Mascarita Sagrada

Back in CMLL Sagrada took part in CMLL's 57th Anniversary show, this time in a traditional Luchador trios match teaming with Pequeno Cobarde and Aguilita Solitaria to beat los Pequeno Infernales (Piratita Morgan, MS ½, and Espectrito).

Mascarita Sagrada (Spanish, 'Little Sacred Mask', real name not known, born January 11, 1965) is a Mexican Mini Luchador enmascarado (Spanish, 'Mini Masked wrestler') and one of the most well-known Mexican Minis of the modern era.

He is the original Mascarita Sagrada although there have been several wrestlers who have used the same gimmick through the years.

In Mexico, Mascarita Sagrada has worked for AAA, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and a long list of independent promoters over the years.

He has also worked for American wrestling promotions World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Lucha VaVOOM.

He started training as a luchador in 1987 under the instructions of Muralla Sangrienta I and Sr. Genaro Contreras.

His first appearance in the ring was as Pequeno Luki, teaming with Arturito ("Little Luke" and R2-D2).

The team wrestled Gran Nikolai and Pequeno Goliath in Sagrada's debut.

In late 1989 then Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) booker Antonio Peña created the mini division for CMLL.

The original plan for Mascarita Sagrada was that he would be known as "Mini Atlantis" (named after Atlantis) but instead he was patterned after popular luchador Máscara Sagrada and given the name Mascarita Sagrada.

In the late 1990s he worked for the WWF as Mini Nova (sometimes just "Nova").

He has also been featured in several films and marketing campaigns, including an uncredited cameo in the film My Giant with Billy Crystal and an ad campaign for Virgin Mobile.

The original Mascarita Sagrada was born in San Felipe Pescador, Zacatecas.

in 1992 CMLL created a CMLL World Minis Championship due to the popularity of the minis division.

Mascarita Sagrada defeated rival Espectrito in the finals to become the first CMLL Mini-Estrella world champion.

Three months after winning the title Mascara Sagrada left CMLL to join Antonio Peña's newly created Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, later known simply as "AAA", promotion.

Upon leaving CMLL the Minis title becomes vacant.

Mascarita Sagrada and Espectrito continued their feud in AAA, now with the newly created Mexican National Mini-Estrella Championship on the line instead of the CMLL one.

On January 8, 1994 Espectrito defeated Sagrada in the tournament final to claim the title.

On March 3, 1994 the roles were reversed once again as Mascarita Sagrada defeated Espectrito in a tournament final to win the newly created IWC World Minis Championship that was promoted mainly in the United States.

the following month Mascarita Sagrada became a double title holder defeating Espectrito for the Mexican National title.

On February 2, 1994 Jerrito Estrada defeated Sagrada for the National Minis title, and at some point during 1994 Espectrito won the IWC Minis title.

On November 4, 1994 Mascarita Sagrada and Octagoncito teamed up to defeat Espectrito and Jerrito Estrada on AAA's first ever pay-per-view event When Worlds Collide

1995 saw Mascarita Sagrada return to WWC for their 22nd Anniversary show.

This time he faced another man he would develop a long lasting rivalry in Piratita Morgan.

During this time period Mascarita Sagrada's relationship with AAA became strained as he resented the introduction of "Mascarita Sagrada, Jr."

feeling that the company was trying to make money of his popularity.

In late 1996 Mascara Sagrada wrestled in a dark match before Starrcade 1996, where he teamed with Octagoncito (mini version of Octagón) and defeated Jerrito Estrada and Piratita Morgan.

the next day the teams faced again, this time on Monday Nitro, both times saw Sagrada and Octagoncito win.

In 1997 Mascarita Sagrada signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as part of their working relationship that saw several AAA wrestlers work for them.

Sagrada was repackaged as Mini Nova or just Nova because Mascara Sagrada did not appear on WWF shows.

The same was true for Mascara Sagrada, Jr. who was repackaged as "Max Mini" and Octagoncito that was repackaged as "Mosaic".

Sagrada, or rather Nova made his in-ring debut at Bad Blood 1997 where Nova and Max Mini faced Tarantula and Mosaic.

The match was not originally scheduled for the PPV, but the originally scheduled match was cancelled as Brian Pillman was found dead earlier that day.

Nova and Mini won.

Nova made two appearances on WWF's Shotgun Saturday Night.

On November 11, 1997 the minis made an appearance on Monday Night Raw where Max Mini, Nova, and Taurus fought Battalion, Tarantula and El Torito (Rival Espectrito under a different mask).

The match was interrupted when Kane came to the ring and scared off the minis.

During his first year working as Mascarita Sagrada he made guest appearances in Puerto Rico working for the World Wrestling Council (WWC) at their 17th Anniversary show teaming with Aguilita Solitaria losing to the team of Piratita Morgan and Espectrito.

This was one of the early pairings of Mascarita Sagrada and Espectrito, a rivalry that would last for a decade and span several promotions.