Charles Ashenoff
Acting • Born 1964-01-06
Biography
Charles Ashenoff (born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises) better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a Cuban professional wrestling personality, manager and former professional wrestler. In Impact he was formerly the manager of The Latin American Xchange (LAX) and currently served as a member of the creative team. During a career spanning almost three decades, he has wrestled for independent and national promotions in the United States and Mexico, and held fifteen title belts in nine promotions. He has also worked as a manager, color commentator, booker, and creative consultant, primarily for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Outside of wrestling, Konnan is also an occasional rapper. He is best known to United States audiences for his run in World Championship Wrestling as part of the nWo stable and as part of The Filthy Animals. He also created The 3Live Kru for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the early 2000s and later the Latin American Xchange (LAX) stable there as well. In Mexico, Konnan was the first-ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, and was the leader of the Foreign Legion in AAA when they were the top stable. At one point he was referred to as "The Mexican Hulk Hogan" for breaking attendance records across the country, and Konnan still holds the all-time attendance record in Mexico City as well as cities including Tijuana, Guadalajara, Acapulco, Torreon, Hermosillo and Nuevo Laredo. Konnan also broke the pro wrestling attendance record in Los Angeles when he headlined AAA's first Los Angeles event and the company had a sell-out, turn-away crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. He was also involved in the creation of Lucha Underground, where he was supposed to serve as a writer and producer, but ended up in an on-camera role as manager to Prince Puma throughout the first season. Konnan is known to be outspoken, and in the last decade, he has been openly critical of promotions that he feels have mistreated either him personally or the talent in general. He has been particularly outspoken against what he sees as racism against Latino wrestlers in United States promotions – he butted heads with TNA over treatment of himself and Ron "The Truth" Killings, and WWE over issues regarding Latino wrestlers Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio, but he has also come into conflict with AAA over what he alleged was non-payment of talent.
Filmography
113 credits
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
Movie • 2023
Konnan
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
Movie • 1999
Konnan
2nd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
Movie • 1999
Konnan
World Wrestling Peace Festival
Movie • 1996
AAA When Worlds Collide
Movie • 1994
Konnan
AAA TripleMania Regia II
Movie • 2021
Konnan
WCW Millennium Final
Movie • 2000
Konnan
TNA Slammiversary 2007
Movie • 2007
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Destination X 2007
Movie • 2007
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Turning Point 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Genesis 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Hard Justice 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA No Surrender 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Against All Odds 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Victory Road 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Turning Point 2004
Movie • 2004
Konnan (Ringside)
TNA Against All Odds 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan (Ringside)
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Souled Out 1999
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW SuperBrawl IX
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW Slamboree 1999
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW Mayhem 1999
Movie • 1999
Konnan
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Movie • 2000
Konnan
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
Movie • 2000
Konnan
WCW Starrcade 2000
Movie • 2000
Konnan
TNA Against All Odds 2007
Movie • 2007
Konnan (Ringside)
WWA The Inception
Movie • 2001
Konnan
WWA The Reckoning
Movie • 2003
Konnan
WWA The Retribution
Movie • 2002
Konnan
WCW SuperBrawl VI
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Sin
Movie • 2001
Konnan
WCW Greed
Movie • 2001
Konnan
WCW Slamboree 1996
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Uncensored 1996
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW World War 3 1996
Movie • 1996
Konnan
TNA No Surrender 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
WCW SuperBrawl VII
Movie • 1997
Konnan
WCW Slamboree 1997
Movie • 1997
Konnan
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
Movie • 1997
Konnan
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
Movie • 1997
Konnan
WCW Road Wild 1997
Movie • 1997
Konnan
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Souled Out 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
WCW Uncensored 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
WCW Road Wild 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
WCW Bash at the Beach 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
WCW World War 3 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
WCW Starrcade 1998
Movie • 1998
Konnan
A Hart Still Pounding
Movie • 2009
Self
NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3
Movie • 1994
Konnan
101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler
Movie • 2005
Himself (Konnan)
Forever Hardcore: The Documentary
Movie • 2005
Konnan
Goldberg - Who's Next?
Movie • 1999
Konnan
ECW Fan Cam: October 6, 1995
Movie • 1995
Konnan
ECW Fan Cam: October 27, 1995
Movie • 1995
Konnan
NWA 73
Movie • 2021
Konnan
Ready to Rumble
Movie • 2000
Konnan
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
Movie • 2017
Konnan
AAA - The Movie
Movie • 2010
Konnan (voice)
MLW War Games 2018
Movie • 2018
Konnan
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
Movie • 2018
Konnan
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019
Movie • 2019
Konnan
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVII
Movie • 2019
Konnan
TNA Victory Road 2004
Movie • 2004
Konnan
TNA Destination X 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
TNA Final Resolution 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
TNA Sacrifice 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
TNA Genesis 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
TNA Lockdown 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan
AAA Triplemania XXVII
Movie • 2019
Konnan
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
Movie • 2016
Konnan
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Movie • 2012
Konnan
TNA Slammiversary 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
TNA Turning Point 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
AAA TripleMania I
Movie • 1993
Konnan
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
Movie • 2003
Konnan
WCW Starrcade 1990
Movie • 1990
Konnan
TNA Unbreakable 2005
Movie • 2005
Konnan
TNA Destination X 2006
Movie • 2006
Konnan
ECW November to Remember 1995
Movie • 1995
Konnan
ECW House Party 1996
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
Movie • 1996
Konnan
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIV
Movie • 1997
Konnan
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
Movie • 2017
Konnan
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
Movie • 1997
Konnan
AEW Road Rager
Movie • 2021
Konnan
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Movie • 2021
Konnan
Triplemania XXIX
Movie • 2021
Konnan
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
Movie • 2025
Konnan
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Movie • 2004
Konnan
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
Movie • 2025
Konnan
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
Movie • 2025
Konan
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
Movie • 2004
Konnan (archive footage)
WCW Thunder
TV • 1998
Konnan
Lucha Underground
TV • 2014
Konnan
WWE This Is Awesome
TV • 2022
Konnan (archive footage)
TNA iMPACT!
TV • 2004
Konnan
The Wrestlers
TV • 2019
Himself
TNA iMPACT!
TV • 2004
MLW Fusion
TV • 2018
Konnan
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Konnan
TNA Xplosion
TV • 2002
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Konnan