Savio Vega | |
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Birth name | Juan Rivera |
Born | [1] Vega Alta, Puerto Rico[2] | August 10, 1964
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Caribbean Kid [1] El Corsario El Corsario I Hombre Que Ellos Llaman TNT Hombre Dinamita[1] Kwang[2] Savio Vega[2] TNT[2] |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[3] |
Billed weight | 260 lb (118 kg)[3] |
Billed from | Puerto Rico The Orient, Japan (as Kwang) The South Bronx (while leading the Boricuas)[3] |
Debut | 1985[1] |
Savio Vega is a ring name of Juan Rivera (born August 10, 1964), a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is known for his work in the World Wrestling Council, where he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship three times and the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship three times. During the 1990s, he worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), initially under the masked, villainous and venom-spewing Kwang gimmick. He later portrayed Savio Vega, the eventual leader of a Puerto Rican stable, Los Boricuas.
After leaving the WWF, Rivera returned to Puerto Rico and joined Víctor Quiñones' promotion, the International Wrestling Association, where he was a long-time general manager and won five titles, including the IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship. In 2011, he was featured in the first interpromotional angle between IWA and WWC.