Early career (1987–1995) Escoboza made his debut in 1987, working as
Bello Sexy. Five years later, he changed his
gimmick to
Maligno (
Spanish for "Evil"), which he used until 1995.
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (1995–2019) Karis la Momia (1995–1996) In early 1995, Escoboza was once again repackaged when he joined
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA; then formally known as
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración) and became
Karis la Momia ("Karis the Mummy"), a
mummy gimmick named after the 1940s Mummy-film series
Kharis. On May 15, 1996, Karis won his first wrestling championship, defeating
Blue Demon Jr. for the
Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship. Over the summer of 1996, Karis worked a
storyline feud, teaming with
Los Payasos against
Los Junior Atómicos (Máscara Sagrada Jr.,
Tinieblas Jr., Blue Demon Jr. and
Halcón Dorado Jr.). The two teams met in a four on four match at
Triplemania IV-B that
Los Junior Atómicos won. The storyline continued at
Triplemania IV-C as the two teams faced off in a
Steel cage match in the main event. The match saw Karis la Momia defeat Halcón Dorado Jr., forcing him to unmask. In November 1996, Karis la Momia was given a new gimmick and was forced to vacate the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship because of this.
La Parka Jr. (1996–2003) By late 1996, AAA regular,
La Parka began working full-time for
World Championship Wrestling, which meant that AAA lost one of its most popular performers. Since AAA owner
Antonio Peña owned the rights to the character in Mexico, he created "La Parka Jr." as a way to capitalize on the popularity of La Parka, giving the part to the promising Escobedo. La Parka Jr. quickly became involved in the storyline between the
Los Vipers group and a group of "AAA Loyalists", which led to a match at
Triplemania VI where he teamed with
Latin Lover, Blue Demon Jr. and
Máscara Sagráda to defeat
Los Vipers (
Cibernético, Histeria, Maniaco and Psicosis). On April 4, 1999
Los Junior Atómicos (La Parka Jr.
Perro Aguayo Jr., Blue Demon Jr. and
Máscara Sagrada Jr.) defeated
Los Vatos Locos (
Charly Manson, May Flowers,
Nygma and
Picudo) to win the
Mexican National Atómicos Championship. On August 12, 1999, La Parka Jr. regained the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship he was forced to give up when he changed gimmicks, defeating
Kendo for the title. La Parka Jr. followed his
Rey de Reyes success by forcing Abismo Negro to submit in their four-on-four encounter at
Triplemania IX on May 26, 2001. On November 11, 2001, La Parka and
Máscara Sagrada teamed up to defeat
El Texano and
Pirata Morgan for the
Mexican National Tag Team Championship. On March 16, 2003, La Parka Jr. won the
Rey de Reyes tournament, defeating Abismo Negro to claim his second
Rey de Reyes.
The new La Parka (2003–2009) In early 2003, the original La Parka joined
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), AAA's main rival. As a result, Antonio Peña took legal action against Adolfo Tapia, barring him from using the name "La Parka" or wearing the signature "skeleton suit" in Mexico. After taking action against Tapia, La Parka Jr. became known officially as just "La Parka". Five days later, La Parka teamed with Octagón to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship from Electroshock and Chessman, a title the team held for 3,110 days. The feud between La Parka and Cibernético continued beyond the mask loss, including La Parka defeating Cibernético in a
"Lights Out" match at
Verano de Escandalo (2004). In late 2005,
Konnan returned to AAA, bringing a contingent of
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) wrestlers with him, forming
La Legión Extranjera, the new top
Rudo (
Heel or bad guy) faction of AAA. The appearance of La Legión caused La Parka and Cibernético to form a temporary alliance, fighting
La Legión in the main event of
Guerra de Titanes 2004, defeating Konnan and
Rikishi. The Cibernético / La Parka alliance did not last long as Cibernético formed
La Secta Cibernetica in early 2005, siding with Konnan's
La Legión. On March 11, 2005, La Parka won his third
Rey de Reyes, winning a seven-way elimination match over Latin Lover, Abismo Negro, Chessman,
Jeff Jarrett, Konnan and Cibernético. With the victory, La Parka became the only wrestler to ever win three
Rey de Reyes tournaments. La Parka's run as the top
tecnico of AAA continued, main eventing
Triplemania XIII alongside Latin Lover and Octagón, defeating Cibernético, Chessman and
Fuerza Guerrera. In early 2006,
La Secta de Cibernetica brought in
Muerta Cibernetica to strengthen the group, often replacing Cibernético because of various minor injuries. At the 2006
Rey de Reyes, La Parka,
Vampiro and Octagón represented AAA in a four-way trios match against
La Secta,
Team TNA and
Los Guapos for the
Rey de Reyes trophy. While La Parka did not win, he did help his teammate Vampiro win it. At
Triplemania XIV, La Parka faced off against Muerta Cibernetica in a
Lucha de Apuesta. In a move that mirrored Triplemania XII, La Parka won, unmasking Muerta Cibernetica. The
Legión Extranjera storyline saw La Parka face off against TNA wrestlers such as
Abyss, Jeff Jarrett,
Elix Skipper and
Hotstuff Hernandez. In late 2006, AAA owner Antonio Peña died, forcing various changes backstage, including Joaquin Roldan taking over the booking duties. One of the things that Roldan changed in AAA was that La Parka was no longer booked as the lone top
tecnico anymore, focusing the main storyline more on Cibernético. On March 18, 2007, La Parka won his fourth and final
Rey de Reyes tournament, defeating Octagón, Abismo Negro,
Rhino, Fuerza Guerrera and Latin Lover in the elimination match final. At
Triplemania XV, the
La Legión team of
Ron Killings,
Sabu, Head Hunter A and Rikishi Phatu defeated La Parka,
El Zorro, Latin Lover and
Animal. Over the summer of 2007, La Parka injured his shoulder in a car accident, forcing him to work a lighter schedule and a less risky style. At the 2007
Antonio Peña Memorial Show,
Kenzo Suzuki accidentally aggravated La Parka's injury, forcing him to take time off after the event. La Parka's shoulder injury kept him sidelined for extended periods in both 2007 and 2008, but he did participate in
Triplemania XVI, where he teamed with Chessman and
Silver King, only to lose to
La Legión, represented by
Bobby Lashley, Electroshock and Kenzo Suzuki. The storyline between
La Legión and the AAA Loyalists led to a Steel cage match between team AAA (La Parka, Latin Lover, Octagón and
Super Fly) and
La Legión Extranjera (Electroshock, Konnan, Kenzo Suzuki and
Rellik). The storyline leading into the match was that the winning team would gain control of AAA as well as the urn that supposedly contained Antonio Peña's ashes as the symbol of that control. Konnan's team won on the night, taking control of the promotion. In 2009, La Parka's angle with
La Legión focused mainly on Silver King, who had turned on La Parka during a match in early 2009 and joined
La Legión. Since then, the two faced off in many intense matches, often with inconclusive results. The storyline saw both of them ripping at each other's masks, hinting at a future
Lucha de Apuestas match. At
Triplemania XVII, La Parka,
El Hijo del Santo, Vampiro, Octagón and
Jack Evans defeated
La Legión (Silver King, Chessman, Electroshock, Kenzo Suzuki and
Teddy Hart) in a match where Team AAA won back the storyline control of AAA. At
Verano de Escandalo (2009), La Parka was pinned by Silver King as La Parka,
Marco Corleone and Octagón lost to
Los Wagnermaniacos (Silver King, Electroshock and
Último Gladiador).
Feuding with L.A. Park (2010) During the 2010
Rey de Reyes, the original La Parka, L.A. Park, returned to AAA 13 years after he left on bad terms to work a storyline feud against the "impostor" La Parka. L.A. Park sided with Dorian Roldan in his feud with his father Joaquin Roldan (president of AAA) while La Parka sided with Joaquin. During an AAA show on March 19, 2010, L.A. Park attacked La Parka once again and put him through a table. At a later show, the two had another brawl, after which La Parka challenged L.A. Park to a match at
Triplemania XVIII, under any stipulation the original Parka wanted. During AAA's television taping on April 30, 2010, L.A. Park accepted La Parka's challenge for a match at Triplemania XVIII. At an AAA press conference on May 12, 2010, it was announced that the match between the two would be for the rights to the name "La Parka". The two signed the official contract for the match during a television taping on May 19, 2010. After signing the contract, Dorian Roldan had the police arrest La Parka for piracy by impersonating La Parka. He was released just in time to run in during the semi-main event to attack L.A. Park. At Triplemania XVIII, L.A. Park faced La Parka in the main event. Near the end of the match, Park used a
tombstone piledriver, a move that is illegal in Lucha Libre. Joaquin Roldan entered the ring when L.A. Park attempted to use a steel chair on La Parka. When L.A. Park teased using the chair on Joaquin instead, Dorian entered the ring to protest, but was pushed down by Park, who then hit Joaquin with the chair, which caused Dorian to turn on him, hitting him with a steel chair three times.
Halloween and
Damián 666 from the
Perros del Mal wrestling promotion ran to the ring to chase Dorian Roldan away. Then they dragged L.A. Park on top of La Parka before
rudo referee Hijo del Tirantes made the three count to give L.A. Park the victory. After the bell rang, the rest of
Los Perros del Mal (including Park's son
Hijo de L.A. Park) came to the ring to celebrate with L.A. Park, who had won the rights to the name "La Parka". After a couple of minutes, a group of AAA wrestlers led by Octagón came to ringside and in combination with the arena security managed to remove Los Perros del Mal from the ring. La Parka was taken from the ring on a stretcher, not having moved since L.A. Park applied the piledriver. A bit later it was announced that the match result had been thrown out due to interference by Los Perros del Mal, but the following morning it was confirmed that Tapia had indeed won and would now be known as "La Parka" once again, and that AAA's La Parka would have to change his name. However, on June 10 AAA announced that it would respect Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission's decision to throw out the match and as a result both La Parka and L.A. Park would keep their names. On July 4 La Parka defeated L.A. Park in a rematch.
El Inframundo (2010–2011) In October 2010, Parka's friend Cibernético turned on him and AAA, after feeling betrayed by them when they didn't trust his claim about not joining
La Sociedad, and re-formed his old group
Los Bizarros with Amadeus,
Billy el Malo, Charly Manson,
Escoria, Nygma and Taboo. Parka and Cibernético then started a heated rivalry, during which it was implied that Cibernético had hospitalized Parka's three-year-old son. In May 2011, Parka formed
El Inframundo ("The Underworld") with Dark Cuervo,
Dark Espíritu,
Dark Ozz and
Drago to battle
Los Bizarros. On June 18 at
Triplemanía XIX, Parka, Ozz, Drago and Octagón were defeated by Cibernético, Billy el Malo, Charly Manson and Escoria, when Cibernético pinned Parka following a distraction from Taboo, who appeared at the top of the ramp with his son. After the match it was revealed that Taboo was in fact Parka's brother. Parka would finally get his hands on Taboo on July 31 at
Verano de Escándalo in an eight-man tag team match between the two groups, which
El Inframundo lost, when Parka was disqualified for excessive violence on his brother.
La Sociedad and feud with La Parka Negra (2011–2014) On October 9, 2011, at
Héroes Inmortales, Octagón shocked AAA by turning on the promotion by attacking
Dr. Wagner Jr. after his match with El Hijo del Perro Aguayo. La Parka entered the ring to seemingly confront his longtime partner, but then also attacked Wagner along with Octagón, Aguayo,
Konan Big and Silver King, joining
La Sociedad. At the first post-Héroes Inmortales television tapings on October 21, Parka blamed his turn on AAA for bringing back L.A. Park after his 15 years of loyal service, and the promotion's fans for choosing to root for both Park and Cibernético over him during his past two rivalries. On December 1, Parka and Park put their past differences aside, when they teamed together for the first time, defeating Dr. Wagner Jr. and Electroshock in a tag team main event. On March 18, 2012, at
Rey de Reyes, La Parka,
Dark Dragon and
Tito Santana were defeated by Cibernético, Billy el Malo and Escoria in what was billed as the final chapter in the rivalry between Parka and Cibernético. After the match, Octagón turned on Parka, attacking him with Dragon and Santana, which led to
Los Bizarros returning to the ring and chasing them away. After initially trying to save his alliance with
La Sociedad, La Parka officially turned
tecnico and rejoined AAA on April 30. On August 5 at
Triplemanía XX, La Parka teamed with
Los Psycho Circus in an eight-man tag team match, where they defeated Octagón and
El Consejo, with Parka pinning Octagón for the win. Afterwards, Octagón was attacked by
El Consejo, which led to Parka making the save for his former partner. On October 7, 2012, at
Héroes Inmortales, La Parka and Octagón made peace with each other, officially ending the short-lived rivalry between the two. On December 2 at
Guerra de Titanes,
La Sociedad debuted La Parka's new storyline nemesis,
La Parka Negra. In the following match, La Parka, Octagón and
Octagón Jr. defeated La Parka Negra, the also debuting
Pentagón Jr. and Silver King. On October 18, 2013, at
Héroes Inmortales VII, La Parka won the 2013
Copa Antonio Peña. On March 16, 2014, at
Rey de Reyes, La Parka defeated
Black Warrior, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo and El Zorro to win his fifth
Rey de Reyes tournament.
Later career (2014–2019) La Parka continued to make appearances for AAA until
his injury in 2019. In 2018 Parka debuted for AAA's partner
Impact Wrestling. Parka appeared on the October 4 edition of
Impact!, which was taped September 14 at the Frontón México Entertainment Center in
Mexico City, answering
Eli Drake's open challenge and subsequently picking up the count-out victory. ==Other media==