Martín Rodríguez (April 24, 1968 – October 12, 2020), better known by the ring name Espantito (Spanish for "Little Terror" or "Little Scare"), was a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler) working in the Mini-Estrella ("Mini-Star") division.
[2] While he wanted to become a luchador, it was hard for him to find a trainer willing to train someone of his diminutive stature, standing only 151 cm (4 ft 11 in) in his teens.
[1] In the early 1990s the Mini-Estrella concept was introduced in Mexico, featuring not just midget wrestling but also wrestlers who were short in stature.
A lot of these new Mini-Estrellas used the same ring character as regular sized wrestlers such as Octagoncito being a smaller version of Octagón.
[1] As Espantito he was one of the first competitors in the newly created Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's (AAA) Mini-Estrella division.
[12] By the late 1990s Espantito left AAA and began working primarily on the Mexican Independent circuit, often touring with a troupe of Mini-Estrellas such as Octagoncito, Piratita Morgan and Tzuki.
The group toured the U.S., working for various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) promotions as well as showcasing lucha libre and the Mini-Estrella style throughout the south-west.