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 his defeat to Angelito in a Luchas de apuestas, mask vs. mask match at ''Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' 2024. Pequeño Olímpico is a part of

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 ...

's (CMLL) Mini-Estrella division and holds the record for the longest

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reign, with 1,442 days. He has held the title twice. Pequeño Olímpico is Spanish for "Little Olympian", alluding to the fact that he wrestles as a mini version of

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. He previously worked as ''Cicloncito Ramírez'', a mini version of Ciclón Ramirez.

Professional wrestling career

Andrés Muñoz Andrade initially wrestled under the name of Pequeño Gangster. He made his major debut in 1992, that same year Antonio Peña, head booker of

(CMLL), left CMLL to form his own promotion,

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(AAA); Peña had been the mastermind behind the CMLL Minis division and most of the Minis in CMLL decided to leave with Peña. Muñoz was brought into CMLL to replenish the Mini division. He was given the ring persona of ''Cicloncito Ramírez'', a mini version of Ciclón Ramirez who worked in CMLL at the time. He kept working as Cicloncito Ramírez even after the man he was based on left CMLL. Working in the Mini division does not necessarily mean that he is a

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as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division. In the mid to late-1990s CMLL did not focus much on their Minis division, thus Ciclocito Ramirez rarely made it onto CMLL's television shows. In 2002, years after Ciclón Ramírez had left CMLL, it was decided to repackage him as "Pequeño Olímpico", a mini of a popular ''Tecnico'' (

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or "good guy")

. About a year after becoming Pequeño Olímpico he defeated Pierrothito to win the

on December 9, 2003. Pequeño Olímpico successfully defended the title against former champion Pierrotito,

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, Toro Bill, Gitanito, and had three defenses against

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. On November 20, 2007, Pequeño Olímpico lost the title to Pequeño Damián 666, ending his title reign after 1,442 days, the longest reign of any Mini's champion. Pequeño Olímpico remains one of CMLL's main "tecnico" Minis as the Mini division has gotten more air time and promotional focus in the last couple of years. Pequeño Olímpico was one of 13 Minis that risked their mask in a

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'' Luchas de Apuestas'' match in the main event of CMLL's La Hora Cero

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on January 11, 2009. Pequeño Olímpico was the 7th wrestler to escape the cage to save his mask. In August CMLL began a "Bicentennial tournament" specifically for the ''Mini-Estrella'' division, both to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mexico as a nation and the 18th anniversary of CMLL's ''Mini-Estrella'' division. The prize of the tournament was an opportunity to leave the ''Mini-Estrellas'' division and work with the regular male wrestlers of CMLL. Pequeño Olímpico was part of the first of two ''

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'' elimination matches but did not qualify for the finals. On February 13, 2011, Olímpico regained the Mini-Estrella Championship from Bam Bam. On November 6, 2012, 12 competitors met in a special steel cage match where the loser of the match would be forced to unmask or have his hair shaved completely off. During Pequeño Olímpico's attempt to climb out of the cage the wire mesh broke lose from the metal frame, trapping Pequeño Olímpico's arm in it. He needed help from ringside officials to safely untangle himself and climb down. Following the escape Pequeño Olímpico was immediately taken to the back to have his arm checked out. On September 7, 2014, Pequeño Olímpico lost the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship to Astral, ending his three-and-a-half-year reign.

Championships and accomplishments

( 2 times) **CMLL Bodybuilding Contest – Minis (2011) **'' Pequeño Reyes del Aire'' (

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)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

Notes

References

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