Juan Rivera
Known for Acting · 60 credits
- Born
- 1964-08-10 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
- Also known as
- The Caribbean Kid · El Corsario · El Corsario I · Hombre Que Ellos Llaman TNT · Hombre Dinamita · Savio Vega
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Raw
1993
as Kwang The Ninja / Savio Vega
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
as El Corsario
WWE Pay Per View
1985
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
as Savio Vega
WWE Old School
1973
as Savio Vega
WWE Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
2026
as Savio Vega
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
1997
as Savio Vega
Mid-South Arena Shows
1985
as El Corsario
WWE Icons
2021
as Savio Vega
Movies (51)
WWE Survivor Series 1995
1995
as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998
as Savio Vega
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998
as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997
as Savio Vega
Birth of The Stunner
2021
as Self
Meeting Stone Cold
2021
as Savio Vega
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
1995
as Kwang The Ninja
WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series 2020
2020
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE Terminators '96
1996
as Savio Vega
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
1994
as Kwang the Ninja
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
1996
as Savio Vega
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
1997
as Savio Vega
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
1994
as Kwang the Ninja
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
2008
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE King of the Ring 1995
1995
as Savio Vega
WWE Backlash 2023
2023
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998
as Savio Vega
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
2025
as Savio Vega
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998
as Savio Vega
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
WWE In Your House
1995
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE One Night Only
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
1995
as Savio Vega
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
2013
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
1996
as Savio Vega
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
1995
as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE WrestleFest '95
1995
as Savio Vega
WWE Action Zone!
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
1995
as Savio Vega
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
1997
as Savio Vega
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995
as Self
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
1985
as El Corsario
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
1994
as Kwang
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
1994
as Kwang The Ninja
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
1988
as TNT
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
1992
as TNT
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
2019
as Savio Vega
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
1993
as TNT
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
2017
as Self
About Juan Rivera
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… With 60 credits spanning from 1973 to 2026, Juan Rivera has appeared in 51 films and 9 TV shows.
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- WWE Survivor Series 1995 (1995) — as Savio Vega
- WWE WrestleMania XIV (1998) — as Savio Vega
- WWE Survivor Series 1996 (1996) — as Savio Vega
- WWE Royal Rumble 1997 (1997) — as Savio Vega
- WWE Royal Rumble 1998 (1998) — as Savio Vega
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