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John Tenta Jr.‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1963-06-22

Popularity

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John Tenta Jr.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

John Tenta Jr.

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1963-06-22

Popularity

star7.1

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX‌
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calendar 1995

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts‌
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calendar 1993

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars‌
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calendar 1992

WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt

WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt‌
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calendar 1994

WWE WrestleFest '91

WWE WrestleFest '91‌
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calendar 1991

WWE WrestleFest '90

WWE WrestleFest '90‌
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calendar 1990

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches‌
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calendar 1993

WWE WrestleFest '92

WWE WrestleFest '92‌
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calendar 1992

WWE Crunch Classic

WWE Crunch Classic‌
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calendar 1992

WWE SuperTape vol. 3

WWE SuperTape vol. 3‌
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calendar 1991

WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em

WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em‌
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calendar 1993

WWE SuperTape vol. 4

WWE SuperTape vol. 4‌
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calendar 1991

WWF SuperTape '92

WWF SuperTape '92‌
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calendar 1992

WWF Bashed in the USA

WWF Bashed in the USA‌
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calendar 1993

WWE Mega Matches

WWE Mega Matches‌
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calendar 1991

WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers

WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers‌
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calendar 1993

WWE World Tour 1991

WWE World Tour 1991‌
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calendar 1991

WWE World Tour 1992

WWE World Tour 1992‌
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calendar 1992

WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE WrestleMania VII‌
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calendar 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991‌
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calendar 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

WWE Royal Rumble 1999‌
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calendar 1999

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996‌
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calendar 1996

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE WrestleMania VI‌
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calendar 1990

WWE Survivor Series 1992

WWE Survivor Series 1992‌
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calendar 1992

WWE SummerSlam 1991

WWE SummerSlam 1991‌
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calendar 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Survivor Series 1990‌
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calendar 1990

WWE SummerSlam 1990

WWE SummerSlam 1990‌
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calendar 1990

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House‌
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calendar 1998

WWE SummerSlam 1998

WWE SummerSlam 1998‌
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calendar 1998

WCW Starrcade 1994

WCW Starrcade 1994‌
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calendar 1994

WCW SuperBrawl V

WCW SuperBrawl V‌
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calendar 1995

WCW Uncensored 1995

WCW Uncensored 1995‌
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calendar 1995

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

WCW Fall Brawl 1995‌
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calendar 1995

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology‌
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calendar 2006

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1990‌
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calendar 1990

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

WCW The Great American Bash 1996‌
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calendar 1996

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven‌
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calendar 2001

WWF: WrestleFest '93

WWF: WrestleFest '93‌
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calendar 1993

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994‌
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calendar 1994

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2‌
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calendar 2014

WWE Survivor Series 1989

WWE Survivor Series 1989‌
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calendar 1989

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI‌
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calendar 1990

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90‌
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calendar 1990

WWE SummerSlam Fever

WWE SummerSlam Fever‌
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calendar 1990

WWE The Main Event III

WWE The Main Event III‌
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calendar 1990

WWE The Main Event V

WWE The Main Event V‌
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calendar 1991

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991‌
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calendar 1991

WCW World War 3 1995

WCW World War 3 1995‌
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calendar 1995

WWE SummerSlam 1992

WWE SummerSlam 1992‌
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calendar 1992

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992‌
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calendar 1992

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91‌
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calendar 1991

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991‌
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calendar 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1991‌
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calendar 1991

WAR Ryogoku Crush Night

WAR Ryogoku Crush Night‌
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calendar 1996

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall‌
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calendar 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992‌
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calendar 1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1993‌
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calendar 1993

WWE WrestleMania VIII

WWE WrestleMania VIII‌
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calendar 1992

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII‌
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calendar 1992

WWE WrestleMania X

WWE WrestleMania X‌
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calendar 1994

WWF March to WrestleMania X

WWF March to WrestleMania X‌
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calendar 1994

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX‌
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calendar 1994

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX‌
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calendar 1995

Tv Credits

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWF Wrestling Challenge‌
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WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWF Wrestling Challenge‌
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calendar 1986

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

WWE Heat

WWE Heat‌
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calendar 1998

WCW Monday Nitro

WCW Monday Nitro‌
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calendar 1995