The ban on women's wrestling was lifted in 1986, allowing EMLL and other companies promotion shows in the capitol to employ female wrestlers.
This meant that Marcela began working for a variety of minor Mexican promotions on the independent circuit.
[4] She also competed in a torneo cibernetico elimination match for International Wrestling Revolution Group's newly created Intercontinental Women's Championship.
Her reign as Mexican National Women's Champion ended at the hands of Princesa Blanca, who pinned Marcela to win the championship.
[12] Marcela defeated, and unmasked, Rosa Negra after winning a lucha de apuestas match at the 53.
[13] Marcel defeated La Amapola on October 28, 2011, to win the CMLL World Women's Championship for the second time,[14] starting a 29-day reign that ended at the hands of Ayumi Kurihara in Japan.
Marcela was the third woman to climb out of the cage, keeping her hair safe, while the match ended with Princesa Blanca defeating Goya Kong to unmask her.
This led to a lucha de apuestas match on August 5, where Marcela pinned her opponent, forcing Tiffany to have her hair cut off afterward.
[26] Marcela and Zeuxis outlasted seven other female wrestlers in a torneo cibernetico to qualify for the finals of a tournament for the vacant CMLL-Reina International Championship on August 6, 2017.
[28] Marcela began her fifth CMLL World Women's Championship reign on November 19, 2018, as she defeated Dalys to win the title.
[29] Her first championship defense took place on April 29, 2019, as she defeated then-reigning Mexican National Women's Champion La Metálica.
[37] On May 5, 2011, Marcel traveled to Japan and unsuccessfully challenged La Amapola for the CMLL Women's World Championship on a Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling REINA on the first show of the promotion.
In November 2011, Marcela returned, this time as CMLL Women's World Champion, but lost the title to Ayumi Kurihara on a REINA show.
[37] Two years later, Marcela returned to Japan, this time wrestling Ray for the CMLL Women's World Championship, but was not successful.
[37] Marcela returned to Japan, for a tour that included a successful CMLL Women's Championship defense against Tae Honma on January 27, 2019, and against Tsukushi on September 15.
[43] Later that year, Marcela defeated Ludark Shaitan to win the Xtrem Mexican Wrestling's Women's Championship.
[46] Marcela has only made a limited number of appearances on the US independent circuit, has twice crossed into the United States for matches in 2012.
The first match was a successful CMLL Women's World Championship defense against Tiffany on April 24 and then she returned in June to team up with Baby Star to defeat Princesa Guerrera and Rossy Moreno.