About

Known credits:
64
Birthday:
1963-06-22
Place of birth:
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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John Tenta Jr.

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2014 WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 Actor Golga 59
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2006 WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology Actor Earthquake 59
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2001 WWE WrestleMania X-Seven Actor Earthquake 61
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1999 WWE Royal Rumble 1999 Actor Golga 59
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1998 WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House Actor Golga 59
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1998 WWE SummerSlam 1998 Actor Golga 58
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1996 WAR Ryogoku Crush Night Actor N/A
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1996 WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 Actor John Tenta 59
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1996 WCW The Great American Bash 1996 Actor John Tenta N/A
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1995 WCW World War 3 1995 Actor Shark N/A
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1995 WCW Fall Brawl 1995 Actor The Shark 58
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1995 WCW Uncensored 1995 Actor Avalanche 58
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1995 WCW SuperBrawl V Actor Avalanche N/A
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1995 WCW Clash of the Champions XXX Actor Avalanche N/A
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1995 WCW Clash of The Champions XXX Actor Avalanche N/A
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1994 WCW Starrcade 1994 Actor Avalanche N/A
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1994 WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt Actor Earthquake N/A
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1994 WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX Actor Avalanche N/A
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1994 WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 Actor Avalanche (Appearance) N/A
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1994 WWE WrestleMania X Actor Earthquake 59
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1994 WWF March to WrestleMania X Actor Earthquake N/A
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1993 WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts Actor Earthquake N/A
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1993 WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers Actor Earthquake N/A
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1993 WWF Bashed in the USA Actor Earthquake N/A
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1993 WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em Actor Earthquake N/A
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1993 WWF: WrestleFest '93 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1993 WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches Actor Earthquake N/A
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1993 WWE Royal Rumble 1993 Actor Earthquake 59
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1992 WWE Survivor Series 1992 Actor Earthquake 59
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1992 WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1992 WWE SummerSlam 1992 Actor Earthquake 59
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1992 WWE World Tour 1992 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1992 WWE WrestleFest '92 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1992 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars Actor Earthquake 59
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1992 WWE Crunch Classic Actor Earthquake N/A
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1992 WWE WrestleMania VIII Actor Earthquake 59
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1992 WWE March to WrestleMania VIII Actor Earthquake N/A
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1992 WWF SuperTape '92 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1992 WWE Royal Rumble 1992 Actor Earthquake 59
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1991 WWE Survivor Series 1991 Actor Earthquake 59
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1991 WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1991 WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall Actor Earthquake 59
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1991 WWE SummerSlam 1991 Actor Earthquake 59
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1991 WWE World Tour 1991 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1991 WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1991 WWE WrestleFest '91 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1991 WWE SuperTape vol. 4 Actor Earthquake N/A
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1991 WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 Actor Earthquake 59
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1991 WWE Mega Matches Actor Earthquake N/A
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1991 WWE WrestleMania VII Actor Earthquake 59
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1991 WWE The Main Event V Actor Earthquake N/A
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1991 WWE SuperTape vol. 3 Actor Earthquake 59
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1991 WWE Royal Rumble 1991 Actor Earthquake 59
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1990 WWE Survivor Series 1990 Actor Earthquake 59
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1990 WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 Actor Earthquake 59
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1990 WWE SummerSlam 1990 Actor Earthquake 58
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1990 WWE SummerSlam Fever Actor Earthquake N/A
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1990 WWE WrestleFest '90 Actor Earthquake (Ringside) N/A
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1990 WWE WrestleMania VI Actor Canadian Earthquake 59
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1990 WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI Actor Earthquake N/A
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1990 WWE The Main Event III Actor Earthquake (Ringside) N/A
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1990 WWE Royal Rumble 1990 Actor The Canadian Earthquake 59
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1989 WWE Survivor Series 1989 Actor The Canadian Earthquake 59
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SWS WrestleFest Actor John Tenta N/A
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