El Ángel (wrestler)

El Ángel
Ring name(s) Oscar Sevilla
El Ángel
Billed height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Billed weight 82 kg (180 lb)[1]
Born August 19, 1977 (1977-08-19) (age 34)
Trained by Fernando Puentes
Villaño I
El Torero
Gran Apache
Fantasma
Cementerio
Debut 1997

Oscar Omar Puentes Molgado (born August 19, 1977) is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler) under the ring name El Ángel (Spanish for "the Angel"). Puentes worked under the ring name Oscar Sevilla from 1997 until 2005 where he adopted the "El Ángel" ring character. He is manly known for his work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) which he worked for until mid-2009. He current works on the Mexican independent circuit and makes regular appearances for the Los Perros del Mal promotion.

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Professional wrestling career

Oscar Puentes made his professional wrestling debut for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1997, working under the ring name "Oscar Sevilla", he adopted the ring character of a Bullfighter, similar to El Torero who was quite popular at the time. While El Torero portrayed a seasoned bullfighter Oscar Sevilla played the part of a novice bullfighter, earning him the nickname El Novillero (the Spanish term for a novice bullfighter). Being young and unseasoned AAA decided to pair him up with Gran Apache and a group of seasoned rudós (bad guys or heels) 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 a Lucha de Apuesta match, winning the right to shave Mohicano bald after the match per. Lucha Libre traditions.[2] At TripleMania VI teamed with Charly Manson in a losing effort against Venum 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 a Lucha de Apuesta match over Tony and Luis Cirio on December 25, 1998.[2] In early 1999 Sevilla qualified for the 1999 Rey de Reyes tournament, but was eliminated by Latin Lover in the semi-final.[4] The long running storyline with Gran Apache reached a critical point on March 31, 2000 when Oscar Sevilla defeated him in a Lucha 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 at TripleMania VIII where Gran Apache defeated Oscar Sevila in a one on one match.[5] At TripleMania IX Sevilla, Blue Demon, Jr. and El Hijo del Solitario lost to Los Exoticos (May Flowers, Pimpinela Escarlata and Polvo de Estrellas) in one of the undercard matches on the show.[6]

On December 12, 2002 Oscar Sevilla teamd up with Los Barrio Boys (Alan, Billy Boy and Decnis) to defeat Los Vatos Locos to win the Mexican 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 to Los Vatos Locos but would regain them under a month later when they defeated Los Vatos Locos on August 8, 2003.[7] Sevilla and Los Barrio Boys successfully defended the Atómicos title against Los 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 by The Black Family (Chessman, Ozz, Cuervo and Escoria), ending their combined reigns at 606 days in total.[7]

El Ángel

In early 2005, Místico was becoming a very popular wrestler for rival Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, which led AAA owner Antonio Peña to create his own version of Místico. He created the character El Ángel for Puentes, complete with a wing adorned mask and outfit in silver colors, mimicking the look of Místico.[2] Like Argenis 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.[9] 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 a tecnico ("good guy"). In early 2006 he was added to the group Real 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 promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH). He participated in the 2008 Alas de Oro, but was the second one to be eliminated from the match, eliminated by Teddy Hart.[10] In April, 2009 El Ángel left AAA, citing his dissatisfaction with the amount of work they booked for him.

Since April, 2009 El Ángel has worked on the Mexian Independent circuit, including the Perros del Mal Producciones. Despite the "El Ángel" character being invented by AAA Puentes still works under the name.

In wrestling

  • "El Novillero" (Spanish for "The Bullfighter")

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him # 261 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2007[11]

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Oscar Sevilla Yaguara Unknown Unknown  
Mask Oscar Sevilla Jungla Roja Unknown Unknown  
Hair Oscar Sevilla Cino Unknown Unknown  
Hair Oscar Sevilla Mohicano I Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes 01998-04-24 April 24, 1998 [2]
Hairs Oscar Sevilla and Niño de la Calle Tony Cirio and Luis Cirio Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State 01998-12-25 December 25, 1998 [2]
Mask Oscar Sevilla Cuerno de Chivo Manzanillo, Colima 01999-05-02 May 2, 1999 [2]
Hair Oscar Sevilla R-15 Toluca, Mexico State 01999-10-01 October 1, 1999 [2]
Hair Oscar Sevilla Gran Apache Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas 02000-03-31 March 31, 2000 [2]
Mask Oscar Sevilla Bat Blue Villahermosa, Tabasco 02000-04-01 April 1, 2000  
Hair Oscar Sevilla Ángel Mortal Monterrey, Nuevo León 02000-04-30 April 30, 2000  
Hair Oscar Sevilla R-15 Toluca, Mexico State 02000-09-30 September 30, 2000  
Hair Sangre Chicana Jr. Oscar Sevilla Monterrey, Nuevo León 02005-07-03 July 3, 2005 [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2009 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts (Kappa Publications): pp. 42–61. 2009 Edition. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Enciclopedia staff (August, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" (in Spanish). El Ángel (Mexico City, Mexico): p. 13. Tomo I. 
  3. ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". ProWrestlingHistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/triple.html#vi. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes 1999". ProWrestlingHistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/rey.html#1999. Retrieved January 28, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". ProWrestlingHistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/triple.html#viii. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania". ProWrestlingHistory.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/triple.html#ix. Retrieved January 27, 2010. 
  7. ^ a b c d Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Atómicos Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  8. ^ a b Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales" (in Spanish). Lucha 2000. Especial 21. 
  9. ^ Box y Lucha staff (November 25, 2008). "Argenis no soy el nuevo Místico" (in Spanish). Box y Lucha Magazine: pp. 21–22. issue 2899. 
  10. ^ "AAA on Televisa #849 - Alas De Oro 2008" (in German). CageMatch.net. August 8, 2008. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=29401. Retrieved September 16, 2009. 
  11. ^ PWI StaffPWI Staff (August, 2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 - 2007: 252 El Ángel". Pro Wrestling Illustrated (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA: Sports and Entertainment publications LLC): p. 121. October 2007.