Savio Vega

Savio Vega
Vega in 2013
Birth nameJuan Rivera
Born (1964-08-10) August 10, 1964 (age 60)[1]
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico[2]
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 height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[3]
Billed weight260 lb (118 kg)[3]
Billed fromPuerto Rico
The Orient, Japan (as Kwang)
The South Bronx (while leading the Boricuas)[3]
Debut1985[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.

  1. ^ a b c d "Savio Vega profile". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved April 6, 2012. [unreliable source?]
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference OWW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c "Savio Vega - WWE Profile". WWE. Retrieved May 1, 2018.