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Juan Rivera
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Juan Rivera is a professional wrestler. He began his career in the World Wrestling Council, where he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. During the mid-to-late 1990s, Rivera was an active wrestler in theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF), initially performing under the ring name Kwang. He was later renamed Savio Vega, eventually becoming the leader of a Puerto Rican stable, Los Boricuas. Vega gave Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson their first singles losses in the WWF. During his feud with Austin, he was the first recipient of the Stone Cold Stunner. During his WWF run, he defeated several high-profile wrestlers, including Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jeff Jarrett, B…
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Juan Rivera is a professional wrestler. He began his career in the World Wrestling Council, where he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. During the mid-to-late 1990s, Rivera was an active wrestler in theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF), initially performing under the ring name Kwang. He was later renamed Savio Vega, eventually becoming the leader of a Puerto Rican stable, Los Boricuas. Vega gave Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson their first singles losses in the WWF. During his feud with Austin, he was the first recipient of the Stone Cold Stunner. During his WWF run, he defeated several high-profile wrestlers, including Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jeff Jarrett, Bradshaw and Yokozuna. After leaving the WWF, Rivera returned to Puerto Rico and joined Victor Quiñones' promotion, the International Wrestling Association, serving as a long-time General Manager and winning five titles, including the IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship. In 2011, he was featured in an interpromotional angle between IWA and WWC, the first of its kind since both had co-existed. He won titles in Latin America, in promotions such as Panama's Revolution X-Treme Wrestling, the Dominican Republic's Dominican Wrestling Entertainment and Ecuador's Wrestling Alliance Revolution. Rivera has worked as a wrestling trainer and road agent for Total Nonstop Action and Ring Ka King.
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Juan Rivera's Filmography
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WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
as Savio Vega
WWE Backlash 2023
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
Birth of The Stunner
as Self
Meeting Stone Cold
as Savio Vega
WWE Survivor Series 2020
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
as Savio Vega
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
as Self
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
as Savio Vega
No Poster
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
as Savio Vega
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania XIV
as Savio Vega
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
as Savio Vega
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
as Savio Vega
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
as Savio Vega
WWE One Night Only
as Savio Vega
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
as Savio Vega
WWE SummerSlam 1997
as Savio Vega
WWE King of the Ring 1997
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
Aar Ya Paar
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania 13
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
as Savio Vega
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
as Savio Vega
WWE Action Zone!
as Savio Vega
WWE Terminators '96
as Savio Vega
WWE Survivor Series 1996
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
as Savio Vega
WWE SummerSlam 1996
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania XII
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series 1995
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
as Savio Vega
WWE King of the Ring 1995
as Savio Vega
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
as Self
WWE In Your House
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
as Kwang The Ninja
WWE WrestleFest '95
as Savio Vega
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
as Kwang The Ninja
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
as Kwang the Ninja
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
as Kwang
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
as Kwang the Ninja
No Poster
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
as TNT
No Poster
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
as TNT
No Poster
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
as TNT
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
as El Corsario