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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carlos Rodrigo Cabrera (1959-10-18)18 October 1959 (age 66) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Carlos Cabrera[1] |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 204 lb (93 kg) |
| Debut | 1993 |
Carlos Rodrigo Cabrera (born October 18, 1959) is a Colombian former newsman and professional wrestling commentator signed toAll Elite Wrestling andLucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his time withWWE, where he was one half of the company's Spanish announce team in which he is theplay-by-play announcer. His longtime broadcast partner was the former Ecuadorian professional wrestlerHugo Savinovich, who was thecolor commentator on the announce team until October 2011. Then, his partner wasMarcelo Rodriguez until 2022.
Carlos Rodrigo Cabrera was born inBogotá,Colombia. During his career as a newsman and radio personality, Cabrera has obtained many coveted awards, including the ACE Awards both in Radio and TV categories. Cabrera has one of the most recognizable voices in both Spanish radio and TV in the United States and is constantly used as a voice-over announcer for many important corporations and brand names that wish to advertise their products nationally.
Cabrera had worked for WWF (now WWE) from 1993 until 2022, and, alongside, Ed Trucco, Hugo Savinovich and latterly Marcelo Rodríguez, was the Spanish announcer on Spanish language versions ofRaw,SmackDown,Superstars,NXT, andpay-per-view (PPV) events. Their audio could be accessed in the United States via theSAP feature on most TV sets.
Cabrera and Savinovich had a show on WWE.com called 'WWE En Español (WWE in Spanish), a thirty-minute program that served as a recap ofRAW,SmackDown,NXT, and pay-per-view events. The duo taped their one-hundredth episode in April 2006.
Rodríguez was a frequent substitute host of the program until October 2011, when he became permanent co-host following the departure of Savinovich from the company. For a brief period, Cabrera and Savinovich starred in aSpanglish mini-show called28 Segundos.
In previous years, while working for WWE on its monthly pay-per-views, the announce table at which he has worked with Savinovich and Rodríguez, more commonly known as the Spanish announcers' table, has become a staple in modern professional wrestling as a convenient device on which for wrestlers to execute dramatic moves, such as the piledriver or the Pedigree, which almost always results in the destruction of the table, as it is designed to collapse on impact.
Cabrera and Rodríguez provided live Spanish commentary for all weekly shows from the WWE Television Studios inStamford, Connecticut, and were at ringside for PPV events. This practice temporarily ended in mid-2006. Originally due to the addition of the now-defunctECW brand, the announce teams of all 3brands were present fortri-branded pay-per-views (Royal Rumble,WrestleMania,SummerSlam, andSurvivor Series). During this time, Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich provided commentary for these events from the WWE Television Studios but were still placed at ringside for brand-exclusive PPV events.
When the brand-exclusive pay-per-view concept ended in 2007, the announce teams of all three brands were placed at ringside for all PPV events. Beginning in 2009, a single three-man announce team, composed of announcers from the two current brands, was designated for pay-per-views. Cabrera and Savinovich returned to ringside for PPVs atThe 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania in 2009. However, they were not reinstated full-time untilWrestleMania XXVI in 2010. In October 2011, Savinovich left WWE and Marcelo Rodríguez became the permanent Spanish color commentator and co-host ofWWE En Español. Also in October 2011, Cabrera and Rodríguez were at ringside for the tapings ofRaw andSmackDown inMexico City, Mexico. During the SmackDown tapings, Cabrera took part in a WWE.com exclusive in-ring segment where he helped translateTriple H's dialect to the audience as they announcedMil Máscaras as the first inductee to theWWE Hall of Fame class of 2012.
InTLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2012), the 3MB tag team (Heath Slater,Jinder Mahal, andDrew McIntyre) started to mock Carlos and Marcelo in a racist way (Kayfabe), including an attack toRicardo Rodriguez, only to begin a feud withAlberto Del Rio, signalling a face turn for the Mexican duo.[2]
Carlos Cabrera had called everyWrestleMania as a member of the Spanish broadcast team sinceWrestleMania X with Ed Trucco, with Hugo Savinovich fromWrestleMania XI untilWrestleMania XXVII and with Marcelo Rodriguez sinceWrestleMania XXVIII until 2021.
On February 17, 2022, Cabrera was released from theWWE, after nearly 30 years of working for the company.[3] Two days later, Cabrera would debut atRey de Reyes forLucha Libre AAA Worldwide along his long-time partnerHugo Savinovich and José Manuel Guillén.[4]
During the April 17, 2024, broadcast ofAEW Dynamite it was announced Cabrera had signed withAll Elite Wrestling.[5]
