Marcela (wrestler)

Marcela
Ring name(s)	Marcela
Billed height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Billed weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Born	May 31, 1971 (1971-05-31) (age 40)
Trained by	Panchito Villalobos Rafael Salamanca Franco Colombo Jose Luis Feliciano Satánico Fantastik
Debut	01985-12 December 1985

María Elena Santamaría Gómez (born May 31, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler, known mainly for her work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where she works under the ring name Marcela. As Marcela, she is one of the top tecnicas (good guy characters, or faces) in CMLL alongside Dark Angel and is the current CMLL World Women's Champion in her second reign, while also being a former holder of the Mexican National Women's Championship.

Professional wrestling career

María Santamaría made her professional wrestling debut in 1985, using the ring name "Marcela" and initially worked on the Mexican independent circuit. In the early 1990s she began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). In the mid-1990s and early 2000s CMLL did not focus on their women's division, which meant that Marcela also worked for a variety of other minor Mexican promotions.^[1] In 2004 CMLL began featuring more and more women's wrestling again and Marcela was one of the wrestlers who was given a full-time role with CMLL. On September 9, 2005, Marcela and Dark Angel were the last two women in a 12-woman Cibernetico match, earning the right to wrestle for the vacant CMLL World Women's Championship the following week; a match which Marcela won.^[2] Subsequently she defended the title against Hiroka once and La Amapola on a number of occasions until her title reign ended on June 9, 2006 when Hiroka defeated her.^[3] On May 4, 2007, Marcela defeated Princessa Sujei to win the vacant Mexican National Women's Championship, after first surviving a 14-woman Cibernetico match.^[4] She held the title until January 30, 2009, when she lost the title to Princessa Blanca.^[5] Marcela is also a former holder of the Districto Federal Women's Championship but lost it to La Diabólica at some point in 2009.^[6] On April 12, 2009 Marcela defeated Rosa Negra in a Lucha de Apuesta, hair vs. mask match and forced Rosa Negra to unmask after the match and reveal her name per Lucha libre traditions.^[7] On October 28, 2011, Marcela succeeded in her thirteenth title shot at La Amapola and defeated her to regain the CMLL World Women's Championship.^[8]

In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Michinoku driver II
• La Tapatía (Surfboard)

• Signature moves

• Arm twist ropewalk chop
• Plancha Suisfipshaiofsajosfajioafscida

Championships and accomplishments

• Comision de Box y Lucha D.F.

• Distrito Federal Women's Championship (1 time)^[6]

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Women's Championship (2 times, current)^[2][8]
• Mexican National Women's Championship (1 time)^[4]

Lucha de Apuesta record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas

Wager	Winner	Loser	Location	Date	Notes
Mask	Marcela	La Gata	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	Marcela	La Broisa	Unknown	Unknown
Hair	Marcela	La Migala	San Juan Pantitlan	01991-09-07 September 7, 1991
Hair	El Mohicano I and Marcela	Black Machine and La Gata	San Juan Pantitlan	02001-08-03 August 3, 2001
Hair	Marcela	La Migala	San Juan Pantitlan	02005-03-18 March 18, 2005	Match also included La Amapola, La Broisa and La Fugitiva
Mask	Marcela	Rosa Negra	Mexico City, Mexico	02009-04-12 April 12, 2009	[7]

References

Professional wrestling portal

1. ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Los Luchadoras". Mondo lucha a go-go : the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 220–224. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. 
2. ^ ^{a b} SuperLuchas staff (January 3, 2006). "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. 140. 
3. ^ SuperLuchas staff (December 23, 2006). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. 192. http://superluchas.net/?p=44. Retrieved July 11, 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b} SuperLuchas staff (December 26, 2007). "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. 244. http://superluchas.net/?p=1491. Retrieved July 11, 2009. 
5. ^ polazky (January 31, 2009). "Resultados Arena México (30 en 09)" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/?p=14181. Retrieved July 14, 2009. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Rivera, Luis Manuel (November 23, 2009). "La Diabólica retuvo el título femnil del DF" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas: p. 11. issue 341. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Riveral, Manuel (April 20, 2009). "Marcela destapó a Rosa Negra" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas: pp. 16–17. issue 311. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Santamaría, Jorge (October 28, 2011). "Repiten la dosis" (in Spanish). Récord. http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-10-28/repiten-la-dosis. Retrieved October 29, 2011. 

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Name	Marcela
Alternative names	Gómez, María Elena Santamaría Gómez
Short description	professional wrestler
Date of birth	May 31, 1971
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