History Wrestling / LaParka

--> ''"Skull Captain is in the Hizzouse!"''

--> ''"Skull Captain in the house!"''

* RedBaron: "The [[PunnyName Chair]]man of WCW" (though now he is he is just The Chairman of wherever he goes now).

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

* RedBaron: "The [[PunnyName Chair]]man of WCW"

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses his [[ArsenalAttire belt]] as a weapon, but like a club instead of like a whip.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses his belt as a weapon, but like a club instead of like a whip.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses his belt as a weapon, but like a club instead on a whip.

* MeaningfulName: His name translates into 'The Mask'. It is also a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS modified spelling]] of the Spanish work Parca, which translates into 'The Reaper'.

* MeaningfulName: His name translates into 'The Mask'.

** 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")

* RingOldies: Over 50 and still wrestling.

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

* WrestlingFamily: A big one. His brother Eustacio Jiménez Ibarra worked as El Hijo del Cien Caras until his death in 2010. Parka's son wrestles as, of course El Hijo de L.A. Park. Three of his uncles were also wrestlers.

* [[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.

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

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

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In WCW, when La Parka and Silver King 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.

* RealSongThemeTune:
** (in AAA): Music/MichaelJackson's "Thriller"
** George Thorogood and the Destroyers' "Bad to the Bone"
** (in CMLL): "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee

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

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

* ShoulderPadsOfDoom: At times as part of his entrance attire, he'd come out in gigantic shoulderpads.

* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Taboo's Cain. During La Parka's 2010-2011 feud with Cibernético it was believed Cibernético had been attacking La Parka's son, who was Cibernético's own godson. During a match between the two Taboo revealed it was him when he brought out La Parka's son to distract him.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Cibernético and Los Bizarros antagonized La Parka for "betraying" AAA, even after he returned, almost as much as they did La Sociedad, who were actively trying to make a mess of AAA. After their mutual elimination from Copa Antonio Peña at the 2011 ''Héroes Inmortales'', La Parka officially joined La Sociedad.

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

* NotNowKiddo: His attitude toward Extreme Tiger in AAA
* TheOldestTricksInTheBook: Managed to get Carlito to fall for the "look up at that. Now look down here." trick. Carlito would later play the same trick back on him though.

* DistaffCounterpart: Rosetta Par-K in Lucha Libre USA