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Pequeño Nitro (March 9, 1984 – May 18, 2024) was a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked
professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
, working for the Mexican
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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 (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest profe ...
(CMLL) in their
Mini-Estrella The term ''Mini-Estrella'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "Mini-Star") is used in lucha libre to describe a division of short professional wrestling, professional wrestlers or ''luchadors'', some of whom have dwarfism. The Mexican ''Mini-Estrell ...
division. This does not necessarily mean that Pequeño Nitro is a
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as several wrestlers who are just shorter in stature work in the "Mini" division. Pequeño Nitro's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. His name means "Little Nitro" and his ring character is based on
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, a regular-sized ''luchador''.


Professional wrestling career

In ''Lucha Libre'' it is traditional to keep the true identify of a masked wrestler a secret, not revealing their real names and often not revealing what previous
ring name A ring name is a type of stage name or nickname 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 ...
s they have competed under. No previous ring identities have been confirmed for Pequeño Nitro but it has been stated that he made his professional debut in 2005 and did not adopt the Pequeño Nitro mask and ring persona until 2009, which means he worked under other names before this. The Pequeño Nitro was introduced in the summer of 2009 where he was introduced as the first (and so far only) member of ''Los Pequeño Guerreros Tuareg'' ("The Little Tuareg Warriors"), a mini version of '' Los Guerreros Tuareg'', led by
Nitro Nitro may refer to: Chemistry *Nitrogen, a chemical element and a gas except at very low temperatures, with which many compounds are formed: **Nitro compound, an organic compound containing one or more nitro functional groups, -NO2 **Nitro ligand ...
. Nitro was working as a '' ''rudo'''' (Spanish term for a person portraying a bad guy character in wrestling), which mean Pequeño Nitro was a ''rudo'' as well. While being a smaller version of Nitro CMLL did not have the two associate during matches. Pequeño Nitro made his in-ring debut on July 14, 2009, teaming with
Pequeño Violencia Pequeño Violencia (real name unrevealed; born July 18, 1968) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador'' who has worked in the Mexican ''Mini-Estrella'' division since his debut in 1990. As Pequeño Violencia he wrestles as a smaller version of profes ...
and
Pequeño Black Warrior Humberto Sánchez Medorio is a Mexican '' luchador'' '' Enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Pequeño Black Warrior, or Pequeño Warrior. Sánchez works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Con ...
as they defeated the team of Bam Bam, Bracito de Oro and Electrico. On August 14, Pequeño Nitro was one of 14 wrestlers who risked their masks in a multi-man
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where the last two people in the ring would have to wrestle under '' Lucha de Apuesta'' (bet match) rules inside the steel cage. Whoever lost the match would be forced to unmask per Lucha Libre traditions. This match saw Mini-Estrellas compete with regular sized competitors and saw Pequeño Nitro escape the cage to keep his mask safe. On March 7, 2010, Pequeño Nitro competed in the 2010 '' Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' ("Little Kings of the Air") tournament alongside Bam Bam, Electrico,
Pequeño Damián 666 José Luis Florencio Ramos (born August 28, 1980) is a Mexican ''Lucha Libre, luchador'', or Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Pequeño Damián 666 and Demus. Florencio is a part of Consejo Mundial de ...
,
Pequeño Olímpico Andrés Muñoz Andrade (born July 15, 1971) is a Mexican luchador ( professional wrestler) who is best known for wrestling under the name of Pequeño Olímpico. He previously wrestled as a ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked wrestler, before h ...
,
Pequeño Universo 2000 Pequeño Universo 2000, sometimes also referred to as Universito 2000, is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. He is working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) ...
, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Black Warrior,
Shockercito Javier Cortes Sánchez (born December 12, 1980) is a Mexican '' Luchador'', or professional wrestler who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in their '' Mini-Estrella'' division. Cortés is better known under the ring name Shockercito ...
and Último Dragóncito in a ''
Torneo cibernetico A ''torneo cibernetico'' is a multi-man professional wrestling elimination match that was created and primarily used in Mexican ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotions, especially in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The match format ...
'', a multi man elimination tournament. CMLL decided to book Pequeño Nitro as the 2010 tournament winner, giving him added exposure and credibility as a wrestler. The victory earned Pequeño Nitro a match for the
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship The CMLL World Mini-Estrellas Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Mini-Estrellas de CMLL'' in Spanish), also known as the CMLL World Pequeño Estrellas Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Pequeno Estrellas de CMLL'' in Spanish) is a professional w ...
the following week. Despite his ''Pequeño Reyes del Aire'' success Pequeño Nitro did not defeat Bam Bam. As part of CMLL's bicentennial celebrations, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence CMLL held a ''Torneo Bicentenario'' where the winner of the tournament would be "promoted" to compete in the regular division going forward. The first ''cibernetico'' match took place on August 10 and saw Demus 3:16 outlast Pequeño Nitro, as well as Cisne, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Violencia, Saturno,
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and Eléctrico. On August 21, 2011, CMLL held a ''Ruleta de la Muerte'' (
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for "Roulette of Death") tournament for the ''Mini-Estrellas'' division and include Pequeño Nitro as one of the participants. The ''Ruleta de la Muerte'' tournament format is based on the Lucha Libre '' Parejas Increibles'' match type where two wrestlers of opposite allegiance, have to team up. In a ''Ruleta de la Muerte'' tournament
tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establis ...
s face off in a single elimination tournament, but unlike traditional tournaments it is the losing team that advances in this case. The team that loses the tag team match final must immediately wrestle against each other in a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match, where either their
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or their hair is on the line. Pequeño Nitro teamed up with Aéreo to defeat the team of Bam Bam and Pierrothito and thus did not have to risk their masks later in the tournament. On May 1, 2012, Pequeño Nitro was one of 16 Mini-Estrellas to participate in the 2012 version of the '' Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament as one of 16 competitors but CMLL decided not to have him win the tournament again. In the months following the 2012 '' Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament CMLL decided to book Pequeño Nitro in one of the focal storylines of the Mini-Estrellas division as he began a feud against Aéreo. The storyline started out in Best two out of three falls Six-man tag team matches where the two would focus more on each other than the other men in the ring. As the storyline escalated the two would tear at each other's masks, at times winning by pulling the mask off the other one to gain an unfair advantage. In July 2012 it was announced that the storyline would culminate in a '' Luchas de Apuestas'' ("Bet Match") on July 15, a match where both competitors put their mask on the line. Pequeño Nitro won the match and thus Aéreo was forced to unmask as per Lucha Libre traditions.


Death

Nitro died on May 18, 2024, at the age of 40.


Championships and accomplishments

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** Pequeño Reyes del Aire (
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''Lucha de Apuesta'' record


References

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