After being trained by his uncle Mario Segura, and Mr. Lince and Blue Fish, Solano made his
professional wrestling debut in 1992, using the
ring name "Héctor Garza", after his father who worked as Humberto Garza. juxtaposed with the young, fan-friendly
técnico (or "face character", those who portray the "good guys"). On June 6, 1993, Garza won his first
Lucha de Apuestas, or "Bet match", when he defeated El Sanguinario to force El Sanguinario to be shaved bald as a result.
AAA / World Wrestling Federation (1996–1997) When Garza joined AAA, he was also able to work for the US-based
World Wrestling Federation (WWF) through AAA's working agreement. At the 1997
Royal Rumble pay-per-view show Garza teamed up with
El Canek and
Perro Aguayo to defeat
Fuerza Guerrera,
Heavy Metal and
Jerry Estrada. He worked several more matches for the WWF, with his last appearance for the company taking place on March 10, 1997, where he,
Latin Lover and
Octagón lost to
Pentagón, Heavy Metal and
Pierroth on the 200th episode of
Monday Night Raw. In AAA he often worked as part of a trio known as
La Maquina del Amor ("The Love Machine") alongside Heavy Metal and Latin Lover, a group of young, good looking, fan favorites that were very popular with the female fans. Later that year Garza teamed up with
Super Nova for the "Young Stars" tag team tournament. In the first round the duo defeated May Flowers and Pentagón, but lost to Fuerza Guerra and
Mosco de la Merced in the semi-finals.
World Championship Wrestling (1997–1999) Cruiserweight division (1997–1998) The AAA/WWF collaboration ended in mid-1997, which led to many AAA workers wrestling for WWF's rival,
World Championship Wrestling (WCW), later in the year. The following month, he made his first pay-per-view appearance in WCW at
Bash at the Beach, where he teamed with Juventud Guerrera and
Lizmark Jr. to defeat
La Parka, Psychosis and
Villano IV. On the September 22 episode of
Nitro, Garza enjoyed the biggest moment of his WCW career by scoring an upset victory over
Scott Hall. The victory was played off as a "fluke" and Hall defeated Garza two weeks later on
Nitro in just over a minute as a follow-up to the storyline. Garza competed in the
World War 3 battle royal at the
namesake event for a future
WCW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity but failed to win the match. Garza continued to team with and compete against various luchadors in tag team matches and singles competition while alternating between WCW and Mexico. He took a hiatus from WCW in early 1998 and competed in his native Mexico throughout the year. He returned to WCW on the September 7 episode of
Nitro by unsuccessfully challenging Juventud Guerrera for the
Cruiserweight Championship.
Latino World Order (1998–1999) On the October 5 episode of
Nitro,
Eddie Guerrero interrupted a match between Garza and
Damien and prevented luchadors from fighting each other and instead urging them to unite which resulted in the formation of Guerrero's new faction
Latino World Order (lWo), consisting of the underutilized Mexican wrestlers on the WCW, with Garza joining in as one of the pioneer members of the group. The group began feuding with
Rey Misterio Jr. as he refused to join the lWo. Garza was released from his WCW contract in November 1999 as part of mass releases including twenty-one other wrestlers due to budget cuts.
AAA (1999–2004) In late 1999, Garza returned to AAA where he became involved in a long-running storyline feud with Heavy Metal, Latin Lover and
Perro Aguayo Jr. that would span several years. On December 26, 1999, Héctor Garza defeated
Pirata Morgan to win the
IWC World Heavyweight Championship, his first championship reign in AAA. 98 days later, Garza lost the championship back to Pirata Morgan. After the 2001
Guerra de Titanes the feud shifted to focusing on Garza and Latin Lover instead. On May 5, 2002, Garza defeated Latin Lover to win the
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship as part of the escalating tension between the two. On May 5, 2003, he lost the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship to
E; Zorro, exactly one year after winning it. While the AAA-TNA deal was still in effect, Garza wrestled exclusively in Mexico. In CMLL, he helped Perro Aguayo Jr. adopt a "heel" character, becoming one of the "bad guys" in wrestling, and became involved in Aguayo's storyline feud with El Hijo del Santo. Eventually, he would help found
La Furia del Norte with
El Terrible and
Tarzan Boy. Teaming with Tarzan and Terrible, La Furia chased after and defeated the CMLL Tríos champions
Black Warrior,
El Canek and
Rayo de Jalisco Jr. The push continued with a match against
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett on TNA's weekly TV show.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2005–2011) '' shirt, lifting
Místico in the air during a CMLL match After being deported for drug possession, he returned to working full-time in Mexico for CMLL. He teamed with Perro Aguayo Jr. against
Los Capos and became a major part of the new group,
Los Perros del Mal along with members of La Furia del Norte, Los Pierroths and
La Familia de Tijuana. In August, Pierroth Jr. was ejected from the group and Garza volunteered to face him in a hair vs. hair match, which Garza won. After the
Dr. Wagner Jr. vs.
Atlantis mask vs. mask match fell through, CMLL decided to go with Héctor Garza and Perro Aguayo Jr. vs.
Universo 2000 and
Máscara Año 2000 double hair vs. hair match as the main event of the
CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show. Three weeks before the show, Garza hit Máscara Año 2000 with a "
Martinete" (
tombstone piledriver). The match for the anniversary show was changed to a triangle match with Universo 2000 vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. vs. Héctor Garza where the last man to get pinned gets his hair shaved. In the end, Universo pinned Garza with help of a low blow from his brother, Cien Caras, and Pierroth's valet,
La Nazi. In 2008 Garza began teaming with
El Hijo del Fantasma and
La Máscara and the trio quickly won the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship when they defeated
Blue Panther,
Dos Caras Jr. and
Místico in the finals of a tournament for the title. The team lost, then regained the trios title to the team of Atlantis,
Último Guerrero and
Negro Casas. Following this Garza kept insincerely insisting that he was still a
tecnico and that his team was getting along great. Further doubts about Garza's allegiance arose when he teamed up with the
Rúdo Pólvora for the 2010
Gran Alternativa tournament. The team defeated
Sensei and La Máscara in the first round with Garza showing no problems in going after his teammate. They also defeated
Rey Cometa and Blue Panther as well as
Diamante and
La Sombra to qualify for the finals. On the
April 30, 2010 Super Viernes Garza and Pólvora won the 2010
Gran Alternativa when they defeated
Delta and
Volador Jr. When Garza, La Máscara and Hijo del Fantasma were booked for a CMLL World Trios defense the following week, Garza complained that his partners had agreed to the match without asking him, but swore that he would still be professional about it. During the title defense on the
May 7, 2010 Super Viernes Garza attacked both Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara, allowing
La Ola Amarillo (
Hiroshi Tanahashi,
Okumura and
Taichi) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, turning full blown
Rudo in the process.
Los Invasores (2010) During a trios match with the
Los Invasores team of
El Alebrije,
Histeria and
Maniaco going against Garza, Brazo de Plata and Toscano, Garza turned on his teammates and joined
Los Invasores. CMLL held a press conference on May 20, 2010, 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 Olímpico was part of the
Invasores group. It was also announced that Garza and Mr. Águila were the co-leaders of
Los Invasores. At the
July 16, 2010 Super Viernes Héctor Garza and Mr. Águila defeated the team of La Sombra and Volador Jr. to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, Garza's third reign and Mr. Águila's first reign.
World Heavyweight Champion (2011) On January 4, 2011, Garza made his debut for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) at
Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, where he and
Jushin Thunder Liger were defeated by
Máscara Dorada and La Sombra in a tag team match. Garza returned for a tour of New Japan on July 8, 2011. His tour of the promotion concluded on July 18, when he was defeated by
CMLL World Middleweight Champion, Jushin Thunder Liger in a non-title match. Upon Garza's return to CMLL, he turned
technico and left
Los Invasores. On August 12, Garza defeated Último Guerrero to win the
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.
Perros del Mal Producciones (2011–2012) On November 11, 2011, Garza held a press conference, announcing that he had left CMLL and joined Perro Aguyao Jr.'s
Perros del Mal Producciones as a member of the
Perros del Mal stable. Before leaving CMLL, Garza handed the World Heavyweight Championship belt back to the promotion. Behind the scenes, Garza had offered to lose the title to El Terrible prior to leaving the promotion, but CMLL refused to allow him to wrestle another match. Garza made his debut for the promotion on November 13, when he ran in to save Perro Aguayo Jr.,
Damián 666,
Halloween and
X-Fly from
Los Psycho Circus,
Nosawa and Zumbi. The following day, Garza returned to AAA, when he, along with members of
Los Perros del Mal, attacked
El Mesías and
Jack Evans, after they had defeated Aguayo and
Chessman in a match. On December 16 at
Guerra de Titanes, Garza, Aguayo and Halloween defeated Evans,
Fénix and
Drago in a six-man tag team match. On February 14, 2012, Garza defeated champion X-Fly, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, El Mesías,
El Texano Jr. and Toscano in a six-way elimination match at a
Perros del Mal Producciones event to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship for the second time. On August 5 at
Triplemanía XX, Garza's accidental chair shot to El Hijo del Perro Aguayo cost the
Perros del Mal leader his match for the
AAA Mega Championship. On August 10,
Los Perros del Mal turned on Garza and kicked him out of the stable. ==Personal life==