# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gran-apache
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:41:41.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gran-apache"
name: "Gran Apache"
slug: "gran-apache"
description: "Mario Balbuena González, better known under the ring names Gran Apache and El Apache, was a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer. Balbuena worked for AAA / Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) since 1996, both as a wrestler and a trainer. He was involved in training almost all young wrestlers who worked for the promotion during that period of time."
tagline: "Mexican professional wrestler"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Gran_Apache.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1959-04-16"
deathDate: "2017-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.546370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1286554/"
    handle:    "nm1286554"
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Apache"
    title: "Gran Apache"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "جران اپاتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Apache"
    title: "Gran Apache"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Apache_(g%C3%BCre%C5%9F%C3%A7i)"
    title: "Gran Apache (güreşçi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7"
    title: "グラン・アパッチェ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Apache"
    title: "Gran Apache"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11300418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump