John Tenta Jr.
Acting
Born 1963-06-22
Died 2006-06-07
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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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.
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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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Raw
WWE Heat
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Dark Side of the Ring
WWE Old School
Clash of the Champions
WCW Monday Nitro
WWE WrestleMania X
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
WWE WrestleFest '91
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
WWE Survivor Series 1990
WWE WrestleMania VIII
WWE Survivor Series 1991
WWE WrestleMania VII
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
WWE SummerSlam 1998
WWE WrestleMania VI
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
WCW World War 3 1995
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
WWE SummerSlam 1992
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
WWE World Tour 1992
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
WWE SummerSlam 1990
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
WWE World Tour 1991
WWE Mega Matches
Best of The British Bulldog
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
WWE Greatest Hits
WCW SuperBrawl V
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
WWE WrestleFest '92
WWE WrestleFest '93
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
WWE March to WrestleMania X
WWE Survivor Series 1989
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
WWE SummerSlam 1991
WCW Uncensored 1995
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
WWE Bashed in the USA
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