Super Parka

Ramón Ibarra Banda (born May 24, 1956) is a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler, working under the ring name Super Parka.

Ibarra made his professional wrestling debut in 1976 under the ring name "Remo Banda", wrestling without a mask.

Early in his career he also worked as the enmascarado "Rayo Norteno" ("Northern Lightning") but lost the mask in a Lucha de Apuesta, or bet match against El Pantera (not the current Pantera) on July 18, 1976.

From then on he wrestled as Remo Banda.

Ibarra previously worked as Volador from 1990 until 1997 and as Super Parka ever since.

Ibarra is the father of Luchador Volador Jr.., the grandfather of Flyer and the uncle of L.A. Park (the original La Parka), who was the inspiration for the "Super Parka" character.

Throughout his career he has worked for most of the major Mexican wrestling promotions including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and the World Wrestling Association (WWA) but works primarily on the Mexican and US independent circuit.

While he has been unmasked in Mexico, Ibarra still wears the "Super Parka" mask when wrestling in the United States.

In late 1990 EMLL decided that it was time for Ramón Ibarra to work as an enmascarado again as they wanted to freshen his character up after having worked as "Remo Banda" for 14 years.

Initially EMLL offered Ibarra the ring character and mask of Oro, but Ibarra turned the offer down since the mask had limited visibility due to the mesh over the eyes.

EMLL found a young wrestler to play Oro while they created another mask and ring character for Ibarra called "Volador", the Spanish term for "Flyer", inspired by the Voladores of Mexico.

Volador was teamed up with Ángel Azteca and together the team captured the Mexican National Tag Team Championship on March 9, 1991, when they defeated the team of Pierroth Jr.. and Bestia Salvaje.

The team held the championship for just 81 days before losing it to Los Destructores (Tony Arce and Vulcano) on May 29, 1991.

Following the team loss Volador and Ángel Azteca broke up amicably, with each wrestler focusing on their own career from then on.

In early 1992 Volador began teaming with a very talented young wrestler called Misterioso and together they won the Mexican National Tag Team title from Los Destructores on March 8, 1992.

In mid-1992 EMLL booker Antonio Peña decided to break away from EMLL and form his own promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA; now known as Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide) and took a number of EMLL wrestlers with him, included in the exodus were Volador and Misterioso who took the Mexican National Tag Team Championship with them to AAA The team held the belts until August 28, 1992, where they lost them to Los Destructores as part of a rivalry that had carried over from EMLL to AAA.

Volador and Misterioso regained the championship, but ultimately lost the title on February 12, 1993.

Following the title loss the team started a storyline that saw the two turn on each other, with Misterioso becoming a Rudo (bad guy) as he attacked Volador.

The storyline between the two played out over a long period of time, culminating in a Lucha de Apuesta match on July 15, 1995, where both men put their masks on the line.

The event drew a crowd of 16,000 people to El Torero de Tijuana for a very profitable show.

During the match Misterioso's cornerman Blue Panther attempted to injure Volador (in storyline terms) with a Martinete (piledriver).

Misterioso came to the aid of his former friend, saving him from Blue Panther but ended up knocked out by a chair shot to the head.

Out of respect for his former partner and in appreciation of what he had just done Volador dragged the unconscious Misterioso on top of himself and allowed the referee to count to three.

Following the match Misteriosos pleaded with Volador not to remove the mask but Volador was a man of his word and unmasked.

In March 1997 Ramón Ibarra donned a new ring persona and mask, that of Super Parka, a character inspired by his nephew Adolfo Tapia's very successful "La Parka" character.

Going so far as to copying the mask and outfit except with an orange skeleton instead of a white and a large Superman "S" on the chest.

Initially Ibarra wrestled as unmasked as Volador in AAA and masked as Super Parka on the independent circuit.

When Volador lost a Lucha de Apuesta match to Pimpinela Escarlata and had his hair shaved off he was suspended by the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission for breaking the rules set for masked wrestlers.

The suspension was not lifted until Ibarra stopped wrestling as Volador and worked as Super Parka full-time.

While he had worked for AAA as Volador, Super Parka did not work for AAA mainly because they themselves had created a "La Parka clone" in La Parka, Jr. to take the original's place (La Parka was wrestling full-time in the US).

In 1999 Super Parka worked for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in Naucalpan, Mexico State where he defeated Pirata Morgan to win the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.

He held the title for 23 days, the shortes reign for any IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, before losing the belt to Scorpio, Jr.

In September 1999 he introduced his son to the professional wrestling world as he helped Volador Jr.. make his debut.

In 2000 Super Parka, along with Super Caló, Halloween, and Damián 666 toured Japan, wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in August and September 2000.

Super Parka would later return to AJPW, teaming with La Parka.

In Mexico Super Parka began to work for the Tijuana based World Wrestling Association around the turn of the millennia.

On March 31, 2000, he defeated Halloween to win the WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship.

The reign WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Champion lasted until April 30, 2002, where he lost to Super Kendo.

On October 9, 2003, Super Parka was unmasked as he lost a Lucha de Apuesta match to El Hijo del Santo in the main event of a very successful WWA show in Tijuana.

Super Parka regained the title only a few months later and held it until June 2004, over 700 days, until he lost the title to Super Kendo.