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The term Mini-Estrella (Spanish for "Mini-Star") is used in lucha libre to describe a division of short professional wrestlers or ''luchadors'', some of whom have dwarfism. The Mexican ''Mini-Estrellas'' is comparable to Midget professional wrestling practiced around the world, but with the notable exception that some of the ''Mini-Estrellas'' do not have dwarfism but are simply short. Some ''Mini-Estrellas'' have later on moved on to work as regular sized competitors. The ''Mini-Estrellas'' have been featured in several promotions outside Mexico, most notably World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Originally the limit for the Mini division was but in recent years wrestlers such as Pequeño Olímpico have worked the Minis division despite being tall. In the formative years of the ''Mini-Estrellas'' history they were also referred to as "Micro Luchadors", or "Micro Wrestlers". ==History== The origins of the ''Mini-Estrella'' division lies in Midget professional wrestling, which in Mexico was popularized in the 1970s when promoters used the American concept and had a number of Mexican little people perform as a "special attraction" on lucha libre shows. In the early days saw the popularity of wrestlers such as Gran Nikolai, Pequeno Goliath and Arturito (inspired by R2-D2), especially with the children. By the 1980s midget wrestling was less popular in Mexico, especially since few new wrestlers had joined the division.〔 In the early 1990s Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Mexico's oldest wrestling promotion, created a new concept, the ''Mini-Estrella'' division. The division was created by Antonio Peña who worked for CMLL at the time, who came up with the idea of using both little people and short wrestlers together and to have the ''Mini-Estrellas'' work as smaller versions of popular wrestlers of the time. Peña and CMLL created the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship in 1992, which is considered the official birth of the division. CMLL's ''Mini-Estrellas'' division featured a number of skilled, high flying wrestlers which helped make the concept an immediate success. Original ''Mini-Estrellas'' division consisted of Mascarita Sagrada (the first CMLL Mini-Estrella champion), Aguilata Solitaria, Octagoncito, Espectrito, Mazakrito, Pierrothito, Pequeño Tritón, Mascarita Mágica, Ultimo Dragoncito, Cicloncito Ramírez, Pequeño Jaque Mate, Platita and Gargolita. In 1993 Peña decided to leave CMLL and create his own wrestling promotion, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), and in the process a number of the ''Mini-Estrellas'' left with Peña. Among those that left CMLL were the division's two main stars, the champion Mascarita Sagrada and his rival Espectrito.〔 Peña later created the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship as AAA's ''Mini-Estrella'' championship. Due to the success of both the CMLL and AAA ''Mini-Estrella'' division other promotions such as the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and the World Wrestling Association (WWA) briefly promoted ''Mini-Estrella'' championships, but neither promotion gained the success of CMLL and AAA. AAA would later create two other ''Mini-Estrella'', the IWC and the LLL Mini-Estrellas championships, but both were later abandoned. The success of the ''Mini-Estrella'' division was evident as AAA put them in the main event of Triplemanía III-A, one of AAA's biggest shows of the years. The match was a 13-Minis Steel Cage Elimination match, ''Lucha de Apuesta'', "Mask vs. Mask" match. In the end Payasito Rojo was the last man in the cage after Bandita, Espectrito, Espectrito II, Jerrito Estrada, Fuercita Guerrera, Mascarita Sagrada, Mini Calo, Octagóncito, La Parkita, Payasito Azul, Super Muñequito, and Torerito had all left the cage. The Triplemanía match was one of the first ever ''Luchas de Apuestas'' matches in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division. AAA would later create another "first" in the ''Mini-Estrellas'' division as they created ''Los Mini Vipers'', a Mini version of ''Los Vipers''. In 2002 AAA created the AAA Mascot Tag Team Championship, the first and so far only tag team championship for teams consisting of a ''Mini-Estrella'' and the regular sized wrestler he is based on.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AAA Luchadores – Minis – Mini Abismo Negro )〕 In 2007, then reigning Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Champion, Mascarita Sagrada 2000 left AAA while still holding the championship; he later appeared in CMLL, repackaged as "Mascarita Dorada" but the announcers still mentioned the fact that he was the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Champion. Since his initial appearance as Mascarita Dorada the Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Championship has not been mentioned and is considered inactive. Following the loss of the Mexican National title AAA decided to create a new title, the AAA World Mini-Estrellas Championship as the centerpiece of their ''Mini-Estrellas'' division, won by Mini Charly Manson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Verano de Escandalo )〕 On January 11, 2009 CMLL promoted their first pay-per-view (PPV) show with the Minis division in the main event. At ''La Hora Cero'' 13 minis competed in CMLL's first ever ''Infierno en el Ring'' for ''Mini-Estrellas''. The match saw Pierrothito defeat and unmask Shockercito after Cosmico, Eléctrico, Niño de Acero, Fantasy, Mascarita Dorada, Pequeño Ninja, Pequeno Olimpico, Pequeño Warrior, Tzuki, Ultimo Dragoncito and Pequeño Universo 2000 all had escaped the cage. Later on in 2009 CMLL would hold another "all Minis" cage match as well as a match that saw Minis and regular sized wrestlers compete against each other. AAA's Mascota tag team title was abandoned in 2009 when the then reigning champions El Alebrije and Cuije left AAA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mini-Estrella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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