La Parka - Lucha Libre AAA

I cannot believe that this blog has been around since January 2007 and I have never done a write up on the famous luchador La Parka!
I dont know what I was (or wasn't) thinking.
Adolfo Tapia Ibarra was born on November 14, 1965 in Querétaro, Mexico.
He was trained by luchadors Alberto Mora and Raúl Reyes, and made his Lucha Libre debut in 1982 at the Deportivo Arena 47 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.
Adolfo has wrestled under many names, Adolfo Tapia, El Gringo, El Minero,El Asesino de Tepito, Príncipe Island, Invasor Del Norte I, La Parka/La Parka and finally, L.A. Park.
He is the brother of El Hijo Del Cien, Super Parka, Johnny Ibarra and Desalmado are his uncles and Black Spirit (or El Hijo de L.A. Park) is his son.

La Parka has wrestled for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and almost every minor wrestling promotion in Mexico, and he's wrestled in Japan.

As you might have guessed from his long career, he has held several titles including:
In Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion he has held the IWC World Championship and the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship four times.
In Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre he held the CMLL World Tag Team Championships with Shocker.
In Independent Wrestling Revolution / Revolucha, he held the IWR / Revolucha Heavyweight Championship.
In the National Wrestling Alliance, he held the NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship.
In the World Wrestling Association, he held the WWA Light Heavyweight Championship twice.
And in Xtreme Latin American Wrestling, he held the XLAW Xtreme Heavyweight Championship twice.

La Sombra (The Shadow)

The Luchador La Sombra (The Shadow) that wrestles for CMLL is not the first to use that name.
The first La Sombra was Tony Lopez who wrestled in the 80s.
The second La Sombra was Hector Navarro who wrestled in the 90s.
And the current La Sombra's real name is unknown, other than his last name is Andrade and he was born on November 3, 1989 in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.
And we also know that he has one of the coolest masks in Lucha Libre.

The current La Sombra was trained by Moro III, Brillante Sr., Satanico, Stuka and Franco Colombo (the luchador, not the bodybuilder).
He made his wrestling debut on October 18, 2003 in his hometown of Gomez Palacio.
Before adopting the La Sombra idenity, he wrestled as Brillante Jr., Rey Azteca (II) , and Guerrero Azteca.

He has held the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) World Tag Team Championship with Volador, Jr., the Mexican National Trios Championship with El Sagrado and Volador, Jr., the NWA World Welterweight Championship and he won the Torneo Gran Alternativa in 2007 with Místico.

The father of lucha libre passes away - Alejandro “Black Shadow” Cruz - RIP

The father of lucha libre passes away - Alejandro “Black Shadow” Cruz - RIP
Friday, March 09, 2007 - Scott Adams

Friends, relatives and fellow Luchadors gathered at Pantheon Garden to bid a final farewell to “The Black Shadow”. The Lucha legend was buried today in Mexico. He was 82 when he passed.

The Black Shadow real name Alejandro Cruz was born in the city of León, Guanajuato. He grew up idolizing the likes of Chino Achiu, Henry Pilusso and Murciélago Velázquez, and while he was a lucha enthusiast, his initial ambitions were to seek a career as a professional musician. He moved to Guadalajara to purse those dreams but he eventually gave up and abandoned them for lucha libre. Before becoming a luchador, he worked as a shoemaker, and he practiced some sports like cliffdiving and football (soccer).

His professional debut was a loss against Rito Romero on June 21, 1942 at the Arena "Canada Dry" in Guadalajara. He used the name "Jungla" Cruz, which he didn't really like, and his first outfit was made out of leather. Jungla Cruz was a popular newspaper comic strip character so the promoter he first wrestled for, an Arab called Elías Simón, gave him that name.

Full Story at:
http://www.kocosports.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=14062&z=4

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El Trio Fantasia

El Trio Fantasia is comprised of:

Super Muñeco
Name Super Muñeco (Super Toy)
Name history El Sanguinario Jr. (Pro Wrestling Debut: - ??), Super Muñeco (?? - )
Family El Sanguinario (father), El Tramposo/Sanguinario Jr. (brother) neither is the AAA Sanguinario
Trained by: El Sanguinario
Birth date April 10, 1960 - Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut: March 22, 1982
Height 5'7"/170 cms
Weight 216 lbs/98 kg
Signature moves Swastika, Tope Suicida, Bobbing his head
Titles: AWWA World Junior Heavyweight Wrestling Title, WWA World Middleweight Wrestling Title, Distrito Federal Trios Titles (with Super Ratón & Super Pinocho), AWWA Trios Titles (with Super Ratón & Super Pinocho), National Trios Titles (with Rey Misterio Jr. & Octagon)

Super Pinocho
Name Super Pinocho
Name history Tigre de Bengala III (Pro Wrestling Debut: - 05/79), Super Pinocho/Pinocho/Gran Pinocho (05/83 - )
Family Pinocho 3000 (brother)
Birth date December 8, 1951 - Llano de Zacapezco, Villa del Carmen, Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut: 1979 - Pavillón Azteca - Mexico City
Height 5'7"/170 cms
Weight 187 lbs/85 kg
Signature moves Tope Suicida
Titles: Apatlaco Tag Team Titles (with Tigre de Bengala II), Distrito Federal Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Ratón), AWWA Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Ratón), AWWA Welterweight Title, AWWA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title, Distrito Federal Tag Team Titles (with Super Ratón)

Super Ratón
Name Super Ratón (Super Mouse)
Name history Super Ratón (Pro Wrestling Debut: - )
Trained by: Rayo Dorado
Birth date June 23, 1960 - Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut: July 15, 1984 - Tampico, Tamaulipas
Height 5'3"/160 cms
Weight 176 lbs/80 kg
Signature moves Victory Roll, Standing Mil Mascaras-style surfboard
Titles: Distrito Federal Lightweight, AWWA Welterweight Title, Mexico State Welterweight Title, Distrito Federal Welterweight Title, Distrito Federal Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Pinocho - El Trío Fantasía), AWWA Trios Titles (with Super Muñeco & Super Pinocho), Distrito Federal Tag Team Titles (with Super Pinocho)

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Los Tortuguillos Karatekas

Los Tortuguillos Karatekas
This group of Ninja Turtle knock-offs started in the UWA and eventually ended up in AAA minus a member. They even got the chance to tour in Japan for Hamada's UWF. The members were never named, they were just given numbers:
Tortuguillo Karateka I
(Rocky Santana)
Tortuguillo Karateka II
(Robin Hood )
Tortuguillo Karateka III
( ???)
Tortuguillo Karateka IV
(Danny Boy)
They are not to be confused with Tortugas Ninja, a CMLL Ninja Turtles knock-off.

Los Kumbia Kids

Los Kumbia Kids came together in 2004. The stable was a take-off on the famous Kumbia Kings rap group. At first the stable consisted of five members who would wrestle in handicap matches. They were:
Johnny
Jessy
Javi
Tee-Wee
Tony
The group didn't generate any interest and were largely forgotten about soon after their debut. Johnny left for CMLL in the summer of 2005 and around the same time Tony left to become 'TKX' (Tony Kumbia Xtreme) on the indy circuit. A new version of Los Kumbia Kids was formed to wrestle openers once in a while. They were:
Jessy
Javi
Kevin
Kevin would alternate his group affiliation with either Los Kumbias or Los Warriors depending on which role was needed for the night.