Juan Rivera
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 10, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- 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
TV · as Savio Vega · 3 eps
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Backlash 2023
Movie · as Savio Vega (Appearance)
Meeting Stone Cold
Movie · as Savio Vega
Birth of The Stunner
Movie · as Self
WWE Icons
TV · as Savio Vega · 1 ep
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Movie · as Savio Vega (Appearance)
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
Movie · as Savio Vega
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
Movie · as Self
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Movie
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
Movie · as Savio Vega
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Action Zone!
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania 13
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
Movie · as Savio Vega
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Movie · as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE One Night Only
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Movie · as Savio Vega
Aar Ya Paar
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
TV · as Savio Vega · 3 eps
WWE WrestleMania XII
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE SummerSlam 1996
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Terminators '96
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE WrestleFest '95
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House
Movie · as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Survivor Series 1995
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE King of the Ring 1995
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
Movie · as Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
Movie · as Kwang The Ninja
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Movie · as Self
WWF 1995: The Year In Review
Movie · as Savio Vega
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Movie · as Kwang The Ninja
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
Movie · as Kwang the Ninja
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Movie · as Kwang the Ninja
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Movie · as Kwang
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Movie · as TNT
Raw
TV · as Kwang The Ninja, Savio Vega · 13 eps
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Movie · as TNT
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
Movie · as TNT
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV · as Savio Vega · 2 eps
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
Movie · as El Corsario
Mid-South Arena Shows
TV · as El Corsario · 1 ep
Mid-South Wrestling
TV · as El Corsario · 11 eps
WWE Old School
TV · as Savio Vega · 1 ep