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Adolfo Tapia Ibarra
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Ring name(s)	La Parka L.A. Park L.A. Par-K Adolfo Tapia Principe Island El Gringo (Monclova Coahuila)
Billed height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Billed weight	116 kg (255 lb)
Born	November 14, 1965 (1965-11-14) (age 42) Torreón, Coahuila
Trained by	Raul Reyes Alberto Mora
Debut	1982

Adolfo Tapia Ibarra, better known as La Parka, is a Mexican professional wrestler most famous to American fans for his days as "The Chairman of WCW." He currently wrestles as LA Par-K since Triple A owns the rights for the La Parka gimmick. He uses Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as his theme music. It is alleged he does so without authorization, as many Mexican performers use popular American songs that would otherwise require royalties.

La Parka's uncle was a wrestler who gained fame as Volador but later changed his name to Super Parka, wearing an outfit and mask similar to his nephew.

Another wrestler, Jesús Alfonso Escoboza, wrestles as "La Parka" in Mexico for AAA. He is usually denoted as La Parka, Jr. (though he is only a couple years younger), La Parka (AAA), or La Parka (PAP). A similar stunt to the above occurred in TNA, as Erik Watts donned the La Parka gear in an angle with Goldylocks in 2004.

Contents 1 Career 2 Wrestling facts 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Luchas de Apuestas record 5 In popular culture 6 External links

Adolfo Tapia started wrestling in 1982, but he did not really start making a name for himself until he started wrestling as the masked La Parka in 1992. His costume and mask are a skeleton resembling the outfits used in Mexico's Day of the Dead ceremony. He is a very flamboyant wrestler, sometimes wearing sombreros to the ring, playing guitar on the chair he always brings to the ring, strutting and dancing in the ring, and even strutting on the turnbuckle.

His biggest and longest running feud in Mexico was against Lizmark. He also feuded with Jerry Estrada, Konnan, Super Calo, La Calaca, and Pierroth, Jr. He frequently teamed with Psychosis. He was part of the When Worlds Collide joint AAA/WCW pay-per-view in 1994 and wrestled briefly in ECW in 1995.

In 1996, he went to WCW and picked up his feud with Super Calo. He became known as "The Chairman of WCW" because he would often hit his opponents with a chair, stand it up and pose on it after strutting. In 1997, he reformed his team with Psychosis with Sonny Onoo as their manager. They feuded with Wrath, Mortis, and Ultimo Dragon. By 1998, he had left Onoo and feuded with Disco Inferno and Psychosis. He was used on some WCW pay-per-views but never got a significant push. In June 1998, he tore his ACL in a match after a Goldberg spear. He returned in September and got into some trouble for competing in Mexico without Eric Bischoff's permission.

One particular WCW match was scheduled as La Parka vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Surprisingly, given La Parka's low-card status, he defeated Savage easily, finishing him with Diamond Dallas Page's finisher, the Diamond Cutter. After the match, "La Parka" removed his mask to reveal he was Page, who was feuding with Savage at the time. Page would go on to reference La Parka in interviews. A couple of weeks later, Savage fought the real La Parka and gained some measure of revenge.

In November 1998, he joined Eddie Guerrero's Latino World Order (LWO) with Psychosis, Juventud Guerrera, Los Villanos, El Dandy, Silver King, Héctor Garza, Damien, and a reluctant Rey Misterio Jr.. They feuded with Konnan and Perry Saturn. The LWO disbanded in January 1999 when Guerrero was injured in a car accident. La Parka started teaming with Silver King and picked up his feud with Super Calo again. He briefly feuded with Eddie Guerrero upon his return since Eddie caused the LWO to disband.

When Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara took over booking in late 1999, they had Ferrara's voice speaking English over the intercom while La Parka would be doing interviews in Spanish in the ring. The voice overs would comically explain La Parka was a fan of Skeletor from Masters of the Universe, hence his in-ring wear. This ended after a few weeks when La Parka heard something he did not want said and tossed the mic down as Ferrera was speaking.

By early 2000, he had left WCW for Mexico where he had some trouble with the AAA promotion over the use of the La Parka name. They had it trademarked and he did not want to work for them, so he changed his name to L.A. Park and debuted with AAA's rival, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. In January of 2004, Park and Shocker defeated Los Guerreros Del Infierno for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero would win their titles back in a rematch in March but L.A. Park challenged Último Guerrero for the CMLL Light-Heavyweight title at the CMLL 71st anniversary show but was unsuccessful. He continued wrestling in CMLL as well as independent promotions in Tijuana and else where in the country.

2002 and 2003 saw him wrestle for XPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, and the revived AWA Superstars.

In 2004, he made brief appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, using his chair on his opponents, but was soon back in Mexico teaming with Shocker. In 2005, L.A. Park can be found wrestling in his native Mexico and in the United States for LXW and UCW and occasionally for FCW.

On May 7, 2005, L.A. Park debuted for Detroit's Independent Wrestling Revolution (IWR) brand "Revolucha", teaming with American Kickboxer in a losing effort to El Hijo del Santo & Konnan, with special referee Zach Gowen. Park continued his rivalry with El Hijo del Santo culminating on October 29, 2005 at Revolucha 2: "Dia de los Muertos" inside "Lucha en la Jaula" (a steel cage match). Both Park and Santo had their masks ripped 50% off their faces during this violent cage match. In February 2006, L.A. Park began a bitter feud with then IWR Champion Conrad Kennedy III (CK3). L.A. Park finally defeated CK3 on August 27, 2006 at "Brawl at the Hall 6" and is currently scheduled to defend the IWR/Revolucha Heavyweight Championship on October 14, 2007 at Revolucha 4.

As of June 2007, he's currently still performing on the CMLL, has become a heel and has had a very successful run of matches on Mexico, mainly due to his current feud with Dr. Wagner Jr., which have a very positive fan reaction.

LA Park is still currently feuding against Dr. Wagner Jr. outside of CMLL on the independent circuit but is planning to retire.

On December 8, 2007, La Parka faced El Hijo Del Santo in a mask vs. mask match.

• Finishing and signature moves

• La Parkinator (Corkscrew moonsault)
• Skull Bomb (Sunset flip powerbomb)
• Dropkick
• Spinning wheel kick
• Multiple arm drags
• Hurricanrana
• Corkscrew crossbody
• Struts across the ring to taunt his opponent

• Signature foreign object

• Steel chair

• Managers

• Sonny Onoo
• Vince Russo

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Shocker

• IWC

• IWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• IWR/Revolucha (Detroit)

• IWR/Revolucha Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Mexico

• Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion (1 time)

• World Wrestling Association

• WWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 172 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager lost/won	Winner	Loser	Where	Date	Note
Mask	Clímax II	El Minero (Tapia)	Mexico City	February 17, 1985	-
Mask	El Hijo del Santo	Príncipe Island	Apatlaco, Edomex	November 21, 1987	-
Mask	Stuka	Invasor del Norte I (Tapia)	Monterrey, Nuevo León	June 26, 1991	-
Hair	Panterita del Ring	Príncipe Island	Monterrey, Nuevo León	1992	-
Mask	La Parka	Pierroth, Jr.	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	July 20, 1998	-
Mask	La Parka	Wolf	Reynosa, Tamaulipas	September 20, 1998	-
Hair	La Parka	Gran Markus, Jr.	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	July 17, 1998	-
Mask	La Parka	Shinryu Dragon	Guadalajara, Jalisco	2001	1
Hair	La Parka	El Dandy	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	June 4, 2001	2
Mask	La Parka	Huracán Ramírez Jr.	Monclova, Coahuila	June 25, 2001	3
Hair	La Parka	Damián 666	Tijuana, Baja California	December 21, 2001	-
Hair	L.A. Park	Nicho el Millionario	Tijuana, Baja California	October 8, 2004	-
Mask	L.A. Park	Black Tiger III	Torreón, Coahuila	February 2, 2006	-

1. Suicide tag team match against Roberto Paz Jr. & Zandokan II
2. Three way match with Bestia Salvaje
3. Suicide tag team match against Villano IV and Villano V

• He has also won the masks of Gran Cóndor, Príncipe Judas, Guerrero Negro and Bestia Negra I. He has also won the hair of Gran Cóndor and Bestia Negra I.

• An episode of WWE Confidential showed the WWE Divas in Mexico shopping during a photo shoot, where some of the items featured for sale included miniature La Parka figures.
• In the N64 game WCW/nWo Revenge La Parka starts the match with a chair, since that is his signature weapon.

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