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John Tenta, Avalanche, The Canadian Earthquake, Earthquake, Earthquake Evans, The Gargoyle, Golga, Kototenta, The Shark
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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. 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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1963-06-22
- event Death Date 2006-06-07
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.7
- info Birth Place Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
1995-01-25
0
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
1993-10-16
10
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1992-06-25
0
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt
1994-12-14
0
WWE WrestleFest '91
1991-07-25
0
WWE WrestleFest '90
1990-06-28
0
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
1993-03-01
0
WWE WrestleFest '92
1992-07-23
0
WWE Crunch Classic
1992-05-28
10
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
1991-01-24
0
WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em
1993-04-22
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WWE SuperTape vol. 4
1991-05-23
0
WWF SuperTape '92
1992-02-27
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WWF Bashed in the USA
1993-06-23
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WWE Mega Matches
1991-03-28
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WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
1993-06-24
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WWE World Tour 1991
1991-08-22
0
WWE World Tour 1992
1992-08-27
7.3
WWE WrestleMania VII
1991-03-24
7.8
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991-01-19
6.1
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
1999-01-25
8.5
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
1996-07-06
8.4
WWE WrestleMania VI
1990-04-01
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1992
1992-11-25
7.8
WWE SummerSlam 1991
1991-08-26
8.2
WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990-11-22
6.3
WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990-08-27
7.6
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
1998-12-13
9
WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998-08-30
0
WCW Starrcade 1994
1994-12-27
0
WCW SuperBrawl V
1995-02-19
2
WCW Uncensored 1995
1995-03-19
7
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
1995-09-17
7.4
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006-10-17
6.6
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
1990-01-21
0
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
1996-06-16
8.8
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001-04-01
0
WWF: WrestleFest '93
1993-03-20
0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994-10-23
9
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014-11-03
7.9
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989-11-23
0
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
1990-03-25
4
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
1990-11-18
0
WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990-08-19
0
WWE The Main Event III
1990-02-23
0
WWE The Main Event V
1991-01-28
6
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
1991-04-21
0
WCW World War 3 1995
1995-11-26
8.1
WWE SummerSlam 1992
1992-08-29
0
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
1992-11-22
0
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
1991-08-18
0
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
1991-11-24
7.8
WWE Survivor Series 1991
1991-11-27
0
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night
1996-12-13
6
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
1991-10-03
7.3
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992-01-19
7.2
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
1993-01-24
8.1
WWE WrestleMania VIII
1992-04-05
0
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992-03-29
8
WWE WrestleMania X
1994-03-20
0
WWF March to WrestleMania X
1994-03-13
0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994-11-16
0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
1995-01-25
0
SWS WrestleFest
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
6.8
Raw
1993-01-11
5.2
WWE Heat
1998-08-02
8.5
WCW Monday Nitro
1995-09-04