
In 1981, he graduated a year early from Miami Senior High School, and was arrested and charged as a juvenile with credit card theft and motorcycle theft. Ashenoff was expelled from several schools before landing at Miami Senior High.
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He learned how to drive at 12, learned to box, and was an "avid weightlifter". īy 1976, under the influence of older friends and neighbors, Ashenoff had gotten into stealing cars. When Richard formally adopted Carlos, he listed Carlos' legal name as Charles Ashenoff. By 1967, the family relocated to Carol City in South Florida. They soon married, and raised Carlos together. Soon after landing in Boston, she met a young half-Jewish, half-Puerto Rican private investigator from New York named Richard Ashenoff. In 1966, he and his mother arrived in Boston. Konnan was born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises in Santiago, Cuba, of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent.

He has also worked as a manager, color commentator, booker, and creative consultant, primarily for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). 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. In Impact, he was the manager of The Latin American Xchange (LAX) and currently serves as a member of the creative team. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Impact Wrestling.
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Charles Ashenoff (born Carlos Santiago Espada Moises January 6, 1964), better known by his ring name, Konnan, is a professional wrestling personality, manager, and former professional wrestler.
