Juan Rivera
Known for: Acting
Born: August 10, 1964
Place of birth: Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
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.
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Filmography
52 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
NR
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
2026
7.6
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
2025
6.9
WWE Backlash 2023
2023
6.0
Birth of The Stunner
2021
5.0
Meeting Stone Cold
2021
10.0
WWE Icons
2021
7.4
WWE Survivor Series 2020
2020
7.0
MLW Saturday Night SuperFight
2019
NR
Back To The Territories: Puerto Rico
2017
9.0
WWE: The Best Of In Your House
20138.0
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
10.0
WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
2008
7.5
Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
1998
7.7
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998
7.3
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998
6.6
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998
8.1
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1997
7.6
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
1997
8.7
WWE One Night Only
1997
8.0
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
1997
7.8
WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997
10.0
WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997
4.6
Aar Ya Paar
1997
6.7
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
1997
10.0
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
1997
7.5
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997
7.9
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
1997
7.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
1997
NR
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
1997
NR
WWE Action Zone!
1997
NR
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
1997NR
WWE Terminators '96
1996
7.4
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
8.0
WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games
1996
7.8
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
6.8
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
1996
7.0
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
6.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
1996
8.0
WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
1995
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1995
1995
9.3
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
1995
7.2
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
1995
7.0
WWE King of the Ring 1995
1995
10.0
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995
8.0
WWE In Your House
1995
7.1
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
1995
NR
WWE WrestleFest '95
1995
NR
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
1994
4.5
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
1994
NR
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
1994
6.9
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
1994NR
NJPW Hyper Battle 1993 - Day 11
1993
6.8
Raw
1993NR
NJPW Battle Zone Space II
1992NR
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
1988
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
NR
Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985
1985
NR
Mid-South Arena Shows
1985
NR
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
NR
WWE Old School
1973