John Raymond Rivera
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1982-10-28
Place of Birth: Havana, Cuba
Popularity: 0.5
Biography
John Raymond Rivera, better known by his ring name Rocky Romero, is a Cuban-American professional wrestler and commentator currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also serves in executive and talent liaison roles. Debuting in 1997, Romero has built a decorated career as a tag team specialist—winning multiple IWGP and ROH Tag Team Championships as part of teams like Havana Pitbulls, Forever Hooligans and Roppongi Vice—while also transitioning into commentary and backstage production duties.
Known For Filmography
Scorpion
2014
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
2021
TNA iMPACT!
2004
AEW Unrestricted
2020
AEW Dark: Elevation
2021
Ring of Honor Wrestling
2009
Hey! (EW)
2022No Photo
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
2010
ROH on HonorClub
2023No Photo
Major League Wrestling: Underground TV
2003
NJPW STRONG
2020No Photo
Lucha Libre USA
2010
All In
2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
2022
AEW Double or Nothing 2025: The Buy In
2025
AEW Revolution 2026: Zero Hour
2026No Photo
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2015
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 6
2012
ROH Final Battle 2024
2024
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
2022
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
2015
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
2021ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 2
2015
AEW Worlds End 2023: Zero Hour
2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
2021
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
2015
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
2015
CM Punk: Icon
2016
ROH: Year Three
2013
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
2017
NJPW The New Beginning 2012
2012
ROH: Summer Heat Tour - Day 2
2014
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
2015
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
2019
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
2018
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part One
2004
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012
2012
TNA Lockdown 2006
2006
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
2017
PWG: All Star Weekend Night One
2005
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
2012
ROH: Death Before Dishonor XIII
2015
PWG: Self-Titled
2006
NJPW Music City Mayhem
2022
NJPW Power Struggle 2014
2014
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 12
2018
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
2017
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
2012
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
2016
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 2
2017
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023: Zero Hour
2023
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 2
2004
PWG: Roger Dorn Night
2007
ROH: Field of Honor
2015
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2017
NJPW Resurgence 2021
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
2015
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
2024
ROH: Reborn - Stage One
2004
NJPW Resurgence 2024
2024
ROH: 13th Anniversary
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 2 - Night One
2005
NJPW Battle in the Valley 2025
2025
NJPW Royal Quest
2019
ROH: Best In The World
2016
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
2023
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
2016
NJPW The Night Before Rumble on 44th Street
2022
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night One
2007
NJPW Dominion 7.12 in Osaka-Jo Hall
2020
Bryan Danielson: World Champion
2013
NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024
2024No Photo
EVOLVE 54
2016
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars
2014
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016
NJPW Power Struggle 2016
2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
2014
NJPW Dominion 6.16
2012
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
2016
PWG: 2005 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2005No Photo
EVOLVE 53
2016
Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
2018
PWG: Steen Wolf
2011
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 1
2025
ROH: Japan's Finest
2012
NJPW Capital Collision 2022
2022
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
2019
PWG: Pimpin' In High Places
2003
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
2018
ROH: Reborn - Stage Two
2004
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
2018
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2006
PWG: Astonishing X-Mas
2005
NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
2016
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 2
2018
NJPW Dominion 6.6 in Osaka-jo Hall
2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
2020
PWG: Passive Hostility
2006
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
2013PWG: 2005 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2005
ROH: Steel Cage Warfare
2005
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 2
2017
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017
PWG: The Next Show
2004
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 2
2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017
PWG: Card Subject To Change
2005
AEW WrestleDream 2023: Zero Hour
2023
NJPW G1 Special In San Francisco
2018
PWG: From Parts Well Known
2006
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
2019
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
2012
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
2017
ROH: Joe vs Punk II
2004
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night Two
2006
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
2011
ROH: Death Before Dishonor XIV
2016
NJPW Resurgence 2023
2023
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
2017NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
2018
PWG: Teen Outreach Summit
2006NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
WrestleCircus The Squared Ring Circus
2017
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021
2021
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
2020
WrestleCircus: The Cody Rhodes Summer Circus Show
2017
CMLL Presenta NJPW Fantastica Mania México 2025
2025
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024: Zero Hour
2024
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
2021
AEW WrestleDream 2024: Zero Hour
2024
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 17
2017NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
2023No Photo
ROH: Take No Prisoners
2008
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
2019
NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
2023
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
2017No Photo
ROH: Injustice
2008NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016No Photo
EVOLVE 49
2015
NJPW Power Struggle 2015
2015
PWG: The Reason For The Season
2004
PWG: TEN
2013
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
2010
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night One
2008
ROH: Testing The Limit
2004
ROH: Supercard of Honor VIII
2014
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 18
2017
ROH: Weekend of Thunder - Night 1
2004
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
2024
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014
2014
PWG: All Star Weekend IV - Night One
2006
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
2015
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
2018
ROH: 11th Anniversary
2013
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2 - Part Two
2004
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
2025
PWG: Enchantment Under The Sea
2006
All In: Zero Hour
2018
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
2023
Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
2013NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2025 - Night 2
2025
PWG: The Perils of Rock n' Roll Decadence
2011
PWG: Guitarmageddon II: Armoryageddon
2007
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 1
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
2021
Danielson vs The World
2013
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020
ROH: Final Battle 2021
2021
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017
NJPW Power Struggle 2013
2013
ROH: Death Before Dishonor XI
2013ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 1
2017
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem
2005
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 (Final)
2020
PWG: All Star Weekend V - Night Two
2007
NJPW Windy City Riot 2025
2025
NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
2017
ROH: Scramble Cage Melee
2004
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
2023
ROH: Driven
2007No Photo
NJPW The Spiral
2002
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Forged In Excellence Night 2
2024
NJPW STRONG Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023
2023ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 1
2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
2017
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds
2014
PWG: The High Cost of Doing Business
2007
PWG: DDT4 - Night Two
2007
PWG: The Curse of Guerrilla Island
2010
PWG: 70 | 30
2007
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Forged In Excellence Night 1
2024
PWG: DDT4 - Night One
2007No Photo
EVOLVE 50
2015
ROH: Southern Navigation
2008
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 1
2019
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
2015
PWG: All Star Weekend 2 - Night Two
2005No Photo
RevPro British J Cup 2018 - Night 1
2018
ROH: Manhattan Mayhem V
2013
ROH: All Star Extravaganza 2
2004No Photo
FIP Dangerous Intentions
2005
ROH: 15th Anniversary
2017
PWG: Uncanny X-Mas
2004
PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two
2004
CEOxNJPW When Worlds Collide
2018
GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 6
2021
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018
ROH: Without Remorse
2008
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018
PWG: (Please Don't Call It) The O.C.
2006
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 10
2025NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2025
2025
PWG: 88 Miles Per Hour
2004
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
2026
PWG: Giant-Size Annual #4
2007
ROH: Gold
2004
TNA Sacrifice 2006
2006
NJPW Capital Collision 2024
2024
Bar Wrestling 20: Ain't My First Rodeo Drive!
2018
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 - Zero Hour
2025
AEW All In 2025: Texas - Zero Hour
2025
RevPro High Stakes 2015
2015
NJPW Southern Showdown in Sydney
2019
Bar Wrestling 5: This Is Halloween
2017
PWG: Based On A True Story
2007No Photo
EVOLVE 55
2016
ROH: Midnight Express Reunion
2004
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome: Night 1
2021
ROH Final Battle 2009
2009
PWG: ELEVEN
2014
PWG: 2010 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2010
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
2023
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
2013
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2011
2011
ROH: Reborn - Completion
2004
ROH: Death Before Dishonor XVI
2018
NJPW Southern Showdown In Melbourne
2019No Photo
FIP New Dawn Rising
2005
PWG: Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n Roll
2014
MLW Reloaded Tour Day 1
2004
PWG: Zombies (Shouldn't Run)
2005
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
2026
NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall
2016
ROH: A New Level
2008
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2017 - Night 2
2017
NJPW G1 Climax 28: Day 1
2018No Photo
RevPro British J Cup 2018 - Night 2
2018
PWG: All Star Weekend 7 - Night Two
2008
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014
2014PWG: Tango & Cash Invitational - Night One
2004
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
2016No Photo
ROH: Bedlam In Beantown
2008
ROH: Good Times, Great Memories
2007No Photo
ROH: Aftershock Tour - Philadephia
2015
PWG: 2006 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three
2006
PWG: Smells Like Steen Spirit
2005NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 9
2025
AEW Full Gear 2022: Zero Hour
2022
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars 2018
2018ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
2017NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 5
2025
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 3
2019
NJPW Rumble on 44th Street
2022
Bar Wrestling 2: Independents Day
2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
2023NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 2
2019No Photo
Revolution Pro Wrestling- Live in New York 2019
2019NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 12
2025
PWG: Pearl Habra
2008RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2017 - Night 1
2017
PWG: Album of The Year
2007No Photo
WrectleCircus Dive Hard With A Vengeance
2017
NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2024 - Lucha Libre USA
2024
PWG: 2013 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One
2013
GCW: No Signal In The Hills 2
2022
PWG: Free Admission (Just Kidding)
2004
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
2020NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
2019NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 15
2025NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 7
2025
AEW Full Gear 2025: Saturday Tailgate Brawl
2025NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019
PWG: Taste The Radness
2004
ROH: Eye of The Storm
2008NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 11
2025
Talk 'N Shop A Mania
2020
Chikara: Maximum Overdraft
2007NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 3
2025
PWG: Horror Business
2006
Best Friends with Juice Robinson
2021
ROH: All Star Extravaganza V
2013NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 8
2025
Talk N' Shop A Mania 2
2020NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
2025
CMLL Martes Populares - CMLL vs. AEW/ROH
2025NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 4
2025
Best Friends With Rocky Romero
2016