History Wrestling / Konnan

* GangstaRap: Which made him a natural fit with Wrestling/RonKillings in TNA. Road Dog Jessie James, not so much.

* FakeNationality: A Cuban-American playing a Mexican

* CoolShades: To look more gangster presumably

* CoolShades:

* BaldOfEvil

* CoolShades

* GangstaRap

* MisplacedRetribution: Bashed a guitar over Stacy Colon's head to punish Wrestling/CariltoColon for losing in a tag match.

** The Filthy Animals (w/Rey, Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, Billy Kidman, Wrestling/TorrieWilson, Juventud Guerrera, [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Disco Inferno]] and Tygress.)

** The Filthy Animals (w/Rey, Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, Billy Kidman, Wrestling/TorrieWilson, Juventud Guerrera, Disco Inferno and Tygress.)

* OldShame: Averted with his early-90s rap career in Mexico. Introduced worldwide through [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/icfyt/it-came-from-youtube-konnans-mango-suit/ WrestleCrap]] and his own MLW podcast, when "Konnan's Mango Suit" is brought up, he's quick to point out that it was during the peak of his career, albeit outdated today.

Starting as El Centurión in UWA, he later adopted the name Konnan el Barbaro in CMLL and quickly became a main event star after losing his mask in a moving story where his crying "brother" went to the ring to physically remove it; Konnan later became the first CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. After a falling out with the company, he and booker Antonio Peña started a new company, AAA. In AAA he further cemented his stardom while behind the scenes, he and Peña introduced future stars such as Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, Psicosis, and Wrestling/LaParka.

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

* VitriolicBestBuds: While he has very public gripes with Wrestling/KevinNash that started in the WCW days, they still get along quite well.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Won one house show match and two dark matches for Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1992 under the names the Latin Fury and ''[=Relampago=]'', but left when he decided he didn't want the Max Moon gimmick. The gimmick ended up on Paul Diamond, and flopped.
* Website/{{WrestleCrap}}:
** The induction of the Dungeon of Doom as a group.

Starting as El Centurión in UWA, he later adopted the name Konnan el Barbaro in CMLL and quickly became a main event star after losing his mask in a moving story where his crying "brother" went to the ring to physically remove it; Konnan later became the first CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. After a falling out with the company, he and booker Antonio Peña started a new company, AAA. In AAA he further cemented his stardom while behind the scenes, he and Peña introduced future stars such as Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, Psicosis, and La Parka.

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

'''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, CMLL and AAA (the latter he helped co-found), and also known in the United States for his time in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{TNA}}.

* VitriolicBestBuds: While he has very public gripes with KevinNash that started in the WCW days, they still get along quite well.

* TheCastShowoff - recorded a rap album in his early days and several raps for WCW and TNA

* EarWorm: Several of his rap songs that saw [=WCW=] air time. At least two even got professional music videos that were played on Nitro on an almost weekly basis and got Konnan ''massively'' over with casual fans.
** ''"Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yay! OArriba la Raza! All day, every day! Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yay! Orele! All day every day!"''

* ShoutOut: "[[Film/ToLiveAndDieInLA To Live and Die in LAX]]"

!!'''Tropes associated with Konnan include:'''

* CatchPhrase: ''"Orale! Arriba la Raza!'' We are ''los vatos locos'' forever, man! We [[Music/{{MasterP}} bout it bout it (pronounced "Bowdy bowdy")]] and rowdy rowdy!"

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

Starting as El Centurión in UWA, he later adopted the name Konnan el Barbaro in CMLL and quickly became a main event star after losing his mask in a moving story where his crying "brother" went to the ring to physically remove it; Konnan later became the first CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. After a falling out with the company, he and booker Antonio Peña started a new company, AAA. In AAA he further cemented his stardom while behind the scenes, he and Peña introduced future stars such as ReyMysterio, Psicosis, and La Parka.

* IHAveManyNames - Born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises, legally known as Charles Ashenoff.

In 1996, after several appearances for the company in the past several years, he became a full time performer for WCW. He portrayed a charismatic, urban character, often rapping and reciting catchphrase-laden promos. Behind the scenes, he became a liaison between WCW and AAA, again bringing wrestlers like Rey and La Parka to prominence.