History Wrestling / Konnan

* WeaponOfChoice: Anyone who messed with him would have that cane of his flying towards their noggin faster than you can say "Orale!"

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* NiceHat: The little crusher hat he sometimes wears, as seen in the page image. He had a giant "sombrero" in WWC.

*** Konnan later lead ''La Legion Extranjera'' ("The Foreign Legion") (w[=/=]LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters).

* FingerlessGloves: When he was Konnan el Barbaro. In this case they contributed to his overall gaudy look.

As usual, you can find the basics about his career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konnan That Other Wiki]].

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Toss my salad and peel my potatoes!" was often part of his weekly promos in WCW. Because the first half of the phrase is a popular euphemism for a sexual act, he added the second part to make it seem like a generic food analogy.

Carlos Ashenoff (born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises, January 6, 1964), best known as '''Konnan''', is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban]]-born, American-based professional wrestler best known for his time working for both major lucha libre promotions in Mexico, Wrestling/{{CMLL}} and Wrestling/{{AAA}} (the latter he helped co-found), and also known in the United States for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

*** [[Music/MasterP The No Limit Soldiers]] (with Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, B.A. [Brad Armstrong], Chase Tatum, Swoll and 4X4.)

* TheCastShowOff: Recorded a rap album in his early days and several raps for WCW and TNA. The fact he did the LAX theme allowed Homicide to take it to ROH(though they mixed it up a little anyway)
* CarpetOfVirility: He's not excessively hair but after seeing him for so many years with shirts and or chest concealing ring gear, his chest hair caused some to double take.

* RealSongThemeTune
** (in AAA): Music/{{Survivor}}'s "Eye of the Tiger"
** (in Wrestling/{{ECW}}): Music/SnoopDogg's "Murder was the Case"

'''Carlos Ashenoff''', best known as '''Konnan''', is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} Cuban]]-born, American-based professional wrestler best known for his time working for both major lucha libre promotions in Mexico, Wrestling/{{CMLL}} and Wrestling/{{AAA}} (the latter he helped co-found), and also known in the United States for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

!!!"Yo yo yo let me speak on dese tropes!":

* XtremelyKoolLetterz: Well the gimmick was pretty different, especially after unmasking but you know they spelled Literature/{{Conan|TheBarbarian}} with a K for a reason.

* GangBangers: His most frequent gimmick in the continental US. He was also a gang banger in Miami before going to prison and then joining the USA Navy.

* WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately: The Three Live Kru accused Wrestling/VinceRusso of showing favoritism to Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/{{Raven}} and felt under appreciated, pointing out how they had been responsible for Russo continued employment several times over at their own expense. When Russo tried to remind them of things he had done, they wanted to know of things ''lately''.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Recorded his own theme in WCW, as well as one of the Filthy Animals themes and the first version of the big LAX theme in TNA. (His theme and the LAX theme still found use later on in the indies by him and Rey Mysterio Jr.[[note]]Rey was in the music video for his theme[[/note]] as well as LAX partner Homicide respectively.)

* DoItYourselfThemeTune - Recorded the Filthy Animals and LAX themes (the latter is still used by LAX partner Homicide)

* GangstaRap: Which made him a natural fit with Wrestling/RonKillings in TNA. BG James, not so much (he was probably in the group as a nod to when he teamed with K-kwick as the Road Dog).

* ArchEnemy: Until the mid-2000s, Vampiro. He also is this to Cibernético in AAA.