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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 22, 1963
Died
June 7, 2006
Place of Birth
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Also Known As
- John Tenta
- Avalanche
- The Canadian Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Earthquake Evans
- The Gargoyle
- Golga
- Kototenta
- The Shark
John Tenta Jr.
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.2
Self (Archival Footage)
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
9.0
Golga
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
2014
7.9
Earthquake
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
8.8
Earthquake
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
5.7
Golga
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
1999
7.6
Golga
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
1998
9.0
Golga
WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998
5.1
Golga
WWE Heat
1998
🎬
0.0
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night
1996
8.5
John Tenta
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
1996
Credits
Dark Side of the Ring
as Self (Archival Footage)
2019
8.2
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
as Golga
2014
9.0
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Earthquake
2006
7.9
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Earthquake
2001
8.8
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
as Golga
1999
5.7
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
as Golga
1998
7.6
WWE SummerSlam 1998
as Golga
1998
9.0
WWE Heat
as Golga
1998
5.1
🎬
WAR Ryogoku Crush Night
1996
0.0
WCW Bash at the Beach 1996
as John Tenta
1996
8.5
WCW The Great American Bash 1996
as John Tenta
1996
0.0
WCW World War 3 1995
as Shark
1995
0.0
WCW Fall Brawl 1995
as The Shark
1995
7.0
WCW Monday Nitro
as The Shark
1995
8.3
WCW Uncensored 1995
as Avalanche
1995
2.0
WCW SuperBrawl V
as Avalanche
1995
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXX
as Avalanche
1995
0.0
WCW Clash of the Champions XXX
as Avalanche
1995
0.0
WCW Starrcade 1994
as Avalanche
1994
0.0
Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
as Earthquake
1994
0.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
as Avalanche
1994
0.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
as Avalanche (Appearance)
1994
0.0
WWE WrestleMania X
as Earthquake
1994
8.1
WWE March to WrestleMania X
as Earthquake
1994
0.0
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
as Earthquake
1993
0.0
Best of The British Bulldog
as Terremoto
1993
0.0
Invasion of the Bodyslammers
as Earthquake
1993
0.0
WWE Bashed in the USA
as Earthquake
1993
0.0
Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
as Earthquake
1993
0.0
WWE WrestleFest '93
as Earthquake
1993
0.0
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
as Earthquake
1993
0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
as Earthquake
1993
6.6
Raw
as John Tenta
1993
6.8
Raw
as Earthquake
1993
6.8
Raw
as Golga
1993
6.8
WWE Survivor Series 1992
as Earthquake
1992
8.2
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
as Earthquake
1992
0.0
WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Earthquake
1992
8.0
WWE World Tour 1992
as Earthquake
1992
0.0
WWE WrestleFest '92
as Earthquake
1992
0.0
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Earthquake
1992
10.0
WWE Crunch Classic
as Earthquake
1992
0.0
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Earthquake
1992
8.2
🎬
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
as Earthquake
1992
0.0
WWE SuperTape: Volume 5
as Earthquake
1992
0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Earthquake
1992
6.8
WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Earthquake
1991
7.7
🎬
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
as Earthquake
1991
6.0
WWE SummerSlam 1991
as Earthquake
1991
7.7
WWE World Tour 1991
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
🎬
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
WWE WrestleFest '91
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
WWE SuperTape: Volume 4
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
WWE Greatest Hits
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
as Earthquake
1991
6.0
SWS WrestleFest
as John Tenta
1991
0.0
WWE Mega Matches
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
WWE WrestleMania VII
as Earthquake
1991
7.4
WWE The Main Event V
as Earthquake
1991
0.0
WWE SuperTape: Volume 3
as Earthquake
1991
10.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as Earthquake
1991
7.1
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Earthquake
1990
8.0
🎬
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90
as Earthquake
1990
4.0
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Earthquake
1990
6.4
🎬
WWE SummerSlam Fever
as Earthquake
1990
0.0
WWE WrestleFest '90
as Earthquake (Ringside)
1990
0.0
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Canadian Earthquake
1990
8.4
WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI
as Earthquake
1990
0.0
🎬
WWE The Main Event III
as Earthquake (Ringside)
1990
0.0
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
as The Canadian Earthquake
1990
6.0
WWE Survivor Series 1989
as The Canadian Earthquake
1989
7.7
Clash of the Champions
as Avalanche
1988
0.0
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as The Canadian Earthquake
1986
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Earthquake
1986
6.8
Saturday Night's Main Event
as Earthquake
1985
8.4
Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
8.4
WWE Old School
as Earthquake
1973
0.0