Line #43 Wrestling/LaParka


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2	[[caption-width-right:211:The [[PunnyName Chairman]] of WCW]]
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4	->''"Skull Captain is in the Hizzouse!... You don’t need the 411, when you got the 1414, one for me and one for my homies!"''
5	-->-- '''Ed Ferrara''' dubbing for La Parka.
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7	Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (born November 14, 1965) is a UsefulNotes/{{Mexic\|o}}an {{Professional Wrestl\|ing}}er best known as '''La Parka.''' He started his career in the 1980s and worked under the names '''El Gringo''' and '''El Minero''' until he lost the El Minero mask. He changed to '''El Asesino de Tepito''' until he lost that mask. Then he tried '''Principe Island''', until [[OverlyLongGag he lost]] ''that'' mask. He joined Wrestling/{{AAA}} when it was starting up in 1992, and the promoter Antonio Peña came up with the idea for the La Parka gimmick, which stuck. He mainly competed for AAA with a quick side trip in 1995 to Wrestling/{{ECW}}. He made his [=PPV=] debut at ''AAA When Worlds Collide'' in a Trios match teaming with Jerry Estrada and Blue Panther in a loss to [[Wrestling/TooColdScorpio 2 Cold Scorpio]], Wrestling/TitoSantana and [[Wrestling/ChrisBenoit Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit)]]. He arrived in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in late 1996, debuting on the November 18, 1996 ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' with a win over fellow luchador Juventud Guerrera. While he never won a title in WCW, he was ''very'' popular due to how exciting and entertaining he was. He left WCW in 2000. He was forced to change his name to '''L.A. Park''' because Peña had introduced a second La Parka and, after the regular La Parka signed with AAA's rival Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, Peña filed an injunction preventing him from being billed as La Parka in Mexico. He also made some unsuccessful appearances for Wrestling/{{TNA}} and a variety of independent promotions in the U.S. and Mexico. In 2010, he returned to AAA, though he left three years later. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/iwc-h.html IWC (Mexico) World Heavyweight Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/cmll/cmll-t.html CMLL World Tag Team Champion]] with Shocker, a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/mex-lh.html National (Mexico) Light Heavyweight Champion]], and most recently [[https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/mlw/mlw-t.html MLW World Tag Team Champion]] with his son El Hijo de L.A. Park.
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10	!! "''Tropes asociados con La Parka''":
11	* [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope [=AAA=] Owns This Name]]: He had to change his name because AAA wouldn't let him use it after they gave the La Parka gimmick to a different wrestler. After Parka II's death resulting from an accident in the ring, L.A. kept the new name as a form of tribute.
12	* AirGuitar: With the steel chair during his ring entrances.
13	* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: La Parka Jr. while he wasn't in Mexico and La Super Muerte in Bolivia
14	* ArchEnemy:
15	** In Mexico, Dr. Wagner, Jr.
16	** In WCW, [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Disco Inferno]]
17	** In Wrestling/{{MLW}}: Wrestling/{{Sabu}} (in the Underground years), Wrestling/JacobFatu (in the revival).
18	** La Parka II for a while once they were actually in the same promotion together.
19	%%* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: His .
20	* TheDeadCanDance: He's a guy in a skeleton costume who would dance on the chair he brought with him.
21	* DemBones: His whole costume is of a skeleton.
22	* DistaffCounterpart: La Novia De La Parka in AAA, Rosetta Par-K in Lucha Libre USA
23	* DreadlockWarrior: In AAA as La Park
24	* EasilyDistractedReferee: Parodied in the WWL, where he interrupted one of Blue Demon Jr's pin fall covers by slowly walking in front of the ref and nothing else.
25	* FinishingMove: ''La [=Parkinator=]'' (Corkscrew moonsault)
26	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In WCW, when La Parka and Wrestling/SilverKing would be on the same side in tag matches. La Parka would do the La Parka Dance in the ring, and on the apron Silver King would either freak out over how awesome the dance was, or dance along with him.
27	* GagDub: In WCW in late 1999 when he was a member of Wrestling/VinceRusso's the Powers That Be group. Ed Ferrara provided his voice for the part in JiveTurkey.
28	* GimmickMatches: Defeated Sabu at ''MLW Revolutions'' on May 9, 2003 in a "Mexican Massacre Match." He also defeated Wrestling/PentagonJr in his MLW Fusion debut in 2018, in the same match.
29	* TheGrimReaper: His ring name and attire invoke this.
30	* HardHead: Matched headbutts with a freaking Samoan in Wrestling/JacobFatu. While his head was bleeding from a spike attack.
31	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses his [[ArsenalAttire belt]] as a weapon, but [[ImprobableUseOfAWeapon like a club instead of like a whip]].
32	* InTheHood: His mask had a hood over it.
33	* LargeHam[=/=]SpotlightStealingSquad: He has a cool mask and costume, does Air Guitar with a chair on the way to the ring and dances on the chair. He also has a tendency to smash both his opponents and teammates with the chair if his team loses, and then dance some more.
34	* LightningBruiser: The biggest of WCW's luchadores, he was well over the size limit to be considered a cruiserweight. This didn't stop him from busting out corkscrew sentons and split-leg moonsaults. Even in his 50s, he still pulls them off on occasion.
35	* MaskedLuchador: Not just a mask but a whole body suit in this case.
36	* MeaningfulName: His name translates into 'The Mask'. It is also a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS modified spelling]] of the Spanish work Parca, which translates into '[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Reaper]]'.
37	** MeaningfulRename: After AAA took away his right to the name he renamed himself L.A. Park which is short for La Auténtica Park ("The Original/Authentic Park").
38	* MiniMook: Mini L.A. Park, rest in peace.
39	* NotNowKiddo: His attitude toward Extreme Tiger in AAA
40	* PowerStable:
41	** (in WCW): [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Latino World Order (LWO)]]
42	** The Powers That Be
43	** (in AAA): ''La Sociedad''
44	** (in MLW Fusion): Wrestling/PromocionesDorado.
45	* RammingAlwaysWorks: Has in his later years began using the spear as a FinishingMove.
46	* RedBaron: "The [[PunnyName Chair]]man of WCW" (though now he is he is just The Chairman of wherever he goes now). He is also known as "The Destroyer" in MLW Fusion.
47	* RedEyesTakeWarning: His outfit in AAA is full of red eye spots
48	* RingOldies: Holds the MLW tag team belt at age 55.
49	* ''[[{{Heel}} Rudo]]'': Almost always. The most notable exception being during his feud with Disco Inferno.
50	* ShouldersOfDoom: At times as part of his entrance attire, he'd come out in gigantic shoulderpads.
51	* SpikesOfVillainy: At times as part of his costumes, though he didn't wrestle wearing them.
52	* TournamentArc
53	** Won AAA's 1994 Torneo de Parejas with Jerry Estrada
54	** Won AAA's 1996 Torneo de Parejas with Máscara Sagrada Jr
55	** Won CMLL's last Torneo de Parejas 2007 with [[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio Dos Caras Jr.]]
56	* TrollingTranslator: He would take the mic and make an outrageous statements, but it wasn't him talking. The voiceover would happen even if Parka didn't have the mic in his hand; towards the end of the bit's run La Parka brought a sign out to display while the voiceover happened saying "this is not my voice" or words to that effect.
57	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: He has recently been wearing the Mexican flag as a cape.
58	* WithFriendsLikeThese: While teaming with Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} in WCW, he spent more time hitting Psicosis with his chair than they spent winning matches. Psicosis wasn't above returning the favor, and neither of them was above clobbering the other over botched teamwork or misunderstandings.
59	* TheWorfEffect: Many of his moves proved ineffective against the Psycho Circus to later emphasize how large and athletic Marco Corleone was when he managed to hurt them with the same moves La Parka failed with.

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