Perro Aguayo

Pedro Aguayo Damián (18 January 1946 — 3 July 2019) better known as "(El) Perro Aguayo" (Aguayo the dog) and El Can de Nochistlan (The Nochistlan Dog) was a Mexican wrestler through the 1970s to the 1990s.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguayo and the second or maternal family name is Damián.

Perro Aguayo
Birth name	Pedro Aguayo Damián
Born	(1946-01-18)18 January 1946 Nochistlán, Zacatecas, Mexico
Died	3 July 2019(2019-07-03) (aged 73)[1] Tala, Jalisco, Mexico
Children	Perro Aguayo Jr. (son)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	El Perro Aguayo
Billed height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Billed weight	98 kg (216 lb; 15.4 st)
Trained by	Apolo Romano Diablo Velasco[2]
Debut	1968
Retired	July 14, 2007

Aguayo was the first person ever crowned the WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, though pre-1997 title reigns are not included in WWE's official history for that title. In 2012, Aguayo was inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame. Aguayo was notably the last major rival of El Santo. Often prone to blading, Aguayo has been described by American pundits as a cross between Terry Funk and Bruno Sammartino (for his willingness to brawl and overpower opponents). One of the biggest box office attractions in lucha libre history, prominent professional wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer described Aguayo as "one of the hardest working and most charismatic wrestlers ever".^[3]

Aguayo's son also wrestled as Perro Aguayo Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo ("The Son of Perro Aguayo").

Professional wrestling career

Aguayo was synonymous with the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) as one of its top heels and one of the top heels in lucha libre overall. In the 1990s, Aguayo helped found Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, later known simply as AAA, and his three-way feud with Konnan and Cien Caras proved to be one of the most successful programs in terms of box office receipts. He stayed with AAA until 2000, even making an appearance on WWF's Royal Rumble in 1997 in a match that featured lucha libre legends like El Canek, Mil Máscaras and up and comers who would later make names for themselves like Héctor Garza and Heavy Metal. He came to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre to feud with Los Capos. He was successful in taking the hair of Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 but he lost his slated retirement match against Universo 2000. He remained in retirement until his son began feuding with Los Capos as well. Cien Caras claimed he could not retire until his business with Aguayo was finished so a double hair vs. hair match was set with Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. taking on Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000. The Aguayos were successful and Perro Aguayo returned to retirement and Cien Caras went into semi-retirement.^{[citation needed]}

On 5 August 2012, at Triplemanía XX, Aguayo was inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame.^[4]

Personal life

He was the father of the Los Perros del Mal stable founder Perro Aguayo Jr., who died on 21 March 2015, during a wrestling match at the age of 35.^[5][6]

Death

On 3 July 2019, Aguayo died at the age of 73, his death was announced through a social media post by the "Los Perros del Mal" account.^[7] According to them, his death was caused by a heart attack.^[8] His funeral was held on 4 July in Guadalajara at a Funeraria Gayosso.^[9] On 5 July, a mass was held for Aguayo at the Parque Funeral Colonias de Guadalajara, the same place where in 2015 he farewell his son Perro Aguayo Jr., with the attendance of family, friends and fans before ultimately being cremated.^[10]

Championships and accomplishments

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

• AAA Campeón de Campeones Championship (1 time)
• IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[11][12]
• Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]
• Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Perro Aguayo Jr.^[14]
• Rey de Reyes 1998
• AAA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)^[4]

• Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre

• NWA World Middleweight Championship (3 times)^{[lower-alpha 1][15][16]}
• Occidente Middleweight Championship (1 time)

• Universal Wrestling Association

• Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[17]
• UWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[18]
• UWA World Lightweight Championship (1 time)
• UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[19][20]
• UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[21][22]
• UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gran Hamada^[23][24]
• WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (7 times)^{[lower-alpha 2][25][26]}

• World Wrestling Association

• WWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[27]

• World Wrestling Council

• WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[28][29]

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural and final) – with Gran Hamada

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 38 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

• Best Babyface (1995)
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Winner (wager)	Loser (wager)	Location	Event	Date	Notes
Cucho Villa (hair)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Oblatos, Jalisco	Live event	1970
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Luis Mariscal (hair)	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event	24 December 1972
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Guillermo Valle (hair)	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event	4 September 1973
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Karloff Lagarde (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	8 June 1974
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Carlos Mata (hair)	N/A	Live event	15 June 1974
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Ringo Mendoza (hair)	Mexico City	19. Aniversario de Arena México	24 May 1975	[30]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Marty Jones (hair)	Mexico City	Super Viernes	13 June 1975
El Santo (mask)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Mexico City	EMLL 42nd Anniversary Show	3 October 1975	[31]
Ringo Mendoza (hair)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event	26 May 1976
El Faraón (hair)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Mexico City	EMLL 43rd Anniversary Show	24 September 1976	[31]
El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair)	Perro Aguayo and Joe Polardi (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	9 December 1977
El Solitario (mask)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	10 September 1978
René Guajardo (hair)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	29 June 1980	[32]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Tony Salazar (hair)	Mexico City	EMLL 49th Anniversary Show	17 September 1982	[31]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Negro Navarro (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	27 May 1983
Perro Aguayo (hair)	El Texano (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	15 July 1983
Villano III (mask)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Live event	21 August 1983
Sangre Chicana (hair)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	28 February 1986	[33]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	El Faraón (hair)	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event	26 October 1986
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Kato Kung Lee (hair)	Los Angeles, California	Live event	December 1986
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Sangre Chicana (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	15 February 1987	[33]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Scorpio (hair)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Live event	30 August 1987
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Babe Face (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	6 December 1987
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Sangre Chicana (hair)	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event	20 December 1987
Villano III (mask) and Perro Aguayo (hair)	Black Power I and Black Power II (masks)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Live event	5 May 1988
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Gran Markus (hair)	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event	April 1988
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Diablo Rojo (mask)	Villahermosa, Tabasco	Live event	June 1988
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Ultraman (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	16 July 1988
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Luis Mariscal (hair)	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event	15 January 1989
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Sangre Chicana (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	27 January 1989
Perro Aguayo (hair)	El Indómito (hair)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Live event	May 1989
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Adorable Rubí (hair)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Live event	May 1989
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Lobo Rubio (hair)	N/A	Live event	June 1989
Perro Aguayo (hair)	El Globo Humano (mask)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Live event	29 July 1990
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Sangre Chicana (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	November 1990
Perro Aguayo and Ringo Mendoza (hair)	The Texas Rangers (masks)	Mexico City	Live event	3 March 1991	[34]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Konnan (mask)	Mexico City	EMLL Live event	22 March 1991
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Negro Navarro (hair)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Live event	2 June 1991
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Coloso Colosetti (hair)	Matamoros, Tamaulipas	Live event	26 June 1991
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Stuka (mask)	Monterrey, [Nuevo León	Live event	1 August 1991	[lower-alpha 3]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Stuka (hair)	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event	8 August 1991
Konnan (hair)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	6 September 1991	[lower-alpha 4]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Máscara Año 2000 (mask)	Mexico City	Triplemanía I	30 April 1993	[35]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Nikozuna (hair)	Mexico City	Live event	22 September 1995	[lower-alpha 5]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	El Cobarde II (hair)	Naucalpan, Mexico State	Rey de Reyes	7 March 1999	[lower-alpha 6]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Bestia Salvaje (hair)	Mexico City	44. Aniversario de Arena México	14 April 2000	[30][36]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Cien Caras (hair)	Mexico City	Sin Piedad	15 December 2000	[37]
Perro Aguayo (hair)	Máscara Año 2000 (hair)	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	2 February 2001
Universo 2000 (mask)	Perro Aguayo (hair)	Mexico City	Juicio Final	30 March 2001	[38]
Perro Aguayo and Perro Aguayo Jr. (hair)	Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 (hair)	Mexico City	Homenaje a Dos Leyendas	18 March 2005	[39][40]

Notes

1. While CMLL is no longer an NWA affiliate, it still uses the NWA initials for this championship. However, the National Wrestling Alliance no longer sanctions or recognizes this championship.
2. While he did win the championship 7 times, none of the reigns are recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment. The WWE recognizes no reigns with the title prior to December 1997.
3. This was a triangle match that also included El Hijo del Santo.
4. This was a triangle match that also included Cien Caras.
5. Nikozuna never had any of his hair shaved off after the loss.
6. This was a triangle dog collar match that also included Sangre Chicana.

References

General sources - Championship Information

• Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 389–402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

General sources - Career

• Various (2005). "Perro Aguayo". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. pp. 59–61. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
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