TheCMLL World Mini-Estrellas Championship (Campeonato Mundial Mini-Estrellas de CMLL inSpanish), also known as theCMLL World Pequeño Estrellas Championship (Campeonato Mundial Pequeno Estrellas de CMLL in Spanish) is aprofessional wrestlingchampionship promoted by the MexicanLucha libre wrestling-basedpromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"). The championship is exclusively competed for in theMini-Estrellas, or Minis, division. A "Mini" is not necessarily a person withdwarfism, as in North AmericanMidget wrestling, and can also be short wrestlers who work in theMini-Estrellas division; although wrestlers with dwarfism can compete for the title, there also exists theCMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship, exclusive to them.[b] The championship was created in 1992 and is the oldest active Mini-Estrella title in Mexico;[c] both theMexican National Mini-Estrella Championship and theLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) World Mini-Estrella Championship were introduced after CMLL created their Mini-Estrella championship.[d][4] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to amatch or awarded to a wrestler because of astoryline.[e] All title matches take place undertwo out of three falls rules.[f]
The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship was created in early 1992 to give CMLL's Mini-Estrellas division a championship as its focal point. The first champion wasMascarita Sagrada, who won afour-man tournament on March 1, 1992, by defeatingEspectrito in the final.[a] When the creator of CMLL's Minis division,Antonio Peña, left CMLL to form his own promotion, AAA, Mascarita Sagrada and many other Minis left CMLL to join AAA.[g] After Mascarita Sagrada left the promotion, the title wasvacant until September 1992, whenOrito won the championship in a match against El Felinito.[h] In 1999, in a so-called "Phantom title switch", then-championDamiancito el Guerrero had the championship stripped and given toÚltimo Dragoncito without a match taking place. Damiancito had begun working under the ring name "Virus" in the "regular-sized" division for more than a year and thus no longer qualified as a Mini. Instead of vacating the title or making Virus lose it in a match, CMLL announced that Último Dragoncito had "won" the title on an undisclosed date in October 1999.[i]
In addition to being the first champion, Mascarita Sagrada is also the first wrestler to have vacated the title; he is also the wrestler to have held the title the shortest amount of time, at 110 days. Angelito is the current champion in his record-setting third reign. He defeatedÚltimo Dragoncito on September 26, 2025, atSuper Viernes. Pequeño Olímpico has held the title the longest of any champion, at 1,442 days for a single reign and 2,744 for his combined two reigns.[7]
CMLL held a tournament in early 1992 to determine the first CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion; the semi-finals were held on February 23, 1992, and the finals on March 1, 1992.
^abcdeDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Mascarita Sagrada 1992/03/01 Mexico City"[2]
^Madigan (2007), pp.209: "They invited some of the wrestlers of smaller physical stature south of the border to work."[1]
^Duncan & Will (2000) p. 397, chapter Mexico: EMLL CMLL World Midget (miniestrella) title[2]
^Duncan & Will (2000), chapter "Mexico: National Midget (miniestrella) title, p. 401 ""[3]
^Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities - but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[5]
^Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre p. 44 "ARTICULO 258.- Cada combate de lucha libre tendrá como limite tres caídas; cada caída será sin limite de tiempo, ganará quien obtenga dos caídas de las tres en disputa" ("ARTICLE 258.- Each wrestling match shall have as limit three falls; Each fall will be without time limit. The winner will be the one to first obtain two of the three falls in the match")[6]
^abcDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Vacant on 92/06/19 after Sagrada justs to AAA in 92/05"[2]
^abcDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Orito 1992/09/06 Mexico City"[2]
^abcDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Ultimo Dragoncito 1997/10#"[2]
^abDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Ultimo Dragoncito 1993/03/14 Mexico City"[2]
^abDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Ultratumbita 1993/09/11 Mexico City"[2]
^abcDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Mascarita Magica 1995/02"[2]
^abThe exact date of Damiancito's title loss is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between1,312 and1,339 days.
^abcDuncan & Will (2000) p. 397 "Damiancito 1996/02/27 Mexico City"[2]
^abThe exact date of Último Dragoncito's title win is unknown, which means that his second title reign lasted between716 and746 days.
^Súper Luchas (February 14, 2011): "El Pequeño Olímpico saco toda la experiencia y se llevo el campeonato mundial mini del CMLL ante Bam Bam" ("Pequeño Olímpico used his experience to take the CMLL World Mini Championship from Bam Bam")[8]
^CMLL (September 8, 2014): "Astral es el nuevo Campeón de los Pequeños Estrellas. Después de reinar 3 años como monarca en esta división Olímpico dejo su cetro en manos de Astral." ("Astral is the new Mini-Estrellas Champion. After a 3 year reign as champion of the division, Olímpico left the crown in the hands of Astral")[9]
^CMLL (March 5, 2017): "obligando a un tercer capítulo, que llegó a su fin con resultado favorable para SHOCKERCITO, que se coronó de esta forma, como el flamante Campeón de la división." ("which came to an end with a favorable result for Shockercito, who was crowned the brand new champion of the division.")[11]
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