Rocky Romero

Rocky Romero is the ring name of John Raymond Rivera, a Cuban-born Puerto Rican-American professional wrestler born on October 28, 1982, signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling. He debuted on September 13, 1997, trained under Antonio Inoki at the New Japan dojo in Los Angeles, and is best known as a tag team wrestler in Havana Pitbulls, Forever Hooligans and Roppongi Vice with Trent Beretta. He has held the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship three times, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship as Black Tiger, and a record eight IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. Behind the scenes he acts as a liaison between AEW, CMLL and NJPW.