Mini Psicosis
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Enrique Del Rio is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 Luchador
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...

enmascarado
Wrestling mask
A Wrestling mask is a fabric based mask that some professional wrestlers wear as part of their in-ring persona or gimmick. Professional wrestlers have been using masks as far back as 1915 and they are still widely used today, especially in Lucha Libre in Mexico.-History:In 1915 a North American...

, or masked professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 who has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

's (AAA) Mini-Estrella
Mini-Estrella
The term Mini-Estrella is used in lucha libre to describe a division of short professional wrestlers or luchadors, some of whom have dwarfism. The Mexican Mini-Estrellas is comparable to Midget professional wrestling practiced around the world, but with the notable exception that some of the...

division since AAA was founded in 1992. Del Rio currently works under the ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...

 Mini Psicosis, a smaller version of Psicosis II
Psicosis II
Juan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II...

, and is the current AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion
AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
The AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The championship is exclusively competed for in the Mini-Estrellas, or Minis, division...

. Until 2008 he worked as Jerrito Estrada, a smaller version of the wrestler Jerry Estrada
Jerry Estrada
Jerry Estrada , is a Mexican professional wrestler. Estrada was a major star for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre during the 1980s but was one of the first stars to jump to Antonio Peña's AAA promotion during the 1990s...

. As Estrada Del Rio has held the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
The Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship endorsed by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. . The championship is exclusively for Mini-Estrellas or Minis, in Mexico...

 once, being the shortest reigning champion in the title's history. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that he has dwarfism
Dwarfism
Dwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches  , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....

 as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Enrique Del Rio.

Professional wrestling career

Enrique Del Rio received his professional wrestling training from Panchito Villalobos and El Hijo del Gladiador
Arturo Beristain
Arturo Beristain is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador in Spanish, who currently works as a wrestling trainer at the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's gym in Mexico City, Mexico...

; Villalobos is known for training a large number of Mini-Estrellas while Hijo del Gladiador has had a hand in training hundreds of luchadors both regular sized and Mini-Estrellas. Del Rios made his wrestling debut in 1991, working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is a Lucha Libre-style professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico...

 (EMLL). He was given the ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...

 Jerrito Estrada, after regular-sized luchador Jerry Estrada
Jerry Estrada
Jerry Estrada , is a Mexican professional wrestler. Estrada was a major star for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre during the 1980s but was one of the first stars to jump to Antonio Peña's AAA promotion during the 1990s...

, to whom Del Rio had both a physical and facial similarity. When the creator of EMLL's Minis division, Antonio Peña
Antonio Peña
Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 1992, which today is the largest wrestling promotion in Mexico. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the early 1990s before the downturn of the...

, left EMLL to form his own promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

 (AAA), Jerrito Estrada and a number of other Minis left EMLL to join AAA. Jerrito Estrada wrestled on the very first AAA show on May 15, 1992 and thus is one of only two men, the other being Octagón
Octagón
Juan Escalera is a Mexican luchador enmascarado better known as Octagón. He is currently with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración , having worked for the company since it was founded in 1992. In 2011 he was inducted into the promotion's Hall of Fame...

, who have worked for AAA since it was created in 1992. Since only Octagón still uses the same character as when AAA began Enrique Del Rio is often overlooked. Jerrito Estrada was part of the very first TripleMania
TripleMania I
TripleManía I was the first ever TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on April 30, 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Main event featured a "Retirement" match where the storyline was that the person that lost would have to retire from...

event, teaming with Jerry Estrada and Blue Panther
Blue Panther
Genaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther...

, only to lose to Minis rival Mascarita Sagrada
Mascarita Sagrada
Mascarita Sagrada is a Mexican Mini Luchador enmascarado and one of the most well known Mexican Minis of the modern era. He is the original Mascarita Sagrada although there have been several wrestlers who have used the same gimmick through the years...

, Máscara Sagrada
Máscara Sagrada
Máscara Sagrada is a Mexican Luchador enMáscarado who has worked for every major Mexican wrestling promotion over the last 20 years. His ring name is Spanish for "Sacred Mask" and is inspired by the "sanctity" of masks in lucha libre...

 and Love Machine
Art Barr
Arthur Leon "Art" Barr was an American professional wrestler. While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, he found his greatest success in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion....

 While Mascarita Sagrada's team had been successful at TripleMania Jerrito Estrada scored a bigger victory when he won the Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
The Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship endorsed by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. . The championship is exclusively for Mini-Estrellas or Minis, in Mexico...

 from Sagrada on February 4, 1994. His reign with the title was short-lived as Octagóncito won the belt from him on March 26, 1994. Jerrito Estrada's 26 day reign is the shortest reign in the history of the championship.

Estrada would participate in two of the three TripleMania events held in 1994. First he teamed with Espectrito
Espectrito
Mario Mejia Jiminez is a Mexican Mini-Estrella luchador , or Mini professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Espectrito. Jiminez worked for the World Wrestling Federation as "Mini Vader" and "El Torito" between 1997 and 1999. Jiminez was the first ever Mexican National Mini-Estrella...

 and Fuercito Guerrera, only to lose by disqualification for cheating against the team of Mascarita Sagrada, Octagóncito and Super Muñequito at TripleMania II-A
TripleMania II-A
TripleManía II-A was the second overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . 1994 was also the first year to feature the "TripleManía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as II-A, II-B and II-C. where this was the first of the series. The show took place on...

. Three months later, on May 15, 1994 at TripleMania II-B
TripleMania II-B
TripleManía II-B was the third overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . 1994 was also the first year to feature the "TripleManía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as II-A, II-B and II-C, where this was the second of the series. The show took place on...

, he teamed with Mascarita Sagrada to defeat Micro Konnan and Espectrito in a Parejas Suicida match where opponents are forced to team up. On November 4, 1994 Espectrito and Jerrito Estrada teamed up only to lose to Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito on AAA's first ever Pay-Per-View
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...

 event When Worlds Collide
When Worlds Collide (wrestling)
When Worlds Collide was a professional wrestling pay-per-view that took place on November 6, 1994 from the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. It was presented by the Mexican lucha libre company Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and promoted in conjunction with World...

  The following year Jerrito Estrada was one of 13 Mini-Estrellas who put their hair or their mask on the line in a steel Cage Match. The match was the main event of TripleMania III-A
TripleMania III-A
TripleManía III-A was the fifth overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . 1995 was second year to feature the "TripleManía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as III-A, III-B and III-C, where this was the first of the series. The show took place on June...

 and the only time a TripleMania has featured a Mini-Estrellas match as its main event. Jerrito Estrada escaped the cage, watching from the outside as Payasito Rojo lost the match and was forced to unmask. At TripleMania III-C
TripleMania III-C
TripleManía III-C was the seventh overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . 1995 was second year to feature the "TripleManía Series" of shows with 3, referred to as III-A, III-B and III-C, where this was the third and final of the series. The show took...

 Jerrito, Fuercita Guerrera and Espectrito lost to Mascarita Sagrada, Octagóncito, and Super Muñequito. In late 1996 Jerrito Estrada wrestled in a dark match before Starrcade 1996
Starrcade (1996)
Starrcade was the fourteenth annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view event. It was the ninth Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling , and it took place on December 29, 1996 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee...

 where he teamed with Piratita Morgan and defeated Mascarita Sagrada and Octagóncito. the next day the teams faced again, this time on Monday Nitro, both times saw Sagrada and Octagóncito win. Between 1996 and 2005 Jerrito Estrada only made sporadic appearances for AAA, not competing at any major events for several years.

Jerrito Estrada teamed up with Mini Abismo Negro
Mini Abismo Negro
Mini Abismo Negro is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who works in the Mini-Estrella division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Mini Abismo Negro is a former, two time Mexican National Mini-Estrellas Champion and the current AAA World Mini-Estrella Champion, the only...

 and Mini Psicosis
Pequeño Black Warrior
Pequeño Black Warrior, or Pequeño Warrior, is the ring name of Mexican luchador Enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, Humberto Sánchez Medorio. Sánchez works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , in their Mini-Estrella division as a smaller...

 in a loss to the team of Mascarita Sagrada
Mascarita Dorada
Mascarita Dorada is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, who works in the Mini-Estrella division, comparable to the U.S. Midget professional wrestling division. From 2000 until 2007 he worked under the name Mascarita Sagrada in Asistencia Asesoría y...

, Octagóncito
Octagóncito (AAA)
Octagóncito is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Mini-Estrella division...

 and Rocky Marvin
Mini Histeria
Rolando Fuentes Romero is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Mini Histeria. Fuentes works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in their Mini-Estrellas division. Fuentes is the son of Luchador Rocco Marvin and the brother of Ricky Marvin. He previously worked as...

 on the undercard of the 2005 Verano de Escandalo
Verano de Escandalo (2005)
The 2005 Verano de Escándalo was the ninth annual Verano de Escándalo professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on September 18, 2005 in Naucalpan...

show. In December, 2005 Jerrito Estrada, Mini Psicosis and Mini Abismo Negro defeated Octagóncito, Mascarita Sagrada and Mascarita Sagrada Jr. at AAA's annual Guerra de Titanes
Guerra de Titanes (2005)
The 2005 Guerra de Titanes was the ninth Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on December 10, 2005 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...

show. At TripleMania XIV
TripleMania XIV
TripleManía XIV was the twentieth overall TripleManía wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The show took place on June 18, 2006 in Naucalpan, Mexico. The Main event featured a Luchas de Apuestas "Mask vs. Mask" match...

 Jerrito Estrada, Mini Abismo Negro, and Mini Chessman lost to La Parkita
La Parkita (AAA)
La Parkita is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado who works in the Mini-Estrella division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . He is the third wrestler to compete as La Parkita and is at times denoted as "La Parkita III" or "La Parkita "...

, Mascarita Sagrada 2000
Mascarita Dorada
Mascarita Dorada is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, who works in the Mini-Estrella division, comparable to the U.S. Midget professional wrestling division. From 2000 until 2007 he worked under the name Mascarita Sagrada in Asistencia Asesoría y...

, and Octagóncito. In the summer of 2008 AAA decided to create the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
The AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The championship is exclusively competed for in the Mini-Estrellas, or Minis, division...

 after the reigning Mexican National Mini-Estrella Champion Mascarita Sagrada left AAA, taking the championship belt with him. Jerrito Estrada lost to Mini Charly Manson
Mini Charly Manson
Arturo Santos Hernandez better known as the ring name of Mexican Luchador Mini Charly Manson who works in the Mini-Estrella division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Santos, as Mini Charly Manson was the first ever holder of the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship. Not to be confused...

 in the first round.

Los Mini Vipers

Not long after his loss in the Mini-Estrella Championship tournament Jerrito Estrada disappeared from television. A short time Mini Psicosis, a new enmascarado
Wrestling mask
A Wrestling mask is a fabric based mask that some professional wrestlers wear as part of their in-ring persona or gimmick. Professional wrestlers have been using masks as far back as 1915 and they are still widely used today, especially in Lucha Libre in Mexico.-History:In 1915 a North American...

character patterned on Psicosis II
Psicosis II
Juan Gonzalez is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración to replace the Original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II...

 was introduced taking Jerrito's spot. He took over the Mini Psicosis role after the previous Mini Psicosis left AAA to join a rival promotion. The first Mini Psicosis had been unmasked, but his successor wore the distinctive horn adorned mask of Psicosis. Together with Mini Abismo Negro and Mini Histeria he formed the Los Mini Vipers
Los Vipers
Los Vipers is a professional wrestling group, called a stable, which has existed in various incarnations in the Mexican wrestling promotions Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. The group has consistently been presented as a Rudo stable. The group was originally founded by Cibernético...

group. On December 11, 2009 Mini Psicosis was one of nine wrestlers who participated in a Battle Royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

 for the AAA World Minis title at Guerra de Titanes (2009)
Guerra de Titanes (2009)
The 2009 Guerra de Titanes was the thirteenth annual Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración since 1997. The show took place on December 11, 2009 in the Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Convention center, a site that AAA has used for many of their...

. Mini Psicosis was the sixth man eliminated, ousted before his Los Mini Vipers teammate Mini Abismo Negro won the title. In May, 2010 AAA announced that they were planning to hold the first ever Mini-Estrellas Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
A Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, often abbreviated as a TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match originated within WWE, but can be seen under different variations in other wrestling promotions....

 at TripleMania XVIII
TripleMania XVIII
TripleManía XVIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion that took place on June 6, 2010 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico. The show featured eight with the main events being a "dream match" between L.A...

 where Mini Abismo Negro would defend the title against six challengers, including fellow Mini Viper Mini Psicosis. In the weeks leading up to the event Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Histeria and Mini Psicosis defeated Mascarita Divina, Mini Charly Manson and Octagoncito in a match that featured the use of both tables, ladders and chairs to preview the TripleMania XVIII match. At TripleMania XVIII Octagóncito outlasted eight other wrestlers (La Parkita and Mini Chessman were late additions to the match) in the TLC match to become the new AAA Mini-Estrella Champion. On April 27, 2011, Mini Psicosis defeated Octagóncito to win the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
    Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
    Asistencia Asesoría y Administración is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico...

  • AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
    AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship
    The AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . The championship is exclusively competed for in the Mini-Estrellas, or Minis, division...

     (1 time, current)
  • Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
    Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship
    The Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship is a professional wrestling championship endorsed by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. . The championship is exclusively for Mini-Estrellas or Minis, in Mexico...

     (1 time)

Lucha de Apuesta record

Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask Jerrito Estrada Milenio Unknown Unknown  
Mask Jerrito Estrada Mini Sanguinario Unknown Unknown  
Hair Jerrito Estrada Ringuito Mendoza Unknown Unknown  
Mask Jerrito Estrada El Espacial Torreón
Torreón
Torreón is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2010, the city's population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango,...

, Coahuila
Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...

 
Unknown  
Hair Jerrito Estrada Ringuito Mendoza Naucalpan
Naucalpan
Naucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is a city and municipality located just northwest of Mexico City in adjoining Mexico State. The name Naucalpan comes from Nahuatl and means “place of the four neighborhoods or four houses. “de Juárez was added to the official name in 1874 in honor of...

, State of Mexico 
Unknown  
Hair Jerrito Estrada Piratita Morgan Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

, Nuevo León
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

 
 
Hair Jerrito Estrada Piratita Morgan Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 
 
Hair Micro Konnan Jerrito Estrada León, Guanajuato
León, Guanajuato
The city of León, formally León de los Aldama is the sixth most populous city in Mexico and the first in the state of Guanajuato. It is also the seat of the municipality of León...

 

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