Juan Rivera
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-08-10
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
WWE Lucha Libre AAA
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
WWE Backlash 2023
Birth of The Stunner
Meeting Stone Cold
WWE Icons
WWE Survivor Series 2020
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
WWE WrestleMania XIV
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
WWE One Night Only
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
WWE SummerSlam 1997
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Aar Ya Paar
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
WWE WrestleMania 13
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
WWE Action Zone!
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
WWE Terminators '96
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
WWE SummerSlam 1996
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
WWE WrestleMania XII
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
WWF 1995: The Year In Review
WWE Survivor Series 1995
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
WWE King of the Ring 1995
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
WWE In Your House
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
WWE WrestleFest '95
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Raw
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
Mid-South Arena Shows
Mid-South Wrestling