John Tenta Jr.

Known for ActingBorn 1963-06-22Died 2006-06-07Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

WWE SummerSlam 1998

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

Dark Side of the Ring

WWE Survivor Series 1992

WCW Monday Nitro

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE WrestleMania VIII

WWE WrestleMania X

WWE SummerSlam 1992

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

WWE Survivor Series 1989

WWE SummerSlam 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

WCW Starrcade 1994

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WWE SummerSlam 1990

Raw

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

WWE Heat

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

WCW Uncensored 1995

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

WAR Ryogoku Crush Night

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

WCW SuperBrawl V

WCW World War 3 1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt

WWE March to WrestleMania X

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches