Mini Abismo Negro (born November 21, 1976) is the

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of a Mexican ''

Luchador ''Lucha libre'' (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term for the style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has develope ...

enmascarado'' who works in the ''

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 for

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración Promociones Antonio Peña, S.A. de C.V. doing business as, d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (commonly referred to as simply AAA, pronounced "Triple A" – an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración de Espectáculos ...

(AAA). Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Champion and the former AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion, the only wrestler to hold both titles. Mini Abismo Negro'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. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that he has

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as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Mini Abismo Negro.

Professional wrestling career

The wrestler who would later be known as Mini Abismo Negro trained in Olympic style wrestling under Zaprian Petro for three years in school, wrestling at several wrestling meets with great success. He began training for his professional wrestling debut in 1990 under Tom Mix, Jr. and ''Lucha libre'' legend El Canek. He made his debut in 1992 and worked for a couple of years in various local

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s before being signed by

(AAA) in 1996. In AAA he became part of their thriving ''

Mini-Estrellas 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'' are comparable to midget wrestlers ...

'' division and was given the ring character "Mini Karis La Momia", a mini version of Karis La Momia. When Karis La Momia was repackaged as La Parka, Jr. Mini Karis La Momia did not make much sense, keeping him off the shows until AAA could create a new character for him.

Mini Goldust

When AAA began cooperating with the

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(WWF) in 1997 several of AAA's ''Mini-Estrellas'' were turned into mini versions of WWF wrestlers, in this case Mini Karis La Momia was replaced with "Mini Goldust", a mini version of

Goldust Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes, with a nickname of "The Natural" and is a member of The Sons of ...

complete with gold bodysuit, face paint and blonde wig. As Mini Goldust he mainly teamed with "Mini-WWF wrestlers" Mini Vader and Mini Mankind. That trio teamed up at the 1997 '' Rey de Reyes'' event, defeating the team of

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 th ...

(II), Max Mini and

Super Muñequito ''Super Muñequito'' (born October 26, 1966, in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is the most well known ring name of a retired Mexican ''Luchador enmacarado'' or masked professional wrestler. He started his career under the name ''Ag ...

. Mini Goldust also wrestled matches in North America on WWF events. He teamed with Mascarita Sagrada, Jr. to defeat Mini Mankind and Mini Vader on the March 17, 1997 Raw is War television show. In June, 1997 Mini Goldust competed at the

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events, losing to

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 O ...

and an unidentified third member in a match where he teamed up with Mini Mankind and Pentagoncito. Two days later he teamed with Mini Mankind and Pentagoncito once more, losing to Chivita Rayada, Mini Cibernetico and Octagoncito.

Mini Abismo Negro

In 1997 AAA founder

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

created the character

Abismo Negro Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González (July 1, 1971 – March 22, 2009) was a Mexican luchador ( Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"). He is best known for appearing under the stage name Abismo Negro, which is Spanish for "Black Abyss" ...

for wrestler Andrés Palomeque and over the first year he became a very successful ''Rudo'' (

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or bad guy). When the working relationship with the WWF cooled off by late 1997 Peña decided to repackage the "Mini-WWF" wrestlers, turning Mini Goldust into Mini Abismo Negro, teaming him up with the normal sized Abismo Negro. Mini Abismo Negro made his first feature show appearance on March 1, 1998, where he teamed with Mini Electroshock and

Mini Psicosis Enrique Del Rio (born May 28, 1966) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador'' ''wrestling mask, enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestling, professional wrestler who has worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide's (AAA) ''Mini-Estrella'' division s ...

, defeating the team of La Parkita, Mini Discovery and Octagoncito on the undercard of the 1998 '' Rey de Reyes'' event. On June 5, 1998, Mini Abismo Negro defeated

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 ...

, his first ever professional wrestling title. Two days after his title win Mini Abismo Negro teamed up with Abismo Negro and Electroshock, losing to Octagoncito,

Octagón Octagón (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler). He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 ...

and

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on the undercard of Triplemanía VI. Over the following year Mini Abismo Negro made several successful title defenses, primarily against Octagoncito and La Parkita. During this time he also became a member of ''Lucha Libre Latina'' (LLL) a group that was co-led by Abismo Negro. On May 5, 1999, Octagoncito regained the Mexican National Mini-Estrella title. After several unsuccessful attempts at regaining the Mini-Estrella title LLL decided to create their own version, the LLL Mini-Estrellas Championship, and appointed Mini Abismo Negro the inaugural champion. On July 7, 2000, Octagoncito defeated Mini Abismo Negro on the undercard of Triplemanía VIII, in a match where neither title was on the line. In early 2001 Mini Abismo Negro lost the LLL Minis title to Mascarita Sagrada 2000, who followed up the title victory by throwing the belt away, declaring that the LLL title was no longer active. In late 2002 Mini Abismo Negro and Abismo Negro teamed up to win the first-ever AAA Mascot Tag Team Championship, a

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title where a regular-sized wrestler and his "mini-version" teamed up. The team only held the Mascot tag team title briefly as they lost the title to

Máscara Sagrada Máscara Sagrada (born November 6, 1959) is a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is ...

and Mascarita Sagrada 2000 on December 13, 2002, on a show in

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. On February 1, 2004, Mini Abismo Negro became a two time Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Champion as he defeated Mascarita Sagrada 2000 for the title. He would hold the title for nine months before losing the title back to Mascarita Sagrada 2000 on November 5, 2004. On September 3, 2007, Mini Abismo Negro travelled to Japan along with a number of AAA wrestlers, working a AAA/

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show called '' TripleSEM'' where he teamed with

Mini Histeria Rolando Fuentes Romero (born May 5, 1982) is a Mexican people, Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador'' ''wrestling mask, enmascarado'' better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in their ''Lucha lib ...

, losing to Octagoncito and Mascarita Divina. In January, 2008 Mini Abismo Negro travelled to

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, wrestling two matches for the Puerto Rican

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(WWC), defeating Octagoncito and Rikochett one night and losing to Ocagoncito the following night. In 2007 then Mexican National Mini-Estrella Champion Mascarita Sagrada 2000 left AAA, taking the title with him leaving their ''Mini-Estrella'' division without a title. In 2008 AAA decided to create a new championship, the

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

and held an 18-Minis tournament to crown the first champion. The first round of the tournament started on July 20, 2009, where Mini Abismo Negro defeated La Parkita to move on in the tournament. The final match took place on September 14, 2008, on the 2008 '' Verano de Escandalo'' show. The match saw Mini Charly Manson defeat Mini Abismo Negro and Octagoncito to win the title. Over the following year Mini Abismo Negro would team with Mini Histeria and

as '' Los Mini Vipers'' as well as participating in various mixed tag matches. On December 11, 2009, Mini Abismo Negro won a nine-man

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at the 2009 '' Guerra de Titanes'' to win the AAA World Mini-Estrellas Championship. He outlasted previous champion Mini Charly Manson as well as Mascarita Divina, Mini Chessman, Mascarita Sagrada 2007, La Parkita Mini Psicosis, Mini Histeria and Octagoncito. At Triplemanía XVIII Octagoncito defeated eight wrestlers including Mini Abismo Negro in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match to become the new AAA Mini-Estrellas Champion. Mini Abismo Negro was taken out on a stretcher during the match and was attended to by the medical staff.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) ** AAA Mascot Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with

**LLL Mini-Estrellas Championship (1 time) **

(

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)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

References

External links

AAA profile
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