Pequeño Reyes del Aire

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Pequeño Reyes del Aire
Pequeño Damián 666[3]
Most reignsPequeño Black Warrior (2)[4]
Youngest championMascarita Dorada (25 years, 319 days)
Heaviest championPequeño Damián 666/Demus 3:16 (80 kg (180 lb))
Lightest championMascarita Dorada (50 kg (110 lb))

The Pequeño Reyes del Aire Tournament (

CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship or the Mexican National Lightweight Championship, the two Mini-Estrellas championships that CMLL promotes, as a direct result of their tournament victory but has as times been used to build but either a championship match or storylines
between rival wrestlers.

There has been a total of ten tournaments held as of January 2015, with nine different winners, only

Stukita.[Note 1] Mascarita Dorada is the youngest tournament winner ever, at 25 years of age when he won the 2008 tournament while Fantasy is the youngest competitor ever, 18 years old when he entered the 2007 tournament. Pequeño Black Warrior is the oldest tournament winner, he was 42 years old when he won the 2012 Guadalajara tournament, while Pierrothito was 46 years old when he competed in the 2014 tournament
making him the oldest competitor overall.

Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament winners

Year Winner Date Note
2007
Pequeño Damián 666
July 13, 2007 [3]
2008 Mascarita Dorada January 4, 2008 [6]
2009 Pequeño Black Warrior January 6, 2009 [4]
2010 Pequeño Nitro March 7, 2010 [7]
2011 Pequeño Olímpico February 6, 2011 [8]
2012 (Mexico City)
Último Dragóncito
May 1, 2012 [9]
2012 (Guadalajara) Pequeño Black Warrior October 30, 2012 [10]
2013
Aéreo
January 6, 2013 [11]
2014 Eléctrico January 5, 2014 [1][2]
2015 Shockercito January 6, 2015

Pequeño Reyes del Aire participants

Name Tournaments Year
Acero
3 2009, 2012 #1, 2013
Aéreo 3 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2013
Astral 5 2011, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2014, 2015
Bam Bam 6 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 #1, 2013
Bracito de Oro 1 2007
Demus 3:16 / Pequeño Damián 666
8 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2014, 2015
Electrico 6 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 #1, 2014, 2015
Fantasy 7 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2013, 2015
Fire 2 2007, 2008
Mascarita Dorada 3 2008, 2009, 2011
Mercurio 6 2011, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2013, 2014, 2015
Mini Maximo
1 2011
Mr. Águilita 3 2007, 2008, 2009
Pequeño Black Warrior 6 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2013
Pequeño Halcón 3 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2013
Pequeño Halloween 3 2007, 2008, 2009
Pequeño Ninja 1 2009
Pequeño Nitro 6 2010, 2011, 2012 #1, 2013, 2014, 2015
Pequeño Olímpico 8 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2013, 2014, 2015
Pequeño Universo 2000 3 2010, 2012 #1, 2013
Pequeño Violencia 6 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2013
Pierrothito 5 2011, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2014, 2015
Shockercito 6 2008, 2010, 2012 #2, 2013, 2014, 2015
Sombrita 1 2007
Stukita
1 2014
Tzuki 1 2008
Último Dragóncito
6 2009, 2010, 2012 #1, 2012 #2, 2014, 2015

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2007)

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2007)
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2008

CMLL held their first Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament in 2007, two years after they created the

CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion).[3][12] Pequeño Damián 666 would win the match, eliminating Bam Bam as the last opponent to take the victory.[12] Four months after his 2007 Pequeños Reyes del Aire victory Pequeño Damián 666 would defeat Pequeño Olímpico to win the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship, although the title match was not a direct prize of the tournament Pequeño Damián 666's victory did elevate him up the contenders ranks.[12]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2007) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1 Sombrita Bracito de Oro
2 Eléctrico Mr. Águilita
3 Fire Fantasy
4 Bracito de Oro Pequeño Halloween
5 Mr. Águilita Bam Bam
6 Fantasy
Pequeño Damián 666
7 Pequeño Olímpico
Pequeño Damián 666 and Pequeño Halloween
8 Pequeño Halloween Bam Bam
9 Bam Bam
Pequeño Damián 666
10
Pequeño Damián 666
Winner

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2008)

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2008)
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2009

CMLL held their second ever Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament on January 6, 2008 and like the previous year it was a

Pequeño Damián 666, who was actually the first man eliminated from the match. Other tournament participants included Bam Bam, Fantasy, Fire, Mascarita Dorada, Mr. Águilita, Pequeño Black Warrior, Pequeño Halloween, Shockercito and Tzuki. The winner of the match was Mascarita Dorada, who had only worked for CMLL for a few months at the time and was in the middle of being built up as the focal point of the Mini-Estrellas division.[6][14]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2008) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1 Fire Fantasy
2 Shockercito Mr. Águilita
3 Fantasy Pequeño Black Warrior
4 Mr. Águilita Bam Bam
5 Pequeño Black Warrior Tzuki
6 Tzuki Pequeño Halloween
7 Pequeño Halloween Bam Bam
8 Bam Bam
Pequeño Damián 666
9
Pequeño Damián 666
Mascarita Dorada
10 Mascarita Dorada Winner

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2009)

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2009)
Mexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Coliseo
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2010

The third annual Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament took place on Tuesday January 6, 2009 in

Último Dragóncito. The final of the tournament saw Pequeño Black Warrior pin Último Dragóncito to win the 2009 tournament.[4]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2009) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1 Mr. Águilita
Nino de Acero
2 Bam Bam
Pequeño Damián 666
3
Niño de Acero
Pequeño Halloween
4
Pequeño Damián 666
Último Dragóncito
5 Pequeño Halloween Pequeño Ninja (double pin)
5 Pequeño Ninja Pequeño Halloween (double pin)
7 Pequeño Violencia Mascarita Dorada
8
Último Dragóncito
Referee stoppage
9 Mascarita Dorada Pequeño Black Warrior
10 Pequeño Black Warrior Winner

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2010)

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2010)
Mexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Coliseo
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2011

The fourth annual Pequeños Reyes del Aire took place on March 7, 2010 in Mexico City, Mexico, during CMLL's Domingos de Coliseo weekly event in

Último Dragóncito which made for the most participants in the tournament yet.[16] The tournament was won by relative newcomer Pequeño Nitro who earned a shot at the CMLL World Mini-Estrellas Championship the following week.[17]
Pequeño Nitro was unsuccessful in his title challenge.

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2010) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1 Pequeño Universo 2000 Shockercito
2 Pequeño Olímpico Pequeño Violencia
3 Shockercito Pequeño Black Warrior
4 Pequeño Violencia Eléctrico
5 Pequeño Black Warrior
Último Dragóncito
6 Eléctrico
Pequeño Damián 666
7
Pequeño Damián 666
Último Dragóncito
8
Último Dragóncito
Pequeño Nitro
9 Bam Bam Pequeño Nitro
10 Pequeño Nitro Winner

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2011)

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2011)
Mexico City, Mexico
VenueArena Coliseo
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2012 Mexico City

CMLL held their annual Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament on February 6, 2011 although they promoted the fact that the winner would get a shot at the

Pequeño Olimpico, Pequeño Violencia and Pierrothito. In the end Pequeño Olimpico pinned Mascarita Dorada to become the official challenger for Bam Bam's championship.[8] The following week Pequeño Olimpico defeated Bam Bam to win the title.[18]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2011) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1
Mini Maximo
Mercurio[8]
2 Pequeño Nitro Fantasy[8]
3 Astral Pierrothito[8]
4 Fantasy Pequeño Violencia[8]
5 Mercurio Eléctrico[8]
6 Pequeño Violencia Mascarita Dorada[8]
7 Electrico Pierrothito (double pin)[8]
8 Pierrothito Eléctrico (double pin)[8]
9 Mascarita Dorada Pequeño Olímpico[8]
10 Pequeño Olímpico Winner[8]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2012)

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2012 Guadalajara

The Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament returned in 2012 with the fifth version of the tournament, this time with 16 competitors, the largest number of wrestlers ever. The tournament took place on May 1, 2012 and was back in Arena Mexico. For the torneo cibernetico the competitors were split into two teams as

CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion Pierrothito working together against Último Dragóncito. Dragóncito overcame the odds to eliminate both and take the 2012 Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament.[9][19]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2012) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1
Niño de Acero
Pequeño Universo 2000
2
Aéreo
Pequeño Halcón
3 Pequeño Universo 2000 Mercurio
4 Pequeño Halcón Fantasy
5 Mercurio Pequeño Nitro
6 Pequeño Nitro Bam Bam
7 Pequeño Black Warrior Demus 3:16
8 Fantasy Pequeño Violencia
9 Pequeño Violencia Eléctrico
10 Astral Demus 3:16 (double pin)
10 Demus 3:16 Astral (double pin)
12 Eléctrico Bam Bam
13 Bam Bam Pequeño Olímpico
14 Pequeño Olímpico
Último Dragóncito
15 Pierrothito
Último Dragóncito
16
Último Dragóncito
Winner

Pequeños Reyes del Aire 2012 (Guadalajara)

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2012 Guadalajara)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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CMLL held a second Pequeños Reyes del Aire in 2012, this time in Arena Coliseo in

steel cage match, contested under Luchas de Apuestas ("Bet match") where everyone will risk either their mask or their hair.[20]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire 2012 (Guadalajara) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1
Aereo
Mercurio[10]
2 Pequeño Halcón Pequeño Olímpico[10]
3 Mercurio Fantasy[10]
4 Pequeño Olímpico Astral[10]
5 Fantasy Demus 3:16,[10]
6 Pequeño Violencia
Último Dragóncito[10]
7 Astral Pierrothito[10]
8 Demus 3:16, Shockercito[10]
9 Pierrothito Shockercito[10]
10 Shockercito Pequeño Black Warrior[10]
11
Último Dragóncito
Pequeño Black Warrior[10]
12 Pequeño Black Warrior Winner[10]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2013)

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Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2014)

CMLL held the 2013 version of the Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament on January 6, 2013, once again in

CMLL World Mini-Estrella Champion Pequeño Olímpico to win the tournament, his first major CMLL accomplishment.[11]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2013) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1 Pequeño Halcón  
2 Pequeño Universo 2000  
3
Acero
 
4 Shockercito  
5 Pequeño Nitro  
6 Pequeño Black Warrior  
7 Fantasy  
8 Mercurio  
9 Pequeño Violencia  
10 Bam Bam Pequeño Olímpico
11 Pequeño Olímpico Aéreo
12 Aéreo Winner

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2014)

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2015

CMLL held the 2014 version of the Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament on January 5, 2014, in

Último Dragóncito. The match came down to Astral and Eléctrico, both on the same team during the early portions of the match. In end Eléctrico landed badly on a dive to the outside onto Astral and hurt both himself and Astral. When Astral was unable to compete he was counted out and Eléctrico was declared the winner. The impact from the dive was so severe that both Astral and Eléctrico ended up having to go to the hospital after the match.[1][2]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2014) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1
Stukita
Pequeño Olímpico[11][2]
2 Mercurio Shockercito[11][2]
3 Pequeño Nitro
Último Dragóncito[11][2]
4 Shockercito Pierrothito[11][2]
5 Pequeño Olímpico
Último Dragóncito (Double pin)[11][2]
5
Último Dragóncito
Pequeño Olímpico (Double Pin)[11][2]
7 Demus 3:16 Astral[11][2]
8 Pierrothito Eléctrico[11][2]
9 Astral Count out[11][2]
10 Eléctrico Winner[11][2]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2015)

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The 2015 Pequeños Reyes del Aire (Spanish for "Little Kings of the Air") tournament was the tenth version of an annual

Demus 3:16, Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico and Pierrothito. In the end Shockercito pinned Pierrothito to win the 2015 Pequeños Reyes del Aire tournament, the first tournament win of Shockercito's career.[21]

Pequeños Reyes del Aire (2015) order of elimination
Order Wrestler Eliminated by
1 Fantasy
Demus 3:16
2 Pequeño Olímpico Último Dragoncito
3 Pequeño Nitro  
4 Último Dragoncito  
5
Demus 3:16
Astral
6 Eléctrico Astral
7 Astral Unable to continue wrestling
8 Mercurio Shockercito
9 Pierrothito Shockercito
10 Shockercito Winner

Footnotes

  1. ^ The statistics are supported by the source for each individual tournament.

References

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