Octagoncito (AAA)
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Octagoncito posing after a victory
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| Born |
March 23, 1972 Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | La Parkita Octagoncito Panterita Zakurita |
| Billed height | 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Trained by | Cecilio Soriano Chucho Monrroy Halcon Star El Guerrero |
| Debut | 1995 |
Octagoncito (born March 23, 1973) is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler who works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's (AAA) Mini-Estrella division. He is the second wrestler to work under the ring name Octagoncito, being given the name after the original Octagoncito left AAA, although he still wrestles under the name on the independent circuit. Octagoncito's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that he has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division.
Octagoncito came from a very poor family; his father made a living selling coffee and orange juice and the family had very little money. Growing up he was a big fan of Lucha libre, especially such colorful characters as Super Muñeco and Super Pinocchio. In 1990 his family moved to Jalapa, Veracruz where he began spending a lot of time at Arena Japala gym.
The wrestler who would later become known as Octagoncito began training under Cecilio Soriano, Chucho Monrroy, Halcon Star and El Guerrero in 1993. Due to being so poor however, he could not afford to train full-time, and so he worked on and off in the gyms until making his professional wrestling debut in 1995 in Tulancingo, Hidalgo. He wrestled as a masked Mini-Estrella called Zakurita. He later worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) under the name Panterita, patterened after the regular-sized wrestler Pantera. In late 1996 the original Mini-Estrella La Parkita left AAA on bad terms and AAA owner Antonio Peña decided to give the La Parkita name, mask and outfit to a new wrestler. He chose the future Octagoncito to wear the skull mask and skeleton bodysuit and wrestle as La Parkita. One of his first appearances as La Parkita was at the World Wrestling Federation's 1997 Royal Rumble show, where he wrestled on the Free for All, pre-pay-per-view portion of the show, teaming with Mascarita Sagrada to defeat Mini Mankind and Mini Vader. On February 21, 1997 he made his first appearance at a major AAA event as he wrestled on the inargual Rey de Reyes show, teaming with Mini Nova and Super Muñequito, losing to the team of Mini Goldust, Mini Mankind and Mini Vader. Four months later La Parkita teamed with Octagoncito and a third Mini-Estrella to defeat Mini Goldust, Mini Mankind and Pentagoncito on the undercard of Triplemanía V-A.
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