John Tenta Jr.
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 22, 1963
Day of Death: June 7, 2006 (43 years old)
Place of Birth: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
John Anthony Tenta, Jr. was a Canadian sumōtori and professional wrestler best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. After a promising start to his sumo career, using the nameKototenzan, Tenta switched to professional wrestling and became a high-profile star for the WWF, feuding with Hulk Hogan and winning the WWF Tag Team Championship with partner, and personal friend, Typhoon. His professional wrestling career also encompassed runs in World Championship Wrestling, where he was known as Avalanche and The Shark, All Japan Pro Wrestling and a return to WWF as Golga. Tenta died in 2006 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Tenta retired from wrestling in 2004 after it was revealed that he had developed bladder cancer and was told he was given a 20% chance to live, assuming he continued with his chemotherapy treatments. During his November 18, 2005 interview on WrestleCrap Radio, Tenta announced that a recent radiation dosage did not go as planned, and had no effect on the tumor. He also announced that multiple tumors had spread to his lungs. The first public notice of Tenta's death was posted on WWE.com on June 7, 2006. On the June 9, 2006, edition of SmackDown, and the June 12, 2006, edition of Raw, WWE showed a bumper that read "RIP 'Earthquake' John Tenta" before each show began. Other media John Tenta's professional wrestling career garnered him appearances in several video games. In 1991, Tenta as Earthquake was portrayed as a feature character in Technos' popular arcade video game WWF WrestleFest. He was also included in the 1992 home video game WWF Super WrestleMania by LJN for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (he wasn't in the Sega Genesis version). In 2004, the Japanese video game developer Spike released King of Colosseum II, a puroresu-wrestling game for PlayStation 2 that featured Tenta as a playable character; it was a Japan-only release. On April 14, 2009, Tenta was announced as downloadable content for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 which was released April 16, 2009. On February 23, 2016, he along with Typhoon appeared as downloadable content for WWE 2K16. He also appeared in WWE 2K17 as well as WWE 2K18 along with Typhoon.
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Actor Earthquake
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Actor Earthquake
WWE WrestleFest '92
Actor Earthquake
WWE Crunch Classic
Actor Earthquake
WWF SuperTape '92
Actor Earthquake
WWE World Tour 1992
Actor Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Actor Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Actor Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
Actor Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Actor Earthquake
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Actor Earthquake
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1991
Actor Earthquake
WWE WrestleFest '91
Actor Earthquake
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
Actor Earthquake
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
Actor Earthquake
WWE Mega Matches
Actor Earthquake
WWE World Tour 1991
Actor Earthquake
WWE WrestleMania VII
Actor Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Actor Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Actor Earthquake
WWE The Main Event V
Actor Earthquake
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
Actor Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Actor Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Actor Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Actor Earthquake
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
1990
Actor Earthquake (Ringside)
WWE WrestleFest '90
Actor Canadian Earthquake
WWE WrestleMania VI
Actor Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Actor Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Actor The Canadian Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
Actor Earthquake
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
Actor Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Actor Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Actor Earthquake (Ringside)
WWE The Main Event III
