''Super Muñequito'' (born October 26, 1966 in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí,

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

) is the most well known

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting ...

of a retired Mexican ''

Luchador Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form ...

enmacarado'' or masked

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

. He started his career under the name ''Aguilita Solitaria'' and then later ''Angelito Azteca'' before adopting his most well known moniker, a ''

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 ...

'' version of

Super Muñeco Super Muñeco (''Super Doll'') (10 April 1952 – 9 February 2022) was a Mexican '' Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. Super Muñeco is Spanish for "Super Doll", a comedic ring character based on a clown. Super Muñeco is b ...

. Starting in 2010 he began working as Mini Super Astro. While he has been working in the ''

'' division his entire career, it does not necessarily mean that he has

dwarfism Dwarfism is a condition wherein an organism is exceptionally small, and mostly occurs in the animal kingdom. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than , regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dw ...

as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division as well, which is what separates the Mexican ''Mini-Estrella'' from traditional

Midget wrestling Midget wrestling is professional wrestling involving people of exceptionally short stature. Its heyday was in the 1950s and 1960s, when wrestlers such as Little Beaver, Lord Littlebrook, toured North America, and Sky Low Low was the first holder ...

as practiced in the United States among other places.

Professional wrestling career

The wrestler who would later become known as Super Muñequito made his wrestling debut in 1989, promoted by the creation of the ''

s'' division in

Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...

(EMLL), where they pioneered the idea of ''Mascota'' wrestlers, smaller version of high-profile wrestlers who worked for the company. Originally ''Mini-Estrella'' division creator

Antonio Peña Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the e ...

intended for him to be a smaller version of

Rayo de Jalisco Jr. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (Spanish for "Lightning Bolt from Jalisco Jr."; born January 1, 1960) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions. Ray ...

Aguilita Solitaria (1989–1992)

When he finally made his in-ring debut it was under the name "Aguilita Solitaria" ("Little Lone Eagle"), a smaller version of

Águila Solitaria Águila Solitaria (born August 31, 1954) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador wrestling mask, enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Águila Solitaria's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the c ...

instead. One of his earliest recorded matches was at the

EMLL 56th Anniversary Show The EMLL 56th Anniversary Show ( es, 56. Aniversario de EMLL) was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 22, 1989, in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The event ...

, EMLL's biggest show of the year, where he teamed up with Fuercita Guerrera and

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 ...

to defeat

Espectrito Mario Pérez Jiménez (December 18, 1966 – January 23, 2016) was a Mexican Mini-Estrella luchador, or Mini professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Espectrito. Jiménez worked for the World Wrestling Federation as "Mini Vader" ...

, Pequeño Goliath and

Piratita Morgan Raymundo Rodríguez (15 March 1969 – 8 July 2018) was a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Piratita Morgan. He also worked as an ''enmascarado'', or masked wrestler, under the names Battalion, Payasito ...

on the under card. In 1990 EMLL sent him to

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

to work a match on

World Wrestling Council The World Wrestling Council (WWC) (Spanish: "Consejo Mundial de Lucha"), is a Puerto-Rican professional wrestling promotion based in Puerto Rico. It was originally established as Capitol Sports Promotions in 1973 by Carlos Colón Sr., Victor J ...

's 17th Anniversary show, teaming with Mascarita Sagrada in a loss to Espectrito and Piratita Morgan. Back in Mexico the ''Minis'' division was represented at the

EMLL 57th Anniversary Show The EMLL 57th Anniversary Show ( es, 57. Aniversario de EMLL) was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 21, 1990 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The event ...

as well, with a match where Pequeno Cobarde, Mascarita Sagrada and Aguilita Solitaria defeated Piratita Morgan, MS-1/2, and Espectrito. With the success of the ''Mini-Estrellas'' division EMLL, which had been renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) only months earlier, created the

CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Mini-Estrella de CMLL'' in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spani ...

. In the tournament to determine the first champion Aguilita Solitaria lost to eventual tournament winner Mascarita Sagrada.

Angelito Azteca (1992–1993)

In the summer of 1992 a large number of wrestlers chose to leave CMLL, following Antonio Peña as he struck out on his own and created a new wrestling promotion called

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración 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 o ...

(AAA). Most of the Minis division left with Peña, including the wrestler known as Aguilita Solitaria. With CMLL owning the rights to the name he was given a new character, Angelito Azteca ("Little Aztec Angel"), based on

Ángel Azteca Jr. Ángel Azteca Jr. (born June 1, 1980) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' Enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is not the actual so ...

who presented a character similar to Águila Solitaria. As Angelito Azteca he often teamed with Mascarita Sagrada 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 ...

on early AAA shows.

Super Muñequito (1993–2000)

1993 saw a masked wrestler known as

(Super Doll) become very popular in AAA due to his comedic style and kid friendly clown character and it was decided to create Super Muñequito, a smaller version of the wrestling doll. The former Angelito Azteca was given the character and made his debut in 1993, On August 23, 1994 Super Muñequito defeated Fuercita Guerrera to win the

Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship The Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship (''Campeonato Nacional Mini-Estrella'' in Spanish), also referred to as the Mexican National Minis Championship, is an inactive professional wrestling championship sanctioned by ''Comisión de Box y ...

. The popularity of the ''Minis'' division, led to them being in the main event of Triplemania III-A, AAA's biggest show of the year. The match saw 13 ''Mini-Estrellas'' compete in a

Steel cage match Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a ...

where the last wrestler in the cage would be forced to unmask. After Bandita, Espectrito I,

Espectrito II Alejandro Pérez Jiménez (May 15, 1975 – June 29, 2009) was a Mexican ''Mini-Estrella Luchador'', or midget professional wrestler who worked mainly under the name Espectro II. Alejandro's twin brother, Alberto, was also a midget professional wre ...

, Jerrito Estrada, Fuercita Guerrera, Mascarita Sagrada, Mini Calo, Octagoncito,

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 ...

, Payasito Azul and Torerito all left the cage it was down to Super Muñequito and Payasito Rojo in the cage, with Super Muñequito winning the mask, forcing Payasito to unmask. Super Muñequito also worked Triplemania III-B, where he, Toerito, Octagoncito and Mascarita Sagrada defeated Fuercita Guerrera, La Parkita, Espectrito I and II. Closing out the TripleMania season at Triplemania III-C where he teamed up with Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito to defeat Jerito Estrada, Fuercita Guerrera and Espectrito. Following his summer success Super Muñequito became a double champion on July 8, 1995 when he defeated Espectrito to win the IWC World Mini-Estrellas Championship, a title that would be unified with the Mexican title he already held. At the following year's Triplemania IV-C Super Muñequito, Máscarita Sagráda, Jr. and Mini Frisbee defeated

, and Espectrito I and Espectrito II in the third match of the night. On July 26, 1996 Super Muñequito's reign as the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Champion came to an end when Espectrito I defeated him to end the 703-day-long run with the title. He made his last appearance at a major AAA show on February 21, 1997 at their annual ''

Rey de Reyes The Rey de Reyes (English: "King of Kings") is an annual tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) comparable to WWE’s King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with f ...

'' show, teaming with La Parkita and

Mini Nova :''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 Luchador enmascar ...

only to lose to Mini Goldust, Mini Mankind and Mini Vader. After the year 2000 Super Muñequito does not have a lot of recorded matches, which meant that he either retired from wrestling or worked under a different masked or unmasked identity. Since Super Muñequito has not referenced any other ring names and due to the secrecy of the true identities of masked wrestlers in ''Lucha Libre'' it is impossible to determine if he indeed did retire from wrestling between 2000 and 2011 where he worked as Super Muñequito on a few shows.

Mini Super Astro (2007–present)

In 2012 he returned to the ring working as part of Voladorcito's touring group of ''Mini-Estrellas'', working as Mini Super Astro, a smaller version of Super Astro. On December 2, 2012 he teamed up with Mini Batista and Mini Rey Cometa on an

International Wrestling Revolution Group International Wrestling Revolution Group (Grupo Internacional Revolución in Spanish; the Spanish name is used for the promotion while the English initials are used for the title governing body) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Naucalpan, Sta ...

(IWRG) show, losing to the team of Mini Espiritu, Mini Piratita Morgan Jr. and

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 ...

. He would later split his time between working as Mini Super Astro and Super Muñequito.

Championships and accomplishments

:*IWC World Mini-Estrella Championship (1 time) :*

( 1 time)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

Footnotes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Super Munequito 1966 births Mexican male professional wrestlers Masked wrestlers Mini-Estrella wrestlers Living people Professional wrestlers from San Luis Potosí People from San Luis Potosí City Unidentified wrestlers 20th-century professional wrestlers 21st-century professional wrestlers