Charles Ashenoff
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Konnan
2019
Series
TNA iMPACT!
Konnan
2004
Series
TNA iMPACT!
2004
Series
Lucha Underground
Konnan
2014
Series
Clash of the Champions
Konnan
1988
Series
TNA Xplosion
2002
Series
MLW Fusion
Konnan
2018
Series
WWE This Is Awesome
Konnan (archive footage)
2022
Film
Ready to Rumble
Konnan
2000
Series
The Wrestlers
Himself
2019
Film
AAA - The Movie
Konnan (voice)
2010
Film
TNA Final Resolution 2005
Konnan
2005
Series
WCW Thunder
Konnan
1998
Film
MLW War Games 2018
Konnan
2018
Film
AEW Double or Nothing 2021
Konnan
2021
Film
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
Konnan
2004
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVII
Konnan
2019
Film
WCW Spring Stampede 1999
Konnan
1999
Film
WCW World War 3 1996
Konnan
1996
Film
World Wrestling Peace Festival
1996
Film
WCW Road Wild 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
WCW The Great American Bash 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
WCW Starrcade 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
WCW SuperBrawl VII
Konnan
1997
Film
WCW Uncensored 1996
Konnan
1996
Film
TNA Turning Point 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Konnan
2012
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
Konnan
2017
Film
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXII
Konnan
1996
Film
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIII
Konnan
1996
Film
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025
Konnan
2025
Film
WCW SuperBrawl IX
Konnan
1999
Film
WCW Sin
Konnan
2001
Film
TNA Turning Point 2004
Konnan (Ringside)
2004
Film
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
Konnan (archive footage)
2004
Film
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Konnan
2000
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
WCW Fall Brawl 1997
Konnan
1997
Film
AEW Road Rager
Konnan
2021
Film
WCW Halloween Havoc 1999
Konnan
1999
Film
WCW Souled Out 1999
Konnan
1999
Film
TNA Turning Point 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
2006
Film
WCW Slamboree 1999
Konnan
1999
Film
WCW SuperBrawl VI
Konnan
1996
Film
TNA Lockdown 2006
Konnan
2006
Film
WCW Souled Out 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
WCW Fall Brawl 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
TNA Genesis 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
TNA Slammiversary 2007
Konnan (Ringside)
2007
Film
WCW Starrcade 2000
Konnan
2000
Film
WCW Bash at the Beach 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
WCW Slamboree 1996
Konnan
1996
Film
WCW Mayhem 1999
Konnan
1999
Goldberg - Who's Next?
Konnan
1999
Film
WCW Greed
Konnan
2001
Film
WCW Uncensored 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
Konnan
1999
Film
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
Konnan
1996
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
2006
Film
TNA Genesis 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
2006
Film
WCW Road Wild 1997
Konnan
1997
Film
TNA Sacrifice 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
TNA Unbreakable 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
WCW Starrcade 1990
Konnan
1990
Film
WCW Fall Brawl 1996
Konnan
1996
Film
WCW World War 3 1998
Konnan
1998
Film
WCW The Great American Bash 1997
Konnan
1997
Film
ECW November to Remember 1995
Konnan
1995
Film
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
Konnan
2016
Film
TNA Victory Road 2004
Konnan
2004
Film
TNA Destination X 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
TNA Destination X 2006
Konnan
2006
Film
WWE/AAA Worlds Collide 2025: Las Vegas
Konan
2025
Film
TNA Destination X 2007
Konnan (Ringside)
2007
Film
ECW House Party 1996
Konnan
1996
Film
AAA Triplemanía XXXIII
Konnan
2025
Film
WCW Slamboree 1997
Konnan
1997
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2007
Konnan (Ringside)
2007
Film
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
Konnan
1996
Film
TNA No Surrender 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
2006
WWA The Inception
Konnan
2001
Film
WCW Halloween Havoc 2000
Konnan
2000
Film
101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler
Himself (Konnan)
2005
Film
TNA Bound for Glory 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
NWA 73
Konnan
2021
Film
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXV
Konnan
1997
Film
TNA Bound for Glory 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
2006
Film
Triplemania XXIX
Konnan
2021
Film
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXIV
Konnan
1997
Film
Forever Hardcore: The Documentary
Konnan
2005
Film
WCW Millennium Final
Konnan
2000
Film
WCW The Great American Bash 1999
Konnan
1999
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
Konnan
2018
Film
AAA Triplemania XXVII
Konnan
2019
2nd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
Konnan
1999
Film
TNA No Surrender 2005
Konnan
2005
Film
WWA The Retribution
Konnan
2002
Film
TNA Against All Odds 2005
Konnan (Ringside)
2005
Film
TNA Victory Road 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
2006
Film
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
Konnan
2023
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2019
Konnan
2019
Film
TNA Hard Justice 2006
Konnan (Ringside)
2006
Film
AAA TripleMania Regia II
Konnan
2021
Film
WCW/NWO Superstar Series: Diamond Dallas Page - Feel the Bang!
Konnan
1999
NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3
Konnan
1994
Film
AAA TripleMania I
Konnan
1993
WWA The Reckoning
Konnan
2003
A Hart Still Pounding
Self
2009
Film
AAA When Worlds Collide
Konnan
1994
Film
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
Konnan
2017
ECW Fan Cam: October 6, 1995
Konnan
1995
ECW Fan Cam: October 27, 1995
Konnan
1995
Film
ROH: Revenge on the Prophecy
Konnan
2003