![]() ![]() Suddenly, the mohawk-sporting referee Atomo turned bad and grabbed Microman by the head, spun him around and launched him like a shot-putter. Moving to the opposite side, he squared up and ran toward his stunned opponent. Microman strutted across the ring and swung his hand in a circle, meaning he'd do it again. Microman bounced El Perico Zacarias' body into a handstand on the second turnbuckle and as he was suspended in the air the crowd chanted, "Microman! Microman!" Suddenly, he dropped into a powering butt stomp on the parrot-masked rival, rendering him motionless. Hours later, the crowd roared its approval in Mexico City's cavernous Arena Coliseo, a short walk from the rough Tepito neighborhood where Microman grew up. ![]() ![]() "We're going to keep working hard so that this concept of microestrellas gains more relevancy and support." "I think the importance is mostly because this concept was lost many years ago," Microman said. Microman said he was proud to be one of the first to bring the practice of microwrestling back to the lucha libre organization. "There's people that don't like it, people who simply insult us, that don't like this concept. "There's people that support us, there's people that like our matches," Microman said as he prepared for that night's 3-on-3 tag-team battle in one of the featured lucha libre cards. Under the microestrellas program, founded by a popular lucha libre star, the wrestlers train to compete at the highest level, deploying turnbuckle maneuvers and aerial techniques this is characteristic of larger-sized wrestlers rather than mascotas, who are often tossed around in the ring. He is one of eight microestrellas, or microstars, taking part in a new program in Mexico's most prominent wrestling federation, the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Microman is following in his father's footsteps, sort of. KeMonito dons a blue, full-body monkey suit reminiscent of an Ewok and has worked since the 1980s as a sidekick, known as a mascota, which translates to English as both mascot and pet. His father, KeMonito, is one of the sport's biggest stars, although he isn't considered a wrestler. Microman grew up in the lucha libre, Mexico's colorful brand of professional wrestling. The 19-year-old measures in at one meter (a little over 3 feet) and he chose a name to honor his size: Microman. MEXICO CITY - The man in a red mask with a silver M on the side of his head claimed he's the smallest lucha libre wrestler in Mexico. Read the Spanish-language version of this story here. Little people in the 'lucha libre' are the main event You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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