Mini Charly Manson with Octagoncito on his shoulders
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Birth name | Arturo Santos Hernández |
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Born | July 9, 1987 |
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Ring name(s) |
Mini Charly Manson Mini Sky Black |
Trained by | Tom Mix, Jr. Gran Apache |
Debut | 2004 |
Arturo Santos Hernández (born July 9, 1987) is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler and bodybuilder, better known by his ring name Mini Charly Manson. He works in the Mini-Estrella division for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), and was the first holder of the AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship. Not to be confused Charly Manson Jr. who sometimes works under the name Mini Charly Manson.
Arturo Santos trained for a professional wrestling career under Tom Mix, Jr. a wrestler who has trained a number of people who have later competed in Mexico's Mini-Estrella division. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that Santos has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division, including Mini Abismo Negro. He made his debut in 2004 working under the ring name "Mini Sky Black", working with various Mini-Estrellas on the Mexican Independent circuit.
In mid-2006 Santos began working for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), one of Mexico's two largest wrestling companies. In AAA he was given a new ring name and look, as he was turned into "Mini Charly Manson", a Mascota version of Charly Manson, complete with facepaint, wrestling outfit and entrance music. Initially he worked as a Rudo (bad guy) teaming up with other Mascota variations of Charly Manson's allies such as Mini Cuervo. His first storyline feud was against Mascarita Divina, a técnico (good guy) Mini-Estrella who happened to be Santos' cousin, although that fact was not revealed to the general audience. He worked storylines against Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito that people predicted would end in a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet matches, between the wrestlers but Mini Charly Manson turned técnico before such matches could happen. Mini Manson's turn mirrored the turn of the regular sized Manson, in this case it was initiated by an attack from Mini Abismo Negro which turned Mini Charly Manson from a hated character to a sympathetic one that the crowd could get behind. At one point Mini Charly Manson participated in a two and a half month tour of the United States with fellow AAA wrestlers Psicosis II, Decnnis, Súper AAA and Mini Chessman to showcase Lucha Libre.