Mr . Águila José Delgado Saldaña ( December 10 , 1978 ) is a Mexican professional wrestler or " luchador " currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) . Outside of Mexico he is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Essa Ríos and Papí Chulo and for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) in the US , CMLL and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) in Mexico as Mr . Águila . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Federation ( 1997 – 2001 ) . Delgado made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) on the November 3 , 1997 episode of " Raw is War " as part of its newly relaunched Light Heavyweight division at the age of 18 , wrestling under the Ring name Águila . This period included a match with Taka Michinoku at WrestleMania XIV for the Light Heavyweight Championship . He had a high - flying match with Michinoku during Extreme Championship Wrestling ' s 1999 Cyberslam event before capturing the WWF Light Heavyweight title from Gillberg on his ' debut ' as Essa Ríos during February 13 , 2000 edition of " Sunday Night Heat " . His reign was a short - lived one , as he would lose the title to Dean Malenko a few weeks later . During his time as Essa Ríos , he was managed by Lita who would often repeat Ríos ' 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 Ríos and then - champion Guerrero at Backlash 2000 , which Ríos lost . Ríos ' partnership with Lita ended sometime later after an angry Ríos attacked Lita because he had lost a match . It was there that the Hardy Boyz came to Lita ' s rescue and feuded with him briefly , with Lita becoming their protégé . Ríos lapsed 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 , Ríos started accepting Japan ese bookings in 2001 . Asistencia Asesoría Y Administración ( 2001 – 2008 ) . After being released in 2001 , he returned to Mexico for several years before working in AAA as part of the LLL storyline . Águila made a comeback to the United States in 2004 as part of Team AAA / Mexico in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling with Abismo Negro , Juventud Guerrera , Héctor Garza and Heavy Metal . He competed in TNA as part of the X Division , even challenging A . J . Styles for the TNA X Division Championship , until July 2004 . He soon returned to Mexico , however , 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 . When Perro Aguayo , Jr . left CMLL in the fall of 2008 , Mr . Águila left the promotion with him to help for the " Perros del Mal Producciones " . Los Invasores ( 2010 – present ) . On May 16 , 2010 , Mr . Águila returned to CMLL , interfering in a match between Psicosis II and La Sombra , siding with Psicosis II and a group called " Los Invasores " , the match also saw the return of Rayo de Jalisco , Jr . who ended up siding with CMLL in their war against the outsider group . CMLL later held a press conference announcing that they would hold a special " Sin Salida " event on June 6 , 2010 that would center around the " Los Invasores " vs . CMLL storyline . During the press conference it was revealed that Mr . Águila and Héctor Garza were the co - leaders of " Los Invasores " . At the July 16 , 2010 Super Viernes , Mr . Águila and Héctor Garza defeated the team of La Sombra and Volador , Jr . to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship . By virtue of holding the CMLL World Tag Team Championship , Mr . Águila participated in the 2010 Universal Championship tournament . He was part of " Block B " that competed on the August 6 , 2010 Super Viernes show where he was eliminated from the tournament when he lost to La Máscara in the first round . On November 2 , 2010 , Águila and Garza lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Dragón Rojo , Jr . and Último Guerrero . On December 3 , 2010 , at " Sin Piedad 2010 " Águila had his trademark hair shaved off after being defeated by Rey Bucanero in a " Lucha de Apuesta " . On June 20 , 2012 , Águila formed the " Los Depredadores del Aire " ( " The Flying Predators " ) stable with Black Warrior and Volador , Jr . Two days later , " Los Depredadores del Aire " defeated " Los Reyes de la Atlantida " ( Atlantis , Delta and Guerrero Maya , Jr . ) to win the Mexican National Trios Championship . They lost the title back to " Los Reyes de la Atlantida " on October 30 , 2012 . Águila , this time teaming with " Los Invasores " members Kraneo and Psicosis II , regained the title from " Los Reyes de la Atlantida " on December 16 , 2012 . In the fall of 2012 " Los Invasores " began a feud against the CMLL World Trios Champions " El Bufete del Amor " ( " The Law of Love " ; Marco Corleone , Maximo and Rush ) . The two teams fought several occasions with " El Bufete ' s " CMLL World Trios Chamipnship on the line , while " Los Invasores " Mexican National Trios Championship being passed over compared to the more prestigious CMLL title . Mr . Águila was forced to team up with Máximo for the 2013 " Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles " ( " National Incredible Pairs Tournament " ) , a tag team tournament teaming up wrestlers who would never team up otherwise , often because they are rivals , would be forced to work together . Mr . Águila and Máximo lost to the team of Máscara Dorada and Mephisto even though they were able to put their differences aside for one night . On June 30 , " Los Invasores " lost the Mexican National Trios Championship to La Máscara , Rush and Titán . On July 19 at " Infierno en el Ring " , Águila lost his hair to Shocker in a ten - man steel cage " Lucha de Apuestas " .