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La Parka was regarded as one of Lucha Libre ' s biggest stars, with Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter describing him as being "a key part of the AAA presentation." [ 79 ] On January 29, 2020, La Parka (Escoboza) was posthumously inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame as part of the 2020 class.
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.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican lucha libre (professional wrestling) promotion founded in 1992 by Antonio Peña as Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Since its founding, the promotion has held various numerous notable events, with the events often shown on pay-per-view or on television and streaming services via AAA's broadcast partners.
The 2008 Triplemanía show ran live against Mexican rival promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) Infierno en el Ring ("Inferno in the ring") major event. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Both Triplemanía and Infierno en el Ring were held in Mexico City, Triplemanía at the approximately 20,000 seat Palacio de los Deportes arena while Infierno en ...
Octagón, Octagón Jr. and La Parka defeated Pentagón Jr., La Parka Negra and Silver Cain. [19] Since several wrestler who held the name Pentagon had bad luck in their careers, there is the legend of the name Pentagon being cursed. Pentagón Jr.'s catchphrase, Cero Miedo (Zero Fear) was created to show no fear to the curse. [20]
The original La Parka now wrestles as L.A. Park while AAA had their own La Parka for years, [8] until an in-ring accident at an independent show in 2019 would lead to his death in the following year. Peña also tried to prevent the original Máscara Sagráda from using the name and outfit, but in the end Sagráda won the court case and the ...
In 2008, Lucha Libre USA presented AAA's second U.S. pay-per-view, Legendary Battles of Triplemania. [10] In 2009, AAA announced the official release of a video game originally entitled AAA El Videojuego. [11] The game was later retitled Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring, was released on October 12, 2010. Marisela Peña who co-directs since 2018.
In 1996, La Parka was one of many AAA wrestlers who also began working for WCW on a regular basis and eventually left AAA. With the La Parka character being so popular, Peña decided to replace the man under the mask with a New La Parka and forced the original to change his name to "L.A. Park", as AAA owned the trademark for the name.