Mexico's dwarf wrestlers fight back against mockery to become stars
A new generation of little people are now rising lucha libre stars in their own right, and dream of one day headlining the main events.

Mexico's \"lucha libre,\" a wildly popular mix of sport and entertainment, long featured midgets and dwarves in a deeply demeaning role: they were \"mascotas\" -- a word that can mean both \"mascot\" and \"pet\" -- for full-size wrestlers (Photo: AFP)
A new generation of little people are now rising lucha libre stars in their own right, and dream of one day headlining the main events.
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