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.
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
(Avalanche)
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
(Earthquake)
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
(Earthquake)
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt
(Earthquake)
WWE WrestleFest '91
(Earthquake)
WWE WrestleFest '90
(Earthquake (Ringside))
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
(Earthquake)
WWE WrestleFest '92
(Earthquake)
WWE Crunch Classic
(Earthquake)
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
(Earthquake)
WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em
(Earthquake)
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
(Earthquake)
WWF SuperTape '92
(Earthquake)
WWF Bashed in the USA
(Earthquake)
WWE Mega Matches
(Earthquake)
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
(Earthquake)
WWE World Tour 1991
(Earthquake)
WWE World Tour 1992
(Earthquake)
WWE WrestleMania VII
(Earthquake)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
(Earthquake)
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
(Golga)
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
(John Tenta)
WWE WrestleMania VI
(Canadian Earthquake)
WWE Survivor Series 1992
(Earthquake)
WWE SummerSlam 1991
(Earthquake)
WWE Survivor Series 1990
(Earthquake)
WWE SummerSlam 1990
(Earthquake)
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
(Golga)
WWE SummerSlam 1998
(Golga)
WCW Starrcade 1994
(Avalanche)
WCW SuperBrawl V
(Avalanche)
WCW Uncensored 1995
(Avalanche)
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
(The Shark)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
(Earthquake)
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
(The Canadian Earthquake)
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
(John Tenta)
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
(Earthquake)
WWF: WrestleFest '93
(Earthquake)
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
(Avalanche (Appearance))
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
(Golga)
WWE Survivor Series 1989
(The Canadian Earthquake)
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
(Earthquake)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
(Earthquake)
WWE SummerSlam Fever
(Earthquake)
WWE The Main Event III
(Earthquake (Ringside))
WWE The Main Event V
(Earthquake)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
(Earthquake)
WCW World War 3 1995
(Shark)
WWE SummerSlam 1992
(Earthquake)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
(Earthquake)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
(Earthquake)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
(Earthquake)
WWE Survivor Series 1991
(Earthquake)
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
(Earthquake)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
(Earthquake)
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
(Earthquake)
WWE WrestleMania VIII
(Earthquake)
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
(Earthquake)
WWE WrestleMania X
(Earthquake)
WWF March to WrestleMania X
(Earthquake)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
(Avalanche)
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
(Avalanche)
WWE Raw
(Earthquake (archive footage))
WWF Wrestling Challenge
(The Canadian Earthquake)
WWF Wrestling Challenge
(Earthquake)
WWE Raw
(John Tenta)
WWE Raw
(Earthquake)
WWE Raw
(Golga)
WWE Heat
(Golga)
WCW Monday Nitro
(The Shark)