 El Gallito after winning a match on November 30, 2018 | |
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| Born | Unrevealed[a] (1991-10-26)October 26, 1991 (age 34) |
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| Billed height | 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) |
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| Debut | 2012 |
El Gallito (born October 26, 1991) is a Mexicanluchador, orprofessional wrestler. He works for the MexicanConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)promotion where he portrays aface (known as atecnico in lucha libre, the protagonists of professional wrestling). He is one of the competitors in CMLL'sMicro-Estrella ("Micro-Star") division where he competes with and against other wrestlers withdwarfism.
He started his professional wrestling career as amascota companion for the regular-sized wrestlerEl Gallo, on who El Gallito's ring persona, masks and tights are patterned on. In 2017 he became an active wrestler in theMicro-Estrella division. He was originally known asEl Gallito Tapatio, Spanish for "The Little Rooster from Guadalajara", later shortened to just "The Little Rooster".
El Gallito ("The Little Rooster") started hisprofessional wrestling career as amascota forEl Gallo ("The Rooster") in 2012. As amascota, he portrayed a diminutive version of El Gallo and competed as the same rooster character as him.. The rooster imagery was supported by his mask, complete with a fakecockscomb on top of his head and fabricwattles dangling from his chin.[2] As amascota he would accompany El Gallo to the ring, the character was created primarily to appeal to children and assist El Gallo to portray atecnico character (called aface, the protagonists in professional wrestling).[3]
In early 2017CMLL recruited El Gallito, and his fellowmascotasMije andZacarías el Perico to help establish aMicro-Estrellas ("Micro-Stars") division, featuring only wrestlers with dwarfism. The first match of theMicro-Estrellas division took place on April 30, 2017, and saw El Gallito andMicroman defeat Mije and Zacarías in a special featured match.[4][5] For the first anniversary of the Micro-Estrellas division, CMLL held an eight-microstorneo cibernetico elimination match, featuring the entire active Micro-Estrella division at the time.[6] Gallito, Mije, Angelito, andChamuel took on Microman, Atomo,Guapito, and Zacarías, which saw Micropan pin Chamuel to win the tournament while Galliot was the fourth to be eliminated from the match.[7]
For the 2018Día de Muertos ("Day of the Dead")supercard show Gallito, Microman, and Atomo defeated Mije, Chamuel, and Zacarías two falls to one.[8][9] four weeks later theMicro-Estrellas also appeared at CMLL'sLeyendas Mexicanas ("Mexican Legends") show where Gallito, Microman, and Guapito defeated Mije, Chamuel, and Zacarías in the second match of the night.[10][11] At the 2019 version of theHomenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") show El Gallito and his team once again won their match.[12] With the popularity of the Micro-Estrellas division, CMLL introduced theCMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship in December 2019.[13] El Gallito and five other Micro-Estrellas (Chamuel, Atomo, Microman, Guapito, and Zacarías) were involved in the elimination match to determine the first champion on December 25. El Gallito was the second-to-last man eliminated from the match. In the end, Chamuel pinned Microman to eliminate him and win the championship.[14][15]
While working for CMLL, El Gallito, like all wrestlers employed by the company, is allowed to take independent circuit bookings on days he is not needed for their shows. El Gallito's independent circuit appearances usually sees him team with, and face off against, other CMLL Micro-Estrellas. His first non-CMLL match was on June 14, 2017, on aPromociones El Cholo show in Tijuana, Baja California, and saw El Gallito and Microman defeat Mije and Zacarías by disqualification.[16] On September 15, 2018, El Gallito and Microman defeated Chamuel and Zacarías in a match at the Benito Juarez ExpoMuseo in Mexico City.[17] The Micro-Estrellas also competed atDesastre Total Ultraviolento's 11th Anniversary Show, which saw Gallito and Microman defeating Mije and Zacarías.[18] They also made a special appearance forThe Crash Lucha Libre, one of Mexico's largest independent promotions, with El Gallito and Microman once again defeating Chamuel and Zacarías in their March 2, 2019 match.[19]
Súper Luchas magazine described the Micro-Estrellas division debut match between Microman and El Gallito vs. Mije and Zacarías, as "an encounter with a fall that literally stole the night."[20]
