Águila Solitaria

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Águila Solitaria (Lone Eagle)

Name	Águila Solitaria (Lone Eagle)
Real name	unrevealed
Nicknames	none
Name history	Águila Solitaria (debut - )
Family	Aguila Solitaria Jr. (son)
Maestro(s)	Hércules Flores, Tom Mix
Birth date, location	August 31, 1954 - Tulancingo, Hidalgo
Obituary date
Debut, location	November 1978 - Pista Arena Revolución
Lost mask to
Height	5'9"/175 cms
Weight	198 lbs/90 kg
Signature moves	Plancha, Quebradora con Giro, Aguila Special
Titles:	National Welterweight Title, NWA World Welterweight Title, Mexico State Trios Titles (w/ El Pantera & Ciclón Ramírez), Veracruz State Trios Titles (w/ El Pantera & Ciclón Ramírez), Nuevo León State Trios Titles (w/ El Pantera & Ciclón Ramírez)

Notes

Origins

Águila Solitaria made his professional debut around 1976 after training under Hércules Flores and Tom Mix. After them there were groups in Arena Mexico in which he learned from Super Halcón, El Faraón, Gran Cochisse, and Águila India. Moreover when he was at El Toreo he was trained by Angel Blanco and Blue Demon.

The Solitary Eagle

He was looking for a ringname to remember and his fondness for birds inspired him to chose the ringname of Águila Solitaria (Solitary Eagle) adopting a winged mask. The mask designs were of his own. The early design was very detailed; it included the eagle's talons and feathers during his first years of career. One day he lent one of his masks to Atlantis because his mask was ripped off. Águila saw Atlantis wearing his mask from far and he noticed that many of his mask details such as the talons and feathers could not be seen from far and the mask shape did not looked like the one of a bird. Then he decided to modify his mask in a more simple way just leaving the wings and the eagle's head making his mask design recognizable from near and far. The winged black and silver mask that became his trademark.

EMLL

During his first years of career he was wrestling in the independent circuit particularly at Arena Ajusco. He held a longtime rilvalry with Vulcano which led to an epic lucha de apuestas in which Aguila Solitaria won his first mask.

Probably the most promising rookie of the 80's. Broke out in 1981 by putting together a nice little record of victories in mask matches which put him on the map. Was an instant hit thanks to his ring entrance where he would bring an eagle with him to the ring and allow it to fly all over the arena before his matches. Obviously this led to some wacky situations where the eagle would refuse to return to his master or would actually attack various fans or his opponents. Popular enough for CMLL to create a mini, Aguilita Solitaria.

Injuries took a toll on his body and even though he refused to take part in the mass exodus of talent to AAA in the spring of 1992, CMLL never really gave him a shot and he was kept in his mid-card role until eventually fading away from the Lucha Libre scene in the mid-90's after making some quick appearances for AAA in the spring of 1997.

Currently he wrestles with his son Aguila Solitaria Jr. on the independent circuit.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	mask	Águila Solitaria	Cid Campeador	unknown
78/10/17	mask^[1]	Águila Solitaria	Vulcano	Arena Ajusco, Tlalpan, Mexico City
81/02/08	mask/hair	Águila Solitaria & Yanco	Eros & Vulcano	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
81/03/31	mask	Águila Solitaria	El Bastardo	Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
81/05/03	mask	Águila Solitaria	Vulcano	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
81/05/31	mask	Águila Solitaria	Caballero Blanco	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
82/04/25	mask (1)	Águila Solitaria	El Gladiador	unknown
82/06/19	mask/hair	Águila Solitaria & Franco Colombo	Cid Campeador & Ari Romero	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
85/12/15	mask	Águila Solitaria	Al Rojo Vivo	Arena Coliseo
87/03/01	mask	Águila Solitaria	Zagan	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
94/09/08	mask	Águila Solitaria	El Cortado	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
94/09/29	mask (2)	Águila Solitaria	Antifaz	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
95/04/27	mask	Águila Solitaria	Black Machine	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
95/07/19	mask	Águila Solitaria	Rock el Cavernicola	Deportivo Peñalones - Mexico City
01/05/21	mask	Águila Solitaria	Morguilla 2000	Arena Coliseo - Acapulco, Guerrero
(1) Obviously not the original; (2) Antifaz aka Kraken