Marcella Reyes

## **Early Career**

Marcella Reyes was born on July 21st, 1998 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Marcella grew up in the dangerous city of Juarez where their family then moved to Gomez Palacio to live a better life. Marcella is very proud of her heritage as well as her Native descent. Early in her life Marcella took in interest in boxing, archery, MMA as well as Gymnastics. She began to compete in Mixed Martial Arts at the age of 14 before having her first professional bout at the age of 15. It wasn't until she was 18 that she took an interest in Lucha Libre training in Mexico City, Mexico at El Rayo de Jalisco's training school, later one meeting Lucha Libre sensation Gretery and then later marrying him in 2019.

## **Career in MMA and Boxing (2013-2016)**

At the age of 14, Marcella began training in Boxing and various of Mixed Martial Arts, some being Brazilian Jujitsu and Judo however she specialized Boxing. Marcella trained for 10 months before she had he first amateur boxing match at the age of 15. No later than a year later she began to compete professionally in Boxing and Kick Boxing where she continued to improve her striking abilities in the Super Featherweight and Lightweight. In her professional boxing career spanning from 2014 to 2016 she had a record of 6-3. In Kick Boxing she had a very impressive record of 5-1 suffering her first loss in Japan.

## **Lucha Extreme (2016-2019)**

During her Boxing and MMA training she took up Pro Wrestling as a hobby as it was her parents favorite pass time. She grew up watching CMLL and WWE but grew very fond of the Lucha Libre culture. Marcella then made the decision to become a pro wrestler and train at El Rayo de Jalisco's training school where she would later meet her future husband, Gretery. However before meeting Gretery, she wrestled for very few promotions in Mexico her main promotion being Lucha Extreme in Mexico City, Mexico where she took on the name as Ultima Guerrera, translating to 'Last Warrior' in reference to Lucha Libre legend 'Ultimo Guerrero'. It wasn't long until she took on a new persona of 'La Apache'. The persona went over great with the fans and she's been with that gimmick up until this day. Since she's been with the promotion she's been a two-time Lucha Extreme Women's Champion, currently having the longest reign in the promotions history at 147 days.

## **Lucha Legacy (2017-2019)**

After her rise to the top at Lucha Extreme the promotion expanded and created Lucha Legacy. She participated in the inaugural Women's Legacy Championship, but lost to Queen Athena in the semi-finals. She had several rivalries at Lucha Legacy with the likes of Queen Athena, Vendetta as well as Lord Reyes. Marcella was a weekly competitor until mid 2018 as she would regularly compete as she had signed another contract with Antonio Peña Promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. She then began to appear monthly at Lucha Legacy, winning the Women's tag team championships along with rival Lord Reyes but left the company as she allowed Lord Reyes to hold both titles at the time of Marcella's departure.

## **AAA (2018-2020)**

Marcella finally signed full time at Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide in mid 2019 however started with the company a year earlier in 2018. It didn't take long for her to find success as she was considered Lucha Fighter of the year in 2018 and 2019, being the first women wrestler to earn the award back to back. Marcella started her career in AAA against Rayo de Oro and beginning a feud with her, in a losing effort as Rayo then turned her attention to Marcella's then partner, Gretery. It wasn't until late 2018 that her partner and Rayo were in a heated rivalry that involved both partners. It all came to an end as Gretery pinned Rayo De Oro in a career vs. mask & hair match in which Rayo was on the losing end of. Her first title run didn't come until 2019 where she won the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship with Rebelo. The tag team only held the title for 2 weeks before losing them. After that, Marcella earned her first opportunity at the vacant Reina De Reinas Championship and won it against longtime rival Lord Reyes. Marcella held the title for about 5 months before suffering an injury and sidelining her for the remainder of the year. After recovering from her injury, she came back and changed her modern striking offense with more high-flying maneuvers and submissions. She then participated with the then current Reina De Reinas Champion Lord Reyes in the promotions first ever MMA style match in which the winner can only be won by way of knockout or submission. Marcella would be the one to come out on top as she submitted Lord Reyes to win the Reina De Reinas Championship for the second time. Her reign didn't last long as she participated in another MMA style match, this think in losing effort as Lord Reyes knocked her out in the first 30 seconds of the 5-round main event. After the loss, it was tease that a trilogy was to set place at Triplemania against Marcella Reyes and Lord Reyes in which the loser with lose their hair. However after contract negotiations fell through with AAA, she decided to leave the promotion.

## **CWL (2021-Present)**

After leaving AAA, Marcella announced nearly a half year later that she would be returning to action but with CWL alongside her now Husband, Gretery. A promotional highlight reel was shown on CWL's developmental brand Genesis teasing her debut. Marcella has yet to debut on Genesis.

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## **Notable Achievements**

* Mexico City's Super Featherweight Champion
* Lucha Extreme Women's Champion (x2)
* Lucha Legacy Women's Tag Team Champion
* AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion
* AAA Reina De Reinas Champion (x2)
* *Lucha Fighter of the Year* (2018, 2019)

## **In Wrestling**

**Finishing Moves**

* Phoenix Splash (Sacred Splash) - *Retired*
* Bow and Arrow (Dream Catcher)
* Bitter End (Just Business)

**Signature Moves**

* Running Seated Corner Slap (El Martillo)
* Sit-Out Piledriver (Touch of Empresaria)