John Tenta Jr.

Acting

Born Jun 22, 1963

From Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Died Jun 07, 2006

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.

John Tenta Jr.

Known For

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE WrestleFest '91

WWE WrestleMania VIII

WWE WrestleMania X

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

Filmography — Acting

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE WrestleFest '91

WWE WrestleMania VIII

WWE WrestleMania X

WWE WrestleMania VI

WWE Survivor Series 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

WWE Royal Rumble 1990

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

WWE WrestleMania VII

WWE WrestleFest '90

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

WWE SummerSlam 1992

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1993

WWE Survivor Series 1989

WWE Survivor Series 1992

WWE March to WrestleMania VIII

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

WWE The Main Event V

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

WWE SummerSlam 1998

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991

WCW World War 3 1995

WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

WWE World Tour 1991

WCW Starrcade 1994

WWE SummerSlam 1991

WWE Greatest Hits

WWE Mega Matches

WWE SuperTape: Volume 3

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

WWE SuperTape: Volume 4

WWE March to WrestleMania X

WCW Clash of The Champions XXX

WWE SummerSlam 1990

WWE SuperTape: Volume 5

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90

WWE WrestleFest '93

WWE World Tour 1992

WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers

WWE Bashed in the USA

3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI

WAR Ryogoku Crush Night

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996

WWE WrestleFest '92

WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

WCW Uncensored 1995

WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em

WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt

WCW SuperBrawl V

WCW Clash of the Champions XXX

WWE The Main Event III

WWE Crunch Classic

Best of The British Bulldog

SWS WrestleFest

WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches

WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992

WWE SummerSlam Fever