The ''Pequeño Reyes del Aire'' Tournament (

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for the "Little Kings of the Air") is an annual wrestling tournament promoted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion

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(CMLL) and has been held since 2007, holding two tournaments in 2012, and one every other year. The tournament includes a varying number of wrestlers, competing 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 ...

'' match, essentially a multi-man elimination match with the last competitor remaining is declared that year's ''Pequeño Rey del Aire'' and is given a trophy. The match is based on CMLL's '' Reyes del Aire'' tournament which has an identical purpose, format and award. The winner is not normally awarded with 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 ...

or the Mexican National Lightweight Championship, the two Mini-Estrellas championships that CMLL promotes, as a direct result of their tournament victory but has as times been used to build but either a championship match or storylines between rival wrestlers. There has been a total of ten tournaments held as of January 2015, with nine different winners, only

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 ...

has won the tournament twice. A total of 27 Mini-Estrellas have appeared in the nine tournaments held so far, two wrestlers have appeared in eight of the ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'',

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 ...

and Pequeño Damián 666 / Demus 3:16. Demus 3:16 has the most eliminations, with nine while

Último Dragoncito Miguel Ángel Arciniega Peña (born August 8, 1972), better known by his ring name Último Dragoncito ("Little Last Dragon"), is a Tapatío Mexico, Mexican ''Lucha Libre, luchador'' (or masked Professional wrestling, professional wrestler) who wor ...

has eliminated 9 men. Only 4 men have competed without eliminating a single opponent

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, Mini Maximo,

Sombrita Javier Teucli Roldán (born July 3, 1968, in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, is a retired Mexican ''Luchador'' or professional wrestler best known under the name Sombrita ("Little Shadow"). Teucli also worked under the ring name Pequeño Bronce early in ...

and Stukita.The statistics are supported by the source for each individual tournament.

Mascarita Dorada Mascarita Dorada (Spanish: ''Little Golden Mask''; born February 19, 1982), is the ring name of a Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador wrestling mask, enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestling, professional wrestler, who works in the ''Mini-Est ...

is the youngest tournament winner ever, at 25 years of age when he won the 2008 tournament while

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is the youngest competitor ever, 18 years old when he entered the 2007 tournament. Pequeño Black Warrior is the oldest tournament winner, he was 42 years old when he won the 2012 Guadalajara tournament, while Pierrothito was 46 years old when he competed in the 2014 tournament making him the oldest competitor overall.

Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament winners

Pequeño Reyes del Aire participants

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2007)

CMLL held their first ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament in 2007, two years after they created the '' Reyes del Aire'' for the regular roster. The match was part of CMLL's regular Friday night show ''

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'' ("Super Friday") on July 13, 2007 as a special attraction match on the under card. The wrestlers had to compete in a 10-man ''

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'' elimination match to win the ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' trophy. In 2005 the match included Bam Bam,

Bracito de Oro Roberto Rodríguez Aguirre (April 13, 1965 – March 9, 2025) was a Mexican ''Luchador'', or professional wrestler. He was best known for appearing for (CMLL) in their ''Mini-Estrella'' division under the name Bracito de Oro (Spanish for "Lit ...

, Eléctrico,

, Mr. Águilita,

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 Halloween,

and

(then reigning CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion). Pequeño Damián 666 would win the match, eliminating Bam Bam as the last opponent to take the victory. Four months after his 2007 ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' victory Pequeño Damián 666 would defeat Pequeño Olímpico to win the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship, although the title match was not a direct prize of the tournament Pequeño Damián 666's victory did elevate him up the contenders ranks. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2007) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2008)

CMLL held their second ever ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament on January 6, 2008 and like the previous year it was a ''

'' elimination match where the last survivor of the match would be crowned that year's ''Pequeño Rey del Aire''. Among the participants was the then reigning CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion

, who was actually the first man eliminated from the match. Other tournament participants included Bam Bam,

, Mr. Águilita,

, Pequeño Halloween,

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

Tzuki Tzuki (sometimes spelled Tsuki or Tzuky) is a Mexican '' Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works as a ''Mini-Estrella'' or "Mini" division in Mexico. Throughout his career Tzuki has worked under various ring names, mos ...

. The winner of the match was Mascarita Dorada, who had only worked for CMLL for a few months at the time and was in the middle of being built up as the focal point of the Mini-Estrellas division. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2008) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2009)

The third annual ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament took place on Tuesday January 6, 2009 in

Arena Coliseo Arena Coliseo is an indoor arena in Mexico City, Mexico, located at República del Perú 77 in the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District, borough. The arena is primarily used for professional wrestling, or ''luch ...

, the first ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament to take place outside of Arena México. The ''torneo cibernetic'' featured nine wrestlers in total, Bam Bam, Mr. Águilita, Niño de Acero,

, Pequeño Halloween,

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 ...

, Pequeño Ninja and Último Dragóncito. The final of the tournament saw Pequeño Black Warrior pin Último Dragóncito to win the 2009 tournament. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2009) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2010)

The fourth annual ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' took place on March 7, 2010 in Mexico City, Mexico, during CMLL's ''Domingos de Coliseo'' weekly event in

. For the first time in the tournament's history Pequeño Halloween did not participate as he had left CMLL not long before the match. Also absent was the 2008 winner

as well as the holder of the secondary Mini-Estrellas title, the Mexican National Lightweight Championship Pierrothito, with no explanation of their exclusion. The match did include the holder of the

Bam Bam and was the first ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament for

Pequeño Nitro Pequeño Nitro (March 9, 1984 – May 18, 2024) was a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in their Mini-Estrella divis ...

and

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and had the repeated appearance of Eléctrico,

and Último Dragóncito which made for the most participants in the tournament yet. The tournament was won by relative newcomer Pequeño Nitro who earned a shot at the CMLL World Mini-Estrellas Championship the following week. Pequeño Nitro was unsuccessful in his title challenge. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2010) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2011)

CMLL held their annual ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament on February 6, 2011 although they promoted the fact that the winner would get a shot at the

than the tournament aspects of it. The 10 man ''

'' saw the '' tecnicos'' ("good guys") team of Astral, Eléctrico,

and Mini Maximo faced off against the '' rudos'' ("bad guys") team of Mercurio,

, Pequeño Olimpico,

and Pierrothito. In the end Pequeño Olimpico pinned Mascarita Dorada to become the official challenger for Bam Bam's championship. The following week Pequeño Olimpico defeated Bam Bam to win the title. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2011) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2012)

The ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament returned in 2012 with the fifth version of the tournament, this time with 16 competitors, the largest number of wrestlers ever. The tournament took place on May 1, 2012 and was back in Arena Mexico. For the ''torneo cibernetico'' the competitors were split into two teams as Astral, Bam Bam, Mercurio, Niño de Acero, Pequeño Halcón,

and Último Dragóncito teamed up and faced the team of Aéreo, Demus 3:16, Eléctrico,

and Pierrothito. The final three wrestlers was Mexican National Lightweight Champion Pierrothito, CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion Pierrothito working together against Último Dragóncito. Dragóncito overcame the odds to eliminate both and take the 2012 ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2012) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire 2012 (Guadalajara)

CMLL held a second ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' in 2012, this time in Arena Coliseo in

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on October 30, 2012. The tournament format was the traditional ''torneo cibernetico'' where the ''tecnico'' team of Aereo, Astral,

, Pequeño Halcón,

and Último Dragóncito faced off against the ''rudo'' team of Demus 3:16, Mercurio,

and Pierrothito. During the match Shockercito hurt himself on a dive. Pequeño Black Warrior won the match to become the first man to ever win two ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournaments. The 12 Mini-Estrellas involved in the tournament would face off again a week later inside a

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, contested under '' Luchas de Apuestas'' ("Bet match") where everyone will risk either their mask or their hair. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire 2012 (Guadalajara) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2013)

CMLL held the 2013 version of the ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament on January 6, 2013, once again in

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. The tournament featured 12 wrestlers in total: Acero, Aéreo, Bam Bam,

, Mercurio,

, Pequeño Halcón,

. Pequeño Nitro was taken to the hospital to be examined for a potential shoulder injury. In the end Aéreo eliminated the then reigning CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion Pequeño Olímpico to win the tournament, his first major CMLL accomplishment. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2013) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2014)

CMLL held the 2014 version of the ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament on January 5, 2014, in

. The ninth annual tournament featured a total of 10 ''

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s'': Astral, Demus 3:16, Eléctrico, Mercurio,

, Pierrothito,

, Stukita and Último Dragóncito. The match came down to Astral and Eléctrico, both on the same team during the early portions of the match. In end Eléctrico landed badly on a dive to the outside onto Astral and hurt both himself and Astral. When Astral was unable to compete he was counted out and Eléctrico was declared the winner. The impact from the dive was so severe that both Astral and Eléctrico ended up having to go to the hospital after the match. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2014) order of elimination

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2015)

The 2015 ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' (Spanish for "Little Kings of the Air") tournament was the tenth version of an annual

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tournament held by Mexican ''

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'' promotion

(CMLL) that started in 2007. The tournament is exclusively for competitors in CMLL's ''

s'' division and is their version of the regular division's '' Reyes del Aire'' tournament and has the same multi-man ''

'' elimination format. The 2015 version of the tournament saw five '' tecnicos'' (wrestling term for the "good guys") face off against five '' rudos'' (the "bad guys") wrestling until only one man remains in the ring. The ''tecnico'' team of Astral, Eléctrico,

and

took on the ''rudo'' team of Demus 3:16, Mercurio,

and Pierrothito. In the end Shockercito pinned Pierrothito to win the 2015 ''Pequeños Reyes del Aire'' tournament, the first tournament win of Shockercito's career. ;Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2015) order of elimination

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References

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