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 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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- 2023 · WWE Backlash 2023 as Savio Vega (Appearance)
- 2021 · Meeting Stone Cold as Savio Vega
- 2021 · WWE Icons as Savio Vega
- 2020 · WWE Survivor Series 2020 as Savio Vega (Appearance)
- 2019 · MLW Saturday Night SuperFight as Savio Vega
- 2017 · Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico as Self
- 2013 · WWE: The Best Of In Your House as Savio Vega
- 2012 · WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches as
- 2008 · WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin as Savio Vega
- 2004 · WWE: Undertaker - He Buries Them Alive as Kwang the Ninja
- 1998 · Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows as Savio Vega
- 1998 · WWE WrestleMania XIV as Savio Vega
- 1998 · WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House as Savio Vega
- 1998 · WWE Royal Rumble 1998 as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE D-Generation X: In Your House as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE Badd Blood: In Your House as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE One Night Only as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE Ground Zero: In Your House as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE SummerSlam 1997 as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE King of the Ring 1997 as Savio Vega (Appearance)
- 1997 · WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE WrestleMania 13 as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE In Your House 13: Final Four as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE Royal Rumble 1997 as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWF Shotgun Saturday Night as Savio Vega
- 1997 · WWE Action Zone! as Savio Vega
- 1996 · WWE Survivor Series 1996 as Savio Vega
- 1996 · WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games as Savio Vega
- 1996 · WWE SummerSlam 1996 as Savio Vega
- 1996 · WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog as Savio Vega
- 1996 · WWE WrestleMania XII as Savio Vega
- 1996 · WWE Royal Rumble 1996 as Savio Vega
- 1995 · WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings as Savio Vega (Appearance)
- 1995 · WWE Survivor Series 1995 as Savio Vega
- 1995 · WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header as Savio Vega
- 1995 · WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks as Savio Vega
- 1995 · WWE King of the Ring 1995 as Savio Vega
- 1995 · WWE In Your House as Savio Vega (Appearance)
- 1995 · WWE Royal Rumble 1995 as Kwang The Ninja
- 1995 · WWE WrestleFest '95 as Savio Vega
- 1994 · WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt as Kwang The Ninja
- 1994 · WWE Royal Rumble 1994 as Kwang the Ninja
- 1993 · NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11 as TNT
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Kwang The Ninja
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Savio Vega
- 1992 · NJPW Battle Zone Space II as TNT
- 1988 · WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón as TNT
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Savio Vega
- Future · Best Of Raw • Volume Three as Savio Vega