History Wrestling / JohnTenta

* HappyDance: Once the Music/InsaneClownPosse joined the Oddities, and contributed their theme song ("Oddities," which can be found on ''WWF The Music: Volume 3''), they could be counted on to dance around before matches and again after they won.

** Never pinned as Earthquake on PPV. In fact, was only ever pinned twice on PPV in his entire career. Wrestling/{{Sting}}/Wrestling/RandySavage d. Avalanche/[[Wrestling/BigBossman Big Bubba]] at WCW [=SuperBrawl=] V, February 19, 1995, when Sting pinned him. The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) d. The Oddities (Kurrgan and Golga, w/The Giant Silva and [[Characters/WWEDivas Luna Vachon]]) at WWF Rock Bottom, December 13, 1998, when Mosh pinned him.

** While not on the level of Wrestling/TheUndertaker's streak, was undefeated at Wrestling/WrestleMania during his original run (wins at WMVI, WMVII, WMVIII and WMX). Had only one WM loss on his record, when Tugboat eliminated him from the Gimmick Battle Royal at WMXVII.

* FinishingMove: (As Earthquake/Avalanche/Golga): The Earthquake Splash (though it was never called by that name under those other two gimmicks); (As the Shark) Shark Attack (running clothesline)

'''John Anthony Tenta''' (1964-2006) was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] sumo and [[{{ProfessionalWrestling}} professional wrestler]] best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1989-1994 as '''Earthquake'''. As a singles wrestler, he had significant feuds with Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/UltimateWarrior and [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He and Typhoon (Fred Ottman) held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] as the Natural Disasters in 1992, defeating Money Inc. ([[Wrestling/TedDiBiase "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase]] and Irwin R. Schyster) for the belts in mid-1992 and losing them back later the same year. After an unsuccessful run in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from October 1994 to early 1997, he resurfaced in WWE in late Spring 1998 as the masked Golga of the Oddities. He died of bladder cancer in 2006, after having experienced a new wave of online support via his friendship with WrestleCrap founder R.D. Reynolds.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Made his WWE on-screen wrestling debut at Survivor Series 89 as the Canadian Earthquake. The name was shortened to "Earthquake" around the time of [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}}]] VI, which was held in Toronto.

* ArchEnemy: (as Quake): Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], [[{{Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors}} The Legion of Doom]], [[{{Wrestling/TedDiBiase}} Ted DiBiase]], Wrestling/BigBossman (also as Big Bubba in WCW), Yokozuna; (in WCW) Hogan, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/{{Sting}}; (as Golga) The Headbangers, Music/InsaneClownPosse (after they turned on the Oddities[[note]]As he'd later reveal in his {{WrestleCrap}} interview and on the message boards, he didn't think too highly of them in RealLife either[[/note]]), Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor), The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull, aka Ron and Don Harris)

* ArchEnemy: (as Quake): Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], [[{{Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors}} The Legion of Doom]], [[{{Wrestling/TedDiBiase}} Ted DiBiase]], Wrestling/BigBossman (also as Big Bubba in WCW), Yokozuna; (in WCW) Hogan, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/{{Sting}}; (as Golga) The Headbangers, Music/InsaneClownPosse (after they turned on the Oddities[[note]]As he'd later reveal in his {{WrestleCrap}} interview and on the message boards, he didn't think much of them in RealLife either[[/note]]), Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor), The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull, aka Ron and Don Harris)

* ArchEnemy: (as Quake): Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], [[{{Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors}} The Legion of Doom]], [[{{Wrestling/TedDiBiase}} Ted DiBiase]], Wrestling/BigBossman (also as Big Bubba in WCW), Yokozuna; (in WCW) Hogan, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/{{Sting}}; (as Golga) The Headbangers, Music/InsaneClownPosse (after they turned on the Oddities), Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor), The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull, aka Ron and Don Harris)

* ArchEnemy: (as Quake): Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], the Legion of Doom (The Road Warriors), Wrestling/TedDiBiase, Wrestling/BigBossman (also as Big Bubba in WCW), Yokozuna; (in WCW) Hogan, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/{{Sting}}; (as Golga) The Headbangers, Music/InsaneClownPosse (after they turned on the Oddities), Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor), The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull, aka Ron and Don Harris)

** While not on the level of [[{{Wrestling/TheUndertaker}} The Undertaker]]'s streak, was undefeated at Wrestling/WrestleMania during his original run (wins at WMVI, WMVII, WMVIII and WMX). Has only one WM loss on his record, when Tugboat eliminated him from the Gimmick Battle Royal at WMXVII.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Made his WWE on-screen wrestling debut at Survivor Series 89 as the Canadian Earthquake. The name was shortened to "Earthquake" around the time of Wrestling/WrestleMania VI, which was held in Toronto.

* TheBigGuy

'''John Anthony Tenta''' (1964-2006) was a [[{{UsefulNotes/Canada}} Canadian]] sumo and [[{{ProfessionalWrestling}} professional wrestler]] best known for his work in [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] from 1989-1994 as '''Earthquake'''. As a singles wrestler, he had significant feuds with [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], [[{{Wrestling/UltimateWarrior}} The Ultimate Warrior]] and [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He and Typhoon (Fred Ottman) held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] as the Natural Disasters in 1992, defeating Money Inc. ([[{{Wrestling/TedDiBiase}} "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase]] and Irwin R. Schyster) for the belts in mid-1992 and losing them back later the same year. After an unsuccessful run in [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} WCW]] from October 1994 to early 1997, he resurfaced in WWE in late Spring 1998 as the masked Golga of the Oddities. He died of bladder cancer in 2006, after having experienced a new wave of online support via his friendship with [[{{WrestleCrap}} Wrestlecrap]] founder R.D. Reynolds.

As usual, the basics about his career can be found at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tenta The Other Wiki]].

* AnimalMotif: As the Shark of the [[{{Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom}} Dungeon of Doom]] in WCW
* ArchEnemy: (as Quake): [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], [[{{Wrestling/UltimateWarrior}} The Ultimate Warrior]], [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], the Legion of Doom (The Road Warriors), [[{{Wrestling/TedDiBiase}} Ted DiBiase]], [[{{Wrestling/BigBossman}} The Big Bossman]] (also as Big Bubba in WCW), Yokozuna; (in WCW) Hogan, [[{{Wrestling/RandySavage}} Randy Savage]], [[{{Wrestling/Sting}} Sting]]; (as Golga) The Headbangers, [[{{Music/InsaneClownPosse}} The Insane Clown Posse]] (after they turned on the Oddities), Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor), The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull, aka Ron and Don Harris)

* {{Badass}}: On April 1, 1991, WWE and SWS (Super World Sports in Japan) held a joint card at the Coliseum in Kobe, [[{{UsefulNotes/Japan}} Japan]]. Earthquake was scheduled to face Koji Kitao, a legitimate Sumo ''yokozuna'' (Grand Champion, not to be confused with the WWE character played by Rodney Anoai from 1992-1996) who had gone into pro wrestling. The match never really started because Kitao refused to cooperate, left the ring and picked up a microphone to say (in Japanese) how the match was fake and there was no way Quake (who went undefeated in Sumo under the name ''Kototenzan'' [Japanese for "Heavenly Mountain Harp"] but was not ranked as highly as Kitao was) could beat him in a real fight. Quake, with support from the Great Kabuki, did not back down. A good explanation of the whole incident can be found [[http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=107315 here]].

** Never pinned as Earthquake on PPV. In fact, was only ever pinned twice on PPV in his entire career. [[{{Wrestling/Sting}} Sting]]/[[{{Wrestling/RandySavage}} Randy Savage]] d. Avalanche/[[{{Wrestling/BigBossman}} Big Bubba]] at WCW [=SuperBrawl=] V, February 19, 1995, when Sting pinned him. The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) d. The Oddities (Kurrgan and Golga, w/The Giant Silva and [[{{Characters/WWEDivas}} Luna Vachon]]) at WWF Rock Bottom, December 13, 1998, when Mosh pinned him.
** While not on the level of [[{{Wrestling/TheUndertaker}} The Undertaker]]'s streak, was undefeated at [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]] during his original run (wins at WMVI, WMVII, WMVIII and WMX). Has only one WM loss on his record, when Tugboat eliminated him from the Gimmick Battle Royal at WMXVII.

* [[{{IKnowKarate}} I Know Sumo]]

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Made his WWE on-screen wrestling debut at Survivor Series 89 as the Canadian Earthquake. The name was shortened to "Earthquake" around the time of [[{{Wrestling/WrestleMania}} WrestleMania]] VI, which was held in Toronto.
* IHaveManyNames: Earthquake Evans (a dark match [[{{SquashMatch}} squash]] of an unknown at a TV taping on September 21, 1989}, Canadian Earthquake, Earthquake, Avalanche, the Shark, John Tenta, the Gargoyle (matches on May 15 and May 16, 1998 at [=WWE=]'s training camp in Lynn and Wittman, Massachusetts, respectively), Golga

* KickTheDog: More specifically, "squash the snake," which is exactly what Quake did to [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]'s pet boa constrictor Damien in mid-1991, contributing to Jake's big [[{{FaceHeelTurn}} heel turn]].

** (As Avalanche), The Three Faces of Fear, with [[{{Wrestling/KevinSullivan}} Kevin Sullivan]] and The Butcher (Brutus Beefcake)
** (As Golga) The Oddities, with Kurrgan, the Giant Silva and [[{{Characters/WWERockNWrestling}} George "The Animal" Steele]]

* WrestlingMonster: As Earthquake, pre-[[{{HeelFaceTurn}} face turn]]

'''John Anthony Tenta''' (1964-2006) was a [[{{UsefulNotes/Canada}} Canadian]] sumo and [[{{ProfessionalWrestling}} professional wrestler]] best known for his work in [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] from 1989-1994 as '''Earthquake'''. As a singles wrestler, he had significant feuds with [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], [[{{Wrestling/UltimateWarrior}} The Ultimate Warrior]] and [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]. He and Typhoon (Fred Ottman) held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] as the Natural Disasters in 1992, defeating Money Inc. ([[{{Wrestling/TedDiBiase}} "The Million-Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase]] and Irwin R. Schyster) for the belts in mid-1992 and losing them back later the same year. After an unsuccessful run in [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} WCW]] from October 1994 to early 1997, he resurfaced in WWE in late Spring 1998 as the masked Golga of the Oddities. He died of bladder cancer in 2006, after having experienced a new wave of online support via his friendship with [[{{WrestleCrap}} Wrestlecrap]] founder R.D. Reynolds.

** While not on the level of [[{{Wrestling/TheUndertaker}} The Undertaker]]'s streak, was undefeated at WrestleMania during his original run (wins at WMVI, WMVII, WMVIII and WMX). Has only one WM loss on his record, when Tugboat eliminated him from the Gimmick Battle Royal at WMXVII.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Made his WWE on-screen wrestling debut at Survivor Series 89 as the Canadian Earthquake. The name was shortened to "Earthquake" around the time of WrestleMania VI, which was held in Toronto.

!!'''Tropes associated with him include:'''

* AnimalMotif: As the Shark of the Dungeon of Doom in WCW

* ArchEnemy: (as Quake): [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]], [[{{Wrestling/UltimateWarrior}} The Ultimate Warrior]], [[{{Wrestling/JakeRoberts}} Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], the Legion of Doom (The Road Warriors), [[{{Wrestling/TedDiBiase}} Ted DiBiase]], [[{{Wrestling/BigBossman}} The Big Bossman]] (also as Big Bubba in WCW); (in WCW) Hogan, [[{{Wrestling/RandySavage}} Randy Savage]], [[{{Wrestling/Sting}} Sting]]; (as Golga) The Headbangers, [[{{Music/InsaneClownPosse}} The Insane Clown Posse]] (after they turned on the Oddities), Too Much (Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor), The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull, aka Ron and Don Harris)

* FinishingMove: (As Earthquake/Avalanche/Golga): The Earthquake Splash; (As the Shark) Shark Attack (running clothesline)

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** Never pinned as Earthquake on PPV. In fact, was only ever pinned twice on PPV in his entire career. [[{{Wrestling/Sting}} Sting]]/[[{{Wrestling/RandySavage}} Randy Savage]] d. Avalanche/[[{{Wrestling/BigBossman}} Big Bubba]] at WCW [=SuperBrawl=] V, February 19, 1995, when Sting pinned Avalanche. The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) d. The Oddities (Kurrgan and Golga, w/The Giant Silva and [[{{Characters/WWEDivas}} Luna Vachon]]) at WWF Rock Bottom, December 13, 1998, when Mosh pinned Golga.

* StillGotIt: Demonstrated that he did in a dark (non-televised) try-out match on December 22, 2001.

* PartsUnknown: (As Avalanche) "Mt. Everest, WA"; (as the Shark) "Tsunami", later changed to "The Great Barrier Reef"