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Guapito

Armando Mercado García (born August 27, 1981) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, who works under the ring name Guapito ("The Little Handsome One"). He works for the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion where he portrays a face (known as a técnico in lucha libre, the protagonists of professional wrestling). He is one of the competitors in CMLL's Micro-Estrella ("Micro-Star") division where he competes with and against other wrestlers with dwarfism.

Guapito
Guapito after winning a match on November 30, 2018
Birth nameArmando Mercado García
Born (1981-08-27) August 27, 1981 (age 43)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Madrox/Mandrox
  • Guapito
Billed height1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
Debut2006

He began his career in 2006 working as the masked mascota companion Madrox, sometimes spelled Mandrox, working for AAA as part of their "Los Alienígenas" group. In 2007 he began working as Guapito ("The Little Handsome One"), playing a vain, self-obsessed "Guapo" character as he worked as a mascota for Shocker and Scorpio Jr. who portrayed similar characters. In 2017 Guapito made his debut in CMLL's Micro-Estrella division.

Professional wrestling career

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AAA (2006–2009)

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García's first job in professional wrestling involved him playing the role of "Mandrox" (sometimes spelled "Madrox"), a masked mascota, a diminutive version of a regular-sized wrestler, for an AAA group known as "Los Alienígenas".[1] The group consisted of Alliens, Mungo, and Kriptor along with Mandrox, all of whom wore alien inspired masks and bodysuits, essentially pretending to be extraterrestrial wrestlers, communicating mainly with clicking sounds. The group worked primarily with El Alebrije and his diminutive mascota Cuije.[2]

In 2007, AAA began teasing that the Los Guapos VIP group would introduce a new leader to replace Shocker, who had left AAA. García was introduced by AAA under the ring name "Guapito", complete with bleach blonde hair, and expensive-looking suits as the leader/mascota of Los Guapos VIP.[3][4] Guapito and Scorpio Jr. unsuccessfully challenged Cuije and El Alebrije for the AAA Mascot Tag Team Championship on December 2, 2007.[5] In 2008 most of Los Guapos VIP (Scorpio Jr., Zumbido, and Guapito) left AAA to work on the independent circuit,[6] but Guapito returned to AAA shortly after without any explanation.[7] At the 2008 Guerra de Titanes show, Guapito accompanied El Brazo for a six-man steel cage match, where the last person in the cage would get his hair shaved off. The match came down to El Brazo and El Elegido when Guapito entered the cage to help out. As Elegido climbed out, El Brazo attacked Guapito, hoping to leave the diminutive Guapito in the cage to get his hair shaved off. Instead Guapito was able to climb out, forcing El Brazo to be shaved bald.[8][9]

Independent circuit (2009–2017)

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On September 14, 2013, as part of International Wrestling League's third anniversary show Guapito, El Gallito and Feliz lost to Chamuel.[10] At the Federación Universal de Lucha Libre Guerra de Leyendas show the team of El Divo, El Hijo de Máscara Sagrada, Lady Apache, and Mascarita Sagrada defeated Guapito, Hator, Rossy Moreno, and Scorpio Jr.[11]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2017–present)

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In early 2017 CMLL hired Guapito to help establish a Micro-Estrellas ("Micro-Stars") division, featuring only wrestlers with dwarfism. The first match of the Micro-Estrellas division took place on April 30, 2017, and saw El Gallito and Microman defeat Mije and Zacarías el Perico in a special featured match, with Guapito refereeing the match.[12][13] By October 2017, Guapito transitioned from being the Micro-Estrella referee to being a competitor, making his debut in the division on October 17.[14] For the first anniversary of the Micro-Estrellas division, CMLL held an eight-micros torneo cibernético elimination match, featuring the entire active Micro-Estrella division at the time.[15] Guapito, Microman, Átomo, and Zacarías took on Mije, Angelito, Chamuel, and El Gallito, which saw Microman pin Chamuel to win the tournament while Guapito was the fifth man eliminated from the match.[16] The Micro-Estrellas appeared at CMLL's Leyendas Mexicanas ("Mexican Legends") supercard show where Guapito, Microman, and El Gallito defeated Mije, Chamuel and Zacarías in the second match of the night.[17][18] At the 2019 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas ("Homage to two legends") show, Guapito and his team once again won.[19]

Guapito, Zaracias, and Chamuel teamed up once again for the Arena Coliseo 76th Anniversary show, but once against lost to the trio of Átomo, Gallito, and Microman.[20] With the popularity of the Micro-Estrellas division, CMLL introduced the CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship in December 2019.[21] Guapito and five other Micro-Estrellas (Chamuel, Átomo, Gallito, Microman, and Zacarías) were involved in the elimination match to determine the first champion on December 25. Guapito was the second man eliminated, as he was pinned by El Gallito. In the end, Chamuel defeated Microman to win the championship.[22][23]

Luchas de Apuestas record

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Guapito (hair) El Brazo (hair) Oriziba, Mexico Guerra de Titanes December 6, 2008 [a]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ This was a steel cage match that Guapito was not originally involved in, but at the end entered the cage to help El Brazo. El Brazo turned on his, but Guapito escaped the cage and El Brazo had his hair shaved off.[8][9][24]

References

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  1. ^ "AAA Sin Limite". CageMatch. August 20, 2006. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras" [Mask Encyclopedia]. Aliens y Mandrox (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Mina. July 2007. p. 15. Tomo I.
  3. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "You ain't seen nothing yet: the minis". Mondo Lucha a Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 209–212. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  4. ^ "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" [2007 the best of Mexican professional wrestling]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244. Archived from the original on December 27, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  5. ^ "AAA Mascota Tag Team Championship >> 20.08.2004 - 23.02.2011: El Alebrije & Cuije". CageMatch. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  6. ^ SuperLuchas staff (July 22, 2008). "Guapos con IWRG" [The Guapos in IWRG]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). issue 270. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  7. ^ Yoav (June 22, 2008). "Los Guapos se echan para atras solo Scorpio Jr se independiza" [Los Guapos back down only Scorpio Jr becomes independent]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Guerra de Titanes" [War of the Titans]. Box y Lucha (in Spanish). December 16, 2008. p. 10. issue 2902.
  9. ^ a b "Guerra de Titanes 2008, AAA" [War of the Titans 2008, AAA]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). December 7, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  10. ^ "IWL 3. Aniversario". CageMatch. September 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  11. ^ "FULL Guerra de Leyendas". CageMatch. August 15, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  12. ^ "Meet Microman, the pint sized wrestler leading a 'lucha libre' revolution in Mexico". The Telegraph. Agence France-Presse. September 28, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  13. ^ "CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico". CageMatch. April 30, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  14. ^ "CMLL Sabados de Coliseo". CageMatch. October 17, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2019. Gallito, Guapito & Microman defeat Chamuel, Mije & Zacarias
  15. ^ Janowitz, Nathaniel (July 19, 2018). "Little people in the 'lucha libre' are the main event". ESPN. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  16. ^ "CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico". CageMatch. April 29, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  17. ^ Magadan, Leobardo (December 23, 2018). "2018 Año de emociones Jerry Estrada regresa a la Arena Mexico despues de 26 añnos" [2018 year of emotions Jerry Estrada returns to Arena Mexico after 26 years]. Estrellas Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  18. ^ Rosas Platas, Arturo (December 1, 2018). "Es lucha libre Patrimonio Cultural Intangible CDMX" [Professional wrestling is an Intangible Cultural Heritage CDMX]. Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  19. ^ Dark Angelita (March 16, 2019). "CMLL: Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2019 - Los Ingobernables, pelones" [CMLL: Homage to Two Legends 2019 -Los Ingobernables, bald]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  20. ^ "CMLL Sabados De Coliseo - 76. Aniversario de la Arena Coliseo de Mexico City". CageMatch. April 6, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  21. ^ VideosOficialesCMLL (December 11, 2019). "CMLL informa 11 de diciembre de 2019" [CMLL Informa December 11, 2019] (in Spanish). YouTube. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  22. ^ Cardoso, Javier (December 25, 2019). "Marcela y Chamuel los triunfadores en la gran función de Navidad en el CMLL" [Marcela and Chamuel are triumphant at CMLL's great Christmas event]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  23. ^ Dark Angelita (December 25, 2019). "CMLL: Chamuel, primer monarca mundial de Micro Estrellas" [CMLL: Chamuel, first king of the Micro Stars]. Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  24. ^ "AAA Guerra de Titánes". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). December 14, 2008. issue 292.
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