Arturo Santos Hernández (born July 9, 1987) is a Mexican ''

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'' or

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and

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, best known by his

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Mini Charly Manson. For years he worked in the ''

Mini-Estrella 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 wrestling prac ...

'' division for

Lucha Libre AAA World Wide Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its or ...

(AAA), and was the first holder of the

AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship The AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Mini AAA'' in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). The championship is exclusively competed ...

. After leaving AAA, he uses the ring name Tiago, in competition on the independent circuit against regular sized competitors. He is not to be confused Charly Manson Jr. who sometimes works under the name Mini Charly Manson.

Professional wrestling career

Arturo Santos trained for a professional wrestling career under Tom Mix, Jr. a wrestler who has trained a number of people who have later competed in Mexico's ''

'' division. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that Santos has

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as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Mini Abismo Negro. He made his debut in 2004 working under the ring name "Mini Sky Black", working with various ''Mini-Estrellas'' on the Mexican

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. In mid-2006 Santos began working for

(AAA), one of Mexico's two largest wrestling companies. In AAA he was given a new ring name and look, as he was turned into "Mini Charly Manson", a ''Mascota'' version of

Charly Manson Jesús Luna Pozos (born February 18, 1975) is a Mexican luchador (professional wrestler) who primarily works on the Mexican independent circuit as Sharlie Rockstar, where he competes as a member of ''The Kl4n''. Pozos is best known under the rin ...

, complete with facepaint, wrestling outfit and entrance music. Initially he worked as a ''

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'' (bad guy) teaming up with other Mascota variations of Charly Manson's allies such as Mini Cuervo. His first storyline feud was against

Mascarita Divina Mascarita Divina (born December 1, 1990) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. Divina works for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide in their ''Mini-Estrella'' division. Mascarita Divina's name is S ...

, a '' técnico'' (good guy) ''Mini-Estrella'' who happened to be Santos' cousin, although that fact was not revealed to the general audience. He worked storylines against

Mascarita Sagrada :''At least three wrestlers have wrestled under the name "Mascarita Sagrada". This article is about the original.'' Mascarita Sagrada (Spanish for Little Sacred Mask, real name not known, born January 11, 1965) is a Mexican Mini-Estrella, Mini Luc ...

and

Octagoncito Octagoncito (born April 24, 1974) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works in the ''Mini-Estrellas'' ("Mini-Stars") division on the Mexican Independent circuit. He is the first wrestler to work as Oct ...

that people predicted would end in a '' Lucha de Apuesta'', or bet matches, between the wrestlers but Mini Charly Manson turned ''técnico'' before such matches could happen. Mini Manson's turn mirrored the turn of the regular sized Manson, in this case it was initiated by an attack from

Mini Abismo Negro Mini Abismo Negro (born November 21, 1978) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' who works in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican Nati ...

which turned Mini Charly Manson from a hated character to a sympathetic one that the crowd could get behind. At one point Mini Charly Manson participated in a two and a half month tour of the United States with fellow AAA wrestlers

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, Decnnis, Súper AAA and

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to showcase ''Lucha Libre''. During the summer of 2008 AAA held a tournament to crown the first ever

. The tournament saw Mini Charly Manson defeat Jerrito Estrada in the first round, then he defeated Mascarita Sagrada on August 17, 2008 to qualify for the final match. The finals took place at AAA's 2008 '' Verano de Escandalo'' and saw Mini Charly Manson defeat

and Mini Abismo Negro to become the first ever AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion. Mini Manson would not defend the title for over a year, due to first suffering a knee injury, then a nose injury that kept him from wrestling a full schedule. It would be 453 days after he won the title that Mini Charly Manson finally defended the title. The match was a

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and also included , Mascarita Divina,

Mini Histeria Rolando Fuentes Romero (born May 5, 1982) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'' better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in their ''Mini-Estrellas'' division. Fuentes is the son of ''L ...

, Mascarita Sagrada,

Mini Psicosis Enrique Del Rio (born May 28, 1966) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler who has worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide's (AAA) '' Mini-Estrella'' division since AAA was founded in 1992. Del Rio currently wo ...

La Parkita Alberto Pérez Jiménez (May 15, 1975 – June 29, 2009) was a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'' who worked in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division from 1990 until his death in 2009. He was best known under the ring name La Parkita, having used t ...

, Octagoncito, Mini Chessman and match winner Mini Abismo Negro, who also won the Championship. At

Triplemanía XVIII Triplemanía XVIII (Triplemanía 18) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the AAA promotion that took place on June 6, 2010 at the Palacio de los Deportes ("Sports Palace") in Mexico City, Mexico. The show featured eig ...

Octagoncito outlasted eight other wrestlers including Mini Charly Manson in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match to become the new AAA Mini-Estrellas Champion.

Championships and accomplishments

*Bodybuilding **Mexican Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness ***2015 Mr. México - Professional Wrestler (-80 kg) - 2nd Place **Musclemanía México ***2015 Musclemanía Prestige - Beginners (Class A) - 1st Place *Professional wrestling **

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The Crash Lucha Libre The Crash Lucha Libre, also referred to as simply The Crash, is a ''lucha libre'' (Mexican professional wrestling) promotion based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The promotion largely runs its events in Tijuana, Mexico City, and Monterrey. ...

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The Crash Junior Championship The Crash Junior Championship ( es, Campeonato de Peso Junior de The Crash) is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the Mexican lucha libre promotion The Crash Lucha Libre based in Tijuana, Baja California. The Junior Champio ...

(1 time)

References

External links

AAA profile
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