John Anthony Tenta
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Kototenzan (sumo) Canadian Earthquake Earthquake Avalanche The Shark Golga
Billed height	201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	210 kg (462 lb)
Born	June 22, 1963(1963-06-22) Surrey, British Columbia
Died	June 7, 2006 (aged 42) Sanford, Florida
Trained by	Giant Baba Jumbo Tsuruta Great Kabuki Terry Gordy Road Warriors Dory Funk
Debut	1987
Retired	2004

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Early life

John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia. Named after his father, he was a large baby weighing 11 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.^[1] Inspired by professional wrestlers Gene Kiniski and Don Leo Jonathan, Tenta decided to pursue wrestling at age 6. He learned freestyle wrestling at North Surrey Secondary, becoming a Canadian junior champion in 1981. Shortly after his 18th birthday, he finished sixth in the super-heavyweight category at the World Junior Wrestling Championships at Vancouver. Location of Surrey Country Canada Province British Columbia Regional District Greater Vancouver Regional District Incorporation 1879 (municipality status)   1993 (city status) Government  - Mayor Dianne Watts  - Governing body  - MLAs List of MLAs Harry Bains (NDP) Jagrup Brar (NDP) Bruce Ralston (NDP) Kevin Falcon (LIB) Dave Hayer (LIB) Gordon Hogg (LIB) Sue... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour Without Sunset (diminishment)) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th - Total 944,735... Gene Kiniski was a professional wrestler. ... Don Heaton (more commonly known as Don Leo Jonathan) is a former professional wrestler. ... This article is about freestyle wrestling. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Tenta won an athletic scholarship to Louisiana State University (LSU), where he competed in NCAA-level collegiate wrestling.^[2] At LSU he was nicknamed "Big John" Tenta, lettering on the Tiger varsity wrestling team and participating on the football team. LSU had dropped varsity wrestling to comply with Title IX in 1985, forcing Tenta to choose a new sport. For other uses, see LSU. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... This article is about collegiate wrestling. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal author, but more commonly known simply as Title IX, is a 76-word United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states: No person... This article is about the year. ...

Kototenzan

Tenta, during his sumo career (as Kototenzan). Note the bandage hiding his tiger tattoo

Tenta then moved to Japan to pursue a career in sumo after being recruited by a former Yokozuna who met Tenta on a trip to Vancouver.^[3] In October 1985, he joined a sumo stable in Nagoya run by former-Yokozuna Kotozakura Masakatsu (his stable also produced current Ōzeki Kotoōshū Katsunori from Bulgaria). Following tradition, the young sumotori took the name of Kototenta (Koto + Tenta), translated as Tenta the Harp.^[4] Image File history File links Tenta-as-Sumotori. ... Image File history File links Tenta-as-Sumotori. ... For other uses, see Sumo (disambiguation). ... Makuuchi (幕内 )) or makunouchi (幕の内 )), is the top division of professional sumo. ... Nagoya ) is the fourth largest city in Japan. ... Makuuchi (幕内 )) or makunouchi (幕の内 )), is the top division of professional sumo. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into sanyaku. ... Kotooshu Katsunori ), (born Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov (Bulgarian: ) on February 19, 1983 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria) is a professional sumo wrestler or rikishi. ...

Beginning the sport at age 22, he entered nearly 7 years later than many (non college) aspirants. However, the combination of his size—he already weighed 192 kg (423 lb)^[5]—and training as a wrestler were to his advantage in learning and advancing in the sport. The novice won a string of 17 consecutive victories in his first six months,^[6] and was later renamed Kototenzan, Heavenly Mountain Harp. The novelty of being a rare Westerner sumotori in the mid-1980s, and the third-ever Caucasian, garnered him press coverage, and he earned the additional nickname of the "Canadian Comet".^[7] For the peoples actually from the Caucasus, see Peoples of the Caucasus. ...

Despite doing well as a newcomer he soon quit the sport due to the difficulty of the sumo lifestyle and the toll the hard ring surface was taking on his body.^[8] In addition, the sumo world frowned on the large tattoo of a tiger on his left biceps and, though he covered it during matches, would have required him to remove it via skin graft before moving up to the higher level competitions - in Japan tattoos are associated with gangsters.^[9] After leaving sumo, he quickly signed up for puroresu (Japanese Pro Wrestling) under the tutelage of Shohei "Giant" Baba.^[9] He made his professional wrestling debut with All Japan Pro Wrestling in May 1988.^[10] Tenta had a solid 18 month career, teaming with popular Japanese wrestlers Giant Baba and The Great Kabuki, before getting the attention of American pro-wrestling promoters. New Japan Pro Wrestling is one of the most popular professional wrestling promotions in the World. ... Shohei Baba (Baba Shōhei, 1938–1999) was a professional wrestler and co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プロレス, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ... The Great Kabuki Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera a. ...

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Federation

Tenta joined the WWF in October 1989, making his debut at a WWF SuperStars TV taping in Wheeling, West Virginia on October 2.[1] For his introduction, Tenta was planted in the audience as a normal spectator. During the show Dino Bravo challenged The Ultimate Warrior to a strength competition. In order to demonstrate, Bravo and manager Jimmy Hart suggested that they pick a random audience member to come into the ring and sit on the backs of Bravo and the Ultimate Warrior as they did push-ups to see who could do the most. The Ultimate Warrior agreed and Hart, after pretending to look around the audience, centered his attention on very large Tenta who was sitting in the audience in casual clothing and appeared surprised. Tenta came down into the ring and proceeded to sit on Bravo's back as he did a set of push-ups, however during the Ultimate Warrior's set, Tenta jumped down onto the prone Ultimate Warrior using a seated senton that was adapted to be his signature move. The victorious Bravo and Tenta celebrated as the latter was inaugurated into the WWF as a heel with Hart as his manager. His first PPV appearance was when he replaced Barry Windham in Randy Savage's team at the 1989 Survivor Series. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... WWF Superstars of Wrestling was a professional wrestling program that debuted on September 6, 1986, replacing WWF Championship Wrestling. ... Nickname: The Friendly City Location in Ohio County in the State of West Virginia Coordinates: Settled 1769 Established 1806 Incorporated 1836  - Mayor Nick Sparachane  - City Manager Robert Herron  - Chief of Police Kevin Gessler, Sr. ... is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Adolfo Bresciano (August 6, 1948 - March 11, 1993) was an Italian-born professional wrestler, best known for his work as Dino Bravo, self-proclaimed Worlds Strongest Man. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... -1... Attacking maneuvers in the kayfabe of professional wrestling are mainly used to wear down an opponent for a submission hold or as a set up for a throw. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. ... Barry Windham (born July 4, 1960, Sweetwater, Texas) is a professional wrestler and the son of the infamous heel wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. ... Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio), is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of Macho Man Randy Savage. ...

Tenta's career peaked when he was pushed as The Canadian Earthquake (with a small flag on the chest of his blue leotard) — and later, simply Earthquake — a top heel, in a feud with Hulk Hogan. The feud exploded in May 1990, when Earthquake snuck up on Hogan from behind during a segment of The Brother Love Show (on WWF Superstars of Wrestling) and repeatedly crushed Hogan's ribs with his "Earthquake splash." Eventually, Hogan recovered and gained revenge on Earthquake and defeated him in a series of matches across the country, starting with Hogan's countout victory at SummerSlam 1990. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Terrence Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Bruce Prichard (born March 7, 1963) is a creative team writer for the World Wrestling Entertainments WWE SmackDown! brand. ... WWF Superstars of Wrestling was a professional wrestling program that debuted on September 6, 1986, replacing WWF Championship Wrestling. ... Attacking maneuvers in the kayfabe of professional wrestling are mainly used to wear down an opponent for a submission hold or as a set up for a throw. ... SummerSlam 1990 was the third annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. ...

After his stint with Hogan, Earthquake entered an infamous feud with Jake "The Snake" Roberts, in which Earthquake performed his Earthquake splash on Jake's pet snake, Damien. In truth what he crushed was a length of pantyhose filled with hamburger meat that had been swapped for the actual snake, which was stored in a cloth bag. He would later serve quakeburgers to babyface announcer Lord Alfred Hayes, only to reveal later that they were made (kayfabe) from Damien's carcass. Earthquake and Roberts would feud throughout the summer months of 1991. Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. ... Alfred Hayes (August 8, 1928 – July 21, 2005) was a professional wrestler, manager, and later World Wrestling Federation commentator. ... In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced KAY-fayb; IPA: ) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as real, that is the portrayal of professional wrestling as not staged or worked. ...

At the end of the Roberts feud, Tenta teamed up with his friend Fred Ottman, who changed his ring name from Tugboat to Typhoon, and the two became a tag team known as The Natural Disasters, managed by Jimmy Hart. Initially heels, the duo tried on many occasions to capture the WWF World Tag Team Championship from the Legion of Doom. The Disasters would later turn face when Jimmy Hart betrayed them and joined forces with Money Inc., Irwin R. Schyster and Ted DiBiase, who had just won the tag titles from the Legion of Doom. Earthquake and Typhoon already had heat with them due to a Survivor Series incident in which Schyster, who had been teamed with the Disasters, accidentally hit Typhoon in the head with a briefcase. Although Earthquake and Typhoon would eventually win the tag titles (and defeated the Beverley Brothers at SummerSlam 92 to retain the titles), it wasn't long before Money Inc. regained the belts. Fred Ottman (born August 10, 1956 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his stints in both the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. ... The Natural Disasters Earthquake & Typhoon The Natural Disasters was the tag team comprised of Earthquake & Typhoon in the World Wrestling Federation. ... The World Wrestling Entertainments World Tag-Team Championship is the WWEs original tag-team championship and is now exclusive to the RAW brand. ... This article is about the professional wrestling team, for otheruses see Road warrior The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team famously comprised of Michael Hawk Hegstrand and Joseph Animal Laurinaitis, though other members were added later. ... In professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analagous to villains. ... Money Inc. ... Lawrence Michael (Mike) Rotunda (born March 30, 1958), also known as Captain Mike Rotundo and Irwin R. Schyster, is a former American professional wrestler. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... SummerSlam 1992 was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). ...

Tenta left the WWF in January 1993, after losing to Bam Bam Bigelow the night after the Royal Rumble, for a spell in Japan, but returned briefly as a babyface on Raw tapings immediately following the 1994 Royal Rumble. He defeated Adam Bomb in a very short match at Wrestlemania 10 that year. He engaged in a short feud with Yokozuna, with whom he had a sumo match on RAW (the early days of Tenta's Sumo training were also revealed). Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Emmitt Bryan Clark, Jr. ... Rodney Anoai (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was a Samoan-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Yokozuna. ...

Earthquake was scheduled to face Owen Hart in a King of the Ring qualifying match. However, during a 5/14/94 house show in Anaheim Earthquake had been injured by Yokozuna and Crush. Footage of Yokozuna hitting a Bonzai Drop at the show was televised before the qualifying match to explain his absence in which Doink the Clown was his replacement. He again disappeared from WWF thereafter.

World Championship Wrestling

Personal financial difficulties lead Tenta to contact World Championship Wrestling. Hulk Hogan, a longtime friend, lobbied to have Tenta come in, and so Tenta broke his WWF contract to join WCW. For the Australian professional wrestling promotion, see World Championship Wrestling (Australia). ...

Tenta was introduced as Avalanche and feuded with Sting, but the character name was dropped after WWF threatened legal action over similarities to the Earthquake character. He then joined the Dungeon of Doom faction as The Shark. He was even pressured by WCW management to change the tattoo on his arm of an LSU Tiger to that of a shark. He eventually left the Dungeon of Doom and wrestled under his real name after delivering a scathing promo about the many other names and gimmicks he'd been forced into in the past, including the memorable line "I'm not a fish. I'm a man".^[10][11] For other uses, see Sting (disambiguation). ... The Dungeon of Doom was the name of a British professional wrestling stable and a faction in World Championship Wrestling that existed from 1995 to 1997 // The Dungeon of Doom is a British tag team. ... For other uses, see LSU. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... The Dungeon of Doom was the name of a British professional wrestling stable and a faction in World Championship Wrestling that existed from 1995 to 1997 // The Dungeon of Doom is a British tag team. ... In professional wrestling, a promo is short for promotional interview, a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. ... Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in-references and jargon. ...

Following a match with the Dungeon of Doom's Giant, half of Tenta's head was shaved by Big Bubba Rogers, another Dungeon member. The two would go on to feud against one another, with Rogers shaving half of Tenta's beard as well. Paul Randall Wight, Jr. ... Raymond (Ray) Traylor (May 2, 1962 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler. ...

Return to World Wrestling Federation

After his feud with Rogers, Tenta left WCW and resurfaced in the WWF on the May 25, 1998 episode of Raw is War under the name Golga. He wrestled under a mask as one of the Oddities and the character had a fascination with Eric Cartman from the TV series South Park. The gimmick was given to Tenta because he lost a considerable amount of weight, so much so that the WWF thought it wouldn't be believable for Tenta to reprise the Earthquake gimmick with the weight lost. This was a short-lived gimmick, and the group disappeared in the beginning of 1999 with all the members released. is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Oddities were a professional wrestling stable in the WWF. The Jackyl formed the group in 1998 and called them The Parade of Human Oddities. ... Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to by his family name, Cartman, is a fictional character in the animated series South Park. ... This article is about the TV series. ... This article is about the year. ...

His last mainstream wrestling appearance was at WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001, where he wrestled in the Gimmick Battle Royal as Earthquake. He worked occasional matches for WWF and New Japan, and ran ICW in Florida with Prince Iaukea. WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). ... In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal) is a multi-competitor match in which wrestlers are eliminated from the match upon being thrown over the top rope and out of the ring, with both feet touching the floor of the venue. ... Michael Haynes III (sometimes known as Michael Haines, Mike Haynes, or Mike Haynor) is a professional wrestler currently wrestling on the independent circuit but best known as Prince Iaukea in World Championship Wrestling. ...

Illness

Tenta retired from wrestling in 2004 after it was revealed that he had developed bladder cancer, in which he was given a twenty percent chance to live, assuming he continued with his chemotherapy treatments. During his November 18, 2005 interview on WrestleCrap Radio^Listen, Tenta announced that a recent radiation dosage did not go as planned, as it had no effect on the tumor. He also announced that multiple tumors had spread to his lungs. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Death

The first public notice of Tenta's death was posted on WWE.com on June 7, 2006 at approximately 12:30 p.m. EDT, which read: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Eastern Daylight Time” redirects here. ...

John "Earthquake" Tenta passed away this morning at the age of 42 after a lengthy battle with bladder cancer. Tenta is survived by his wife and three kids. Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. ...

On the June 9, 2006 edition of SmackDown! and the June 12, 2006 edition of RAW, before each show began, World Wrestling Entertainment showed an eyecatch that said "In memory of John "Earthquake" Tenta 1963-2006." June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Each eyecatch from Marmalade Boy rotates every few episodes. ...

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Earthquake Squash / Avalanche Splash (Running seated senton)
• Aftershock (High impact cornered splash)
• Dropkick - On very rare occasions
• Big splash
• Elbow drop

• Managers

• Jimmy Hart

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Championships and accomplishments

• All Star Wrestling

• UWA Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times)

• NWA All-Star Wrestling

• NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time)

• Super World of Sports

• SWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Typhoon

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Typhoon

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Video game appearances

John Tenta (in blue), as Earthquake, in WWF WrestleFest

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 Flying Edge 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 an unlockable character; it was a Japan-only release. Image File history File linksMetadata Tenta-in-Wrestlefest. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Tenta-in-Wrestlefest. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... Notable events of 1991 in computer and video games. ... Technos Japan Corporation is the defunct Japanese video game publisher that originated the Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Kun (including River City Ransom) and Double Dragon franchises. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... WWF WrestleFest is an professional wrestling arcade game released by Technos in 1991, featuring stars of World Wrestling Federation. ... 1992 1992 in games 1991 in video gaming 1993 in video gaming Notable events of 1992 in video gaming. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ... The Sega Mega Drive ) is a video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988, North America in 1989, and the PAL region in 1990. ... 2004 2004 in games 2003 in video gaming 2005 in video gaming Notable events of 2004 in video gaming. ... New Japan Pro Wrestling is one of the most popular professional wrestling promotions in the World. ... “PS2” redirects here. ...

Notes

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External links

• WU Online's Tribute To John Tenta
• AP Report of his death
• Wrestlecrap.com's John Tenta tribute page
• John "Earthquake" Tenta tribute video