History Wrestling / LaParka

* ByTheHair: He and Blue Demon Jr abused Wrestling/{{Calito C|olon}}aribbean Cool's afro in the World Wrestling League.

* TournamentArc: Won CMLL's last Torneo de Parejas 2007 with [[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio Dos Caras Jr.]]

* DreadlockedWarrior: In AAA as La Park

* CoolMask

* MaskedLuchador

* WithFriendsLikeThese: While teaming with 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.

** In WCW, Disco Inferno

'''Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra''' (b. 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 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 and a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/mex-lh.html National (Mexico) Light Heavyweight Champion]].

* BashBrothers: Psicosis, Octagon, Blue Panther

* LightningBruiser: The biggest of WCW's luchadores, he was well over the size limit to be considered a cruiserweight.

** In Wrestling/{{MLW}}): Wrestling/{{Sabu}}

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl

* [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope [=AAA=] Owns This Name]]: He had to change his name because AAA wouldn't let him use it after they had introduced a second Parka.

* ArchEnemy: Lizmark, Wrestling/{{Psicosis}}, Disco Inferno, Dr. Wagner Jr., Perro Aguayo Jr., El Hijo del Santo, Blue Demon Jr. (in Wrestling/{{MLW}}): Wrestling/{{Sabu}}

* IHaveTheHighGround
* IHaveManyNames

* ''[[{{Heel}} Rudo]]'': Almost always.

'''Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra''' (b. 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 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 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 and a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/mex-lh.html National (Mexico) Light Heavyweight Champion]].

** (in WCW): [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero The Latino World Order (LWO)]]

** He was TheVoiceless otherwise.

* ArchEnemy: Lizmark, Psicosis, Disco Inferno, Dr. Wagner Jr., Perro Aguayo Jr., El Hijo del Santo, Blue Demon Jr. (in Wrestling/{{MLW}}): Wrestling/{{Sabu}}

* RedBaron: 'The [[PunnyName Chair]]man of WCW'.

* SpikesOfVillainy: At times as part of his costumes, though he didn't wrestle wearing them.

'''Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra''' (b. 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 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 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.

* ArchEnemy: Lizmark, Psicosis, Disco Inferno, Dr. Wagner Jr., Perro Aguayo Jr., El Hijo del Santo, Blue Demon Jr.

* FinishingMove: ''La [=Parkinator=]'' ([=Skytwister=] Press)

* ''[[{{Heel}} Rudo]]'': Almost always.

!!! "''Tropes asociada con La Parka''":

* GagDub: In WCW in late 1999 when he was a member of Vince Russo's the Powers That Be group.

* RedBaron: 'The [[PunnyName Chair]]man of WCW'.