Arturo Santos Hernández (born July 9, 1987) is a Mexican ''
Luchador'' or
professional wrestler and
bodybuilder, best known by his
ring name
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Mini Charly Manson. For years he worked in the ''
Mini-Estrella'' division for
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and was the first holder of the
AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship. 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 ''
Mini-Estrella'' division. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that Santos has
dwarfism
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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
Independent circuit
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.
In mid-2006 Santos began working for
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (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
Charly Manson, complete with facepaint, wrestling outfit and entrance music.
Initially he worked as a ''
Rudo'' (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
Mascarita Sagrada
Mascarita SagradaAt least three wrestlers have wrestled under the name "Mascarita Sagrada". This article is about the original. (Spanish, 'Little Sacred Mask', real name not known, born January 11, 1965) is a Mexican Mini Luchador enmascarado ( ...
and
Octagoncito that people predicted would end in a ''
Lucha de Apuesta'', 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 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
Psicosis II,
Decnnis,
Súper AAA and
Mini Chessman to showcase ''Lucha Libre''.
During the summer of 2008 AAA held a tournament to crown the first ever
AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship. 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
Octagoncito 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 ]Battle Royal
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and also included , Mascarita Divina, 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 ...
, Mascarita Sagrada, 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 ...
, La Parkita, Octagoncito, Mini Chessman and match winner Mini Abismo Negro, who also won the Championship.
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
** Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
*** AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship ( 1 time)
References
External links
AAA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manson, Mini Charly
1987 births
Living people
Mexican male professional wrestlers
Mini-Estrella wrestlers
Mexican male bodybuilders
21st-century male professional wrestlers
21st-century Mexican professional wrestlers
AAA World Mini-Estrella Champions
21st-century Mexican sportsmen