John Tenta

John Tenta
Tenta in a WWF promotional image as Earthquake
Birth name	John Anthony Tenta Jr.
Born	(1963-06-22)June 22, 1963[1] Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Died	June 7, 2006(2006-06-07) (aged 42)[1] Sanford, Florida, United States
Cause of death	Bladder cancer
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Avalanche[2] The Canadian Earthquake[2] Earthquake Evans[3] The Gargoyle[4] Golga[1] John Tenta[1] Kototenta[1] (sumo) Kototenzan[1] (sumo) The Shark[2]
Billed height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)[2]
Billed weight	468 lb (212 kg)[2]
Billed from	Vancouver, British Columbia (as Earthquake)[2] Mount Everett, Washington (as Avalanche) Great Barrier Reef (as Shark)
Trained by	Giant Baba[1] Jumbo Tsuruta[1] Great Kabuki[1] Terry Gordy[1]
Debut	1987[1]
Retired	2004

Kototenzan Toshimitsu
琴天山 俊光
Tenta as Kototenzan in 1986
Personal information
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	192 kg (423 lb; 30.2 st)
Career
Stable	Sadogatake
Record	21-0-7
Debut	November 1985
Highest rank	Makushita 43 (July 1986)
Retired	July 1986
Championships	1 (Sandanme) 1 (Jonidan) 1 (Jonokuchi)
* Up to date as of May 2013.

John Anthony Tenta Jr. (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006)^[1] was a Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler (rikishi) best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake, though initially known as Canadian Earthquake.

After a promising start to his sumo career, using the name Kototenzan, 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 as a member of The Natural Disasters 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 long battle with bladder cancer.