La Parka (wrestler)

This article is about the AAA performer. For the original luchador who performed as La Parka, see L. A. Park.

La Parka
La Parka in 2019
Birth nameJesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza
Born(1966-01-04)January 4, 1966
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
DiedJanuary 11, 2020(2020-01-11) (aged 54)[1]
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico[2]
Children1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bello Sexy
Crater
Duro
Karis la Momia
La Parka (II)
La Parka Jr.
Maligno
Santa Esmeralda
Billed height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[3]
Billed weight101 kg (223 lb)[3]
Billed fromHermosillo, Sonora, Mexico[3]
Trained byAmerica Salvaje
Resplandor
Debut1987

Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza[4] (January 4, 1966 – January 11, 2020) was a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, better known as La Parka who worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion AAA 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.[5]

Escoboza was not the first wrestler to use the ring name "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.[6]

In 2020, he was posthumously inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AAATwitter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Muere La Parka a los 54 años, la lucha libre está de luto" [La Parka dies at 54, wrestling is in mourning]. Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2009 Wrestling Almanac and book of facts. Kappa Publications. pp. 64–77. 2009 Edition.
  4. ^ Meltzer, Dave (October 31, 2011). "Oct. 31 Observer Newsletter: Rock returns to the ring, Viacom buys stake in Bellator details, Survivor Series recap, All Japan's last major show of the year, tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, CA: 14. ISSN 1083-9593. La Parka (Jesus Escobedo) did his first interview since turning heel at the 10/21 TV taping in Xalapa, which drew 4,000 fans, which was close to full in the smaller arena.
  5. ^ "Mexican wrestler La Parka dies months after paralyzing fall out of ring". ca.sports.yahoo.com. January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "La Parka". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 120–124. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.