La Parka

Adolfo Tapia Ibarra is a Mexican Luchador who is most famous world wide for his work as La Parka, the man in the skeleton suit. Until adopting the “La Parka” gimmick in 1992 Ibarra worked under several much less known gimmicks but once he was given the gimmick in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) it took off. As La Parka Ibarra has worked for an extended period of time for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and made several appearances for promotions such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling in addition to a slew of independent circuit apperances. In 1996 AAA introduced “La Parka, Jr.” as a local version of La Parka, in 2003 when La Parka signed with AAA rival Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, AAA owner Antonio Peña “upgraded” the AAA version to just “La Parka”. The original La Parka is not allowed to be billed as “La Parka” on Mexican television but retains the name everywhere else in the world. When he’s unable to be billed as “La Parka” he’s billed as “L.A. Park” which stands for “La Authentica Park” (with the “k” pronounced as “Ka”).

Championships and accomplishments

 * Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
 * IWC Heavyweight Championship (1 time) †


 * Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
 * CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Shocker


 * Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.
 * Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (4 times) ††


 * Panama
 * European Middleweight Championship (2 times) – as Príncipe Island


 *  Revolucha
 * Revolucha Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


 * World Wrestling Association
 * WWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
 * WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Antifaz Del Norte


 * World Wrestling Council
 * WWC Hardcore Championship (3 times)
 * Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
 * XLAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)


 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked him # 172 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

† (IWC was the name used to promote AAA cards in the US. After the groups split La Parka defended the IWC title on various independent shows) †† National title, recognized by several promotions