Kemonito, a history of discrimination in Mexican wrestling

KeMonito, a 80 centimeter tall wrestler, has accumulated 21 years of humiliation, humiliation, workplace violence and discrimination due to his short stature in the Mexican pankration.

“I feel bad and disappointed because they think that because we are short (short people) we are not human,” he admitted EFE The most famous sub-meter tall esthete of the modern era of Mexican wrestling.

Jesus Juarez Rosales, the name of the KeMonito fighter, had a career spanning 35 years. It all started with a name Alushaa character who was a manager and squire Darka Mexican wrestling legend with whom he starred in a television program.

Along with Tinieblas, he was respected in the ring, but since becoming Kemonito in 2002, he has been treated with discrimination because the company World Wrestling Council (CMLL) served as an accessory or “mascot” for a normal-sized wrestler.

His role was to accompany normal-sized gladiators and be punished by opponents, as he did in 2008 in front of thousands of fans at the tournament. Mexico City Arena KeMonito was sent out of the ring by a kick from 1.75m tall Último Guerrero.

This wasn’t the only time KeMonito had to succumb to injury. One day, a Canadian vampire, a heavyweight fighter, struck him with a hammer – a punishment prohibited in mexican wrestling because it causes serious neck injuries that can be fatal.

“When I took on the role, I wanted to give birth to little people or defective because they didn’t take us into account in the fight against us; “They push us away, even though in many cases we have more knowledge and more values ​​than others who say they don’t have a disability,” added KeMonito, who is fighting a legal battle over character preservation with CMLL.

According to Rosales, the World Council only provided him with a drawing, and he designed the costume. It was named by Adolfo Morales, the late narrator, but it was the company that brought wrestling to Mexico that registered the name with the authorities 90 years ago.

KeMonito’s best moments were: Mystic’s Companionwhich in the first decade of the 2000s sparked the latest “boom” of Mexican wrestling, filling arenas and once again making the sport relevant in the country in a way not seen since Saint And Blue Demon.

He accompanied Místico in his most important fights, but was also defeated by his rivals, and it was during those years that the blow he dealt him happened. Last Warrioras a result of which he was injured.

“They always treated me differently. With Eltimo Guerrero I suffered injuries and the only attention they gave me was asking me to go to the doctor, but if I needed surgery, they didn’t pay me for it, and if I had to be away on sick leave, they didn’t pay me for the time I was away. Normal-sized fighters weren’t treated like that.”

Last September wrestler KeMonito sues CMLL for the crime of fraud in the degree of authorship and claim wages due to him for an undisclosed period of time.

Rosales is not ruling out a new lawsuit for discrimination he believes he suffered at the company where he worked for more than two decades. He remains inactive for now due to injury and is awaiting a court victory so he can continue to represent himself as KeMonito as an independent fighter.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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