People with Chinese zodiac Dragon sign are usually a group of people who are lively, intellectual and excitable. Savio Vega zodiac sign is a Leo. This event became known as "El Bombazo", referencing his original gimmick and the explosive nature of actual TNT. Copyright © 2016, ProWrestlingSheet.comPrivacy Policy | Terms of service, Montez Ford Shares Thoughts on New Day Title Swap, Vince McMahon Documentary Series Heading to Netflix, “Real” Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin Returns, UK Wrestling Legend Rampage Brown is Joining NXT UK, ROH and MLW Comment on Possibility of Running Shows in Florida During Pandemic, Teddy Hart Arrested for Possession of a Narcotic with Intent to Sell or Distribute, MJF Parts With MLW After Contract Expires. Los Boricuas reunited later that year, when Pérez joined Vega to win the IWA World Tag Team Championship. Savio Vega: photos. [ citation needed ] On November 22, 1992, Rivera returned to NJPW, losing to Shinya Hashimoto. At WrestleMania 14, Vega wrestled in a battle royal, won by Legion of Doom 2000. In August 2009, he won a handicap match over Rondón and Rodríguez and teamed to defeat La Compañia. If you found this page interesting or useful, please share it. He qualified by defeating Irwin R. Schyster in the event's pre-show, then defeated Yokozuna by countout in the first round, after interference from Yokozuna's tag partner, Owen Hart, backfired. Vega took on the role of WWL's tyrannus Director of Operations. Following his departure from The Nation of Domination, Vega formed his own stable, Los Boricuas, composed of Puerto Rican wrestlers, brought in from Puerto Rican promotions, all members of notable wrestling families. When the WWF released Savio Vega, he returned to Puerto Rico with. He has worked for the World Wrestling Council, the International Wrestling Association and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as both a referee and wrestler. Founded in 1999 by promoter Víctor Quiñones as a novel promotion, it quickly entered an agreement to serve as a development territory for the World Wrestling Federation that lasted until 2001. To close the year, he teamed up with Abdullah the Butcher in All Japan Pro Wrestling, losing to Hiroshi Wajima and Giant Baba. The tour concluded in Panama where he defended the company's title against Ricky Banderas. Savio Vega; Vega in 2013. Their strengths are decisive, inspiring, magnanimous, sensitive, ambitious, and romantic. Managed by El Profe, TNT emerged as a top heel star for the WWC in the late 1980s. Eventually, he turned on his former allies and became General Manager, forming a heel stable called "La Compañia" (The Company), which included Apolo and Ricky Banderas, whom he called his "Dream Team". On the April 13 Superstars, Rivera, wearing a mask featuring the flag of Puerto Rico and billed as The Caribbean Kid, defeated Austin by pinfall, then unmasked himself. After the match, he attacked Maivia's knee. On the other hand, Rivera himself teamed with Huertas González to challenge for the World Tag Team Championship. Orlando Toledo, a nephew of the now-defunct Quiñones was introduced as the new General Manager. This was his final WWC championship. However, on March 23, 2015, WWL Founder Richard Negrín retired from pro wrestling and closed WWL, later WWL reopened but Savio leaves before. Johnson became the Nation's main rival in the following months. Savio’s birth flower is Gladiolus and birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx. [12]. At Crossfire, on November 16, 2013, Vega defeated Chris Angel to win the WWC Universal Championship. In August 2010, he joined the World Wrestling Council, entering an angle with Ray González, which evolved in a general feud against all those that are considered cornerstone wrestlers in Puerto Rico. He competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a member of the Hispanic stable Los Boricuas in the late 1990s. Dennis Rivera eventually returned to his side citing that "blood is heavier than water". Gilbert later led Team WWC in an invasion against the IWA in July 2011. At the UK-exclusive pay-per-view, One Night Only, Vega and Pérez unsuccessfully challenged The Headbangers for the WWF World Tag Team Championship. RETURNS!, CARLITO VS REY FENIX, TAG TEAM TITLE CHANGES HANDS AND MORE FROM PUERTO RICO - PWInsider.com", "NOTAS DE WWC LOCKOUT EN BAYAMON 12/15: Termina el reinado de TNT; Colon vs Invader en lucha de ambulancias", "ISLE OF PUERTO RICO: WWC ‘LA HORA DE LA VERDAD’ RESULTS, TRIBUTE TO CARLOS COLON, WAS T.N.T. Carlos Edwin Colón Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and actor. Although, they can be egotistical, dominating, stubborn, controlling, and a show-off. During the 1990s, he worked for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), initially under a mask as Kwang. He then entered a feud with the owner of the remaining 51%, Víctor Quiñones. Rivera and Pérez won a match against two lowcard members of La Compañia. The Gang Wars came to an end when the leaders of the three stables faced off in a triple threat match, which Vega won. [33] He also served as the unofficial trainer for the division during this tenure. On June 17, he won the vacant WWC Television Championship. In December 1997, Los Boricuas and The Disciples exchanged victories. It was an appropriate nickname. On the next Raw, Vega lost to Johnson by disqualification when The Nation interfered. Kwang's televised singles debut was on the January 30 episode of Wrestling Challenge, where he defeated Ray Hudson. Rivera was born and raised in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. After the angle, Los Boricuas splintered into two tag teams. On February 4, 1989, he won the vacant WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship, holding it for 21 days before losing it to Abbuda Dein. During its first decade, IWA grew to rival the long-standing World Wrestling Council (WWC). Following the match he turned on Ortíz, and subsequently challenged Kuervo, the company's heavyweight champion to a title match on the event. The next night on Raw, he challenged The Undertaker for the WWF Championship, but was disqualified. Along with Jeff Jarrett and Dutch Mantell, he was responsible for training the Indian wrestlers at Ohio Valley Wrestling, TNA's developmental territory in Louisville, Kentucky. He would "discipline" wrestlers by mugging them in a mob, while singing a traditional Puerto Rican bomba, Santa María. Stone Cold Steve Austin applied his finishing move for the first time over American wrestler Savio Vega in a high-voltage contest. Savio Vega (Wrestler) was born on the 10th of August, 1964. He would make a number of appearances on WWF Super Astros , and would participate in WWF Shotgun and WWF Jakked/Metal dark matches (sometimes with other Boricua members). 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. Check out photos from the WWE career of Savio Vega, the leader of Los Boricuas and an unexpected hero of WWE's "New Generation." Vega entered the 1997 Royal Rumble, but was eliminated by eventual winner Austin. He went on to form a tag team along Huertas González known as "Los Inhumanos", when the former turned heel. [52] On November 1, 2009, Vega and Pérez participated in a Dominican Wrestling Entertainment card, being booked to win the DWE World Tag Team Championship. At Hardcore Weekend 2003, Rivera returned to his "El Hombre que ellos llaman TNT" persona, wrestling against Huertas González. At Golpe de Estado 2003, Rivera wrestled Huertas González to a no contest, due to a large amount of bleeding from both. [29] In his first match following a forced hiatus, Los Autenticos got disqualified in a match against González and Figueroa. Before Savio Vega broke out as one of the most unexpected heroes of WWE’s “New Generation,” he was a star in the tumultuous world of Puerto Rican professional wrestling where fans knew him best as TNT. In early 1991, he feuded with a wrestler who had originally used the name "TNT," winning the rights to the name on March 2, 1991. He feuded with González throughout 2005. On November 11, 2005, Rivera defeated Carlos Cotto to win his second World Heavyweight Championship. On June 14, 2008, he defeated Vega. The next day, he teamed with Scott Norton to defeat Ron Powers and Tony Halme. He was accepted and sent back to Puerto Rico to wrestle for the World Wrestling Council as TNT, adopting a gimmick based on his martial arts background and featuring several elements from stereotypical Hispanic gimmicks. After leaving the WWL, Savio Vega returned to local promotions where he has been regularly active in BSP, CWA, & NRW also makes international appearances in countries like Kuwait, and appeared in September and October on Amaro Production [55] and Game Changer Wrestling. Promotion of the angle began here by staging a spot where he criticized Carly Colón's supposed addiction to painkillers, prompting Colón to leave the stage. Although 'The Texas Rattle Snake' is no longer an active persona in WWE, he has often arrived for guest appearances at numerous PPV events and thrilled the fans by showcasing the 'Stone Cold Stunner'. [48] [49] During the following summer Vega alternated his work between the IWA, Division One Pro Wrestling (D1PW) in Florida and Nu-Wrestling Evolution in Spain. During the match, he teamed with the fifth entrant, Owen Hart, battling the face wrestlers to a stalemate until Diesel entered seventh and eliminated all the previous entrants. The American wrestler has been alive for 20,534 days or 492,838 hours. It has been 24 years since Stone Cold Steve Austin had used his finisher for the first time, but WWE fans continue to cherish that moment till date and will possibly continue doing so in the future. The first of these happened at WrestleMania XII, both men's WrestleMania debut, which Austin won. In the first singles match between former Nation members, Vega fought Crush to a no contest. Regardless of this, Angel won the rematch and eventually went on to become an undefeated world champion. If you any have tips or corrections, please send them our way. [8]. The world’s population was 3,273,670,772 and there were an estimated 115,215,976 babies born throughout the world in 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) was the president of the United States, and the number one song on Billboard 100 was "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin. [18] In June 2004, a storyline to bring Rivera back was run, in which the CEO, Thomas Wreckler, brought him in to stop La Familia and La Compañia. He was managed by "El Profe" Ángel Pantoja Rivera, and first feuded with Chicky Starr. At Halloween Mayhem 2011, Rivera returned to IWA for the first time since Histeria Boricua 2011, turning on a heel Pérez and seizing control by regaining the office of General Manager and joining the still-undefeated Angel and Phillip Davian to form a stable known as "La Academia Gerencial". This led to a feud, and a series of matches. The island has produced a large number of native talent, but only a select few have achieved any substantial success elsewhere.