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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. [80]
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.
The list is dominated by the now defunct Mexican Lucha Libre promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) which was the main rival of Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL, now Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)), Mexico's oldest professional wrestling promotion, during the 1970s and '80s.
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.
Posthumous Inductee: Two-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion, one-time AAA World Trios Champion [12] 2018 Dr. Alfonso Morales Announcer known for his work in AAA and CMLL [12] 2019 Silver King (César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón) Posthumous inductee: One-time AAA World Tag Team Champion: 2020 La Parka (Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza)
Triplemanía XIII was the thirteenth Triplemanía professional wrestling show promoted by AAA.The show took place on June 20, 2005 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.The Main event featured a Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match between the teams of Latin Lover, La Parka and Octagón and Los Hell Brothers (Chessman and Cibernético) teaming with Fuerza Guerrera.
Triplemanía XII was the twelfth Triplemanía professional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on June 20, 2004 in Naucalpan, Mexico like the previous year’s event. The Main event featured a Lucha de Apuestas "Mask vs. mask" match between La Parka and Cibernético.