L.A Park (OG La Parka) Appreciation.

[autisticgeordie]

I know I do quite a lot of appreciation threads; but, hey, who doesn't love a good bit of praise, especially of people like L.A Park? The dude is killing it in MLW and various promotions in Mexico, he's got a full on dad bod, he's in his mid 50s and still wearing that same damn skeleton costume from the 1990s! But I've been binge watching a lot of his MLW matches on YouTube, he's had wild brawls with Pentagon, with Sami Callihan and had a great 'Middle Aged And Crazy' hoss match with fellow mad bastard PCO!

He is nowhere near as nimble as he was in his prime, but that's just a thing with aging, he can still perform the odd dive in his mid 50s and it's good that he doesn't try to wrestle like he did in the 1990s, like Jushin Liger, L.A Park has switched to more power moves to compensate for his age.

Seriously, if you want to be amazed at a mad old man in a skeleton costume doing insane things that people his age shouldn't be doing, then I highly recommend checking him out. 

That said, on a note, is the replacement La Parka that AAA used (aka, not the OG one) any good? I've heard that he's pretty good if you get past the fact that he's not the original La Parka.

[Ultimo Gallos]

The Fake La Parka is ok. But nothing great. OG La Parka AKA LA Park is great. Just a big fat old dude that will beat the hell out of someone. Kinda a Jerry Blackwell if he was a luchadore.

[Main Event Mark]

Whenever I think of OG La Parka, I can't help not automatically thinking of "Just call me butter, baby, 'cuz I'm on a roll."

[Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED!]

My favorite thing about him is that he does what so many older wrestlers fail to do: Realize that they're not as young as they used to be, and decides rather than do the same things that they've always done only shitty, the better course of action is to work a completely new style.

He's not a high flying Luchador anymore, he's a wild and crazy brawler. You got to respect that!

[Eddie Brock]

I wished they'd use him like they did Justin Liger for a SummerSlam. It would be so awesome.

[Pushed to the Moon]

You're talking about old WCW La Parka right? Loved him. One of my faves as a kid in the 90s for sure.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Dec 30, 2019 8:48:33 GMT -5 Pushed to the Moon said:

You're talking about old WCW La Parka right? Loved him. One of my faves as a kid in the 90s for sure.

Yea the WCW La Parka is now known as LA Park in the States.

[Derk!]

Never really was a fan of his wrestling. I just loved his character and the costume. I always chose him on WCW/NWO Revenge, too. Even wearing my L.A. Park shirt as well, ha.


But watching MLW recently, I've loved his brawls. Just got finished watching his match with Jacob Fatu and while it won't win match of the year, it was a hard-hitting bloody brawl with a great showing from both.

[floundertime]

Hell yes, let us appreciate the chairman of wcw. Funny angle was when someone else was voicing him and after a little bit the voice would say crazy things and Parka was freaking out on fear.

Also met him about 10 years ago at a show. At his merch table was a baby onesie that said "El Rudo" with his pic on it. Of course I got it and gave it to my friend who had a baby

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

I saw him at a show recently and the first thought that came to mind was, he looks pretty big. But then by the end of the match, I was amazed. He can do so much at his age and size. He knows how to work and does everything in his arsenal well. So glad he's getting to make good money these days.