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person_profile-John Tenta Jr.

John Tenta Jr. Died at age: 42

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Tenta Jr.

Date of Birth:

Jun 22, 1963

Country of birth:

Canada

Died:

Jun 07, 2006

Biography of

John Tenta Jr.

    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.

Photos of

John Tenta Jr.

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Filmography of

John Tenta Jr.

Found 56 Movies in total

... 2014

... 2006

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 2001

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

Golga ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1998

WWE SummerSlam 1998

Golga ( Actor )

... 1998

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

John Tenta ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1996

WCW World War 3 1995

Shark ( Actor )

... 1995

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

The Shark ( Actor )

... 1995

WCW Uncensored 1995

Avalanche ( Actor )

... 1995

WCW SuperBrawl V

Avalanche ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1995

... 1995

WCW Starrcade 1994

Avalanche ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

... 1994

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

Avalanche (Appearance) ( Actor )

... 1994

WWE WrestleMania X

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1994

WWF March to WrestleMania X

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1994

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1993

WWF Bashed in the USA

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1993

WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1993

WWF: WrestleFest '93

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE Survivor Series 1992

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE SummerSlam 1992

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE World Tour 1992

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE WrestleFest '92

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1992

WWE Crunch Classic

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE WrestleMania VIII

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

WWF SuperTape '92

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1992

WWE Survivor Series 1991

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1991

WWE SummerSlam 1991

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE World Tour 1991

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE WrestleFest '91

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE SuperTape vol. 4

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE Mega Matches

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE WrestleMania VII

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE The Main Event V

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE SuperTape vol. 3

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1990

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1990

WWE SummerSlam 1990

Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1990

WWE WrestleFest '90

Earthquake (Ringside) ( Actor )

... 1990

WWE WrestleMania VI

Canadian Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

The Canadian Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1990

WWE Survivor Series 1989

The Canadian Earthquake ( Actor )

... 1989

SWS WrestleFest

John Tenta ( Actor )

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