Video link to the event over at Youtube, timestamped to the start of this particular match: https://youtu.be/h4Zbvtd1_dk



Cagematch page for this match/event.



Who’s Who?

La Parka(II)

Making his debut in 1987 he originally worked various names until 1995 when he made it onto the AAA roster where he worked as Karis la Momia(Karis the Mummy) named after Kharis, the famous Mummy from the 1940′s film series. As the original La Parka started spending more time in WCW and away from AAA they repackaged Karis as La Parka Jr. which he used until 2003 when he would just became the new La Parka. Because La Parka(I) joined CMLL and AAA took legal action to ban La Parka from using the name/suit.

This would eventually lead to a Park/La Parka feud which we’ll be looking at tomorrow. So basically the last 3 years in AAA La Parka has been getting a bit of a push to become the new La Parka. Immediately putting the Mexican National Tag Team Championship on him(with Octagon). He was also in the main event of the next 4 Triplemanias first in an atomicos match in 2003, then a mask vs mask with Cibernetico in 2004, a trios match in 2005, and now this mask vs mask match in 2006. So AAA were trying to make him a big deal and did. He is a positioned as a legend on his own right. Even if most people still prefer The Authentic La Park. It’s not like the current La Parka hasn’t paid his dues. Being in AAA for over 20 years he has plenty of back catalog to be proud of.

Muerte Cibernética

Rick Banderas made his debut in 1997 about a decade before AAA would come hire him. He worked first in Puerto Rico promotion IWA(International Wrestling Association) under the name Ricky Banderas which was a combination of Ricky Martin and Antonio Banderas.

He would make his debut in AAA in 2006 to be a foil for La Parka, brought in by Cibernetico who had been unmasked at 2 Triplemanias ago by La Parka. So leading up to Triplemania La Parka and allies key of which was Octagon feuded with Cibernetico, and his cult like faction La Secta Cibernetica. Which also included Chessman, Charly Manson, Cuervo, Espiritu, Escoria, Ozz and of course Muerte Cibernetica

So Muerte was fairly new to AAA, but would go on unmasked as Ricky Banderas for more than another decade in the company. He would also work TNA and WWC which of course is the Puerto Rico promotion that the Colons operate. Many people in the states would know him more as Mil Muertes in Lucha Underground. Some old school TNA fans may remember him from his 2007-2008 TNA run, just like Shocker who had a brief TNA run as well. This year Ricky Banderas has left AAA after disputes just like Cibernetico who left a few years prior.

How is the match?

Can’t keep on a hot streak for ever. Is the nice way of putting it. This isn’t a match that will win either guy many fans or favor. I think it may just be too chaotic for my tastes. It feels like AAA had no confidence in these two to carry on an exciting singles match… so they had a faction war happen around the singles match that is going on in the ring. I wasn’t fond of it when it was just 3-4 guys around the ring, but later on even more come in and try to help Muerte. When Los Brazo came out with a gimmick head at the beginning I was like… Is Super Porky a ref? But he was just coming out to be in La Parka’s corner.

I’m sure this car crash faction warfare might be someone’s cup of tea. Can’t say I’m not at least amused by it. Octagon and Abismo Negro are in the parking lot staring each other down with sticks. Meanwhile in the ring is the main event of the biggest card of the year is happening. Still fun things do happen in this match like someone in the faction cluster doing a moonsault off the staging.

When the two got to do something with the focus on them it was fun. Great splash by Muerte at the tail end of this match. I really liked the ending with Super Porky tricking Murete, but this match had so much interference the win seems sorta secondary. It’s not as big of a win as the one he got 2 years earlier from Cibernetico, who didn’t get brought into the company to be unmasked and had more of a career before getting unmasked. Probably on the lower end of the matches we have covered here. I wanted to cover something from La Parka(II) before looking at the main event he had with La Park in 2010′s Triplemania which will come within the next few days.