El Hijo de L.A. Park

El Hijo de L.A. Park

Hijo de L.A. Park during a Pro Wrestling Revolution event
Born November 20, 1988 (age 26)[1]
Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Black Spirit[2]
El Hijo de L.A. Park
Billed height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight 75 kg (165 lb)[2]
Billed from Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
Trained by Pierko El Boricua[1]
Skayde[1]
Tony Salazar[1]
L.A. Park
Debut July 9, 2008[2]

Black Spirit is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. As his one time ring name, El Hijo de L.A. Park ("The Son of L.A. Park"), indicates he is the son of Adolfo Tapia, the original "La Parka", who currently wrestles as "L.A. Park". Originally he wrestled under the name "Black Spirit", keeping the family relation to L.A. Park secret, and after a three-year stint as El Hijo de L.A. Park, he returned to working under his original ring name in February 2013. His real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico, where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Debut

The son of L.A. Park was trained for his professional wrestling career by his father but primarily by Pierko El Boricua, Skayde and Tony Salazar. His father decided that it would be best for his son to receive most of his training from someone else as he wanted his son to learn the same way he originally had. He made his professional wrestling debut on July 9, 2008.[2]

He began wrestling under the ring name "Black Spirit" and wore a mask and outfit that was greatly inspired by his father's iconic skeleton suit. Both L.A. Park and Black Spirit denied they were related, using a storyline that Black Spirit was a big fan of L.A. Park and had been given permission to use a variation of the mask.[2] At other points it was claimed that Black Spirit was L.A. Park's "star pupil" to explain the almost identical masks without admitting to the family relationship.[4] Initially Black Spirit worked for various local wrestling promotions in Mexico, gaining valuable experience as he worked with or against other Skayde students such as Black Thunder, Turbo, Skayde, Jr. and Skayde himself.[2] He developed a long running feud with Black Thunder, a feud Black Spirit himself hoped would lead to his first ever Lucha de Apuesta, bet match.[2] Black Spirit challenged Skayde for his NWA Mexico Welterweight Championship in a Torneo Cibernetico style match, but lost to Turbo.[5] Black Spirit was initially described as "nervous but with promise" after one of his early matches.[6] In interviews he stated that he preferred the high flying style but could also mat wrestle if need be.[2] Through his father's connections Black Spirit often worked on the same shows as his father, including the debut show for the Perros del Mal Producciones where his father was headlining the show. Black Spirit teamed with Turbo and Super Nova to defeat Black Thunder, Cerebro Negro and X-Fly in the third match of the night.[7] Afterwards it was commented that Black Spirit was impressive in his first showing for Los Perros del Mal.[8] He also appeared in the semi-main event at a tribute show held for Pierroth, Jr., teaming with Guerrero Maya, Jr. and Canelo Casas against El Hijo de Cien Caras, Cien Caras, Jr. and Máscara Año 2000, Jr. The show also featured L.A. Park in the main event.[9] Throughout 2009 Black Spirit kept appearing on Perros del Mal shows that also featured LA Park,[10] leading to further speculation that the two were indeed related. By early 2010 it was a very poorly kept secret that Black Spirit was the son of LA Park.[11][12]

El Hijo del L.A. Park

After working as Black Spirit for close to a year and a half it was finally publicly acknowledge that he was indeed the son of L.A. Park, changing his ring name to "El Hijo de L.A. Park". The revelation came after Black Spirit helped his father in a match against Blue Demon, Jr. on January 29, 2010.[13] L.A. Park subsequently announced the official name change.[14] El Hijo de L.A. Park declared that his goal was to "round up all the juniors" including Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Perro Aguayo, Jr.[14] Subsequently a feud between El Hijo de L.A. Park and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner (Son of Dr. Wagner, Jr.) has been talked about, continuing a feud between their famous fathers.[15] His first match as El Hijo de L.A. Park took place om March 14, 2010 in the main event of a Los Perros del Mal show where he teamed with El Oriental, Groon XXX and Lizmark, Jr. against Aguayo, Jr., Mr. Águila, Halloween and Damián 666. El Hijo de L.A. Park lost the match when Aguayo pulled the mask off him and pinned El Hijo de L.A. Park while he was trying to cover up his face.[16] On June 6, 2010, at Asistencia Asesoría y Administración's Triplemanía XVIII, El Hijo de L.A. Park made an appearance beside his father, when Los Perros del Mal started an invasion storyline with AAA.[17] He has not appeared for the company since. On July 12, 2010 Hijo de L.A. Park teamed up with Dr. Wagner III and Scorpio, Jr. to take on Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) wrestlers La Máscara, Máscara Dorada and Valiente at the Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show. The team lost by disqualification, when Scorpio, Jr. unmasked La Máscara. On December 26, 2010, El Hijo de L.A. Park won his first Lucha de Apuesta, winning La Imagen's mask in a three–way match, which also included El Enfermero.[18] On June 18, 2011, El Hijo de L.A. Park made an appearance at Triplemanía XIX, accompanying his father to his Mask vs. Hair match against El Mesías.[19] In October 2011, El Hijo de L.A. Park was invited for a tryout with WWE, during the promotion's tour of Mexico.[20]

Black Spirit

In February 2013, El Hijo de L.A. Park once again began working as Black Spirit, claiming that he wanted to make a name for himself and not try to benefit from his father's name.[21]

Championships and accomplishments

Lucha de Apuesta record

Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Mask El Hijo de L.A. Park El Imagen Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico December 26, 2010 Three–way match, which also included El Enfermero. The three lost a Relevos Suicidas match against Fuego Latino, Silver Star and Volador, Jr. and were forced to wrestle each other.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 El Universal (February 22, 2010). "La Parka no le teme a las leyendas" (in Spanish). Zóalco Saltillo. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Rosas, Arturo Plata (March 13, 2009). "Black Spirit: "Vengo a ser estrella"". Ovaciones (in Spanish) (Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.). p. 18. Número 21525 Año LXII. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Okay... what is Lucha Libre?". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  4. ↑ "12/12: Mexico preview, Bucanero show, GDL festival". The Cubs Fan. December 12, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ Diario de Xalapa (August 6, 2009). "Turbo expone su cetro ante Black Thunder" (in Spanish). OEM Enlina. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  6. ↑ Lizarrega, Alfonso (August 5, 2008). "Arena Azteca Budokan 1 de Agosto". Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  7. ↑ Vélez, Juari Marrón (December 8, 2008). "Buen inicio de los "Perros del Mal"" (in Spanish). OEM Enlina. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  8. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (December 13, 2008). "Viva La Raza! # Cuatro: Lucha News". WrestleView. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  9. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (October 8, 2009). "Se confirma el cartel para la función a beneficio del Rey "Pierroth" en Cuernavaca". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Invadirán los Perros del Mal el puerto de Acapulco" (in Spanish). El Siglo De Torreon. December 16, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  11. ↑ Migrejok (December 14, 2009). "Adimensional". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). p. 28. issue 344.
  12. ↑ "El técnico del Año: LA Park". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 11, 2010. p. 12. issue 346.
  13. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (February 5, 2010). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 López, Gonzalo (January 31, 2010). "L.A. Park presenta a su Junior y hace fuertes declarationens" (in Spanish). Fuego en el Ring. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  15. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (February 3, 2010). "Imagen: LA Park al lado de LA Park Jr.". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  16. ↑ Mendoza, Gabriela (March 15, 2010). "Humillan al hijo de L.A. Park en su debut" (in Spanish). Récord. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Triplemanía XVIII: Fiesta de Fiestas". Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (in Spanish). June 7, 2010. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Resultados Gimnasio Cedereg Función a Beneficio Familia Hijo de Cien Caras (GPE) 26/DIC/2010". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). December 26, 2010. Retrieved December 2010.
  19. ↑ Cano Vela, Eduardo (June 17, 2011). "AAA TripleManía XIX (Cobertura y resultados 18 de junio de 2011) – Mesias pierde la cabellera, Jeff Jarrett nuevo Megacampeón, Dr. Wagner vence a RVD". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  20. ↑ Chobydx (October 20, 2011). "Aparentemente el Hijo de L.A.Park, Bestia 666, Dr.Wagner III y Zumbi fueron invitados para hacer Tryouts con WWE". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  21. ↑ Cruz, Arturo (February 20, 2013). "Resurge Black Spiritu". La Copa (in Spanish). Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  22. ↑ Ruiz Glez, Alex (September 17, 2010). "El Oriental gana la cabellera de Scorpio Jr. en la Arena Azteca Budokan". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved November 29, 2010.

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