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==Mini-Estrellas== [[File:Cuije.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[Cuije]], an example of ''Mini-Estrella'']] {{main|Mini-Estrella}} ''Lucha Libre'' has a division called the "Mini-Estrella" or "Minis" division, which unlike North American [[midget wrestling]], is not just for [[dwarfism|dwarfs]] but also for ''luchadores'' that are short. The maximum allowable height to participate in the Mini division was originally 5 feet, but in recent years wrestlers such as [[Pequeño Olímpico]] have worked the Minis division despite being {{height|m=1.69}} tall.<ref name=MondoMini>{{cite book | author= Madigan, Dan | title= Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling | publisher= HarperCollins Publishers | year= 2007 | chapter = You ain't seen nothing yet: the minis | pages = 209–212 | isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref> The Minis division was first popularized in the 1970s with wrestlers like Pequeño Luke and Arturito (a wrestler with an [[R2-D2]] gimmick) becoming noticed for their high flying abilities. In the late 1980s/early 1990s CMLL created the first actual "Minis" division, the brainchild of then-CMLL booker [[Antonio Peña]]. CMLL created the [[CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship]] in 1992, making it the oldest Minis championship still in existence today.<ref name=CMLLMini>{{cite book |author1=Royal Duncan |author2=Gary Will |name-list-style=amp |title=Wrestling Title Histories |publisher=Archeus Communications |chapter = Mexico: EMLL CMLL Midget (miniestrella) Title |page = 396 |year= 2000 |isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref> Minis are often patterned after "regular-sized" wrestlers and are sometimes called "mascotas" ("mascots") if they team with the regular-sized version.<ref name=MondoMini/>
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