Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

'Not mascots or buffoons': Mexico's dwarf wrestlers in the spotlight

Mexico’s lucha libre dwarf wrestlers in the spotlight

He is just 90 centimeters tall, but he packs muscles, power, and swagger in a little frame: meet Microman, the smallest star in Mexican professional wrestling.

Mexico's "lucha libre," a wildly popular mix of sport and entertainment, long featured midgets and dwarves in a deeply demeaning role: they were "mascotas" -- a word that can mean both "mascot" and "pet" -- for full-size wrestlers.

But a new generation of little people are now rising lucha libre stars in their own right, and dream of one day headlining the main events on their fight cards.

Microman wowed a . . .

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