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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345719
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Filmography (Movies)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Character:Golga
Release Date:03/11/2014
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:17/10/2006
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:01/04/2001
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
Character:Golga
Release Date:24/01/1999
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
Character:Golga
Release Date:13/12/1998
WWE SummerSlam 1998
Character:Golga
Release Date:30/08/1998
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night
Character:
Release Date:13/12/1996
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
Character:John Tenta
Release Date:06/07/1996
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
Character:John Tenta
Release Date:16/06/1996
WCW World War 3 1995
Character:Shark
Release Date:26/11/1995
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
Character:The Shark
Release Date:17/09/1995
WCW Uncensored 1995
Character:Avalanche
Release Date:19/03/1995
WCW SuperBrawl V
Character:Avalanche
Release Date:19/02/1995
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
Character:Avalanche
Release Date:25/01/1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
Character:Avalanche
Release Date:25/01/1995
WCW Starrcade 1994
Character:Avalanche
Release Date:27/12/1994
Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:14/12/1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
Character:Avalanche
Release Date:16/11/1994
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Character:Avalanche (Appearance)
Release Date:23/10/1994
WWE WrestleMania X
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:20/03/1994
WWE March to WrestleMania X
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:13/03/1994
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:16/10/1993
Best of The British Bulldog
Character:Terremoto
Release Date:11/10/1993
Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:24/06/1993
WWE Bashed in the USA
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:23/06/1993
Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:22/04/1993
WWE WrestleFest '93
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:20/03/1993
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:01/03/1993
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:24/01/1993
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:25/11/1992
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:22/11/1992
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:29/08/1992
WWE World Tour 1992
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:27/08/1992
WWE WrestleFest '92
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:23/07/1992
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:25/06/1992
WWE Crunch Classic
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:28/05/1992
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:05/04/1992
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:29/03/1992
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:27/02/1992
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:19/01/1992
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:27/11/1991
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:24/11/1991
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:03/10/1991
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:26/08/1991
WWE World Tour 1991
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:22/08/1991
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:18/08/1991
WWE WrestleFest '91
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:25/07/1991
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:23/05/1991
WWE Greatest Hits
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:25/04/1991
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:21/04/1991
SWS WrestleFest
Character:John Tenta
Release Date:30/03/1991
WWE Mega Matches
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:28/03/1991
WWE WrestleMania VII
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:24/03/1991
WWE The Main Event V
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:28/01/1991
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:24/01/1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:19/01/1991
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:22/11/1990
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:18/11/1990
WWE SummerSlam 1990
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:27/08/1990
WWE SummerSlam Fever
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:19/08/1990
WWE WrestleFest '90
Character:Earthquake (Ringside)
Release Date:28/06/1990
WWE WrestleMania VI
Character:Canadian Earthquake
Release Date:01/04/1990
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
Character:Earthquake
Release Date:25/03/1990
WWE The Main Event III
Character:Earthquake (Ringside)
Release Date:23/02/1990
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
Character:The Canadian Earthquake
Release Date:21/01/1990
WWE Survivor Series 1989
Character:The Canadian Earthquake
Release Date:23/11/1989
Television Appearances
Dark Side of the Ring
Character:Self (Archival Footage)
WWE Heat
Character:Golga
WCW Monday Nitro
Character:The Shark
Raw
Character:Earthquake
Raw
Character:John Tenta
Raw
Character:Golga
Clash of the Champions
Character:Avalanche
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Character:The Canadian Earthquake
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Character:Earthquake
Saturday Night's Main Event
Character:Earthquake
Saturday Night's Main Event
Character:
WWE Old School
Character:Earthquake