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El Santo

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=elsanto.jpg
|name=El Santo
|realName=Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta
|nicknames=El Enmascarado de Plata (The man of the silver mask), El Profe (The Professor)
|nameHistory=Rudy/Ruddy Guzmán (debut - 36), Hombre Rojo (36 - 11/36), El Enmascarado, Murciélago Enmascarado II, El Demonio Negro, El Santo (06/42 - death)
|family=[[El Hijo del Santo]] (son), [[Black Guzmán]], [[Pantera Negra]] and [[Jimmy Guzmán]] (brothers), [[Los Rockets]], [[Axxel]] (grandsons)
|maestro=[[Black Guzmán]]
|birthdate=[[September 23]], [[1917]] - [[Tulancingo]], [[Hidalgo]]
|obituarydate=[[Feburary 5]], [[1984]] - [[Mexico City]]
|debut=[[June 28]], [[1934]] - [[Arena Peralvillo-Cozumel]] - [[Mexico City]]
|lostmaskto=
|height= 5' 9"/175 cm
|weight= 209 lb/95 kg
|signatureMoves=[[La de a Caballo]] (camel clutch), [[Tope de Cristo]] (flying somersault headbutt), [[Plancha]], [[Running Tope Suicida]]
|titles=[[National Welterweight Title]], [[National Middleweight Title]] (4), [[NWA World Welterweight Title]] (2), [[NWA World Middleweight Title]], [[National Tag Team Titles]] (2, w/ [[Rayo de Jalisco]]), [[National Light Heavyweight Title]]
}}
{{WONHOF}}

== Biography ==

To say that El Santo is just a lucha legend would a huge understatement. He was more than a luchador with a parallel acting career. Santo is a cultural icon, a social phenomenon whose impact in the Mexican society is enormous in many different ways. Santo was a superhero like Superman, Batman or Spiderman - but with the difference that Santo was real and you could go to watch him wrestle every week, while the others were just comic characters. It's safe to say that Santo is the most popular wrestler ever in his home country, and he's more popular than [[Antonio Inoki]], [[Riki Choshu]], [[Lou Thesz]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Steve Austin]] and many others were and are. The only one that comes close to Santo is Japanese cultural hero [[Rikidozan]], and he's actually Korean.

Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta was born [[September 23]], [[1917]] in [[Tulancingo]], [[Hidalgo]]. Son of Jesús Guzmán Campuzano and Josefina Huerta Márquez, he was the fifth of seven children. When he was still a little kid, his family moved to [[Mexico City]] and he kept studying at the Abraham Castellanos elementary school. During his youth, Rodolfo practised many sports, like baseball and (American) football.

Several of his brothers were wrestlers. [[Black Guzmán|(Miguel) "Black" Guzmán]] was the most popular one as he captured several National titles and a few NWA titles in both [[Mexico]] and [[Texas]]. Jesús wrestled as [[Pantera Negra]] but he died in the ring, while Javier wrestled as [[Jimmy Guzmán]] at some small arenas. When Rodolfo was working at a stockings factory he decided to become a luchador like his brothers so he learnt the martial art known as jujutsu (jiu-jitsu) and later he practised some Greco-Roman (amateur) wrestling.

After a few months of training with his brother Black, he made his professional debut teaming with him as Rudy Guzmán on [[June 28]], [[1934]] in the [[Arena Peralvillo Cozumel]] of the [[Peralvillo]] district in [[Mexico City]]. He was 17 years old. But it was in [[Arena Pachuca]], of [[Pachuca]], [[Hidalgo]], where [[EMLL]] superstar [[Jack O'Brien]] saw the talent that Rudy and Miguel had and recommended them to EMLL's main talent scout, the referee [[Jesús Lomelí]].

Jesús took both brothers to [[Mexico City]] and got them signed to EMLL contracts. Miguel kept wrestling under his old name and became fairly popular, in fact in [[1939]] he was voted "rookie" of the year. On the other hand, Rodolfo wasn't so successful and rather than being "somebody else's brother" he decided to become his own self.

He started wrestling unmasked as El Hombre Rojo (Red Man) but this one wasn't a really memorable stint even though during that year he wrestled three times in the Arena Modelo (now known as [[Arena Mexico]]). In the meanwhile he had to work in many different places as carpenter, painter and other jobs to earn enough money to make a decent living.

In November of [[1936]], he left EMLL as he didn't feel he was getting a good push. Jesús Lomelí also left La Empresa and started promoting on his own at the [[Fronton México]] and when looking for young talent for his shows he didn't think it twice and called Rodolfo, who started wrestling under the mask of El Murciélago Enmascarado II (The Masked Bat II) as Jesús didn't want him to be Hombre Rojo anymore. The original [[Murciélago Velázquez]] didn't like the fact that a rookie was using his name without his permission so he complained to the [[Box y Lucha Commission]] and Rodolfo had to drop the gimmick.

Things weren't really working the right way. As soon as he started to get some heel heat (up to this point he had always been wrestling as a rudo) he had to drop the name and the hood. Also, his father had just recently died. Things were getting worse by the moment. Now if he wanted to keep wrestling he'd have to get a new name, so he had a meeting with his Lomelí, a man he had already developed a good friendship with. Lomelí suggested several names, like El Angel, but the most interesting one, considering he was a merciless rudo, was El Santo (The Saint in Spanish). Rodolfo loved the name and decided he'd become Santo.

El Santo's debut was on [[July 26]], [[1942]] in the old [[Arena Mexico]]. Lomelí told him to buy a silver mask and tights so with help of maskmaker [[Antonio Martinez]] he got his first outfit. Rodolfo didn't have a lot of money so it was a cheap one, but at least it would be good enough to wrestle until he could afford getting a new one. But back to his first match under this new identity, it was an eight man Battle Royal with [[Bobby Bonales]], [[Lobo Negro]], [[Gorila Macías II]], [[Bobby Rood]], [[Murciélago Velázquez]], [[Pavilivsky]] and [[Ciclón Veloz]]. The last two men in the ring were Santo and Ciclón so they fought in a regular 2 out of 3 falls match. Santo defeated Veloz in the first fall. Veloz took the second one, and during the third fall, Santo was giving Veloz such a beating that the referee Jesús Lomelí tried to stop it, but then Santo attacked him too and got himself DQ'd.

Around a week later Veloz and Santo fought each other in a rematch in which Santo upset Veloz, as everybody thought that the tecnico would get his revenge. The following week he wrestled another wild rudo, El Lobo Negro, who couldn't stop the silver hooded rudo either. But Santo's first big match was on [[August 16]], [[1942]], when he faced Bobby Bonales in the main event of an [[Arena Mexico]] card. Bonales, already an stablished star, defeated Santo that night, however the young man was already making a big impact with his style.

On [[December 4]], Santo defeated Lobo Negro in a "superlibre" (no rules) fight but one of the most memorable moments of the early Santo career was during his match against [[Dientes Hernández]], as Santo gave his poor opponent EIGHT straight "fauls" (low blows). Dientes' wife sure wasn't happy about that one, but Santo's name was all over the lucha section of the papers now, and he soon became one of the most hated rudos of Mexico.

Santo got his first title ever on [[February 21]], [[1943]] when he defeated his old enemy Ciclón Veloz to win the [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]]. Santo kept that title for almost a year as he lost it on [[Feburary 18]], [[1944]] against Jack O'Brien.

On [[March 19]], Santo got his revenge of Murciélago Velázquez, as he defeated him to get the [[Mexican National Middleweight Title]], thus become double National champion. Santo's first big mask defense also was against Velázquez, who got a free haircut courtesy of the silver masked one.

On [[April 2]], [[1943]], [[Salvador Lutteroth]] opened a new building called [[Arena Coliseo]], and for its first card ever, he booked a Santo vs. [[Tarzán López]] main event. López probably was the biggest star in Mexico back then, and as expected, he defeated Santo in that match. And as if that big loss wasn't enough, on [[June 11]], Bobby Bonales defeated him for the Middleweight title. But he found the right way again and on [[September 24]], at the EMLL Anniversary show at Arena Coliseo, Santo defeated Bonales in a mask vs. hair match.

During the first months of [[1944]], Santo didn't have a lot of luck as on May he had an auto accident that could have killed him. But soon after that accident he defeated Jack O'Brien in a mask vs. hair match and his career picked up again. A few months later, Santo broke up his relationship with his regular tag team partner, [[El Charro Aguayo]], so he decided to look for a new tag team partner. He studied the talent available and he chose to team with a promising youngster that was just starting to get noticed.

So on November 19, "[[La Pareja Atómica]]" (The Atomic Pair) of El Santo and [[Gory Guerrero|Salvador "Gory" Guerrero]] was born as that day they teamed for the first time ever to defeat Bobby Bonales and Jack O'Brien. La Pareja Atómica sure was a very explosive combo. Santo was a wild rudo brawler, but on the other hand Guerrero was a great technician.

Gory and Santo defeated everybody that crossed their path: O'Brien and Bonales, and O'Brien and López tried to stop them several times but they never could defeat them.

On [[May 15]], [[1946]], Santo won his first World title. After the American [[Jack Reynolds]] vacated the [[NWA Welterweight Title]], [[EMLL]] asked Col. Landry (from the NWA) to let them run a tournament for that title. They were given the nod, though the first two wrestlers in the official NWA welterweight rankings, the Bulgarian [[Pete Pancoff]] and the American [[Red Garner]], had to participate in that tournament as well. Santo reached the finals by defeating Murciélago Velázquez and Jack O'Brien. On the other side of the brackets, Pancoff defeated Dientes Hernandez and [[Emilio Charles Sr.]] to get to the final match. Santo defeated Pancoff after the Bulgarian submitted to a [[Boston crab]] in the legendary final match. When Pancoff submitted, the crowd exploded in a huge "SANTO! SANTO! SANTO!" chorus.

This was one of the turning points of the career of Santo because even though he was a natural heel, and wrestled and acted like a rudo, by defeating a foreign wrestler to get a world title he was defending the country's pride and that made him a national hero.

But after that big win, things didn't work as expected. On [[September 20]], [[Wolf Rubinskis]], who was making his [[Arena Mexico]] debut, crushed him the same way he crushed Ciclón Veloz when he made his debut. But the worst thing is that during this match Santo got injured and had to take a few weeks off.

His career wasn't going as expected after his return in [[1947]] either. On [[February 14]], Jack O'Brien defeated him for the NWA Welterweight title. Again, Santo was the chosen one to give the welcome to a new wrestler that was making debut: [[Black Shadow]], and yes, Santo lost to Shadow clean in the middle of the ring too.

Santo's next big profile match was on [[1949]], when he had to face his friend and partner Gory Guerrero. It was March when Lutteroth announced that there would be a tournament to decide the number one contender for the NWA Welterweight title that O'Brien still held. The storyline says that Santo encouraged Gory, a natural Middleweight, to lose weight and participate in the tournament. Both men reached the finals of the tournament, and the day of the friend vs. friend match, EMLL sold-out the building (Arena Coliseo). Gory won this memorable fight by making his partner Santo submit. Many thought that jealousy would break their friendship but this match did nothing but make it stronger. In fact Santo was the second of his compadre when on [[April 29]], Gory defeated O'Brien in the title match.

During 1949, Santo also wrestled a few matches in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]... but without his mask on! He eventually returned to Mexico but a few things changed.

While Santo was gone, the young undercard team of [[Blue Demon]] and Black Shadow, "Los Hermanos Shadow", was getting more popular by the day so the promoters obviously decided to face them to the reformed team of Gory and Santo. On [[April 9]], [[1950]], the atomic pair made quick work out of the masked "brothers" in a tag match.

Shadow claimed he'd avenge that loss and he started feuding extensively with Santo. The Shadow/Santo rivalry reached its higher point on [[November 7]], [[1952]] when both men faced each other in the mask vs. mask match that is considered the most important one in the history of lucha libre in Mexico. Arena Coliseo was the place in which Black Shadow was revealed to be Alejandro Cruz Ortíz, from [[León de los Aldama]].

Again somebody was anxious to get revenge on Santo, but this time it Blue Demon who wanted to avenge the mask loss of his wrestling brother, Black Shadow. After Demon humilliated Santo, winning him in two straight falls during a non-title match held on [[August 7]], [[1953]], Demon challenged Santo to a match with the NWA Welterweight title at stake. On [[September 27]], in what many consider the biggest loss in his career, Santo lost the title to Blue Demon.

But it was around this time when Santo was starting to become the myth he is now. Thanks to the TV coverage, lucha libre had its first ever "boom", and Santo's character was successfully marketed in comics and other merchandising. Also, at this time there was a huge nationalism among the Mexican population, and Santo always defented the colors of his country, like on the [[January 1|first day]] of the new year [[1954]], when he defeated Chinese wrestler [[Sugi Sito]] to capture the [[NWA World Middleweight Championship]].

It was in [[1962]] that Santo made the decision to become a técnico. After all, he was way too loved to be hated. During a match in which he teamed with [[Los Espantos]] (I & II) against [[Rayo de Jalisco]], [[Henry Pilusso]] and [[Rito Romero]], his partners turned on him and left him alone in the ring against the three tecnicos that obviously defeated him. On his first match as a good guy, held on [[July 5]], he teamed with Pilusso against the Espantos. That night Santo gave such an exhibition of high flying and ring knowledge that he was given an unanimous standing ovation by the crowd.

Another important fact in Santo's career is that on [[April 19]], [[1963]], he teamed with Blue Demon for the first time ever. From then on, the dream team wrestled together many other times all over Mexico, though they never were a regular tag team.

Around this time Santo also was a film star, as in [[1958]] he filmed his first movie. After that cinematic debut, he starred in other 50+ movies. Even though those films didn't exactly have great production values (even by the 60s standards) and the plots of them weren't mindbogglingly great either, the people flocked over to the cinema to watch them all. Those movies were quite a hit in other countries as well, as they were really popular all over Latin America, [[Spain]] and even Lebanon, where there's a cinema with a huge Santo statue in the entrance. Many cinema critics loved to hate Santo, but a proved fact is that the three most successful stars of the Mexican cinema history are Pedro Infante, Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" and El Santo. There's an anecdote that says that once, representants of a Chinese company came to Mexico looking for Mexican films. They were shown a few productions that were considered among the best in the history of Mexican cinema, but the Chinese said that they didn't want those films. They wanted Santo, because they claimed that "Santo represented the perfect hero fighting against the evil".

== Journey towards Retirement ==

Santo was also getting older, so now he mainly wrestled in six-men tag matches rather than singles or tag team bouts. He formed a successful team with a young good worker called Rayo de Jalisco and they captured the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]] twice over the decade (of the 60s). In [[1975]], his "tercia" with [[El Solitario]] and [[Mil Mascaras]] was such a huge hit that it was voted team of the year even though they didn't team together extensively. Unlike other EMLL wrestlers, Santo had special privileges, for instance he was allowed to appear in cards of the rival promotion [[UWA]], but in [[1977]] there was a big EMLL break down and many wrestlers, including Santo, left "La Empresa".

In [[1980]], during a match vs. Los Misioneros ([[El Signo]], [[Negro Navarro]] and [[Texano]]), Santo fell unconscious, and he was later diagnosed with a coronary problem. A year later, in [[1981]], Santo suffered a heart attack when teaming with [[Huracán Ramirez]] and Black Shadow against Los Misioneros de la Muerte (Signo, Texano & Negro Navarro). Santo's wrestling license was revoked so he decided it was time to say goodbye. After this incident, Santo secretly had an operation.

Santo's last feud was against a young masked superstar called [[Bobby Lee]]. Lee said that Santo wouldn't leave the business masked and challenged him to a mask vs. mask match. The challenge was accepted and Santo took Lee's mask revealing him to be Carlos Alvarado. Lee had his feet on the ropes when Santo made him submit to the camel clutch, but the referee didn't see it. Santo failed to defeat Lee in a match for the [[UWA Welterweight Championship]] Bobby held, but later he took his hair in a hair vs. mask match.

In [[1982]], Santo had a three match retirement tour. In the first match he teamed with Solitario against [[Villano III]] and Rokambole ([[Villano V]]) at the [[Palacio de los Deportes]]. In the second match, held in Arena Mexico, he teamed with [[Gran Hamada]] to defeat [[Villano I]] and [[Scorpio]] in the first round of a losers advance tournament (where all the teams were comprised of a masked man and an unmasked wrestler) in which the final losers would get his hair shaved or his mask removed. And in the final match of his career, held on [[September 12]] at the [[Toreo de Cuatro Caminos]], he teamed with his old friend Gory Guerrero (who was already retired but returned for this one-time deal), Huracán Ramírez and El Solitario to defeat Los Misioneros, and his last major opponent, [[Perro Aguayo]], in two straight falls, both won via DQ.

Now that he was retired, Santo kept active doing other things. A month later one of his sons debuted under the [[Hijo del Santo]] mask, and Santo was at ringside during all the matches of his son's debut tour.

On [[January 26]], [[1984]] he appeared in the lucha special of the talk program "Contrapunto" (Counterpoint), and partially removed his mask in a totally unexpected way. Some say that he did this because he felt that he had little time to live.

== A Mortal Saint with an Immortal Legacy ==

On [[February 5]], two weeks after he took his mask off on a national TV program, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta felt a tremendous pain in the chest after his debut as an escapist at the Teatro (teather) Blanquita. He was taken to the Mosel Hospital but nothing could be done. Santo was dead. The following day this was the biggest piece of news all over the country. Each and every magazine and newspaper extensively covered the news in the first pages, and all the TV and radio stations had special Santo programs.

During his life, Rodolfo had the opportunity to be two different individuals, but he chose to be Santo in death. The following day he was buried with his mask on in what is considered to be the biggest burial in the history of Mexico. Proof that the whole country mourned Santo's death was that an estimated crowd of 10,000 showed up and literally blocked the streets to the point that it took several hours until the coffin made it to the mausoleum. Several wrestlers like [[Mil Mascaras]] and [[Blue Demon]], [[Ray Mendoza]], [[Charles Bronson Mexicano]], [[Enrique Llanes]] and a teary [[Wolf Ruvinskis]] showed up to give Santo his last goodbye. [[Hijo del Santo]] and [[Huracán Ramírez]] among others, carried the coffin to the Mausoleo (mausoleum) María del Ángel where Santo rests in peace.

To this day, Santo is still an important piece of the history of the country and also a relevant part of the Mexican folklore. Even now, more than fifteen years after his death, everybody in Mexico knows about El Santo. His films are still shown on TV from time to time and they still generate ratings after all these years. Many magazines (not just lucha or movie magazines) still publish Santo articles or even special issues. In November of [[1999]], Somos ("We are") published a Santo special that included several pictures of Rodolfo Guzmán without his mask. El Hijo Del Santo threatened to sue [[Televisa]] (owners of the magazine) but since the source of the pictures was one of his brothers the lawsuit was dropped.

One could say that as long as there is lucha libre in Mexico, there will be Santo, but even if there wasn't lucha, Santo would still be alive in the heart of the Mexican citizens.

===Filmography===
#[[Santo Contra el Cerebro del Mal (1958)]] (coproduced in Cuba)
#[[Santo Contra Los Hombres Infernales (1958)]] (coproduced in Cuba)
#[[Santo Contra Los Zombis (1961)]]
#[[Santo Contra el Rey del Crimen (1961)]]
#[[Santo en el Hotel de la Muerte (1961)]]
#[[Santo Contra el Cerebro Diabólico (1962)]]
#[[Santo vs las Mujeres Vampiro (1962)]]
#[[Santo en el Museo de Cera (1963)]]
#[[Santo vs el Estrangulador (1963)]]
#[[Santo Contra el Espectro (1963)]]
#[[Blue Demon Contra el Poder Satánico (1964)]]
#[[El Hacha Diabólica (1964)]]
#[[Atacan las Brujas (1964)]]
#[[Profanadores de Tumbas (1965)]]
#[[El Barón Brákola (1965)]] (three episodes)
#[[Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata vs la Invasión de Los Marcianos (1966)]]
#[[Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata vs Los Villanos del Ring (1966)]]
#[[Operación 67 (1966)]]
#[[El Tesoro de Moctezuma (1966)]]
#[[Santo en el Tesoro de Drácula (1968]]
#[[Santo Contra Capulina (1968)]]
#[[Santo Contra Blue Demon en la Atlántida (1969)]]
#[[Santo y Blue Demon Contra Los Monstruos (1969)]]
#[[El Mundo de los Muertos (1969)]]
#[[Santo vs Los Cazadores de Cabezas (1969)]]
#[[Santo Frente A la Muerte (1969)]] (coproduced in Colombia and Spain)
#[[Santo en la Venganza de las Mujeres Vampiro (1970)]]
#[[Santo Contra Los Jinetes del Terror (1970)]]
#[[Santo vs la Mafia del Vicio (1970)]]
#[[Santo en la Venganza de la Momia (1970)]]
#[[Las Momias de Guanajuato (1970)]]
#[[Santo Contra Los Asesinos de Otros Mundos (1971)]]
#[[Santo vs la Hija de Frankenstein (1971)]]
#[[Misión Suicida (1971)]]
#[[Santo y el Aguila Real (el águila real) (1971)]]
#[[Santo Contra la Magia Negra (1972)]] (coproduced in Haití)
#[[Santo y Blue Demon Contra Drácula y el Hombre Lobo (1972)]]
#[[Las Bestias del Terror (1972)]]
#[[Anónimo Mortal (1972)]]
#[[Santo Contra Los Secuestradores (1972)]] (coproduced with Ecuador)
#[[Santo vs las Lobas (1972)]]
#[[Santo y Blue Demon Contra el Doctor Frankestein (1973)]]
#[[Santo Contra el Doctor Muerte (1973)]] (coproduced in Spain)
#[[Santo en el Misterio de la Perla Negra (1974)]] (coproduced in Colombia & Spain)
#[[La Venganza de la Llorona (1974)]]
#[[Santo en Oro Negro (1975)]] (coproduced in part in Puerto Rico)
#[[México de Mis Amores (1976)]] (documentary)
#[[Misterio en las Bermudas (1977)]]
#[[Santo en la Frontera del Terror (1979)]]
#[[Chanoc y el Hijo del Santo vs Los Vampiros Asesinos (1981)]] (special)
#[[Santo Contra el Asesino de la Televisión (1981)]]
#[[El Puño de la Muerte (1982)]]
#[[La Furia de Los Karatecas (1982)]]

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
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{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[El Gladiador]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Raúl Torres]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Gorilita Flores]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Judas Colombiano]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Gory Casanova]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Arturo Chávez]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Golden Terror]]|[[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]]}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[La Cebra]]|[[Colombia]]}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[La Araña]]|[[Torreón]], [[Coahuila]]}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[La Momia]]|[[San Salvador]]}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Cara Cortada]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Dragón Rojo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Chico Casaola]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Dr. X (original)]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|El Santo & [[Dr. X (original)]]|[[Los Infernales]] [[Infernale I|I]] & [[Infernale II|II]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1943]]/01/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Murciélago Velázquez]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1943]]/[[September 24|09/24]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Bobby Bonales]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1944]]/[[02/09]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Bobby Bonales]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1944]]/[[04/08]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Jack O'Brien]]|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1949]]/[[07/03]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Enrique Llanes]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1952]]/[[11/07]]|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Black Shadow]]|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1955]]/[[05/15]]|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Monje Loco (50s)|Monje Loco]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1955]]/[[12/03]]|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Halcón Negro (50s)|Halcón Negro]]|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1956]]/[[September 21|09/21]]|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[El Gladiador]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1963]]/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Rubén Juárez]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1963]]/??/??|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Espanto II]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1963]]/[[04/26]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Benny Galant]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1963]]/[[10/25]]|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Espanto I]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1968]]/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Dick Angelo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1968]]/[[08/10]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[René Guajardo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1968]]/[[08/11]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Jorge Allende]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1975]]/[[10/03]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Perro Aguayo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1978]]/[[September 3|09/03]]|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[Bobby Lee]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1978]]/[[September 24|09/24]]|hair|[[El Santo]]|[[Bobby Lee]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1980]]/??/??|mask|[[El Santo]]|[[El Remolino]]|[[Gimnasio Municipal Obregon|Gimnasio Municipal - Cd. Obregón]], [[Sonora]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==
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{{Gallery|name= 13281.jpg|caption= Another Santo statue}}
 
{{Gallery|name= Sandemon.jpg|caption= with [[Blue Demon]]}}
{{Gallery|name= Milsanto.jpg|caption= with [[Mil Mascaras 1976]]}}
{{Gallery|name= Domingo12.jpg|caption= his last lucha Program, Sept. 1982}}
{{Gallery|name=El_santo_sinmask.jpg |caption=Unmasking during Contrapunto Talk show aired on TV on Jan.1984}}
{{Gallery|name=Elsanto.JPG|caption=}}
{{Gallery|name=SANTO1.jpg|caption=}}
 

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers|Santo]]
[[Category:Deceased wrestlers|Santo]]
[[Category:Former LLI/UWA wrestlers|Santo]]

Blue Demon Jr.

2010-06-08T20:51:50Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=BLUE1.jpg
|name=Blue Demon Jr.
|nicknames=El Hijo de la Leyenda Azul (The son of the Blue Legend)
|nameHistory=Blue Demon Jr. (debut - )
|family=[[Flama Solar]] (cousin), [[Blue Demon]] (adopted father); [[El Hijo de Anibal]] (son-in-law)
|maestro=[[Blue Demon]], [[Rolando Vera]], [[Rafael Salamanca]], [[Pepe Mendieta]]
|birthdate=[[July 16]], [[1966]] - [[Mexico City]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[July 26]], [[1985]] - [[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[B.C.]]
|height=5'10"/178 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=Stunner/Ace Crusher, Scorpion Deathlock, [[Huracarrana]], [[Tope Suicida]]
|titles=[[WWA World Welterweight Title]], [[National Cruiserweight Title]], [[WWA World Middleweight Title]], [[UWA World Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/ [[La Parka AAA|La Parka Jr.]] & [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]] & [[Máscara Sagrada Jr.]]), [[IWAS World Light Heavyweight Title]], [[NWA World Heavyweight Title]]
|}}

== Relationship Controversy ==
Blue Demon Jr. was introduced, and portrayed for many years, as the son of [[Blue Demon]]. As time went on, and due to due the different skin colors, the story was changed to Blue Demon Jr. having been adopted by Blue Demon as a small child and raised as his son. Blue Demon's natural son, Alfredo Muñoz, did not have any interest in wrestling, so the gimmick was given to the adopted child with both children sharing in the profit.

The financial agreement has been a source of strife between Blue Demon's sons. Alfredo Muñoz owns the rights to the character, but Blue Demon Jr. made deals based on that name without involving Muñoz. In response, Muñoz has threatened to take away Demon Jr.'s right to use the gimmick. Just as damaging, Muñoz has claimed that Blue Demon Jr. is completely unrelated to Blue Demon family and not adopted, just a wrestler whom got the rights to portray Blue Demon in the ring (but not out of it.) Muñoz's explanation is Blue Demon Sr. did not want the name of Blue Demon to die, not when [[Santo]]'s name was being passed to [[El Hijo del Santo|the next generation]], so he found an outsider to carry on for him. Blue Demon Jr. has not publicly responded to these claims.

''We've chosen to leave Blue Demon Jr. listed as 'adopted son' for the moment, but note it may be a worked relationship.''

Muñoz's threat of taking the Blue Demon gimmick from Blue Demon Jr. has led to much speculation Blue Demon Jr. might lose his mask. A Demon loss was heavily rumored before his October '07 match with Espectro Jr., but they went with the original plan with of an Espectro Jr. loss.

== NWA ==

Blue Demon Jr. became the first Mexican masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, defeating Scrap Iron Adam Pierce for the title in Mexico on October 25, 2008. This was the first time the title had changed hands in Mexico. Blue Demon Jr. has had multiple successful title defenses throughout the year with multiple opponents.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Invasor Galáctico]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Vendaval]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[La Mancha]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[North Panther]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Álex González]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Black Panther]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Black Killer]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[La Mosca]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[La Mosca]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Scarlet]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[El Depredador (Tijuana)]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Síndrome]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1989|89]]/??/??|hair|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Máquina Salvaje]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[November 24|11/24]]|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[MS-Jr.]]|[[Pista Arena Revolución]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1995|95]]|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Ari Romero|Gran Sheik]]|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1999|99]]/[[January 1|01/01]]|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[El Jorobado]]|[[Xico]], [[Veracruz]]}}
{{aline|[[1999|99]]/[[October 1|10/01]]|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Black Demon]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aline|[[2002|02]]/??/??|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Black Fuhrer]]|[[Arena Alcalde]] - [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[October 7|10/07]]|mask|[[Blue Demon Jr.]]|[[Espectro Jr. II|Espectro Jr.]]|Estadio Calimax, Tijuana, Baja California}}

{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=BDemonJr.JPG|caption=AAA time when he got burnt by [[Halloween]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Bluedemonjr.jpg|caption=[[2000]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Bluedemonjr02.jpg|caption=[[2005]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Title_bluedemon.jpg|caption=as [[IWAS World Light Heavyweight Championship|IWAS LH Champ]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Demonmovie.jpg|caption=[[2005]] New movie}}
{{Gallery|name=Bd muchalucha.jpg|caption=as seen on [[Mucha Lucha]]}}
 
{{Gallery||name=Blue-flama.jpg|caption=w/[[Flama Solar]] - [[2002]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Demon.jpg|caption=w/[[Lemus2]] 2006}}
{{Gallery||name=Demo.jpg|caption=}}
{{Gallery||name=Demonjrmoto.jpg|caption=}}
{{Gallery||name=bluedemonjr_la.jpg|caption=}}
{{Gallery|name=parka_demon_2007.jpg|caption=in LA with [[LA Park]]}}
 
{{Gallery||name=Bd.jpg|caption=}}
{{Gallery||name=Demonvsespectro.jpg|caption=mask vs mask 2007}}
{{Gallery||name=Demon_ataud.jpg|caption=vs [[Espectro Jr.]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Paliza.jpg|caption=w/ [[Hijo del Santo]] vs. [[Hijo de Cien Caras]]}}
{{Gallery||name=TODOXELTODO.jpg|caption=Todo X el Todo}}
{{Gallery||name=Pelea.jpg|caption=w/ [[Hijo del Santo]] vs. [[Tinieblas]]}}
 
{{Gallery||name=Consanto.jpg|caption=w/ [[Hijo del Santo]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Vssantito.jpg|caption=vs. [[Hijo del Santo]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Denuevo456.jpg|caption=}}
{{Gallery||name=B-demonjr-nwaheavy.jpg|caption=as [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavy Champ]]}}
 
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[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Former AAA/PAP wrestlers]]
[[Category:Former CMLL wrestlers]]
[[Category:Current Perros del Mal wrestlers]]

L.A. Park

2010-06-08T20:48:41Z

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{{Status}}
== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=PARK107.jpg
|name=La Parka/L.A. Park (The Skeleton of Death)
|realName=Adolfo Tapia Ibarra
|nicknames=The Chairman, La Calaca
|nameHistory=Adolfo Tapia (debut - ??),El Gringo(Monclova Coah. 1982?), El Minero (DF),El Asesino de Tepito (1988), Príncipe Island (?? - 05/90), Invasor Del Norte I (??/90 - ??/92), La Parka/La Parka Original (05/92 - ), L.A. Park (12/03 - )
|family=[[El Hijo Del Cien Caras]] (brother), [[Super Parka]], [[Johnny Ibarra]] & [[Desalmado]] (uncles), [[Volador Jr.]] (cousin), [[Black Spirit]] (son)
|maestro=[[Alberto Mora]], [[Raúl Reyes]]
|birthdate=November 14, 1965 - Monclova, Coahuila
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1982 - Deportivo Arena 47 - Monclova, Coahuila
|lostmaskto=[[El Hijo del Santo]] - November 21, 1987 (as Príncipe Island); [[Climax II]] - Febrero 05, 1985 (as Minero); [[Stuka]] - Junio 26, 1991 (as Invasor del Norte I)
|height=6'0"/182 cms
|weight=256 lbs/118 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Corkscrew Bodyblock]], [[Enzuigiri]], [[Sunset Flip Power Bomb]], [[Tope Suicida into an Armdrag]], Red Code
|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]], [[IWC World Heavyweight Title]], [[XLAW Heavyweight Title]] (2), [[WWC Hardcore Title]], [[WWA World Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[Antifaz Del Norte]]), [[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]] (w/[[Shocker]]), [[IWR Heavyweight Title]], [[NWG Intercontinental Championship]]|
}}

== 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.
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. They feuded for years. He also feuded with Jerry Estrada, Konnan, Super Calo and Pierroth, Jr. He frequently teamed with Psychosis. He was part of the "When Worlds Collide" joint AAA/WCW PPV 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 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 PPV's but never got a push to the top. 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.

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 voiceovers 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.

In October 2005 L.A. Park debuted for Detroit's Independent Wrestling Revolution (IWR) brand "Revolucha", teaming with American Kickboxer vs. El Hijo del Santo & Konnan, with special referee Zach Gowen. Park continued his rivalry with El Hijo del Santo culminating in May 2006 at Revolucha 2: "Dia de los Muertos" inside "Lucha en la Juala" (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 in August 2006 at "Brawl at the Hall" and is currently the IWR/Revolucha Heavyweight Champion.

As of June 2006, 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. In one of their most recent matches, which happened on the Arena Mexico in June 9, 2006, L.A. Park won when he faked a foul and Dr. Wagner Jr. was disqualified.

EMPRESAS: UWA, CMLL, AAA/PAP, IWRG, Promo Azteca, WWA, NJPW, WCW, TNA-NWA, IWA (Puerto Rico), X-LAW, XPW, NWG, WWC (Puerto Rico), IWR (USA), FILL, LLI, IWC, WWA...

VIAJES: Todo Mexico, Japon, Estados Unidos, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Filipinas, Panama, Centroamerica, España...

== 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.) The name L.A. Park means, La Autentica ParK (Where the k is pronounces as ka), so the name means "The Authentic Parka"
 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Gran Cóndor]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Principe Island|[[Gran Cóndor]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Príncipe Judas]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Guerrero Negro]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Bestia Negra I (90s)|Bestia Negra I]]|unknown}}
{{aline|????/??/??|mask|[[Astro de Oro]]|[[LA Park|El Asesino de Tepito]]|[[Guatemala City]]?}}
{{aline|1985/02/17|mask|[[Clímax II]]|El Minero|Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City}}
{{aline|[[1987]]/[[11/21]]|mask|[[El Hijo del Santo]]|[[Principe Island]]|[[Arena Apatlaco]] - [[Apatlaco]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|1988/06/??|hair|[[Sandokan]]|Principe Island|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1988]]/[[08/03]]|mask|[[Astro de Oro]]|[[El Asesino de Tepito]]|[[Coliseo Nou Camp]] - [[Guatemala]]}}
{{aline|1991/11/02|hair|Principe Island|[[Bestia Negra I (90s)|Bestia Negra I]]|unknown}}
{{aline|1991/06/26|mask|[[Stuka]]|Invasor del Norte I|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|1992/??/??|hair|[[Panterita del Ring]]|Principe Island|Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|[[1995|95]]/[[October 10|10/23]]|hair|La Parka|[[Arandú]]|[[Nuevo Laredo]]}}
{{aline|1998/07/20|mask|La Parka|[[Pierroth Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|1998/[[September 20|09/20]]|mask|La Parka|[[Wolf]]|Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|2000/07/17|hair|La Parka|[[Gran Markus Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|2001/??/??|mask (1)|La Parka|[[Shiryu Dragon]]|Gimnasio México 68 - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}
{{aline|2001/06/04|hair (2)|La Parka|[[El Dandy]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|2001/06/25|mask (3)|La Parka|[[Huracán Ramírez Jr.]]|Salon Premier - Monclova, Coahuila}}
{{aline|2001/12/21|hair (4)|La Parka|[[Damian 666]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|2004/10/08|hair|L. A. Park|[[Nicho el Millonario]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|2005/05/27|hair (5)|L. A. Park|[[Super Parka]]|Palenque de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|2005/07/17|hair (6)|L. A. Park|[[Diluvio Negro II]]|Arena Solidaridad de Monterrey}}
{{aline|2006/02/04|mask|L. A. Park|[[Black Tiger III]]|Auditorio Municipal - Torreon}}
{{aline|2007/05/05|hair (7)|L. A. Park|[[Villano III]]|Arena Mexico - Mexico, City}}
{{aline|2007/11/01|hair|L. A. Park|[[Mascara Año 2000]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|2007/11/15|hair|L. A. Park|[[Pierroth Jr.|Pierroth]]|Arena Xalapa - Xalapa, Veracruz}}
{{aline|2007/12/19|hair (8)|L.A. Park|[[Silver King]]|Arena Lopez Mateos - Mexico, State}}
{{aline|2008/09/21|mask|L. A. Park|[[Guerrero Rojo]]|Arena Coliseo - Mexicali, Baja California}}
{{aline|2009/10/30|mask (9)|L. A. Park|[[Matematico Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon}}
{{aend|(1) Relevos suicidas vs. [[Roberto Paz Jr.]] & [[Loco Zandokan II]]; (2) Triangle match with [[Bestia Salvaje]]; (3) Relevos suicidas vs. [[Villano IV]] & [[Villano V]]; (4) Cage Match; (5) Cage Match: also w/[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] & [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]];(6) Cage Match: also Heavy Metal, Mascara Sagrada, Hector Garza & Diluvio Negro I; (7) RULETA DE LA MUERTE: [[Silver King]], [[Satanico]], [[Villano IV]], [[Villano V]], [[Blue Demon Jr.]], [[Hijo del Solitario]], L.A. Park & [[Villano III]]; (8) JAULA: [[Dos Caras Jr.]], [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], [[Villano V]], [[Mano Negra]], [[Canek Jr.]] & [[Hijo de Cien Caras]]; (9) JAULA: [[Tinieblas Jr.]], [[Hijo de Anibal]], [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]], [[Mascara Año 2000 Jr.]], [[Axel]] & [[Hijo de Cien Caras]]}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Elminero.JPG|as El Minero
Image:asesinodetepito1.jpg|as Asesino de Tepito
Image:asesinodetepito2.jpg|as Asesino de Tepito
Image:PrincipeIsland2.jpg|as Principe Island
Image:masked_principeisland.jpg|losing his mask to [[Hijo del Santo]]
Image:PrincipeIsland.jpg|as Principe Island
Image:PrincipeIslandDFlightweight.JPG|as Principe Island with the [[Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Title]]
Image:panama_lapark.jpg|Panama European Middleweight Champ
Image:Adolfotapiainvasor.jpg|as invasor del norte 1991
Image:Par.jpg|early
Image:LaParka.jpg|early en AAA
Image:P10.jpg|in AAA
Image:Parka7.jpg|AAA 1994
Image:Parka.jpg|1996
Image:Parka_WWCHardcore.jpg|w/ WWC Hardcore Title on right
Image:LaParka2003.jpg|2003
Image:LaPark.jpg|2004
Image:LaParka2005_1.jpg|2005-1
Image:A17.jpg|AULL 2007
Image:Park_Wagner_01.jpg|2006
Image:laparka.jpg|scary!
Image:lapark_iwr.jpg|IWR? Title
Image:parka_demon_2007.jpg|in LA with [[Blue Demon Jr.]]
Image:Tapia.jpg|Multicampeon
Image:Apark.jpg|
Image:Lapa.jpg|
Image:Dsc.jpg|w/ [[Mascara Sagrada]]
Image:Amarillo.jpg|Monterrey
Image:Baile.jpg|Coliseo DF
Image:Blanco.jpg|
Image:En_AAA.jpg|vs [[Hijo del Santo]]
Image:En_AAA2.jpg|
Image:Tito.jpg|IWC
Image:Dsc0.jpg|in Monterrey
Image:Usa.jpg|
Image:Vsperro.jpg|
Image:Wcw.jpg|
Image:Wcw2.jpg|
Image:Wcw3.jpg|
Image:Wcw5.jpg|
Image:G52.JPG|Presentation
Image:Wcw6.jpg|
Image:Wcw7.jpg|
Image:Semi04.jpg|
Image:Semi15.jpg|
Image:Semi27.jpg|
Image:MASCARAS1.jpg|VS. [[Pierroth Jr.]]
Image:Im.jpg|Presentation
Image:PARK2.jpg|[[Colosus]], L.A. Park & [[Lizmark Jr.]]
Image:PARK3.jpg|vs. [[Nicho el Millonario]]
Image:PARK4.jpg|vs. [[Blue Panther]]
Image:PARK5.jpg|
Image:PARK6.jpg|vs. [[Black Tiger]]
Image:estelar01.jpg|Honoring [[Bestia Salvaje]]
Image:89.JPG|vs. [[Dandy]]
Image:Laparka2.jpg|Posing
Image:Lo.jpg|Poster
Image:Par.gif|Dancing
Image:SrTapia.jpg|vs. [[Perro Aguayo]]
Image:L.A._Park.JPG|L.A. Park
Image:LA PARK.jpg|

</gallery>

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L.A. Park

2010-06-08T20:48:30Z

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{{Status}}
== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=PARK107.jpg
|name=La Parka/L.A. Park (The Skeleton of Death)
|realName=Adolfo Tapia Ibarra
|nicknames=The Chairman, La Calaca
|nameHistory=Adolfo Tapia (debut - ??),El Gringo(Monclova Coah. 1982?), El Minero (DF),El Asesino de Tepito (1988), Príncipe Island (?? - 05/90), Invasor Del Norte I (??/90 - ??/92), La Parka/La Parka Original (05/92 - ), L.A. Park (12/03 - )
|family=[[El Hijo Del Cien Caras]] (brother), [[Super Parka]], [[Johnny Ibarra]] & [[Desalmado]] (uncles), [[Volador Jr.]] (cousin), [[Black Spirit]] (son)
|maestro=[[Alberto Mora]], [[Raúl Reyes]]
|birthdate=November 14, 1965 - Monclova, Coahuila
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1982 - Deportivo Arena 47 - Monclova, Coahuila
|lostmaskto=[[El Hijo del Santo]] - November 21, 1987 (as Príncipe Island); [[Climax II]] - Febrero 05, 1985 (as Minero); [[Stuka]] - Junio 26, 1991 (as Invasor del Norte I)
|height=6'0"/182 cms
|weight=255 lbs/118 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Corkscrew Bodyblock]], [[Enzuigiri]], [[Sunset Flip Power Bomb]], [[Tope Suicida into an Armdrag]], Red Code
|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]], [[IWC World Heavyweight Title]], [[XLAW Heavyweight Title]] (2), [[WWC Hardcore Title]], [[WWA World Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[Antifaz Del Norte]]), [[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]] (w/[[Shocker]]), [[IWR Heavyweight Title]], [[NWG Intercontinental Championship]]|
}}

== 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.
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. They feuded for years. He also feuded with Jerry Estrada, Konnan, Super Calo and Pierroth, Jr. He frequently teamed with Psychosis. He was part of the "When Worlds Collide" joint AAA/WCW PPV 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 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 PPV's but never got a push to the top. 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.

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 voiceovers 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.

In October 2005 L.A. Park debuted for Detroit's Independent Wrestling Revolution (IWR) brand "Revolucha", teaming with American Kickboxer vs. El Hijo del Santo & Konnan, with special referee Zach Gowen. Park continued his rivalry with El Hijo del Santo culminating in May 2006 at Revolucha 2: "Dia de los Muertos" inside "Lucha en la Juala" (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 in August 2006 at "Brawl at the Hall" and is currently the IWR/Revolucha Heavyweight Champion.

As of June 2006, 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. In one of their most recent matches, which happened on the Arena Mexico in June 9, 2006, L.A. Park won when he faked a foul and Dr. Wagner Jr. was disqualified.

EMPRESAS: UWA, CMLL, AAA/PAP, IWRG, Promo Azteca, WWA, NJPW, WCW, TNA-NWA, IWA (Puerto Rico), X-LAW, XPW, NWG, WWC (Puerto Rico), IWR (USA), FILL, LLI, IWC, WWA...

VIAJES: Todo Mexico, Japon, Estados Unidos, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Filipinas, Panama, Centroamerica, España...

== 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.) The name L.A. Park means, La Autentica ParK (Where the k is pronounces as ka), so the name means "The Authentic Parka"
 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Gran Cóndor]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Principe Island|[[Gran Cóndor]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Príncipe Judas]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Guerrero Negro]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Bestia Negra I (90s)|Bestia Negra I]]|unknown}}
{{aline|????/??/??|mask|[[Astro de Oro]]|[[LA Park|El Asesino de Tepito]]|[[Guatemala City]]?}}
{{aline|1985/02/17|mask|[[Clímax II]]|El Minero|Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City}}
{{aline|[[1987]]/[[11/21]]|mask|[[El Hijo del Santo]]|[[Principe Island]]|[[Arena Apatlaco]] - [[Apatlaco]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|1988/06/??|hair|[[Sandokan]]|Principe Island|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1988]]/[[08/03]]|mask|[[Astro de Oro]]|[[El Asesino de Tepito]]|[[Coliseo Nou Camp]] - [[Guatemala]]}}
{{aline|1991/11/02|hair|Principe Island|[[Bestia Negra I (90s)|Bestia Negra I]]|unknown}}
{{aline|1991/06/26|mask|[[Stuka]]|Invasor del Norte I|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|1992/??/??|hair|[[Panterita del Ring]]|Principe Island|Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|[[1995|95]]/[[October 10|10/23]]|hair|La Parka|[[Arandú]]|[[Nuevo Laredo]]}}
{{aline|1998/07/20|mask|La Parka|[[Pierroth Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|1998/[[September 20|09/20]]|mask|La Parka|[[Wolf]]|Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|2000/07/17|hair|La Parka|[[Gran Markus Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|2001/??/??|mask (1)|La Parka|[[Shiryu Dragon]]|Gimnasio México 68 - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}
{{aline|2001/06/04|hair (2)|La Parka|[[El Dandy]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|2001/06/25|mask (3)|La Parka|[[Huracán Ramírez Jr.]]|Salon Premier - Monclova, Coahuila}}
{{aline|2001/12/21|hair (4)|La Parka|[[Damian 666]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|2004/10/08|hair|L. A. Park|[[Nicho el Millonario]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|2005/05/27|hair (5)|L. A. Park|[[Super Parka]]|Palenque de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|2005/07/17|hair (6)|L. A. Park|[[Diluvio Negro II]]|Arena Solidaridad de Monterrey}}
{{aline|2006/02/04|mask|L. A. Park|[[Black Tiger III]]|Auditorio Municipal - Torreon}}
{{aline|2007/05/05|hair (7)|L. A. Park|[[Villano III]]|Arena Mexico - Mexico, City}}
{{aline|2007/11/01|hair|L. A. Park|[[Mascara Año 2000]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|2007/11/15|hair|L. A. Park|[[Pierroth Jr.|Pierroth]]|Arena Xalapa - Xalapa, Veracruz}}
{{aline|2007/12/19|hair (8)|L.A. Park|[[Silver King]]|Arena Lopez Mateos - Mexico, State}}
{{aline|2008/09/21|mask|L. A. Park|[[Guerrero Rojo]]|Arena Coliseo - Mexicali, Baja California}}
{{aline|2009/10/30|mask (9)|L. A. Park|[[Matematico Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon}}
{{aend|(1) Relevos suicidas vs. [[Roberto Paz Jr.]] & [[Loco Zandokan II]]; (2) Triangle match with [[Bestia Salvaje]]; (3) Relevos suicidas vs. [[Villano IV]] & [[Villano V]]; (4) Cage Match; (5) Cage Match: also w/[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] & [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]];(6) Cage Match: also Heavy Metal, Mascara Sagrada, Hector Garza & Diluvio Negro I; (7) RULETA DE LA MUERTE: [[Silver King]], [[Satanico]], [[Villano IV]], [[Villano V]], [[Blue Demon Jr.]], [[Hijo del Solitario]], L.A. Park & [[Villano III]]; (8) JAULA: [[Dos Caras Jr.]], [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], [[Villano V]], [[Mano Negra]], [[Canek Jr.]] & [[Hijo de Cien Caras]]; (9) JAULA: [[Tinieblas Jr.]], [[Hijo de Anibal]], [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]], [[Mascara Año 2000 Jr.]], [[Axel]] & [[Hijo de Cien Caras]]}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Elminero.JPG|as El Minero
Image:asesinodetepito1.jpg|as Asesino de Tepito
Image:asesinodetepito2.jpg|as Asesino de Tepito
Image:PrincipeIsland2.jpg|as Principe Island
Image:masked_principeisland.jpg|losing his mask to [[Hijo del Santo]]
Image:PrincipeIsland.jpg|as Principe Island
Image:PrincipeIslandDFlightweight.JPG|as Principe Island with the [[Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Title]]
Image:panama_lapark.jpg|Panama European Middleweight Champ
Image:Adolfotapiainvasor.jpg|as invasor del norte 1991
Image:Par.jpg|early
Image:LaParka.jpg|early en AAA
Image:P10.jpg|in AAA
Image:Parka7.jpg|AAA 1994
Image:Parka.jpg|1996
Image:Parka_WWCHardcore.jpg|w/ WWC Hardcore Title on right
Image:LaParka2003.jpg|2003
Image:LaPark.jpg|2004
Image:LaParka2005_1.jpg|2005-1
Image:A17.jpg|AULL 2007
Image:Park_Wagner_01.jpg|2006
Image:laparka.jpg|scary!
Image:lapark_iwr.jpg|IWR? Title
Image:parka_demon_2007.jpg|in LA with [[Blue Demon Jr.]]
Image:Tapia.jpg|Multicampeon
Image:Apark.jpg|
Image:Lapa.jpg|
Image:Dsc.jpg|w/ [[Mascara Sagrada]]
Image:Amarillo.jpg|Monterrey
Image:Baile.jpg|Coliseo DF
Image:Blanco.jpg|
Image:En_AAA.jpg|vs [[Hijo del Santo]]
Image:En_AAA2.jpg|
Image:Tito.jpg|IWC
Image:Dsc0.jpg|in Monterrey
Image:Usa.jpg|
Image:Vsperro.jpg|
Image:Wcw.jpg|
Image:Wcw2.jpg|
Image:Wcw3.jpg|
Image:Wcw5.jpg|
Image:G52.JPG|Presentation
Image:Wcw6.jpg|
Image:Wcw7.jpg|
Image:Semi04.jpg|
Image:Semi15.jpg|
Image:Semi27.jpg|
Image:MASCARAS1.jpg|VS. [[Pierroth Jr.]]
Image:Im.jpg|Presentation
Image:PARK2.jpg|[[Colosus]], L.A. Park & [[Lizmark Jr.]]
Image:PARK3.jpg|vs. [[Nicho el Millonario]]
Image:PARK4.jpg|vs. [[Blue Panther]]
Image:PARK5.jpg|
Image:PARK6.jpg|vs. [[Black Tiger]]
Image:estelar01.jpg|Honoring [[Bestia Salvaje]]
Image:89.JPG|vs. [[Dandy]]
Image:Laparka2.jpg|Posing
Image:Lo.jpg|Poster
Image:Par.gif|Dancing
Image:SrTapia.jpg|vs. [[Perro Aguayo]]
Image:L.A._Park.JPG|L.A. Park
Image:LA PARK.jpg|

</gallery>

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La Parka AAA

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image= La_parka_el_bonito.jpg‎
|name=La Parka
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Bello Sexy (debut - 05/92), Maligno (05/92 - ??), Crater, Santa Esmeralda, Karis la Momia (95 - 11/96), La Calaca (1st appearance at the end of 1996? ''disputed''), La Parka Jr./La Parka (11/96 - ), Duro (1998)
|family=none
|maestro=[[America Salvaje]], [[Resplandor]]
|birthdate=[[January 4]], [[1966]] - [[Hermosillo]], [[Sonora]]
|debut=1987 - Arena Cuatro Caminos - [[Hermosillo]], [[Sonora]]
|height=6'1"/185 cms
|weight=230 lbs/107 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Small Package]], Dancing, uh... dancing
|titles=[[Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title]], [[National Cruiserweight Title]], [[LAW Light Heavyweight Title]], [[AAA Rey de Reyes]] 2001-2003-2005-2007, [[National Tag Team Titles]] (w/[[Octagon]] and w/[[Máscara Sagrada AAA]]), [[GPCW SUPER-X Monster Title]]
}}

== Biography ==
Not to be confused with the original [[La Parka]], who was forced to give up the rights to the name (as it was owned by AAA founder Antonio Peña) when he jumped to EMLL in 2003, and is now known as [[L.A. Park]]. La Parka Jr. is a tecnico who competes in [[AAA]].

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|96/07/15|mask (1)|Karis la Momia|[[Halcón Dorado Jr.]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|00/02/05|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[Gigante Drako]]|Toreo de Cuatro Caminos- Mexico State}}
{{aline|01/04/20|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[El Hijo Del Espectro]]|Auditorio De Tijuana}}
{{aline|01/08/10|mask (2)|La Parka Jr.|[[Akuma]]|Auditorio De Tijuana}}
{{aline|04/06/20|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[Cibernetico]]|El Toreo De Naucalpan}}
{{aline|04/08/31|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[La Bestia]]|Arena Juba - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|05/08/30|hair (3)|La Parka Jr.|[[El Angel (Juba)]]|Arena Juba - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|05/10/25|mask|La Parka Jr.|Destroyer II (not Guadalajara's [[Destroyer II]])|Arena Coliseo - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|06/06/18|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[Muerte Cibernetica]]|Toreo de Cuatro Caminos - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match w/ Junior Atomicos vs. Karis/Payasos; (2) Hexagonal de la Muerte; (3) Not El Angel(Oscar Sevilla) from AAA}}

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery||name=MalignoAAA.JPG|caption=as Maligno}}
{{Gallery||name=ElMaligno.jpg|caption=as Maligno}}
{{Gallery||name=Duro.jpg|caption=as Duro}}
{{Gallery||name=Duroydirecto.jpg|caption=as Duro with [[Directo]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Karislu3.jpg|caption=as Karis la Momia}}
{{Gallery||name=Karis.jpg|caption=as Karis la Momia}}
 
{{Gallery|name=Mexcruiser_karis.jpg|caption=as Karis la Momia, [[Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship|MEX Cruiserweight Champ]]}}
{{Gallery||name=ParkaJr.jpg|caption=as La Parka AAA}}
{{Gallery||name=Laparkajr3.jpg|caption=as La Parka AAA (old entrance Attire)}}
{{Gallery||name=laparkajr.jpg|caption=older}}
{{Gallery||name=Mexcruiser_laparkajr.jpg|caption=as [[Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship|MEX Cruiserweight Champ]]}}
{{Gallery||name=La Parka y Riverita.jpg|caption=Whit [[Arturo Rivera]] In an interview in 2007}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers|Parka]][[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers|Parka]]

La Parka AAA

2010-06-08T20:46:43Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image= La_parka_el_bonito.jpg‎
|name=La Parka
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Bello Sexy (debut - 05/92), Maligno (05/92 - ??), Crater, Santa Esmeralda, Karis la Momia (95 - 11/96), La Calaca (1st appearance at the end of 1996? ''disputed''), La Parka Jr./La Parka (11/96 - ), Duro (1998)
|family=none
|maestro=[[America Salvaje]], [[Resplandor]]
|birthdate=[[January 4]], [[1966]] - [[Hermosillo]], [[Sonora]]
|debut=1987 - Arena Cuatro Caminos - [[Hermosillo]], [[Sonora]]
|height=6'0"/185 cms
|weight=216 lbs/107 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Small Package]], Dancing, uh... dancing
|titles=[[Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title]], [[National Cruiserweight Title]], [[LAW Light Heavyweight Title]], [[AAA Rey de Reyes]] 2001-2003-2005-2007, [[National Tag Team Titles]] (w/[[Octagon]] and w/[[Máscara Sagrada AAA]]), [[GPCW SUPER-X Monster Title]]
}}

== Biography ==
Not to be confused with the original [[La Parka]], who was forced to give up the rights to the name (as it was owned by AAA founder Antonio Peña) when he jumped to EMLL in 2003, and is now known as [[L.A. Park]]. La Parka Jr. is a tecnico who competes in [[AAA]].

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|96/07/15|mask (1)|Karis la Momia|[[Halcón Dorado Jr.]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|00/02/05|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[Gigante Drako]]|Toreo de Cuatro Caminos- Mexico State}}
{{aline|01/04/20|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[El Hijo Del Espectro]]|Auditorio De Tijuana}}
{{aline|01/08/10|mask (2)|La Parka Jr.|[[Akuma]]|Auditorio De Tijuana}}
{{aline|04/06/20|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[Cibernetico]]|El Toreo De Naucalpan}}
{{aline|04/08/31|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[La Bestia]]|Arena Juba - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|05/08/30|hair (3)|La Parka Jr.|[[El Angel (Juba)]]|Arena Juba - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|05/10/25|mask|La Parka Jr.|Destroyer II (not Guadalajara's [[Destroyer II]])|Arena Coliseo - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|06/06/18|mask|La Parka Jr.|[[Muerte Cibernetica]]|Toreo de Cuatro Caminos - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match w/ Junior Atomicos vs. Karis/Payasos; (2) Hexagonal de la Muerte; (3) Not El Angel(Oscar Sevilla) from AAA}}

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery||name=MalignoAAA.JPG|caption=as Maligno}}
{{Gallery||name=ElMaligno.jpg|caption=as Maligno}}
{{Gallery||name=Duro.jpg|caption=as Duro}}
{{Gallery||name=Duroydirecto.jpg|caption=as Duro with [[Directo]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Karislu3.jpg|caption=as Karis la Momia}}
{{Gallery||name=Karis.jpg|caption=as Karis la Momia}}
 
{{Gallery|name=Mexcruiser_karis.jpg|caption=as Karis la Momia, [[Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship|MEX Cruiserweight Champ]]}}
{{Gallery||name=ParkaJr.jpg|caption=as La Parka AAA}}
{{Gallery||name=Laparkajr3.jpg|caption=as La Parka AAA (old entrance Attire)}}
{{Gallery||name=laparkajr.jpg|caption=older}}
{{Gallery||name=Mexcruiser_laparkajr.jpg|caption=as [[Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship|MEX Cruiserweight Champ]]}}
{{Gallery||name=La Parka y Riverita.jpg|caption=Whit [[Arturo Rivera]] In an interview in 2007}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers|Parka]][[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers|Parka]]

La Hechicera

2010-01-23T02:24:32Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=LaHechicera.jpg
|name=La Hechicera
|realName=
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=La Demoledora (1998 - 2001), La Hechicera (2001 - current)
|family=
|maestro=[[El Charro Del Misterio]], [[Inquisidor]]
|birthdate=[[December 28]], [[1972]]
|debut=
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[splash]], [[sitdown splash]], [[quebradora de a caballo|la de a caballo]]
|titles=
|}}

== Profile ==

Low ranked AAA ruda, who mostly has just made occasional appearances and participated in [[Reina de Reinas]] tournaments. She's been in AAA since 1998, though there are years where she doesn't appear to turn on TV. Seemed to be dropped for good in late 2008, but turned up on spot show lineups in 2009. Still doesn't make TV, but fills out relevos AAA and women's tag matches on non televised shows.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[La Chola]]|[[Demoledora]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[La Chola]]|[[Demoledora]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1999|99]]/[[August 16|08/16]]|hair (1)|[[Alda Moreno|Alda]] & [[Rossy Moreno]]|[[La Fugitiva]] & La Demoledora|[[León]], [[Guanajuato]]}}
{{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[November 2|11/02]]|hair|[[Faby Apache]]|La Hechicera|[[Plaza de Toros La Concordia]] - [[Orizaba]], [[Veracruz]]}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match which also included [[La Chola]]/[[La Venus]] & [[Miss Janeth]]/[[Xochitl Hamada]]}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers|Hechicera]]
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