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In 1992 Antonio Peña founded a new wrestling promotion called Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), signing Tapia to a contract early on. Peña came up with the idea to repackage Tapia as "La Parka" (an altered spelling of La Parca, Spanish for "The Reaper"), a character who wore a full bodysuit and mask that resembled a skeleton like the ones used in Mexico's Day of the Dead ceremonies.
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Professional wrestlers from Los Angeles (35 P) Pages in category "Professional wrestlers from California" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total.
In November 1994, the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, a burgeoning promotion from Mexico, partnered with Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling and sold out the Los Angeles Memorial ...
Battle of Los Angeles (professional wrestling) (1 C, 18 P) L. Lucha Underground (3 C, 9 P) N. NWA Hollywood Wrestling (1 C, 4 P) P. Professional wrestling shows in ...
NWA Hollywood Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Los Angeles) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Los Angeles, California in the United States that promoted professional wrestling matches throughout Southern California. It was founded in 1958 as the North American Wrestling Alliance, a member of the National Wrestling ...
Mildred Burke (1915–1989), professional wrestler; Solomon Burke (1940–2010), singer [13] Bartine Burkett (1898–1994), actress; Everett G. Burkhalter (1897–1975), politician; Smiley Burnette (1911–1967), actor; Jerry Buss (1933–2013), majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers
Randall Scott Lewis (born June 7, 1959) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling in the featherweight class. [1] [2] In 1998, Lewis was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. [3]