El Gallito is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler. He currently works for the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Librepromotion where he portrays a face. He is one of the competitors in CMLL's Micro-Estrella division where he competes with and against other wrestlers with dwarfism. He started his professional wrestling career as a mascota companion for the regular-sized wrestler El Gallo, on who El Gallitos ring persona, masks and tights are patterned on. In 2017 he became an active wrestler in the Micro-Estrella division. He was originally known as El Gallito Tapatio, Spanish for "The Little Rooster from Guadalajara", later shortened to just "The Little Rooster".
El Gallito started his professional wrestling career as a mascota for El El Gallo in 2012. As a mascota, he portrayed a diminutive version of El Gallo, complete with the same rooster character as El Gallo. The rooster imagery was supported by his mask, complete with a fake Cockscombon top of his head and fabric wattles dangling from his chin. As a mascota he would accompany El Gallo to the ring, designed mainly to appeal to kids and help El Gallo portray a tecnico character.
Micro-Estrellas division (2017–present)
In early 2017 CMLL recruited El Gallito, and his fellow mascotasMije and fellow Zacarias el Perico to help establish a Micro-Estrellas 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 Zacarias in a special featured match. For the first anniversary of the Micro-Estrellas division, CMLL held an eight-micros torneo ciberneticoelimination match, featuring the entire active Micro-Estrella division at the time. Gallito, Mije, Angelito, and Chamuel took on Microman, Atomo, Guapito, and Zacarias. In the end, Microman pinned Chamuel to win the tournament while Gallito was the fourth man eliminated from the match. For the 2018 Día de Muertossupercard show Gallito, Microman, and Atomo defeated Mije, Chamuel, and Zacarias two falls to one. four weeks later the Micro-Estrellas also appeared at CMLL's Leyendas Mexicanas show where Gallito, Microman, and Guapito defeated Mije, Chamuel, and Zacarias in the second match of the night. At the 2019 version of the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show El Gallito and his team once again won their match. With the popularity of the Micro-Estrellas, CMLL introduced the CMLL World Micro-Estrellas Championship in December 2019. El Gallito and five other Micro-Estrellas were involved in the elimination match to determine the first champion on December 25. El Gallito was the second-to-last man eliminated from the match. In the end, Chamuel pinned Microman to eliminate him and win the championship.
While working for CMLL, El Gallito, like all CMLL workers, is allowed to take independent circuit bookings on days he is not needed by CMLL. El Gallito's independent circuit appearances usually see him team with and face off against other CMLL Micro-Estrellas. His first non-CMLL match was on June 14, 2017. on a Promociones El Cholo show in Tijuana, Baja California, and saw El Gallito and Microman defeat Mije and Zacarias by disqualification. On September 15, 2018, El Gallito and Microman defeated Chamuel and Zacarias in a match at the Benito Juarez ExpoMuseo in Mexico City. The Micro-Estrellas also competed at Desastre Total Ultraviolento's 11th Anniversary Show, which featured Gallito and Microman defeating Mije and Zacarias. They also made a special appearance for The Crash Lucha Libre, one of Mexico's largest independent promotions, with El Gallito and Microman once again defeating Chamuel and Zacarias in their March 2, 2019 match.
Reception
Súper Luchas magazine described the Micro-Estrellas division debut match between Microman and El Gallito vs. Mije and Zacarias, as "an encounter with a fall that literally stole the night."
