John Tenta
| John Tenta | |
|---|---|
 Tenta performing a dropkick | |
| Born | June 22, 1963 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | June 7, 2006 (aged 42) Sanford, Florida, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kototenta, Kototenzan (in sumo) John Tenta Earthquake Evans Canadian Earthquake Earthquake Golga Avalanche The Shark |
| Billed height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Billed weight | 460 lb (210 kg) |
| Billed from | Vancouver, British Columbia (as Earthquake) Mount Everett, Washington (as Avalanche) Great Barrier Reef (as Shark) |
| Trained by | Giant Baba Jumbo Tsuruta Great Kabuki Terry Gordy Road Warriors Dory Funk |
| Debut | 1987 |
| Retired | 2004 |
John Anthony Tenta, Jr. (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006) was a Canadian sumōtori and professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring names, Earthquake and Golga and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring names, Avalanche and The Shark.
He was also known for being a sumo wrestler where did quite well but retired from the sport due to the difficulty of the sumo lifestyle, the toll the hard ring surface was taking on his body and the large tattoo of a tiger on his left biceps which in Japan is associated with gangsters. He was born on June 22, 1963 in Surrey, British Columbia and died on June 7, 2006 in Sanford, Florida from bladder cancer.
Championships
Tenta held many championships during his professional wrestling career:
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- January 2 Korakuen Hall Heavyweight Battle Royal (1988)
- World's Strongest Tag Determination League Fine Play Award (1988) – with Shunji Takano
- NWA All-Star Wrestling
- NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time)
- UWA Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1990)
- PWI ranked him No. 40 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1992
- Super World of Sports
- SWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Typhoon
- Tokyo Sports
- Rookie of the Year (1987)
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Typhoon
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Worst Tag Team (1998) with Kurrgan
- Worst Gimmick (1998) as Golga, as part of The Oddities
- Worst Feud of the Year (1996) vs. Big Bubba Rogers
References
- ↑ "John 'Earthquake' Tenta wrestled around world before death 15 years ago". Retrieved 11 February 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Ex-LSU, WWF wrestler 'Earthquake' dies at 42". ESPN.com. 2006-06-08. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ↑ "Misc. All Japan Events". prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ↑ "PUROLOVE.com". www.purolove.com.
- ↑ "Awards " Earthquake " Wrestlers Database " CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Archived from the original on 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (April 17, 2020). "Daily pro wrestling (04/17): WCW Spring Stampede 1994". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards" (in German). PuroLove. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
Other websites
- Earthquake on WWE.com
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