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John Tenta Jr.

John Tenta Jr.

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1963-06-22

Birth Place

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Movies and TV shows :

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

1992

10.0

Movie
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night

WAR Ryogoku Crush Night

1996

0.0

Movie
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

1996

8.5

Movie
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

1994

0.0

Movie
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

1995

0.0

Movie
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

1995

0.0

Movie
WCW Fall Brawl 1995

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

1995

7.0

Movie
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

WCW Monday Nitro

1995

8.4

TV
WCW Starrcade 1994

WCW Starrcade 1994

1994

0.0

Movie
WCW SuperBrawl V

WCW SuperBrawl V

1995

0.0

Movie
WCW The Great American Bash 1996

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

1996

0.0

Movie
WCW Uncensored 1995

WCW Uncensored 1995

1995

2.0

Movie
WCW World War 3 1995

WCW World War 3 1995

1995

0.0

Movie
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

1991

6.0

Movie
WWE Crunch Classic

WWE Crunch Classic

1992

0.0

Movie
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

1993

0.0

Movie
poster

WWE Heat

1998

5.0

TV
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers

WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers

1993

0.0

Movie
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII

1992

0.0

Movie
WWE Mega Matches

WWE Mega Matches

1991

0.0

Movie
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt

WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

WWE Raw

1993

6.7

TV
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

1998

7.6

Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

1990

6.6

Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

1991

7.8

Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

1992

7.1

Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

1993

7.2

Movie
WWE Royal Rumble 1999

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

1999

6.0

Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1990

WWE SummerSlam 1990

1990

6.3

Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1991

WWE SummerSlam 1991

1991

7.8

Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1992

WWE SummerSlam 1992

1992

8.1

Movie
WWE SummerSlam 1998

WWE SummerSlam 1998

1998

9.0

Movie
WWE SummerSlam Fever

WWE SummerSlam Fever

1990

0.0

Movie
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

1991

0.0

Movie
WWE SuperTape vol. 3

WWE SuperTape vol. 3

1991

10.0

Movie
WWE SuperTape vol. 4

WWE SuperTape vol. 4

1991

0.0

Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1989

WWE Survivor Series 1989

1989

7.9

Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Survivor Series 1990

1990

8.2

Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1991

1991

7.8

Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1992

WWE Survivor Series 1992

1992

8.4

Movie
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

1990

4.0

Movie
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

1991

0.0

Movie
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992

1992

0.0

Movie
WWE The Main Event III

WWE The Main Event III

1990

0.0

Movie
WWE The Main Event V

WWE The Main Event V

1991

0.0

Movie
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

1990

0.0

Movie
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

1991

6.0

Movie
WWE World Tour 1991

WWE World Tour 1991

1991

0.0

Movie
WWE World Tour 1992

WWE World Tour 1992

1992

0.0

Movie
WWE WrestleFest '90

WWE WrestleFest '90

1990

0.0

Movie
WWE WrestleFest '91

WWE WrestleFest '91

1991

0.0

Movie
WWE WrestleFest '92

WWE WrestleFest '92

1992

0.0

Movie
WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE WrestleMania VI

1990

8.4

Movie
WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE WrestleMania VII

1991

7.3

Movie
WWE WrestleMania VIII

WWE WrestleMania VIII

1992

8.1

Movie
WWE WrestleMania X

WWE WrestleMania X

1994

7.9

Movie
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

2001

8.7

Movie
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

1993

0.0

Movie
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

2014

9.0

Movie
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

2006

7.4

Movie
WWF Bashed in the USA

WWF Bashed in the USA

1993

0.0

Movie
WWF March to WrestleMania X

WWF March to WrestleMania X

1994

0.0

Movie
WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em

WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em

1993

0.0

Movie
WWF SuperTape '92

WWF SuperTape '92

1992

0.0

Movie
poster

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

6.8

TV
WWF: WrestleFest '93

WWF: WrestleFest '93

1993

0.0

Movie