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Juan Rivera

Juan Rivera

Acting
Born: 1964-08-10
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

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

54 Works
Raw
6.8

Raw

1993

tv

WWF Wrestling Challenge
6.8

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

tv

Mid-South Wrestling

Mid-South Wrestling

1981

tv

WWE Old School

WWE Old School

1973

tv

WWE Pay Per View

WWE Pay Per View

1985

tv

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night

1997

tv

Mid-South Arena Shows

Mid-South Arena Shows

1985

tv

WWE WrestleMania XIV
7.8

WWE WrestleMania XIV

1998

movie

WWE Backlash 2023
6.7

WWE Backlash 2023

2023

movie

WWE WrestleMania 13
7.5

WWE WrestleMania 13

1997

movie

WWE SummerSlam 1997
8.0

WWE SummerSlam 1997

1997

movie

WWE Icons
10.0

WWE Icons

2021

tv