Video link to the event over at Youtube : https://youtu.be/mrxOFbd-n4Q



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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 here. So basically the last 7 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 a mask vs mask match in 2006. He would also main event 2009′s Triplemania in a 5 vs 5 cagematch. 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.

La Park

La Park made his debut in 1982 a decade before AAA would be founded. He would hold no titles in that time. Before the La Parka(The reaper) gimmick Parka was most notably Principe Island a mask he lost in 1987 to El Hijo del Santo. ending his 5-0-0 streak. I’m sure he had his fans, but he wasn’t super well known at all as those gimmicks his first decade in the business.

1992 came around and the AAA walkout happened. Antonio Pena, the leader and head booker of AAA who use to be a CMLL booker came to La Parka with the idea for the gimmick. The skeleton based loosely on the Day of the Dead tradition Mexico practices each year. The character was a hit out of the gate and the first major match was vs Lizmark at the first ever Triplemania for Lizmark’s Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship. Not covering that match because I talked about it last year when highlighting Lizmark.

That belt would be around Park’s waist before too long. That and the WWA World Light Heavyweight Champion were the only 2 belts Parka had held at this point in 2001. He held the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championships 3 times and the WWA title 2 times.

1992 to 1996 he worked with AAA until 1997 came around and the peso crashed. Like many people he left the company at that time following many other luchadors to bolster WCW. Where despite becoming a household name and one of the most memorable guys on the roster… he never really won any accolades. After his run in WCW he would return to Mexico working indie and CMLL dates from 2000-2008.

So Park had done his CMLL run and would come back to AAA for a few years teaming with the rudo stable Perros del Mal which was lead by Perro Aguayo Jr. who makes an appearance after this match finishes up with many people who were in the stable at the time.

How is the match?

Great, these two have a great brawl. I think La Park sorta makes La Parka look like a chump for most of this. Being the original it’s nice to see Park take all his frustration out on La Parka. After years of having to use a replacement name, this was finally Park’s chance to take his name back. I’m not use to the 6 sided ring, but it didn’t seem to hurt this match at all with both guys knowing how to work in it without any hiccups.

While this could gets confusing for some I think the two’s outfits have enough differences that it’s fairly easy to tell them apart. Park having a white hood, shoulder skulls and a face on his ribcage. While Parka has no face on his chest or shoulder skulls and has a red hood. Once the match got going, I never found myself mistaking one for the other despite both being in skeleton bodysuits.

Less obvious are the cornermen for each guy. La Park has Dorian Roldan, while La Parka had AAA managing director Joaquin Roldan who I think was Dorian Roldan’s father. So a family feud is brewing in the background while this match is happening. Joaquin is brother in law to Antonio Pena, who of course is AAA’s founder and is highly honored by them at many events after his death in 2006.

This match is plenty of fun, but La Parka comes out of it looking pretty weak. Which might have been the point if AAA were hoping to give him back the La Parka name and a push with it. The Boxing/Lucha Commission took issue with the finish and ruled it a no contest. I’m not sure why AAA didn’t do the match again or just ignore the commission. I’m not sure how they would retaliate, but I’m surprised AAA bowed to them since they ditched all the National Belts I had assumed the two didn’t work together all that often.

This is much better than the other La Parka(II) Triplemania main event we covered a few days ago. This match just feels like it’s actually about the match in the ring and not a bunch of silly stuff outside the match. Even if the finish does see both corner men get involved and a run in. The run in wasn’t during 80′s of the match and have the best spot of the match like when I think Crazy Boy did a moonsault off the staging at that La Parka/Muerte Cibernetica Mask vs Mask match a few years earlier. A fun brawl and showcase for both men even if La Parka(II) seemed to be proven as the lesser La Parka by the end of the match.