Arturo Santos Hernández (born July 9, 1987) is a Mexican ''

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'' or

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and

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, best known by his

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Mini Charly Manson. For years he worked 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

Lucha Libre AAA World Wide Promociones Antonio Peña, S.A. de C.V. 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, ) is a Mexican lu ...

(AAA), and was the first holder of the

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. After leaving AAA, he uses the ring name Tiago, in competition on the independent circuit against regular sized competitors. He is not to be confused Charly Manson Jr. who sometimes works under the name Mini Charly Manson.

Professional wrestling career

Arturo Santos trained for a professional wrestling career under Tom Mix, Jr. a wrestler who has trained a number of people who have later competed in Mexico's ''

'' division. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that Santos has

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as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Mini Abismo Negro. He made his debut in 2004 working under the ring name "Mini Sky Black", working with various ''Mini-Estrellas'' on the Mexican

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. In mid-2006 Santos began working for

(AAA), one of Mexico's two largest wrestling companies. In AAA he was given a new ring name and look, as he was turned into "Mini Charly Manson", a ''Mascota'' version of

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, complete with facepaint, wrestling outfit and entrance music. Initially he worked as a ''

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'' (bad guy) teaming up with other Mascota variations of Charly Manson's allies such as Mini Cuervo. His first storyline feud was against Mascarita Divina, a '' técnico'' (good guy) ''Mini-Estrella'' who happened to be Santos' cousin, although that fact was not revealed to the general audience. He worked storylines against

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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 O ...

that people predicted would end in a ''

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'', or bet matches, between the wrestlers but Mini Charly Manson turned ''técnico'' before such matches could happen. Mini Manson's turn mirrored the turn of the regular sized Manson, in this case it was initiated by an attack from

Mini Abismo Negro Mini Abismo Negro (born November 21, 1976) is the ring name of a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' who works in the ''Mini-Estrella'' division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican Nati ...

which turned Mini Charly Manson from a hated character to a sympathetic one that the crowd could get behind. At one point Mini Charly Manson participated in a two and a half month tour of the United States with fellow AAA wrestlers

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, Decnnis, Súper AAA and Mini Chessman to showcase ''Lucha Libre''. During the summer of 2008 AAA held a tournament to crown the first ever

. The tournament saw Mini Charly Manson defeat Jerrito Estrada in the first round, then he defeated Mascarita Sagrada on August 17, 2008 to qualify for the final match. The finals took place at AAA's 2008 '' Verano de Escandalo'' and saw Mini Charly Manson defeat

and Mini Abismo Negro to become the first ever AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion. Mini Manson would not defend the title for over a year, due to first suffering a knee injury, then a nose injury that kept him from wrestling a full schedule. It would be 453 days after he won the title that Mini Charly Manson finally defended the title. The match was a

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and also included , Mascarita Divina,

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, Mascarita Sagrada,

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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 ...

, Octagoncito, Mini Chessman and match winner Mini Abismo Negro, who also won the Championship. At

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Octagoncito outlasted eight other wrestlers including Mini Charly Manson in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match to become the new AAA Mini-Estrellas Champion.

Championships and accomplishments

*Bodybuilding **Mexican Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness ***2015 Mr. México - Professional Wrestler (-80 kg) - 2nd Place **Musclemanía México ***2015 Musclemanía Prestige - Beginners (Class A) - 1st Place *Professional wrestling **

***

( 1 time) ** The Crash Lucha Libre *** The Crash Junior Championship (1 time)

References

External links

AAA profile
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