Marcela (wrestler)

Marcela
Marcela in the ring in 2013
Birth nameMaría Elena Santamaría Gómez
Born (1971-05-31) May 31, 1971 (age 53)
Mexico City, Mexico
ChildrenSkadi (daughter)[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Marcela
Billed height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Billed weight60 kg (132 lb)[2]
Trained by
DebutDecember 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 técnicas (the "good" characters, or faces) in CMLL. Her daughter is also a professional wrestler, known under the name Skadi, who often teams with her mother. Santamaría has worked for CMLL since the early 1990s and has also wrestled in Japan and on the Mexican independent circuit.

In 2018, she began her fifth reign as CMLL World Women's Champion, which is a CMLL record. She is a one-time Mexican National Women's Champion, held the District Federal Women's championship for over five years, and won the XMW Women's Championship. She has won several major luchas de apuestas, bet matches, winning the masks of La Gata, Rosa Negra, and La Seductora as well as the hair of La Briosa, Tiffany, Dalys la Caribeña and Princesa Blanca.

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