Savio Vega
Juan Rivera (born August 10, 1964) is 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.
| Savio Vega | |
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Vega in 2013 | |
| Birth name | Juan Rivera |
| Born | August 10, 1964 Vega Alta, Puerto Rico |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Caribbean Kid El Corsario El Corsario I Hombre Que Ellos Llaman TNT Hombre Dinamita Kwang Savio Vega TNT |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Billed from | Puerto Rico The Orient (as Kwang) The South Bronx (as Savio Vega) |
| Debut | 1985 |
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.