John Tenta Jr.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1963
- Died
- June 7, 2006 (aged 42)
- Birthplace
- Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dark Side of the Ring
TV · as Self (Archival Footage) · 1 ep
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Movie · as Golga
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
Movie · as Golga
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
Movie · as Golga
WWE SummerSlam 1998
Movie · as Golga
WWE Heat
TV · as Golga · 1 ep
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
Movie · as John Tenta
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
Movie · as John Tenta
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night
Movie
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Movie · as Avalanche
WCW SuperBrawl V
Movie · as Avalanche
WCW Uncensored 1995
Movie · as Avalanche
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
Movie · as The Shark
WCW World War 3 1995
Movie · as Shark
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
Movie · as Avalanche
WCW Monday Nitro
TV · as The Shark · 2 eps
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Movie · as Earthquake
WCW Starrcade 1994
Movie · as Avalanche
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Movie · as Avalanche (Appearance)
WWE WrestleMania X
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE March to WrestleMania X
Movie · as Earthquake
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
Movie · as Avalanche
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Bashed in the USA
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE WrestleFest '93
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Movie · as Earthquake
Best of The British Bulldog
Movie · as Terremoto
Raw
TV · as John Tenta, Earthquake, Golga · 1 ep
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE WrestleFest '92
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Crunch Classic
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE World Tour 1992
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE WrestleFest '91
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Mega Matches
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE World Tour 1991
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE WrestleMania VII
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Movie · as Earthquake
WWF The Main Event V
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Movie · as Earthquake
SWS WrestleFest
Movie · as John Tenta
WWE Greatest Hits
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE WrestleFest '90
Movie · as Earthquake (Ringside)
WWE WrestleMania VI
Movie · as Canadian Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
Movie · as The Canadian Earthquake
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Movie · as Earthquake
WWF The Main Event III
Movie · as Earthquake (Ringside)
Hulkamania Forever
Movie · as Earthquake
WWE Survivor Series 1989
Movie · as The Canadian Earthquake
Clash of the Champions
TV · as Avalanche · 2 eps
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV · as The Canadian Earthquake · 5 eps
WWF Superstars
TV · as Wrestler (Earthquake), The Canadian Earthquake · 4 eps
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
TV · as Earthquake · 6 eps
WWE Old School
TV · as Earthquake · 1 ep