Konnan
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Charles Ashenoff (born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises; January 6, 1964), better known by his ring name Konnan, is a Cuban-born American professional wrestling personality, manager, and former professional wrestler. He is signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and serves as a member of the creative team. During a career spanning almost three decades, he has wrestled for independent and national promotions in the United States and Mexico, and held fifteen title belts in nine promotions. He was also involved in the creation of Lucha Underground, where he was supposed to serve as a writer and pr
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5 total works indexed
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- A Systematic Method for Indexing Spots of Single Crystals in Laue X-Ray Photographs
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Key facts
- Professional wrestler.names
- The Comet KidConan the BarbarianEl CenturiónThe Incredible HulkK-DawgKonanKonnanKonnan el BarbaroKonnan the GreatThe Latin FuryMax MoonEl RelámpagoSpeedy Gonzales
- Professional wrestler.height
- 180 cm
- Professional wrestler.weight
- 113.5 kg
- Professional wrestler.billed
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Professional wrestler.trainer
- Super AstroNegro CasasRey Misterio Sr.
- Professional wrestler.debut
- 1987
- Military person.embed
- yes
- Military person.embed_title
- Military service
- Military person.branch
- 23px United States Navy
- Military person.unit
- USS Cape Cod (AD-43)
- Professional wrestler.name
- Konnan
- Professional wrestler.image
- Konnan 031118.jpg
- Professional wrestler.caption
- Konnan in 2018
- Professional wrestler.birth_name
- Carlos Santiago Espada Moises
- Professional wrestler.birth_place
- Santiago, Oriente Province, Cuba
- Professional wrestler.relatives
- Dominik Mysterio (godson)
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 103
- Image
- KonnanJuly2011.png
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Konnan
- date of birth
- 1964-01-06
- birth name
- Carlos Santiago Espada Moises
- start of work period
- 1987-01-06
- pseudonym
- Konnan
- social media followers
- 102344
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26 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Professional wrestling career
- Early career (1988–1996)
- World Wrestling Federation (1992–1993)
- Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995)
- World Championship Wrestling (1996–2001)
- United States Heavyweight Champion and Dungeon of Doom (1996–1997)
- New World Order and World Television Champion (1997–1999)
- No Limit Soldiers and Filthy Animals (1999–2001)
- Independent Circuit (2001–2003)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2007)
- Authentic Luchadores and 3 Live Kru (2003–2005)
- Latin American Xchange (2005–2007)
- Return to AAA (2004–2006)
- Second return to AAA and independent promotions (2007–2012)
- Final match and outside-the-ring roles (2013–present)
- Return to Impact Wrestling (2017–2019)
- Third return to AAA (2018–present)
- Major League Wrestling (2018–2022)
- All Elite Wrestling (2020–2021)
- Other media
- Championships and accomplishments
- ''Luchas de apuestas'' record
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Charles Ashenoff (born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises; January 6, 1964), better known by his ring name Konnan, is a Cuban-born American professional wrestling personality, manager, and former professional wrestler. He is signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and serves as a member of the creative team. During a career spanning almost three decades, he has wrestled for independent and national promotions in the United States and Mexico, and held fifteen title belts in nine promotions. He was also involved in the creation of Lucha Underground, where he was supposed to serve as a writer and producer, but ended up in an on-camera role as manager to Prince Puma throughout the first season. Outside of wrestling, Konnan is an occasional rapper.
He is best known to United States audiences for his run in World Championship Wrestling as part of the nWo stable and as part of The Filthy Animals. He also formed the 3 Live Kru for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the early 2000s and later the Latin American Xchange (LAX) stable there. In Mexico, Konnan was the first-ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, and the leader of the Foreign Legion in AAA when they were the top stable.