Mari Apache
Apache (far right) in 2013
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| Birth name | Mariella Balbuena Torres |
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| Born | October 19, 1979 |
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| Ring name(s) | Lady Venum Love Mari Apache Princesa Apache |
| Billed height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Billed weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Trained by | Gran Apache |
| Debut | 1996 |
Mariella Balbuena Torres (born October 19, 1979) is a Mexican Luchadora, or female professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mari Apache (sometimes written as "Mary Apache"). She is the daughter of Luchador Gran Apache and the sister of luchadora Faby Apache. She has wrestled for an extended period of time in Japan but is best known for working in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración along with her father and sister. She is a former one-time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and a two-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion, having held the title with her father and Halloween. Torres has previously wrestled under the ring name Princesa Apache as well as the enmascarada (masked) characters Love and Lady Venum.
Mariella Torres trained with her father Mario Balbuena González, better known as Gran Apache, who is one of Mexico's most prolific trainer of female wrestlers. She made her debut in 1996, at the age of 17, working under the ring name Princesa Apache, playing off her father's Native American ring character. Through her father's position with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions, she began working for AAA upon making her debut. In either late 1996 or early 1997 she adopted a new ring character, a masked character called "Love". Although she was masked, AAA did not hide the fact that she was the daughter of Gran Apache. The "Love" character only lasted about six months before Torres was given a new character. She became a part of a female version of the popular AAA stable Los Cadetes Del Espacio, wrestling as the masked "Lady Venum" a female version of Venum. She teamed up with Lady Discovery, Lady Luxor to form Las Cadetas del Espacion in later 1997. Las Cadetas teamed up with Xóchitl Hamada to defeat the team of La Fugitiva, La Migala, La Practicante and Martha Villalobos in the opening match of the 1997 Guerra de Titanes show. Not long after Guerra de Titanes Torres left AAA, giving the "Lady Venum" character to her younger sister Fabiola Torres, while adopting the ring name Mari Apache. Mari travelled to Japan to gain more experience, wrestling for a variety of Japanese all-female promotions such as All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Gaea Japan and ARISON. In ARISON Mari Apache defeated Chaparita Asari on March 15, 2000 to win the Sky High of ARISON championship. Apache lost the title on Ayako Hamada on August 12, 2000 during an ARISON event in Nagoya, Japan.
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