Faby Apache
Apache (far left) in 2013
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| Birth name | Fabiola Balbuena Torres |
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| Born |
December 26, 1980 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Faby Apache Fabi Apache "Dark Faby" |
| Billed height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Billed weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Trained by |
Gran Apache Aja Kong Mariko Yoshida |
| Debut | January 20, 1998 |
Fabiola Balbuena Torres (born December 26, 1980) is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Faby Apache (sometimes written as "Fabi Apache"). Between 2005 and 2009 she was involved in a long running storyline that revolved around her relationship with Billy Boy, her real life husband, as well as her father Gran Apache, sister Mari Apache and even saw Billy Boy and Faby Apache's son Marvin play a part in it. She won the 2008 Reina de Reinas tournament and has held the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship four times.
Fabiola Torres trained under her father Gran Apache who is renowned for training female wrestlers for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Torres made her debut in 1998 under the name "Lady Venom", a masked character that was the female version of Venom. In 1999 she ditched the Lady Venom character and began wrestling as Faby Apache. Early in her career she travelled to Japan to wrestle, as well as receive further training by Aja Kong and Mariko Yoshida. In Japan she wrestled for the Arsion promotion, where she won the Sky High of Arsion Championship. After she returned to Mexico she became a regular worker for AAA, achieving a measure of in ring success by winning Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. hair matches against La Hechicera as well as male wrestler May Flowers.
In 2005 Faby Apache became involved in the storyline that more than any other storyline would define her professional wrestling career. Billy Boy began showing up ringside during Faby's matches with flowers and signs profession his love. The two had dated for years in real life and had recently married when the storyline began, writing their real life relationship into a storyline. The friction began when Faby Apache's father, Gran Apache, objected to the relationship and attacked Billy Boy as he was not "worthy" of his daughter. The storyline played out over several years and even had the birth of Billy Boy and Faby's son Marvin written into the storyline. At one point Gran Apache defeated Billy Boy, forcing him to not have anything to do with either Faby Apache or his son Marvin. Following the loss the storyline was that Billy Boy was so depressed that he caused Los Barrio Boys to lose several matches, this in turn led to Alan and Decnnis turning on Billy Boy, siding with Gran Apache in the storyline. Soon after the storyline saw Billy Boy committed to a mental institution. On May 28, 2008 Faby Apache defeated Ayako Hamada and Mari Apache to win the 2008 Reina de Reinas tournament. Following Faby's win the Reina de Reinas trophy was turned into a regular wrestling championship represented by a title belt, instead of the annual tournament it had been between 1999 and 2008. During 2008 she started a feud with her older sister Mari Apache, due to tension from the Billy Boy storyline. On June 13, 2008, at Triplemanía XVI Faby Apache defeated her sister in a Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. hair match. Following the match Gran Apache came to the ring and pleaded with Faby, persuading her to not shave Mari's hair off but instead shave his hair. The sacrifice by Gran Apache brought the family back together again.
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