human Cyclone", defeatedSchwagg Dutt in a five-minuteIron Man match. Later on the same tapings, Aguilera lost to Dutt in anUltimate X match, which also includedRPM andDubai.[5]
On October 18, 2007, Aguilera debuted forAll Japan Pro Wrestling under a mask asZodiac, becoming a member of the heel stableVoodoo Murders. He teamed withTaru (stylized in all capital letters) in the 2007World's Strongest Tag Determination League, but the team purposely picked up no victories due to being disqualified in every single one of their matches. On May 25, 2008, Zodiac lost aHair vs. Mask match toJoe Doering and was forced to unmask.[6] After refusing to cheat in a match, he went on to defeat Taru in a match. After that match,Satoshi Kojima offered Zodiac a spot in his F4 stable, which he accepted and turned face in the process.[6]
His last match for All Japan took place on September 23, 2012, as he teamed with Joe Doering in a losing effort against the AJPW World Tag Team championsManabu Soya &Takao Omori.[7]
On September 8, 2013, Aguilera, using his Zodiac gimmick, made a surprise appearance at the All Japan splinter promotionWrestle-1'sinaugural event, teaming withRené Duprée in a main event tag team match, where the two were defeated byBob Sapp andKeiji Mutoh.[8]
Aguilera appeared on an episode of the American version ofFaking It. The story behind the episode he was in was aNew York Citylawyer having to fake being a professional wrestler, and Aguilera was his trainer. Aguilera also appeared inCarlos Mencia'ssketch comedy series,Mind of Mencia, as a stereotypical Hispanic abusive boyfriend. Aguilera appeared in the episode ofCSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Mascara," as a masked wrestler going under the name of Fantasmo. He also had a minor part as a criminal "The Shadowhammer" in theiCarly episode "iSam's Mom".
Aguilera fought in a Mixed Martial Arts match in Hawaii, where he lost toEric "Butterbean" Esch. Thus far, it is his only professional MMA fight.
He appeared onTrick My Trucker as a trainer. He has also appeared on an episode of the ABC reboot of theCard Sharks game show. He also appeared as El' Matador on an episode of the Night Shift.
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Doering (hair) | Zodiac (mask) | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan | AJPW show | May 25, 2008 | [6] |
| 1 match | 0 wins | 1 loss |
| By submission | 0 | 1 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Butterbean | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Rumble on the Rock 9 | April 21, 2006 | 2 | 1:15 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |