El Texano

Who was El Texano?

Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, better known by his ring name El Texano, was a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler. From the early 1970s to the early 2000s, he wrestled under masked and unmasked monikers for various promotions including Universal Wrestling Association, World Class Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. His son Juan Aguilar Leos wrestles under the name El Texano, Jr. in tribute to his father and another son wrestles as the masked Super Nova.

During his professional wrestling career Aguilar helped populate the concept of the Trios match in Lucha Libre, as a part of Los Misioneros de la Muerte. He also worked for an extensive period of time with Silver King, collectively known as Los Cowboys, working both in Japan and the United States of America, achieving notoriety outside of his native Mexico.