Juan Rivera

Known for ActingBorn 1964-08-10 (age 61)Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

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.Read more

Movies & web series

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WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

WWE King of the Ring 1997

WWE Hall Of Fame 1995

WWE Ground Zero: In Your House

WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header

WWE: The Best Of In Your House

WWE SummerSlam 1996

WWE One Night Only

WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games

WWE In Your House

WWE Survivor Series 1995

WWE In Your House 13: Final Four

WWE D-Generation X: In Your House

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

WWE SummerSlam 1997

WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings

WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025

WWE WrestleMania XIV

WWE Badd Blood: In Your House

WWE Survivor Series 2020

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

WWE WrestleMania 13

WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell

WWE Survivor Series 1996

WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks

MLW Saturday Night SuperFight

WWE Royal Rumble 1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1997

WWE WrestleMania XII

WWE King of the Ring 1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

WWE Backlash 2023

Raw

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWE Royal Rumble 1998

Birth of The Stunner

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

Meeting Stone Cold

Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!

Ghosts in the Fog

Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico

WWE Action Zone!

Best Of Raw • Volume Three

WWF Shotgun Saturday Night