Talk:John Tenta

1962!

John Tenta Documentary

He was born in 1962! Whoa he's alot younger than I thought by about 5-10 years!!!

Beefed up his intro to WWF

I admit I haven't been into wrestling in many years, but I must say Tenta's debut WWF was one of the best orchestrated intros I've seen. He looked so normal and believable in the audience (and genuinely surprised) that I think nobody had any clue it was a set-up until after he attacked the Warrior. I've added it to the article. Bobak 18:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

WTF?

I have reverted the page due to the fact that he has NOT been hospitalised, as the article had said.

Removal of section

Was there any particular reason the Currently section was removed? I've reverted it as vandalism, since the information is accurate and important. It could do with additional information, but I can see no reason for its deletion. 72.200.136.66 08:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Citation Needed

I believe you, but we still need a source to verify that he is indeed battling cancer.

I know he's given updates on the WrestleCrap messageboard. OsFan 14:23, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

removal of vandalism:

"you'll never be missed" -taken out of the "death" section -R.A.

R.I.P.

He passed away this morning, he will be missed by anybody who grew up watching WWF in the 80s/90s. TJ Spyke 19:39, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I did, the 'Quake was one of my fave wreslters of the time. He was a great big man of the sport.(Halbared 20:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC))

R.I.P. I added his appearence in WrestleFest, he was my favorite character to use. I also liked his character, I vividly remember his introduction and earlier I wrote that section of this article. --Bobak 01:12, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I remember this dude. I used to watch wrestling when I was younger, and Earthquake was a superstar then, like back in the 90s. R.I.P. TamYum

Bobak, thanks a lot for adding the WWF WrestleFest screenshot & info. I was considering doing that myself, but I had to leave my computer. I think I'm going to fire up a game in honor of Tenta right now, actually. RIP Quake. --SHODAN 00:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I didn't realize he had also appeared in that Japanese game, King of Colosseum II --I really, would like to use this screenshot if I could get someone to do a capture (this link has the gamespot watermark): [1]. --Bobak 14:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

R.I.P Lord revan 15:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( At least his pain is over...RIP...TruthCrusader 17:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

wcw

does anyone want to add about his world title shot against the giant

Tenta the Sumotori

I've been able to scrounge up some scans of magazine articles on Tenta during the time he was a sumo wrestler. In the early 80s, it remained a novelty to see a Westerner in the sport, so the articles are quite good and fairly detailed (like giving his middle name). I will add info from them to his early life. There are a few pics, I'll see what I can grab for fair use (no other way to get these low-res photos). --Bobak 21:39, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Height? (the definitive answer section)

Okay, while I have not really cared one way or another, I've noticed a lot of edit/reverts on the man's height. Some say its 193 cm (6 ft 4 in), others (usually anon) say its 198 cm (6 ft 6 in). Can we have a discussion here so that there's a written record of how we decided on one or the other? --Bobak 15:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Anon keeps changing to his ring height. Which the WWE always billed as 6 ft 4 in. This was because when he entered he faced Hogan, who in '90 was billed as 6 ft 8 in. Hogan's true height is 6 ft 5 in as he admits in his autobiog. Some sites still have his old ring height, but a few have a more accurate figure. He was rough 1 inch taller than Ottman, and 4 inch shorter than Hogan.

http://www.celebheights.com/s/Dalip-Singh-3708.html

http://www.twnpnews.com/information/bios/TENTA.HTM

From the Sumo World mag that I used to get his weight at age 22, it said his height there was 197cm, or 6"5'. Meh, one inch doesn't matter, I say go with that previous one --it just asserts that he certainly wasn't as tall as 6"4'. --Bobak 19:45, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

This information is from a John Tenta real life interview. Next email question asks John what his weight and height was at his peak, and his best Tag Team match.

John: I was 6' 4 and about 460lbs, I don’t know how many stones that is. He also says he was about 6'5.5 later in life due to having a disk removed and about 400 pounds.Cashisclay 04:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

http://www.firetank.com/smashwrestling/interview-earthquake.shtml

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2475805

For the record...193 CM is 6'4". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.47.152.22 (talk) 01:03, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Tattoo

What was the whole sumo problem deal with his tattoo? Koberulz 16:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

From what I've gleaned reading over the Sumo articles (and a general knowledge of the game from watching the occasional documentary): sumo is entrenched in honoring the past. Past tradition has dictated that the sumo don't get tattoos (if you think about Japanese culture, Yakuza would get tattoos), since the sumo are held in such esteem, they try to keep the sport "pure". That's my rough understanding of the sumo culture's view on tattoos. --Bobak 16:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

"Canadian Champion"

I don't have a source to cite but Tenta also used to wrestle under the name "The Canadian Champion". I remember seeing him wrestle at Killarney Secondary School very early in his career. -- œ^™ 09:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 23 April 2016

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Reasonable arguments against, no evidence supporting the common name claim. Jenks24 (talk) 18:14, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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John Tenta → Earthquake (wrestler) – As the article states in the lead, he's best known by this name. Feedback 00:29, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose - He used other stage names in other periods. His other WWF stage name was Golga. He even had sumo wrestling career. --George Ho (talk) 05:11, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

He wrestled as Earthquake for five years in his most popular run in WWF. He then spent two years in WCW where he went by "Avalanche", "The Shark" and then his last three months under his real name where he wrestled for 3 months and 10 matches total. He came back to WWF and wrestled as "Golga" for under a year before retiring. His entire WCW run and his run with The Oddities in WWF were a flop, they didn't work, he didn't become popular, and he was released shortly thereafter. These shortlived runs under these different names hardly trump his successful five year career as Earthquake and as one half of The Natural Disasters tag team. Even if we consider that he has another "most common name", his article shouldn't be under his real name which is definitely not a candidate for the most common. Feedback 15:41, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose. The introduction to this article lists no fewer than FIVE different stage names, including a sumo shikona (Kototenzan) that brought him considerable attention as one of the first Caucasians in professional sumo. You admit that he only went by the name Earthquake for five of his 42 years. It makes sense in this instance when there are so many alternatives to stick with his birth name.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:49, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Pro wrestlers generally have multiple ring names. That has never hindered the application of WP:COMMONNAME. In fact, your conclusion that it's best to "stick with his birth name" when there are multiple stage names is unsupported by policy WP:STAGENAME, WP:COMMONNAME. Your vote boils down to WP:IAR and shouldn't be taken seriously until we've exhausted all measures to apply existing policy. Feedback 18:23, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Please provide some evidence that he is more commonly known as Earthquake than John Tenta.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:40, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Redundancy

His Ring Names section has “Earthquake” twice and both appear to have the same sited source. I’m too scared to attempt an edit and goof something up but I wish someone would fix this. Thomas D Campbell (talk) 06:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)