Cast & creator
Juan Rivera
Best known for Raw, Raw, WWF Wrestling Challenge
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.
Also known as: The Caribbean Kid, El Corsario, El Corsario I, Hombre Que Ellos Llaman TNT, Hombre Dinamita
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film credits
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television credits
61
1973–2026 · acting roles
7.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (61)
Showing 61 of 61 credits
Raw
Kwang The Ninja
1993Raw
Savio Vega
1993
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Savio Vega
1986
Mid-South Wrestling
El Corsario
1981
WWE Old School
Savio Vega
1973
WWE Lucha Libre AAA
Savio Vega
2026
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
Savio Vega
1997
WWE Icons
Savio Vega
2021
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Savio Vega
1998
Mid-South Arena Shows
El Corsario
1985
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
Kwang The Ninja
1995WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Savio Vega (Appearance)
1997
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Savio Vega
1998
Birth of The Stunner
Self
2021
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Savio Vega (Appearance)
2020
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
Savio Vega
1996
WWE In Your House
Savio Vega (Appearance)
1995
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Savio Vega
1998
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Savio Vega
1997
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
Savio Vega
1997
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Savio Vega
1996
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
Savio Vega (Appearance)
1995
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Savio Vega
1997
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
Kwang the Ninja
1994
WWE Survivor Series 1995
Savio Vega
1995
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
Savio Vega
1997
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
Savio Vega
1997
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Self
1995
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Kwang the Ninja
1994
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Savio Vega
1996
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
Savio Vega
2025
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
Savio Vega
1996
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Savio Vega
1997
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Savio Vega
1997
WWE King of the Ring 1995
Savio Vega
1995
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
Savio Vega
2008
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
Savio Vega
1995
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Savio Vega
1997
Meeting Stone Cold
Savio Vega
2021
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Savio Vega
1998
WWE SummerSlam 1996
Savio Vega
1996
WWE WrestleMania 13
Savio Vega
1997
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Kwang The Ninja
1994
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
Savio Vega
1995
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Savio Vega
2013
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Kwang
1994
WWE One Night Only
Savio Vega
1997
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
Savio Vega
1997
WWE WrestleMania XII
Savio Vega
1996NJPW Battle Zone Space II
TNT
1992
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
Savio Vega
2019NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
TNT
1993
WWE WrestleFest '95
Savio Vega
1995WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
TNT
1988
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
El Corsario
1985
WWE Terminators '96
Savio Vega
1996
WWE Backlash 2023
Savio Vega (Appearance)
2023
Aar Ya Paar
Savio Vega
1997
WWE Action Zone!
Savio Vega
1997
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
Self
2017