L.A. Park

 

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La Parka/L.A. Park (The Skeleton of Death)

Name La Parka/L.A. Park (The Skeleton of Death) Real name Adolfo Tapia Ibarra Nicknames The Chairman, La Calaca Name history Adolfo Tapia (debut - ??), El Minero (DF), Príncipe Island (?? - 05/92), La Parka/La Parka Original (05/92 - ), L.A. Park (12/03 - ) Family Suplex (brother), Super Parka (uncle), Volador Jr. (cousin) Maestro(s) Alberto Mora, Raúl Reyes Birth date, location November 14, 1965 - Monclova, Coahuila Obituary date n/a Debut, location 1982 - Deportivo Arena 47 - Monclova, Coahuila Lost mask to El Hijo del Santo - November 21, 1987 (as Príncipe Island) Height 6'0"/183 cms Weight 255 lbs/116 kg Signature moves Corkscrew Bodyblock, Enzuigiri, Sunset Flip Power Bomb, Tope Suicida into an Armdrag Titles: Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Title (as Príncipe Island), Panama: European Middleweight Title (2, as Príncipe Island), WWA World Light Heavyweight Title (2), National Light Heavyweight Title (3), IWC World Heavyweight Title, XLAW Heavyweight Title, WWC Hardcore Title (2), WWA World Tag Team Championship (w/ Antifaz Del Norte), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (w/Shocker)

Biography

LA Park is a regular in CMLL. He's recently turned rudo in Mexico City, but still wrestles as a tecnico in many places and outside of CMLL. When he started his current stint with CMLL, he was presented as a freelancing outsider, and it's unclear if he still maintains that status (or if there's any real meaning to that distinction.)

As a tecnico, LA Park was getting a negative reaction from some of the tecnicos fans in 2006. (It's comparable, though not nearly as loud, as what happened with Atlantis a year earlier.) On April 30, 2006 - a special Kid's Day show at Arena Mexico - LA Park turned on his partners Mistico, Negro Casas, and Heavy Metal. Park teased a feud with Mistico and at an alliance with Perros del Mal, but his rudo turn has ended up more focused on a feud with Dr. Wagner Jr.

LA Park is best known to North American wrestling fans for his stint in World Championship Wrestling, where his trademark was striking his opponents over the head with a chair; thus, the nickname Chairman of the Board came into play. He is also remembered for his strutting and leg-wiggling dancing.

Controversy over the La Parka gimmick

LA Park is the original La Parka from AAA in the early '90s and the one who was in WCW and XPW. The rights to the gimmick of La Parka have been the subject of court battles since La Parka left AAA; so far, they've ruled that AAA owner Antonio Pena owns the name and the look, and LA Park can not use the "La Parka" on television in Mexico. (He's allowed to and does use La Parka in the US and elsewhere.)

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
??/??/??	mask	Principe Island	Gran Cóndor	unknown
??/??/??	hair	Principe Island	Gran Cóndor	unknown
??/??/??	mask	Principe Island	Príncipe Judas	unknown
??/??/??	mask	Principe Island	Guerrero Negro	unknown
??/??/??	mask	Principe Island	Bestia Negra I	unknown
85/02/17	mask	Clímax II	El Minero	Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
87/11/21	mask	El Hijo del Santo	Principe Island	Arena Apatlaco - Apatlaco, Mexico State
91/??/??	hair	Principe Island	Bestia Negra I	unknown
91/06/26	mask	Stuka	Invasor del Norte I	Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.
92/??/??	hair	Panterita del Ring	Principe Island	Monterrey, Nuevo León
98/07/20	mask	La Parka	Pierroth Jr.	Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
98/09/20	mask	La Parka	Wolf	Reynosa, Tamaulipas
00/07/17	hair	La Parka	Gran Markus Jr.	Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
01/??/??	mask (1)	La Parka	Shiryu Dragon	Gimnasio México 68 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
01/06/04	hair (2)	La Parka	El Dandy	Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.
01/06/25	mask (3)	La Parka	Huracán Ramírez Jr.	Salon Premier - Monclova, Coahuila
01/12/21	hair (4)	La Parka	Damian 666	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
04/10/08	hair	L. A. Park	Nicho el Millonario	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
05/10/??	hair (5)	L. A. Park	Super Parka	Palenque de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
06/02/04	mask	L. A. Park	Black Tiger III	Auditorio Municipal - Torreon
(1) Relevos suicidas vs. Roberto Paz Jr. & Zandokan II; (2) Triangle match with Bestia Salvaje; (3) Relevos suicidas vs. Villanos IV & V; (4) Cage Match; (5) Cage Match: also w/Dr. Wagner Jr. & Perro Aguayo Jr.

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Principe Island

as Panama European Middleweight Champ

1996

2004

w/ WWC Hardcore Title on right