Mariella Balbuena trained with her father Mario Balbuena González, better known as
Gran Apache, who is one of Mexico's most prolific trainers 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
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, 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". 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
Arsion. In Arsion Mari Apache defeated
Chaparita Asari on March 15, 2000, to win the
Sky High of Arsion Championship. Over the spring of 2008 the storyline between Gran Apache and Billy Boy evolved into Faby Apache fighting with Mari Apache, splitting the family. Gran Apache and Mari Apache successfully defended the mixed tag team title against Faby Apache and Billy Boy on April 20, 2008. The feud between the sisters reached its conclusion at
Triplemania XVI, where 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 Mary's hair off but instead shave his hair. The sacrifice by Gran Apache brought the family back together again. During the fall of 2008 Gran Apache and Mari successfully defended the mixed tag team title against the brother/sister team of
El Oriental and
Cinthia Moreno but was not able to defeat them a fourth time as they lost the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship at the 2008
Verano de Escandalo event on September 14, 2008. Over the next year Mari frequently teamed with her sister Faby, although she was not an integral part of the "family feud" that had turned into Faby Apache against Billy Boy. It was not until Faby Apache was attacked by
La Legión Extranjera members
Jennifer Blade and
Rain, causing her to lose the Reina de Reinas championship to Sexy Sar during
Heroes Inmortales III that Mari Apache became involved in the storyline. Mari, Faby and Cinthia Moreno faced off against
La Legión members Sexy Star, Rain and
Christina Von Eerie during the 2010
Rey de Reyes event, a match which Moreno won for her team by pinning Sexy Star. During a post
Rey de Reyes interview Sexy Star claimed that the Apaches and Cintia Moreno were nothing but maids, which led to AAA booking a
Triplemania XVIII match between Cinthia Moreno, Faby and Mari Apache against Sexy Star, Rain and Jennifer Blade in a match where the person pinned or submitted would have to be the winning team's slave for a month. At Triplemania
La Legión defeated Moreno and the Apaches, when Blade pinned Mari, thanks in part to the biased refereering by Hijo del Tirantes. Following the match Konnan ordered Mari Apache to begin her maid duty right away by cleaning up their dressing room. The stipulation expired on July 6, 2010. On August 14 at
Verano de Escandalo the Apaches and
Aero Star faced Reina de Reinas Champion Sexy Star and Mixed Tag Team Champions
Alex Koslov and Christina Von Eerie in a six-person tag team match, where both titles were on the line. In the end Mari pinned Sexy Star to win the Reina de Reinas Championship for the first time. In 2011, Apache aligned with her fellow AAA technicas to battle the invading female wrestlers from American promotion
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). At
Triplemanía XIX, Sexy Star and TNA's
Angelina Love,
Mickie James and
Velvet Sky defeated the Apaches,
Cynthia Moreno and Lolita in an eight-woman tag team match. On July 9, James and Sexy Star defeated Mari and Faby in a tag team match, after which James challenged Mari to a match for her title. On July 31 at
Verano de Escándalo, Apache lost the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship to
Pimpinela Escarlata in an eight-way elimination match. In August 2011, Mari and her sister worked a tour of
Japan, working with
Oz Academy and
Pro Wrestling Wave. On April 6, 2012, Mari turned
ruda and started a rivalry with her sister. On October 7, 2012, at
Héroes Inmortales, Mari and
Halloween defeated
Alan Stone and
Jennifer Blake,
Atomic Boy and Faby Apache,
Fénix and Lolita in a four-way match to win the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to
Drago and Faby Apache on July 19, 2013. The following month, Mari continued her feud against her sister by joining
La Secta. On September 28, 2014, Apache returned to Japan and Pro Wrestling Wave, teaming with Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata in six-woman tag team match, where they defeated
Hikaru Shida,
Tomoka Nakagawa and
Yumi Ohka, with Apache pinning Shida, the reigning
Wave Single Champion, for the win. This led to Apache unsuccessfully challenging Shida for both the Wave Single Championship and the RCW Women's Championship on October 29. During her time in Japan, Apache also worked for Oz Academy and
Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
World Wonder Ring Stardom (2017–2019) In 2017, Apache relocated to Japan, where she began working regularly for
World Wonder Ring Stardom. It was also announced that her daughter Natsumi had started training professional wrestling and would debut in Japan. On December 24, Apache defeated
Starlight Kid for her second successful title defense. On January 21, 2018, at Stardom's seventh anniversary, Apache defeated
Kay Lee Ray for her third successful title defense. Apache teamed with her sister Faby Apache on March 31, when they unsuccessfully challenged
Hana Kimura and
Kagetsu for their
Goddesses of Stardom Championship. At Mask Fiesta 2018 on October 28, Apache, under the ring name
La Maestra, teamed up with
Hanita in a loss to Candy Skull and
Marty Scurll. On December 24, Apache lost the championship to
Hazuki. ==Personal life==