Juan Rivera
Acting • Born 1964-08-10
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.
Filmography
59 credits
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Movie • 1998
Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Movie • 1998
Savio Vega
WWE Action Zone!
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Movie • 1994
Kwang The Ninja
WWE WrestleFest '95
Movie • 1995
Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania 13
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE WrestleMania XII
Movie • 1996
Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE In Your House
Movie • 1995
Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
Movie • 1995
Savio Vega
WWE Survivor Series 1995
Movie • 1995
Savio Vega
WWE King of the Ring 1995
Movie • 1995
Savio Vega
WWE SummerSlam 1996
Movie • 1996
Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
Movie • 1996
Savio Vega
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Movie • 1996
Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
Movie • 1994
Kwang the Ninja
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Movie • 2012
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
Movie • 1995
Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega (Appearance)
WWE Backlash 2023
Movie • 2023
Savio Vega (Appearance)
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
Movie • 2017
Self
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Savio Vega
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
Movie • 2019
Savio Vega
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
Movie • 2013
Savio Vega
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
Movie • 2008
Savio Vega
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
Movie • 1992
TNT
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
Movie • 1988
TNT
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie • 1998
Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
Movie • 1995
Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
Movie • 1996
Savio Vega
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
Movie • 1996
Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
Movie • 1994
Kwang the Ninja
WWE SummerSlam 1997
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE One Night Only
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
Movie • 1995
Kwang The Ninja
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Savio Vega
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
Movie • 1993
TNT
WWE Survivor Series 2020
Movie • 2020
Savio Vega (Appearance)
Meeting Stone Cold
Movie • 2021
Savio Vega
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
Movie • 1985
El Corsario
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
Movie • 2025
Savio Vega
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Movie • 1994
Kwang
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Movie • 1995
Self
Birth of The Stunner
Movie • 2021
Self
WWE Terminators '96
Movie • 1996
Savio Vega
WWE Icons
TV • 2021
Savio Vega
Raw
TV • 1993
Kwang The Ninja
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV • 1986
Savio Vega
Raw
TV • 1993
Savio Vega
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
TV • 1997
Savio Vega
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Savio Vega
Mid-South Arena Shows
TV • 1985
El Corsario
Mid-South Wrestling
TV • 1981
El Corsario