Charles Ashenoff
Biography
Charles Ashenoff (born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises) better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a Cuban professional wrestling personality, manager and former professional wrestler. In Impact he was formerly the manager of The Latin American Xchange (LAX) and currently served 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 has also worked as a manager, color commentator, booker, and creative consultant, primarily for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Outside of wrestling, Konnan is also 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 created The 3Live Kru for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the early 2000s and later the Latin American Xchange (LAX) stable there as well. In Mexico, Konnan was the first-ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, and was the leader of the Foreign Legion in AAA when they were the top stable. At one point he was referred to as "The Mexican Hulk Hogan" for breaking attendance records across the country, and Konnan still holds the all-time attendance record in Mexico City as well as cities including Tijuana, Guadalajara, Acapulco, Torreon, Hermosillo and Nuevo Laredo. Konnan also broke the pro wrestling attendance record in Los Angeles when he headlined AAA's first Los Angeles event and the company had a sell-out, turn-away crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. 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.
Konnan is known to be outspoken, and in the last decade, he has been openly critical of promotions that he feels have mistreated either him personally or the talent in general. He has been particularly outspoken against what he sees as racism against Latino wrestlers in United States promotions – he butted heads with TNA over treatment of himself and Ron "The Truth" Killings, and WWE over issues regarding Latino wrestlers Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio, but he has also come into conflict with AAA over what he alleged was non-payment of talent.
Acting (95 movies)
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
2023
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
1999
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
AAA When Worlds Collide
1994
AAA TripleMania Regia II
2021
WCW Millennium Final
2000
TNA Slammiversary 2007
2007
TNA Destination X 2007
2007
TNA Turning Point 2006
2006
TNA Genesis 2006
2006
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
2006
TNA Hard Justice 2006
2006
TNA No Surrender 2006
2006
TNA Against All Odds 2006
2006
TNA Victory Road 2006
2006
TNA Turning Point 2004
2004
TNA Against All Odds 2005
2005
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
1996
WCW Souled Out 1999
1999
WCW SuperBrawl IX
1999
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
1999
WCW Slamboree 1999
1999
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
1999
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
1999
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
1999
WCW Mayhem 1999
1999
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
2000
WCW Starrcade 2000
2000
TNA Against All Odds 2007
2007
WWA The Retribution
2002
WCW SuperBrawl VI
1996
WCW Sin
2001
WCW Greed
2001
WCW Slamboree 1996
1996
WCW Uncensored 1996
1996
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
1996
WCW World War 3 1996
1996
TNA No Surrender 2005
2005
WCW SuperBrawl VII
1997
WCW Slamboree 1997
1997
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
1997
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
1997
WCW Road Wild 1997
1997
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
1996
WCW Souled Out 1998
1998
WCW Uncensored 1998
1998
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
1998
WCW Road Wild 1998
1998
WCW Bash at the Beach '98
1998
WCW World War 3 1998
1998
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
1998
WCW Starrcade 1998
1998
101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler
2005
Forever Hardcore: The Documentary
2005
NWA 73
2021
Ready to Rumble
2000
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
2017
AAA - The Movie
2010
MLW War Games 2018
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019
2019
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVII
2019
TNA Victory Road 2004
2004
TNA Destination X 2005
2005
TNA Final Resolution 2005
2005
TNA Sacrifice 2005
2005
TNA Genesis 2005
2005
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
2005
TNA Lockdown 2006
2006
AAA Triplemania XXVII
2019
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
2016
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
2012
TNA Slammiversary 2005
2005
TNA Turning Point 2005
2005
AAA TripleMania I
1993
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
2003
WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course
1990
TNA Unbreakable 2005
2005
TNA Destination X 2006
2006
ECW November to Remember 1995
1995
ECW House Party 1996
1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
1996
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIV
1997
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
2017
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
1997
AEW Road Rager
2021
AEW Double or Nothing
2021
Triplemania XXIX
2021
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
2025
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
2004
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
2025
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
2025
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
2004
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| AAA TripleMania XXIII | 2015 | Writer |