El Texano

Los Misioneros de la Muerte In the late 1970s Aguilar, as El Texano, began working for EMLL's biggest rival the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) as they wanted to feature more wrestlers in the lighter divisions to strengthen their shows. UWA promoter Francisco 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 debut Brazo de Oro ("Golden Hand"), which later expanded to include Brazo de Oro's younger brothers Brazo de Plata ("Silver Arm") and El Brazo ("The Arm"). The Brazo brothers were given the team name Los Mosqueteros de Diablo (The Devil's Musketeers) while El Texano began teaming with Antonio Sánchez Rendón, known under the ring name El Signo ("The Sign") and Miguel Navarro, better known as Negro Navarro. The team was dubbed Los Misioneros de la Muerte ("The Missionaries of Death"). Early on in the storyline Brazo de Oro defeated El Texano in a Luchas 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 the UWA 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.

In 1981 the Los Misioneros de la Muerte name became a household name after a match in El Toreo de Quatro Caminos ("The Bullring with four corners"), UWA's main venue. During the main event Los Misioneros faced off against then 64-year-old El Santo, teaming with Huracán Ramírez and Rayo 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. After the match the Lucha Libre magazine, prompted by Francisco Flores, played off the real life tragedy by promoting Los Misioneros as the team that nearly killed the biggest name in Lucha Libre ever. Following Santo's retirement Los Misioneros feuded with the top faces (wrestlers portraying "good guy" characters) such as Los Tres Caballero (Aníbal, El Solitario and Villano III both in trios and in individual competition. At one point Villano III defeated El Texano in a Luchas de Apuestas match, forcing El Texano to be shaved bald as a result of the loss. Texano and Silver King lost the UWA World Tag Team Championship to the masked duo known as The Can-Am Express (I and II) on June 28, 1992, as part of a longer-running storyline between the two teams. After 1995 Los Cowboys would only team together on rare occasions.

Late career In 1997 El Texano began working for Promo Azteca and when that promotion folded joined most of the other Promo Azteca wrestlers as they were absorbed by Asistencia 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 as Los Consagrados ("The Consecrated") along with his cousin El Dandy, Sangre Chicana and Pirata Morgan. Texano and Morgan won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship from Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Héctor Garza on September 8, 2000, and held the belts for over a year until they were defeated by the duo of Máscara Sagrada and La Parka, Jr.

Illness and death 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 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, for emergency surgery due to complications from pneumonia. Aguilar was pronounced dead upon arrival due to lung and respiratory failure. Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship – with Negro Navarro Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Silver King International Wrestling Association of Japan IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Silver King Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #342 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003. 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) UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time) UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Silver King UWA World Trios Championship (2 times) – With Negro Navarro and El Signo UWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time) World Wrestling Association WWA Tag Team Championship (2 times – with Silver King. World Wrestling Council WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) as part of Los Misioneros de la Muerte

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesBrazo de Oro (mask) El Texano (mask) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event El Texano (hair) El Signo (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico Live event N/A El Texano (hair) Babe Face (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico Live event N/A El Texano (hair) El Estudiante (hair) N/A Live event N/A El Texano (hair) Gran Hamada (hair) N/A Live event N/A El Texano (hair) El Tacaño (hair) N/A Live event N/A El Texano (hair) El Impacto (hair) N/A Live event N/A El Solar (mask) El Texano (hair) N/A Live event N/A Super Astro (mask) El Texano (hair) N/A Live event N/A Dr. Wagner (mask) and El Texano (hair) Robot C-3 (mask) and Astro Rey (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico Live event Gran Hamada, Enrique Vera and Kobayashi (hair) Los Misioneros de la Muerte (hair) (El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro) Mexico City Live event Los Misioneros de la Muerte (hair)(El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro) Takano, Saito and Kobayashi (hair) Mexico City Live event Villano III (mask) El Texano (hair) Mexico City Live event Perro Aguayo (hair) El Texano (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event Los Misioneros de la Muerte (hair)(El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro) El Dandy, Talismán and Jerry Estrada (hair) Mexico City Live event Ringo Mendoza, Américo Rocca and Tony Salazar (hair) Los Misioneros de la Muerte (hair) (El Signo, El Texano and Negro Navarro) Mexico City EMLL 53rd Anniversary Show El Satánico (hair) El Texano (hair) Mexico City Live event Los Cowboys (hair)(Silver King and El Texano) The Can-Am Express (masks)(Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat) Naucalpan, State of Mexico Live event El Texano (hair) Black Power (hair) Puebla, Puebla Live event Los Cowboys (hair)(Silver King and El Texano) Los Crazy Stars (masks)(Crazy Star I and Crazy Star II) Naucalpan, Mexico State Live event El Texano (hair) Crazy Star I (hair) Puebla, Puebla Live event El Texano (hair) Scorpio (hair) Naucalpan, State of Mexico Live event Ricky Santana (hair) El Texano (hair) Mexico City CMLL 61st Anniversary Show El Zorro (hair) El Texano (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event Randy (hair) El Texano (hair) Torreón, Coahuila Live event Delfin (mask) El Texano (hair) Culiacán, Sinaloa Live event El Texano (hair) Salsero (hair) Reynosa, Tamaulipas Live event El Intocable (mask) El Texano (hair) Orizaba, Veracruz Live event Super Parka (hair) El Texano (hair) Tijuana, Baja California Live event