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.
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- 2014 · WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 as Golga
- 2006 · WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology as Earthquake
- 2001 · WWE WrestleMania X-Seven as Earthquake
- 1999 · WWE Royal Rumble 1999 as Golga
- 1998 · WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House as Golga
- 1998 · WWE SummerSlam 1998 as Golga
- 1998 · WWE Heat as Golga
- 1996 · WAR Ryogoku Crush Night as
- 1996 · WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 as John Tenta
- 1996 · WCW The Great American Bash 1996 as John Tenta
- 1995 · WCW World War 3 1995 as Shark
- 1995 · WCW Fall Brawl 1995 as The Shark
- 1995 · WCW Monday Nitro as The Shark
- 1995 · WCW Uncensored 1995 as Avalanche
- 1995 · WCW SuperBrawl V as Avalanche
- 1995 · WCW Clash of the Champions XXX as Avalanche
- 1995 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXX as Avalanche
- 1994 · WCW Starrcade 1994 as Avalanche
- 1994 · WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt as Earthquake
- 1994 · WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX as Avalanche
- 1994 · WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 as Avalanche (Appearance)
- 1994 · WWE WrestleMania X as Earthquake
- 1994 · WWF March to WrestleMania X as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWF Bashed in the USA as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWF: WrestleFest '93 as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWE Royal Rumble 1993 as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Earthquake (archive footage)
- 1993 · WWE Raw as John Tenta
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Earthquake
- 1993 · WWE Raw as Golga
- 1992 · WWE Survivor Series 1992 as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992 as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE SummerSlam 1992 as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE World Tour 1992 as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE WrestleFest '92 as Earthquake
- 1992 · 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE Crunch Classic as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE WrestleMania VIII as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE March to WrestleMania VIII as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWF SuperTape '92 as Earthquake
- 1992 · WWE Royal Rumble 1992 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE Survivor Series 1991 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE SummerSlam 1991 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE World Tour 1991 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE WrestleFest '91 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE SuperTape vol. 4 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE Mega Matches as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE WrestleMania VII as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE The Main Event V as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE SuperTape vol. 3 as Earthquake
- 1991 · WWE Royal Rumble 1991 as Earthquake
- 1990 · WWE Survivor Series 1990 as Earthquake
- 1990 · WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 as Earthquake
- 1990 · WWE SummerSlam 1990 as Earthquake
- 1990 · WWE SummerSlam Fever as Earthquake
- 1990 · WWE WrestleFest '90 as Earthquake (Ringside)
- 1990 · WWE WrestleMania VI as Canadian Earthquake
- 1990 · WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI as Earthquake
- 1990 · WWE The Main Event III as Earthquake (Ringside)
- 1990 · WWE Royal Rumble 1990 as The Canadian Earthquake
- 1989 · WWE Survivor Series 1989 as The Canadian Earthquake
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as The Canadian Earthquake
- 1986 · WWF Wrestling Challenge as Earthquake