What is Gran Apache?
'''Mario Balbuena González''' (April 16, 1959 – May 7, 2017), better known under the [[ring name]] '''Gran Apache''' and '''El Apache''', was a Mexican ''[[lucha libre|luchador]]'', or [[professional wrestler]] and [[professional wrestling school|trainer]]. He was born in [[Mexico City]]. Balbuena worked for [[Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide]] (AAA) from 1996 until his death in 2017, both as a wrestler and a trainer, having been involved in training almost all young wrestlers who worked for in that period of time.<ref name=EncyChias>{{cite news | author = Enciclopedia staff | title = Enciclopedia de las Mascaras | work = Las Chivas Rayadas | location = [[Mexico]] | id = Tomo I | pages = 59 | date = June 2007 | language = es}}</ref> Balbuena died on May 7, 2017 from [[colorectal cancer]] in Mexico City at the age of 58.<ref name=Reactions>{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/2017/05/07/mundo-la-lucha-libre-reacciona-la-muerte-del-gran-apache/ | title=El mundo de la lucha libre reacciona a la muerte del Gran Apache | first=Ezequel | last=Bergonzi | date=May 7, 2017 | access-date=May 8, 2017 | work=SúperLuchas | language=es | editor-first=Ernesto | editor-last=Ocampo | publisher=Impresos Camsam, SA de CV | location=Mexico City, Mexico | issn=1665-8876 | archive-date=May 9, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509023251/http://superluchas.com/2017/05/07/mundo-la-lucha-libre-reacciona-la-muerte-del-gran-apache/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gran Apache}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Mexico]] [[Category:Mexican professional wrestlers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Mexico City]] {{sports-bio-stub}}