May 29, 201510 yr comment_5671166 The Atlanta singles match between Santo and Parka which Kris, Tomk and I saw live was even better then the Monterey one, such a bummer that footage is sitting in Gary Juster's closet somewhere.
May 29, 201510 yr comment_5671208 What are the details on that show? I can get a hold of Juster and pester him about it.
May 29, 201510 yr comment_5671210 3/28/04. Aired 8 mins on Samurai TV so the full match should be available. Pieces of other matches also aired on Samurai TV.
June 4, 201510 yr comment_5672617 Whatever you do don't call this guy a cruiser weight! He's not a cruiserweight. Though you called him a light heavyweight.
June 4, 201510 yr comment_5672634 I was talking about the general fan perception of him in 1998. A quick google of "LA Parka cruiserweight" will show you that it is still something with which he's associated. I just got miffed at being called ignorant.
June 4, 201510 yr comment_5672637 The perception is due to a slew of mexican's all being brought on to TV around the same time all bar Parka being smaller workers - Remember Konnan was the other non Cruiserweight, but he was positioned straight away in the US Title picture.
June 4, 201510 yr comment_5672639 Yeah, I know why the perception is there. I was just pointing out the absurdity of pushing for an LA Park main event run in 1998. Doesn't matter now anyway.
June 4, 201510 yr comment_5672640 Yeah, I know why the perception is there. I was just pointing out the absurdity of pushing for an LA Park main event run in 1998. Doesn't matter now anyway. I don't think absurd is the correct adjective to use really, but there we go.
June 4, 201510 yr Author comment_5672694 I think you would really like Park if you watch some of the matches listed here, Parv. A crazy brawler who bleeds like crazy wearing a skeleton costume and loaded with charisma.
June 4, 201510 yr comment_5672702 What is LA Park like before his run as La Parka. Any decent 80's footage of him?
June 5, 201510 yr comment_5673096 What are the other "must watch" LA Park matches? I'll be doing a run next week.
June 5, 201510 yr Author comment_5673105 I will message you the play list for the upcoming Extreme Vault show tonight.
September 9, 201510 yr comment_5697883 Not *quite* as good as their TxT match but pretty close to that level of quality which is insane. It's the wild brawl you'd want it to be and the violence gets even more preposterous than you'd expect it to. Park-Wagner Jr. looks like a great feud.
March 14, 20169 yr comment_5733324 LA Park is one of those guys who just hits the wrestling sweet spot. He's such a great idea, and so good at being La Parka (or LA Park) that he can go anywhere and do anything and be endlessly watchable. Do I want to watch him stooging through a mid-90s AAA trios? Yes! Do I want to watch him in a 6 minute Nitro match? Yes! Do I want to watch him having a crazy, bloody, mask ripping, chair throwing brawl for his very name? Yes! Do I want to watch him get squashed by Goldberg in 13 seconds? Yes! Do I want to watch him throwing down with Santo? Yes! Do I want to watch him do his dance and then turn around and eat it? A thousand times yes! He's one of the few guys who can get me into big lucha brawls, which is no small achievement. His is a name that is bound to peak my curiosity when it pops up on Youtube or whatever. That man just gets me going. Between him and Psicosis I apparently have another type, so if anyone wants to throw any more solidly built rudos who bump and stooge in wacky outfits my way, I'll be sure to invite you to the wedding.
March 23, 20169 yr comment_5734966 The rudo team of La Parka/Satanico/Fuerza had me drooling so I couldn't resist watching the trios match elliot posted. It was as fun as expected but The Moment of the match belonged to Parka. I've spent the last week balls deep in the best of 80s and 90s lucha and it's been a blast, but one minor bugbear I've had is the willingly foolish portrayal of the techincos - they fall for that fake handshake deal every time. So I stood up and cheered when La Parka's false joviality was proved useless and he took a fist to the face. He's the first guy I've seen turn that trope on it's head and he immediately stood out. I've only seen 90s AAA La Parka but he's one of those guys that you can tell is an instant lock. It's acts like him that keep me tuned in to wrestling, keep the flame burning.
March 23, 20169 yr comment_5734973 Park just fell off my list. He was in my last five for a long time.
March 23, 20169 yr comment_5734975 Then you need to pick him back up! Out of curiosity do you see him below Fuerza and Morgan?
March 23, 20169 yr comment_5734976 I do. I'm probably slightly high on Fuerza relative to everyone else here and slightly lower on Morgan, but both of them are solidly above Park. Park's highs are very high and he's underrated in his early AAA trios/atomicos work when he was more agile, but my gut says that if you pick a random Park match, you've as much chance of getting a bad one. Plus he's hurt by having so much of his run in the indies over the last decade where I think he has his own personal heel ref to stooge. A little of that gets old very quickly.
March 23, 20169 yr Author comment_5734983 I'm going to have Park unreasonably high. He's got a special aura about him. He's got some all-time great brawls, some great early more high flying matches, amazing charisma.
March 23, 20169 yr comment_5734987 I do. I'm probably slightly high on Fuerza relative to everyone else here and slightly lower on Morgan, but both of them are solidly above Park. Park's highs are very high and he's underrated in his early AAA trios/atomicos work when he was more agile, but my gut says that if you pick a random Park match, you've as much chance of getting a bad one. Plus he's hurt by having so much of his run in the indies over the last decade where I think he has his own personal heel ref to stooge. A little of that gets old very quickly. Cool. I like them guys but it seems I'm lower on them than everyone else here. Morgan vs Satanico, Dandy and Volader were good and great match ups, Fuerza is the kind of guy I'm predisposed to like and him vs Octagon was almost really good. But nothing hit me in the gut. Guess I'll have to focus more on trios? We'll see if things change as I dive into watching >1994..
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