Charles Ashenoff
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
112
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-01-06 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
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.
Known For
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
Lucha Underground
TNA iMPACT!
TNA iMPACT!
WCW Sin
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
WCW Greed
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
NWA 73
WCW Bash at the Beach 1998
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
MLW Fusion
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIV
WWE This Is Awesome
Ready to Rumble
101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019
TNA Xplosion
MLW War Games 2018
AAA Triplemania XXVII
World Wrestling Peace Festival
WCW Starrcade 1998
WCW Slamboree 1996
TNA Victory Road 2004
WCW SuperBrawl VII
TNA Turning Point 2006
Forever Hardcore: The Documentary
TNA Final Resolution 2005
TNA Turning Point 2004
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
WCW Millennium Final
TNA Slammiversary 2007
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
TNA No Surrender 2005
TNA Destination X 2006
TNA Slammiversary 2005
TNA Unbreakable 2005
WCW World War 3 1996
TNA Destination X 2005
TNA Turning Point 2005
TNA Hard Justice 2006
TNA Genesis 2006
TNA Genesis 2005
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
TNA Lockdown 2006
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
TNA Victory Road 2006
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
TNA No Surrender 2006
The Wrestlers
AAA - The Movie
WWA The Reckoning
WCW Road Wild 1998
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
WCW Thunder
WWA The Inception
ECW Fan Cam: October 27, 1995
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
Triplemania XXIX
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
Goldberg - Who's Next?
ECW Fan Cam: October 6, 1995
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVII
WCW Starrcade 1990
AAA When Worlds Collide
AAA TripleMania I
A Hart Still Pounding
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
WCW Souled Out 1998
WCW Souled Out 1999
WCW World War 3 1998
AAA TripleMania Regia II
WWA The Retribution
WCW SuperBrawl IX
WCW Uncensored 1998
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
WCW Starrcade 2000
TNA Sacrifice 2005
ECW House Party 1996
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
WCW Road Wild 1997
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
WCW Slamboree 1997
WCW Uncensored 1996
TNA Against All Odds 2006
WCW Slamboree 1999
WCW SuperBrawl VI
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
ECW November to Remember 1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
WCW Mayhem 1999
AEW Road Rager
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
TNA Against All Odds 2007
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
TNA Against All Odds 2005
2nd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
TNA Destination X 2007
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
