Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza (January 4, 1966 January 11, 2020) was a Mexican ''
luchador
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enmascarado'', or masked
professional wrestler
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, better known as La Parka (or La Parka II to distinguish him from the original
La Parka
Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (November 14, 1965) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), who currently performs as L. A. Park for Major League Wrestling in the United States, where he is a former MLW World Tag ...
) who worked for the Mexican
professional wrestling promotion
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AAA
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from the mid-1990s until 2019. On January 11, 2020, Huerta died from complications arising from injuries that he sustained from a botched move during an October 2019 match.
Escoboza was not the first wrestler to use the
ring name
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"La Parka",
Adolfo Tapia was the original La Parka but did not own either the name or the character. In the late 1990s, Escoboza was billed as ''La Parka Jr.'' and then in 2003 he became the "official" La Parka while Tapia was forced to stop using the name and instead became known as L.A. Park.
In 2020, he was posthumously inducted into the
AAA Hall of Fame
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.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1987–1995)
Escoboza made his debut in 1987, working as ''Bello Sexy''.
After working as ''Bello Sexy'' for five years he changed his
gimmick to ''Maligno'' (
Spanish
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for "Evil"), which he used until 1995.
[ In this time period he also briefly worked as Crater and Santa Esmarela.][
]
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (1995–2019)
Karis la Momia (1995–1996)
In early 1995 Escobedo was once again repackaged as he joined Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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(AAA; then formally known as ''Asistencia Asesoría y Administración'') and became ''Karis la Momia'' ("Karis the Mummy") a mummy
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gimmick named after the 1940s Mummy-film series Kharis
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.[ He was the fourth wrestler to use the Karis la Momia name. On June 30, 1995 Karis la Momia made his first AAA major show appearance as he teamed with ]Espectro I
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, El Duende, Maniaco
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and Halloween
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, losing to ''Los Power Raiders'' at Triplemania III-C. On May 15, 1996 Karis won his first wrestling championship as he defeated Blue Demon Jr.
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for the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship
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.[ At Triplemania IV-A Karis, Arunyo and Killer defeated Blue Demon Jr., ]El Torero
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, and Máscara Sagrada Jr. Over the summer of 1996 Karis worked a storyline feud, teaming with ''Los Payasos
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'' against ''Los Junior Atómicos'' (Máscara Sagrada Jr., Tinieblas Jr., Blue Demon Jr. and Halcón Dorado Jr.). The two teams met in a four on four match at Triplemania IV-B which ''Los Junior Atómicos'' won. The storyline continued at Triplemania IV-C as the two teams faced off in a Steel cage match
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as the main event of the show. The match saw Karis la Momia defeat Halcón Dorado Jr., forcing him to unmask. In November 1996 Karis la Momia was given a new gimmick and he was forced to vacate the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship because of this.[ He may have impersonated a new character named ''La Calaca'' (a variation of La Parka character with an inverted costume and a more diabolical mask) in a match fought in Arena Neza at the end of 1996. This gimmick was later given to a Monterrey ''rudo'' named El Sanguinario.]
La Parka Jr. (1996–2003)
By late 1996, AAA regular, La Parka
Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (November 14, 1965) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), who currently performs as L. A. Park for Major League Wrestling in the United States, where he is a former MLW World Tag ...
began working full-time for World Championship Wrestling
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, which meant that AAA lost one of its most popular performers. Since AAA owner Antonio Peña
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had created the character and owned the rights to them in Mexico he decided to create "La Parka Jr." as a way to capitalize on the popularity of La Parka, giving the part to the promising Escobedo.[ La Parka. Jr. joined ''Los Junior Atómicos'', replacing the very man he had unmasked, Halcón Dorado Jr. One of the early appearances of La Parka Jr. was at Guerra de Titanes 1997, where he teamed with Máscara Sagrada Jr., ]Venum
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and Cuervo in a loss to Los Vipers
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(Psicosis
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, Histeria, Mosco de la Merced
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and Maniaco
Maniaco (born May 20, 1966) is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, Luchador'', or professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known for being a part of the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) group ''Los Vipers''. He currently works for Consej ...
). La Parka Jr. quickly became a part of the storyline between the ''Los Vipers'' group and a group of "AAA Loyalists", this storyline led to a match at Triplemania VI where he teamed with Latin Lover
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, Blue Demon Jr. and Máscara Sagráda defeating ''Los Vipers'' ( Cibernético, Histeria, Maniaco and Psicosis). On April 4, 1999 ''Los Junior Atómicos'' (La Parka Jr. Perro Aguayo Jr.
Pedro Aguayo Ramírez (July 23, 1979 – March 21, 2015) was a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in lucha libre as Perro Aguayo Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo ("The Son of Perro Aguayo"). He was the re ...
, Blue Demon Jr. and Máscara Sagrada Jr.) defeated ''Los Vatos Locos'' (Charly Manson
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, May Flowers, Nygma
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and Picudo) to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship
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.[ The group held the title for five months, before losing it to rivals ''Los Vipers'' at ]Verano de Escandalo (1999)
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. On August 12, 1999 La Parka Jr. regained the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship he was forced to give up when he changed gimmicks, defeating Kendo
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for the title.[
On March 30, 2001 La Parka Jr. defeated Latin Lover, ]Abismo Negro
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and Heavy Metal to win the 2001 ''Rey de Reyes
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'' tournament, the first visible proof that La Parka Jr. was being positioned as one of the top ''tecnicos'' (Face
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or good guy) of AAA. La Parka Jr. followed his ''Rey de Reyes'' success by forcing Abismo Negro to submit in their four on four encounter at Triplemania IX on May 26, 2001. On November 11, 2001 La Parka and Máscara Sagrada
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teamed up to defeat El Texano
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and Pirata Morgan
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for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship
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.[ The team held onto the titles until April 19, 2002 when ]Electroshock
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and Chessman took the titles from them.[ La Parka Jr.'s climb up the card continued as he teamed with El Alebrije, Máscara Sagrada and ]Octagón
Juan Escalera (born March 27, 1961) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) better known as Octagón. He is best known for working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), having worked for the company since it ...
to defeat Abismo Negro, Cibernético, the Monsther and Leatherface in the main event of Guerra de Titanes 2002. On March 16, 2003 La Parka Jr. won the ''Rey de Reyes
The Rey de Reyes (English: "King of Kings") is an annual tournament held by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) comparable to WWE’s King of the Ring tournament. For the first six tournaments the format consisted of four-way elimination matches with ...
'' tournament, defeating Abismo Negro to claim his second ''Rey de Reyes''.
The new La Parka (2003–2009)
In early 2003 the original La Parka joined Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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(CMLL), AAA's main rival, as a result Antonio Peña took legal action against Adolfo Tapia, barring him from using the name "La Parka" or wearing the signature "skeleton suit" in Mexico. After taking action against Tapia, La Parka Jr. became known officially as just "La Parka".[ On June 15, 2003 La Parka main evented his first ''Triplemanía'' as he teamed with ]Lizmark
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, Octagón and Super Caló
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, defeating Abismo Negro, Cibernético and The Headhunters
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in the main event of Triplemania XI. Five days later La Parka teamed with Octagón to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship from Electroshock and Chessman, a title the team held for 3,110 days.[
The storyline between the AAA loyalists, led by La Parka, and ''Los Vipers'', led by Cibernético came to a head on June 20, 2004 in the main event of Triplemania XII as La Parka defeated Cibernético in a '' Luchas de Apuesta'', forcing Cibernético to unmask after the match in one of the biggest Triplemania events ever.] The feud between La Parka and Cibernético continued beyond the mask loss, including La Parka defeating Cibernético in a "Lights Out" match at Verano de Escandalo (2004)
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.
In late 2005 Konnan
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returned to AAA, bringing a contingent of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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(TNA) wrestlers with him, forming ''La Legión Extranjera
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'', the new top ''Rudo'' (Heel
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or bad guy) faction of AAA. The appearance of La Legión actually caused La Parka and Cibernético to form a temporary alliance, fighting ''La Legión'' in the main event of Guerra de Titanes 2004, defeating Konnan and Rikishi
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. The Cibernético / La Parka alliance did not last long as Cibernético formed La Secta Cibernetica in early 2005, siding with Konnan's ''La Legión''. On March 11, 2005 La Parka won his third ''Rey de Reyes
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'', winning a seven-way elimination match over Latin Lover, Abismo Negro, Chessman, Jeff Jarrett
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Beginning his career in his father J ...
, Konnan and Cibernético. With the victory La Parka became the only wrestler to ever win three ''Rey de Reyes'' tournaments. La Parka's run as the top ''tecnico'' of AAA continued, main eventing Triplemania XIII alongside Latin Lover and Octagón, defeating Cibernético, Chessman and Fuerza Guerrera
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. In early 2006 ''La Secta de Cibernetica'' brought in Muerta Cibernetica to strengthen the group, often replacing Cibernético because of various minor injuries. At the 2006 ''Rey de Reyes
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'' La Parka, Vampiro
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and Octagón represented AAA in a four-way trios match against ''La Secta'', ''Team TNA'' and ''Los Guapos'' for the ''Rey de Reyes'' trophy. While La Parka did not win he did help his teammate Vampiro win it. At Triplemania XIV La Parka faced off against Muerta Cibernetica in a ''Luchas de Apuesta''. In a move that mirrored Triplemania XII La Parka won, unmasking Muerta Cibernetica. The ''Legión Extranjera'' storyline saw La Parka face off against TNA wrestlers such as Abyss
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, Jeff Jarrett, Elix Skipper
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and Hotstuff Hernandez
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.
In late 2006 AAA owner Antonio Peña died, forcing various changes backstage including Joaquin Roldan taking over the booking duties. One of the things that Roldan changed in AAA was that La Parka was no longer booked as the lone top ''tecnico'' any more, focusing the main storyline more on Cibernético. On March 18, 2007 La Parka won his fourth and final ''Rey de Reyes
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'' tournament defeating Octagón, Abismo Negro, Rhino
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, Fuerza Guerrera and Latin Lover in the elimination match final. At Triplemania XV the ''La Legión'' team of Ron Killings
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Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now ...
, Sabu, Head Hunter A and Rikishi Phatu defeated La Parka, El Zorro, Latin Lover and Animal
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. Over the summer of 2007 La Parka injured his shoulder in a car accident, forcing him to work a lighter schedule and a less risky style. At the 2007 Antonio Peña Memorial Show Kenzo Suzuki
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aggravated La Parka's injury by accident forcing him to take time off after the event.
La Parka's shoulder injury kept him sidelined for extended periods in both 2007 and 2008, but he did participate in Triplemania XVI where he teamed with Chessman and Silver King, only to lose to ''La Legión'', represented by Bobby Lashley
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, Electroshock and Kenzo Suzuki. The storyline between ''La Legión'' and the AAA Loyalists led to a Steel cage match between team AAA (La Parka, Latin Lover, Octagón and Super Fly) and ''La Legión Extranjera'' (Electroshock, Konnan, Kenzo Suzuki and Rellik). The storyline leading into the match was that the winning team would gain control of AAA as well as the urn that supposedly contained Antonio Peña's ashes as the symbol of that control. Konnan's team won on the night, taking control of the promotion. In 2009 La Parka's angle with ''La Legión'' focused mainly on Silver King, Silver King had turned on La Parka during a match in early 2009 and joined ''La Legión'', since then the two faced off in many intense matches, often with inconclusive results. The storyline has seen both of them ripping at each other's masks, hinting at a future ''Luchas de Apuestas'' match. At Triplemania XVII La Parka, El Hijo del Santo
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, Vampiro, Octagón and Jack Evans defeated ''La Legión'' (Silver King, Chessman, Electroshock, Kenzo Suzuki and Teddy Hart
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) in a match where team AAA won back the storyline control of AAA. At Verano de Escandalo (2009)
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La Parka was pinned by Silver King as La Parka, Marco Corleone
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and Octagón lost to ''Los Wagnermaniacos'' (Silver King, Electroshock and Último Gladiador
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).
Feuding with L.A. Park (2010)
During the 2010 ''Rey de Reyes
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'' the original La Parka, L.A. Park, returned to AAA 13 years after he left on bad terms to work a storyline feud against the "impostor" La Parka. L.A. Park sided with Dorian Roldan in his feud with his father Joaquin Roldan (president of AAA) while La Parka sided with Joaquin. During an AAA show on March 19, 2010 L.A. Park attacked La Parka once again and threw him through a table. At a later show the two had another brawl, after which La Parka challenged L.A. Park to a match at Triplemania XVIII, under any stipulation the original Parka wanted. During AAA's television taping on April 30, 2010 L.A. Park accepted La Parka's challenge for a match at Triplemania XVIII. At an AAA press conference on May 12, 2010 it was announced that the match between the two would be for the rights to the name "La Parka". The two signed the official contract for the match during a television taping on May 19, 2010. After signing the contract Dorian Roldan had the police arrest La Parka for piracy by impersonating La Parka. He was released just in time to run in during the semi-main event to attack L.A. Park. At Triplemania XVIII L.A. Park faced La Parka in the main event of the show. Near the end of the match Park used a tombstone piledriver, a move that is illegal in Lucha Libre. Joaquin Roldan entered the ring, when L.A. Park attempted to use a steel chair on La Parka. When L.A. Park teased using the chair on Joaquin instead, Dorian entered the ring to protest, but was pushed down by Park, who then hit Joaquin with the chair, which caused Dorian to turn on him, hitting him with a steel chair three times. Halloween
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and Damián 666
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from the Perros del Mal
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wrestling promotion run to the ring to chase Dorian Roldan away. Then they drag L.A. Park on top of La Parka before ''rudo'' referee Hijo del Tirantes counts for three to give L.A. Park the victory. After the bell rings the rest of ''Los Perros del Mal'' (including Park's son Hijo de L.A. Park) came to the ring to celebrate with L.A. Park, who had won the rights to the name "La Parka". After a couple of minutes a group of AAA wrestlers led by Octagón came to ringside and in combination with the arena security managed to remove Los Perros del Mal from the ring. La Parka was taken from the ring on a stretcher, not having moved since L.A. Park applied the piledriver. A bit later it was announced that the match results had been thrown out due to interference by Los Perros del Mal, but the following morning it was confirmed that Tapia had indeed won and would now be known as "La Parka" once again and that AAA's La Parka would have to change his name. However, on June 10 AAA announced that it would respect Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission's decision to throw out the match and as a result both La Parka and L.A. Park would keep their names. On July 4 La Parka defeated L.A. Park in a rematch.
El Inframundo (2010–2011)
In October 2010, Parka's friend Cibernético turned on him and AAA, after feeling betrayed by them when they didn't trust his claim about not joining ''La Sociedad
''La Sociedad'' (later reformed as ''La Nueva Sociedad'' in 2013; Spanish for "The (New) Society") was a Mexican ''lucha libre'', or professional wrestling group, referred to as a stable in wrestling terms, that worked for Lucha Libre AAA World Wi ...
'', and re-formed his old group ''Los Bizarros'' with Amadeus, Billy el Malo, Charly Manson, Escoria
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, Nygma and Taboo. Parka and Cibernético then started a heated rivalry, during which it was implied that Cibernético had hospitalized Parka's three-year-old son. In May 2011, Parka formed ''El Inframundo'' ("The Underworld") with Dark Cuervo, Dark Espíritu, Dark Ozz
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and Drago to battle ''Los Bizarros''. On June 18 at Triplemanía XIX
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, Parka, Ozz, Drago and Octagón were defeated by Cibernético, Billy el Malo, Charly Manson and Escoria, when Cibernético pinned Parka following a distraction from Taboo, who appeared at the top of the ramp with his son. After the match it was revealed that Taboo was in fact Parka's brother. Parka would finally get his hands on Taboo on July 31 at ''Verano de Escándalo
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'' in an eight-man tag team match between the two groups, which ''El Inframundo'' lost, when Parka was disqualified for excessive violence on his brother.
La Sociedad and feud with La Parka Negra (2011–2014)
On October 9, 2011, at Héroes Inmortales
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, Octagón shocked AAA by turning on the promotion by attacking Dr. Wagner Jr.
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after his match with El Hijo del Perro Aguayo. La Parka entered the ring to seemingly confront his longtime partner, but then also attacked Wagner along with Octagón, Aguayo, Konan Big
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and Silver King, joining ''La Sociedad''. At the first post-Héroes Inmortales television tapings on October 21, Parka blamed his turn on AAA for bringing back L.A. Park after his 15 years of loyal service, and the promotion's fans for choosing to root for both Park and Cibernético over him during his past two rivalries. On December 1, Parka and Park put their past differences aside, when they teamed together for the first time, defeating Dr. Wagner Jr. and Electroshock in a tag team main event. On March 18, 2012, at ''Rey de Reyes
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'', La Parka, Dark Dragon and Tito Santana
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were defeated by Cibernético, Billy el Malo and Escoria in what was billed as the final chapter in the rivalry between Parka and Cibernético. After the match, Octagón turned on Parka, attacking him with Dragon and Santana, which led to ''Los Bizarros'' returning to the ring and chasing them away. After initially trying to save his alliance with ''La Sociedad'', La Parka officially turned ''tecnico'' and rejoined AAA on April 30.
On August 5 at ''Triplemanía XX
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'', La Parka teamed with ''Los Psycho Circus
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'' in an eight-man tag team match, where they defeated Octagón and ''El Consejo'', with Parka pinning Octagón for the win. Afterwards, Octagón was attacked by ''El Consejo'', which led to Parka making the save for his former partner. On October 7, 2012, at ''Héroes Inmortales
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'', La Parka and Octagón made peace with each other, officially ending the short-lived rivalry between the two. On December 2 at ''Guerra de Titanes
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'', ''La Sociedad'' debuted La Parka's new storyline nemesis, La Parka Negra. In the following match, La Parka, Octagón and Octagón Jr. defeated La Parka Negra, the also debuting Pentagón Jr. and Silver King. On October 18, 2013, at ''Héroes Inmortales VII
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'', La Parka won the 2013 Copa Antonio Peña
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. On March 16, 2014, at ''Rey de Reyes
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'', La Parka defeated Black Warrior, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and El Zorro to win his fifth ''Rey de Reyes'' tournament.
Later career (2014–2019)
La Parka continued to make appearances for AAA until his injury in 2019. In 2018 Parka debuted for AAA's partner Impact Wrestling
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. Parka appeared on the October 4 edition of '' Impact!'', which was taped September 14 at the Frontón México Entertainment Center in Mexico City
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, answering Eli Drake
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's open challenge and subsequently picking up the count-out victory.
Other media
La Parka has appeared in the video game '' Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring''.
Personal life
In August 2019 La Parka introduced "Karis La Momia Jr."; presented as a son who decided to follow in La Parka's footsteps and become a professional wrestler. Shortly after his father's death, the son has become the third wrestler with the ''La Parka'' gimmick.
La Parka's brother "Taboo," also a wrestler, died on September 11, 2020
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.
Injury and death
During a ''Kaoz'' show on October 21, 2019, La Parka dove out of the ring to the floor, missed his opponent Rush, and hit the steel barrier and concrete floor head first. The impact paralyzed La Parka, and he was immediately taken to Monterrey's OCA hospital. While in the hospital, he did start to regain feeling to his extremities.[ Early the next morning, he underwent surgery for his neck and cervical fractures as well as to relieve pressure to parts of his upper body.] It was reported that not only did the injury threaten La Parka's career, but could have been fatal.[ The following day, a press release was circulated stating that La Parka had died. Hours later, AAA revealed the press release to be false. However, Huerta died on January 11, 2020, as a result of the injuries he suffered during the match.]
Legacy and tributes
La Parka was regarded as one of ''Lucha Libre
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''s biggest stars, with Dave Meltzer
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Since 1983, he has been the publisher and editor of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' (''WON''). He has als ...
of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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'' describing him as being "a key part of the AAA presentation." On January 29, 2020, La Parka (Escoboza) was posthumously inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame
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as part of the 2020 class.
Following Parka's death, numerous wrestlers and wrestling promotions sent their condolences, including Parka's long-time storyline enemy L.A. Park
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and AAA's rival promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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. On January 19, 2020, Deportivo Toluca F.C.
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paid tribute to Parka during their first Clausura 2020 home game.
Championships and accomplishments
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
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** Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
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( 1 time)
*Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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**GPCW SUPER-X Monster Championship (1 time)[The GPCW title was promoted by AAA after Gran Prix Championship Wrestling closed]
**Mexican National Atómicos Championship
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( 1 time) – with Perro Aguayo Jr.
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, Blue Demon Jr.
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and Máscara Sagrada Jr.[This Mexican National Championship is sanctioned by the ''Comision de Box y Lucha D.F.'' but promoted by AAA]
**Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship
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( 2 times, final)
**Mexican National Tag Team Championship
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(2 times
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) with Máscara Sagrada
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(1) and Octagón
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(1)
** AAA Hall of Fame
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Inductees
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(class of 2020)
**Copa Antonio Peña
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COPA
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* Canadian Owners and Pilots Asso ...
(2013
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(2001
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, 2003
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)[
**Copa ]Triplemanía XXV
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(2017) – with Argenis
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and Bengala
*International Wrestling Revolution Group
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** Guerra de Empresas (2012) – with Cibernético
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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**PWI ranked him # 43 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500
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in 2007
''Luchas de Apuestas'' record
Notes
References
External links
AAA profile
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