| 1 | 01.04.2024 | exequieljuzzle | 8.0 | |
| 2 | 02.03.2024 | eetasa2 | 8.0 | |
| 3 | 03.02.2024 | KEI | 5.0 | |
| 4 | 06.01.2024 | AidanArcher | 8.0 | |
| 5 | 29.12.2023 | Herr Kritiker | 6.0 | |
| 6 | 09.12.2023 | caz2345 | 8.0 | |
| 7 | 05.12.2023 | Dawson41 | 7.0 | |
| 8 | 18.11.2023 | JediSaiyanMaster1203 | 5.0 | Not someone I'm a fan of, personally, but I can at least say that I don't mind watching him. He was a decent wrestler and monster heel, the Natural Disasters tag team was fine, his best work in WWF. R.I.P. John Tenta |
| 9 | 10.11.2023 | FilipsWrestlingWorld | 7.0 | |
| 10 | 29.10.2023 | Giantfan1980 | 7.0 | The best big man in the WWF since Andre at that time. Pretty scary on the mic as a heel and a good work rate and move set for a guy his size. Looking back years later it was a huge wasted opportunity in Earthquake and not making him the monster heel WWF champion after the Warrior experiment didn't take off. Instead of that lousy Gulf War angle, they should have had Quake tag the WWF title at the 91 Rumble then Hogan finishes off their near year long feud at Mania 7 where he wins the belt back. Instead his feud with Hogan slowly fizzled out with no real deciding blow off except Hogan throwing him out in the Royal Rumble. From there Quake started sliding down the card but did have some success in the tag division in 92. After the Disasters lost the belts back to Money Inc, there wasn't much else going on with Quaker. FF to WCW and he was basically pushed into the lousy Shark gimmick because "Avalanche" was too close to his WWF gimmick for Mr McMahon's liking. Another guy who had trouble succeeding once he left the WWF. |
| 11 | 19.10.2023 | formen | 5.0 | |
| 12 | 16.10.2023 | face painted legend | 9.0 | John Tenta was a mountain of a man to say it best. At 6'3" and 460 lbs, John had an overall physical presence that would intimidate pretty much anyone who stood across the ring from him. Add to that, the way he looked with the premature balding, the thick beard that he had, and the burly chest hair, it was hard not to be convinced that he was a monster. He had a distinctive speaking voice also which made his usual fiery promos that he would cut even more scary regardless of whether he was a heel or a babyface. In terms of his in ring work, he worked the big man style that he should've worked, and he was believable as all get out while doing it. Make no mistake though, with his shoot background in both amateur wrestling and sumo he had techniques to handle himself in the ring if he needed to if something wasn't going to plan. John was a legitimate bad ass and the real deal. Wonderful human being too. I got to chat with him a lot after he got sick and we bonded over our love of Saints and LSU football, and of course pro wrestling. Wish he was still around! |
| 13 | 13.10.2023 | andytuga86 | 7.0 | |
| 14 | 12.10.2023 | MrRaider959 | 5.0 | |
| 15 | 02.10.2023 | DangoDaisuki | 7.0 | |
| 16 | 04.09.2023 | mpich | 6.0 | |
| 17 | 13.07.2023 | Loghan Moresco | 9.0 | An sensational performer and phenomenal at his unique way, was perfect for his size and physique and really fit the roles given to him in a perfect way, was an workhorse. |
| 18 | 21.06.2023 | No One | 6.0 | |
| 19 | 29.05.2023 | nanners | 8.0 | |
| 20 | 04.05.2023 | tmxicon | 6.0 | |
| 21 | 11.04.2023 | Chriswarrior11 | 7.0 | |
| 22 | 24.01.2023 | xGAICHx | 7.0 | |
| 23 | 22.01.2023 | King of Strong Style | 6.0 | |
| 24 | 21.01.2023 | ALF | 7.0 | Genau solche massigen, aber dennoch beweglichen Typen an Wrestlern fehlen heute in der breiten Masse. Unverständlich warum er nie World Champ in den frühen 90ern war. Konnte super wrestlen für sein Gewicht! Ein wrestelnder, menschlicher Braunbär aus Fleisch und Blut ... Leider nach den "Natural Disasters" (was hat der Booker nur geraucht, der die nicht mehr pushte nach dem sinnlosen Face-Turn? ) nur noch mit skurrilen Gimmicks verjobbt. Starb zu früh leider .... |
| 25 | 14.01.2023 | Brutish Dandy | 7.0 | |
| 26 | 03.01.2023 | benh2 | 7.0 | |
| 27 | 12.11.2022 | Firebird22 | 6.0 | |
| 28 | 25.08.2022 | Conquistador37 | 8.0 | His WWF tenure was rather good I think! One of the best debuts in wrestling history. Instant credibility and heat with that push up angle! Made excellent Royal Rumble showings. A near impossible heel mountain for baby faces to attempt to conquer (they almost never did). I somewhat liked the pairing of The Natural Disasters, even if they weren't that great. The WCW run is deeply regrettable, not recommended whatsoever. The Golga character was the lone saving grace amongst The Oddities. As much as I'm glossing over things - there is depth to his WWF run, he was able to work main event and upper mid card programs with basically anyone and he truly delivered on the PPVS. 7.75 rounded up. |
| 29 | 22.07.2022 | Leth99 | 7.0 | |
| 30 | 17.07.2022 | TheCoolGuy | 5.0 | |
| 31 | 28.06.2022 | OnlyHalfTheEffinShow | 7.0 | |
| 32 | 12.06.2022 | CLUCK | 6.0 | |
| 33 | 08.04.2022 | MorbidAxis | 3.0 | I have no idea why Tenta is rated so high. He was always so awkward looking in the ring. I get he wasn't brought up a professional wrestler, but one of the sumo variety, which is cool. He just never managed to impress me whatsoever in the ring and his mic skills were equally as dreadful. |
| 34 | 06.04.2022 | Makoto92 | 8.0 | |
| 35 | 20.03.2022 | cpatchj | 7.0 | |
| 36 | 24.01.2022 | WhatIsLooveee | 8.0 | John Tenta was great. A big man, former sumo wrestler who decided to become a wrestler and managed to gain some popularity in WWF. In fact, he was one of the huge scary heels that were put under Hogan, before John moved to the tag team division with Fred Ottman, who, by the way, had been Hulk's partner before that. Program with Hulkster was highlight of his WWF career and was really interesting and even later migrated to WCW, but in more ridiculous way. I think he was a decent wrestler and knew how to handle a microphone - his "I'm not a shark" promo is still among my favorites. |
| 37 | 29.11.2021 | XXDoubleHHXX | 10.0 | The guy was a legit beast in the ring, despite all the loses to the likes of Hogan and other top stars Earthquake never lost momentum. His move set was surprisingly more agile then most big man at the time, have you even seen his stuff in Japan' Top tier matches there. |
| 38 | 12.11.2021 | jajt1989 | 6.0 | |
| 39 | 09.11.2021 | Mister Cute Face | 8.0 | |
| 40 | 28.09.2021 | Den003 | 5.0 | |
| 41 | 27.07.2021 | hirsty97 | 9.0 | One of the most underrated big men of all time, seriously doesn't get enough credit. Up there with Vader and Bam Bam for me, it's sad he never quite got the big push after his feud with Hogan and the whole Golga / Oddities thing and the Shark in WCW was a great waste of his talent. Him dying so young is also a tragedy. |
| 42 | 05.07.2021 | ROH84 | 8.0 | |
| 43 | 15.06.2021 | Ma Stump Puller | 6.0 | Alright from what I've seen of him. A good worker in terms of being a big man that could be a intimidating heel as Earthquake or a asskicker face in singles or tags. Never quite had the element of actual threat he had with Hogan (to be fair through, Hogan's actually a very good seller under the gimmick so that had something to do with it) but he was a surprisingly solid feature everywhere he went. His Japan matches are fairly underrated but it's a great showcase of the more early days of him working with some of the best wrestlers around at the time. Nothing to say about his WCW stuff: Faces of Fear and the Dungeon are garbage, nothing more, nothing less. |
| 44 | 15.05.2021 | AnB | 6.0 | Real solid big man in the early 90s, but a really big letdown when he returned to the WWF in the late 90s. |
| 45 | 10.05.2021 | texasyosh | 6.0 | |
| 46 | 29.04.2021 | BritishSteel | 8.0 | Earthquake alias John Tenta war schon sehr beeindruckend. Ein pures Powerhouse, das noch dazu immer doppelt so groß und breit wirkte als andere Big Guys. Noch dazu freute man sich auf diesen krassen, brutalen Gegenentwurf zum Früh-90er-Jahre-Steroid-Body-Poser. Earthquake war eine so wohltuende Oldschool-Erscheinung - wie halt ein starker Big Man in den 60ern/70ern auszusehen hatte. Am liebsten mochte ich seine Zeit als Angstgegner von Hulk Hogan - da schien es unmöglich, nicht von diesem Koloss zermalmt zu werden. Kurze Zeit galt Earthquake als praktisch unbesiegbar. Gänsehaut kam auch immer bei seiner Entrance mit den charakteristischen Schlagzeug-Toms auf - und seinen Trademark-Stampfern, die den Ring zum Erbeben brachten. Und er wußte was er tat. Im Ring mutete er durch seine Masse zwar etwas langsam an, aber das täuschte. John Tenta hatte einen soliden Background als Champion im Freistil-Ringen und erfolgreicher Sumoringer. Eines meiner Lieblings-Earthquake-Matches war das gegen den Big Boss Man: Als der 150kg schwere und ebenfalls 2 Meter große Ray Traylor versuchte, vom Ringseil aus auf Earthquake zu splashen. Tenta drehte sich blitzschnell um, fing den Boss Man auf wie ein Püppchen und slammte ihn mit einer flüssigen Bewegung auf den Ringboden - offensichtlich ohne jede Anstrengung! Was für ein Bär. Leider wurde er dann von der damaligen WWF und vor allem der WCW ziemlich verheizt und nach unten durchgereicht - wie bei vielen anderen Workern völlig unverdient. |
| 47 | 21.04.2021 | dwight | 6.0 | |
| 48 | 16.03.2021 | Parts Unknown | 6.0 | His "I am a man, not a shark" promo is one of the top 10 promos of all time. He was never the main guy, but you can't recreate the golden age without Earthquake. That would be like trying to do a Street Fighter reunion without E. Honda We know everyone is here to see Ken & Ryu and Chun Li... but hey, he was there. He was an OG. And he was an important part of history. |
| 49 | 14.02.2021 | Mr Nice Guy | 8.0 | |
| 50 | 25.01.2021 | Brett1980 | 4.0 | He is not great. He was alright when he was first in the WWF just squashing people but after he got beat by Hogan he lost his unstoppable monster aura. |
| 51 | 26.12.2020 | Strong Zero Machine | 7.0 | |
| 52 | 10.11.2020 | Burning V Sternness | 7.0 | John Tenta was a great big man wrestler, with his feud with Hulk Hogan in 1990 and his tag team alliance with Fred "Typhoon" Ottman likely being the two most well known parts of his career. Starting out as a real life Sumo Wrestler, Tenta eventually made his way into Pro Wrestling in the 80's and quickly got noticed thanks to his impressive agility for a man his size. Moving into the then WWF in the late 80's, Tenta played the role of the monstrous Natural Disaster known as "Earthquake", who would punish his opponents with his vicious "Aftershock" seated splash. After squishing Hulk Hogan on an episode of the Brother Love Show, the two ended up engaging in a very successful feud, that saw them draw well at house shows and cross paths on multiple pay per view events, with Hogan eventually winning the feud by last eliminating Quake to win the 1991 Royal Rumble. Following the end of that feud, Earthquake teamed up with Typhoon and the team had a good run both as faces and heels, winning the WWF Tag Team Titles from Money Inc and holding them for 85 days. Tenta eventually left the WWF in 1994 and went on to have a run of dimishing returns in WCW, before finally coming back to the WWF in 1998 under a mask as Golga. Tenta's last major pay per view appearance in the US was when he brought the Earthquake character back to compete in a Battle Royal at WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001. Tenta was more than just a meandering big man, as he was surprisingly light on his feet and also was capable of delivering some very nice suplexes and throws to go along with his traditional big man offence of clubs and splashes. He was reportedly a gentle giant outside the ring and sadly passed away in 2004 after a battle with illness. His memory lives on though as one of Hogan's last great Monster Heel rivals during the Hulkamania Era of the WWF in the 80's and 90's |
| 53 | 12.10.2020 | smarkcalaway | 5.0 | |
| 54 | 05.10.2020 | qaywsxed | 7.0 | |
| 55 | 13.09.2020 | stc13 | 7.0 | |
| 56 | 18.06.2020 | Depe | 6.0 | |
| 57 | 01.05.2020 | qbort | 8.0 | I don't see how it's possible to hate Earthquake. A big fat guy who squashes people. It's what wrestling should be. And he was an actual sumo wrestler in Japan in the 1980s. Golga was funny, too... |
| 58 | 14.03.2020 | Aquarama | 7.0 | |
| 59 | 26.11.2019 | wrestlingfan1991 | 8.0 | |
| 60 | 15.10.2019 | Fblaggyx | 5.0 | |
| 61 | 13.10.2019 | Same Old Same Old | 8.0 | John Tenta is probably one of the most underrated big men of his day, sadly poorly booker and never utilised to his best ability. A big man who could be quick on his feet, keep up a full match pace and had a gloriously angry promo style, he was memorable and a prime example of the best of his era. It's such a shame he was never used the way that could have elevated him. RIP. |
| 62 | 28.07.2019 | KyleEnjoysWrestling | 7.0 | I really liked the gimmick for the time. Before I became a real wrestling fan, I remember seeing this guy as I was flipping through the channels & thinking he was really cool & seemed like a force. He fizzled pretty hard when he lost the Earthquake gimmick when he went to WCW & the Shark name & facepaint was laughable. Seeing him squish Damien is a moment to remember. |
| 63 | 20.06.2019 | Lucktar | 9.0 | John Tenta was a tremendous big man, and he moved unbelievably well in the ring. He could have been a legitimate world champ in WWF, but like so many in the late 80's to early 90's, was given a solid heel push only to be fed to Hogan at a PPV and then dropped. |
| 64 | 09.04.2019 | Seraphina Leaf | 8.0 | |
| 65 | 08.01.2019 | zephyr | 8.0 | I opened Tenta's page expecting an average rating around an 8. He was one of the best big men of his era and definitely deserves a higher rating than 6. 4 |
| 66 | 31.12.2018 | Shoot Headbutt Lover | 10.0 | Underrated as hell, a very respected big man, and one of the best wrestlers of the hulkamania era. Not to mention he superb on the mic, it's a shame they put him in silly angles later in his career, but I'm sure everone nowadays respcts the Canadian Earthquake. |
| 67 | 27.06.2018 | hbg | 6.0 | |
| 68 | 22.03.2018 | pappahouse | 6.0 | Ganz ordentlich im Ring, hatte nach Earthquake ein paar lächerliche Gimmicks (Shark, Golga). Ich habe ihm seine Promos leider nie richtig abgenommen. Traurig macht mich, wie er von dieser Welt geschieden ist mit so viel Leid. |
| 69 | 19.01.2018 | The Old School | 6.0 | |
| 70 | 31.10.2017 | DerHitman | 5.0 | |
| 71 | 23.07.2017 | IsThisWrestling | 8.0 | |
| 72 | 17.03.2017 | Irishfbfan518 | 8.0 | |
| 73 | 26.01.2017 | CrossFaceX | 6.0 | |
| 74 | 16.01.2017 | Argylex | 5.0 | |
| 75 | 10.01.2017 | KO FanGirl | 5.0 | |
| 76 | 10.01.2017 | Bpt Screwjob | 7.0 | Never though he was a good in ring performer until i saw his late 80's AJPW stuff. He could wrestle and had a tremendous presence. |
| 77 | 07.12.2016 | mdbnase | 7.0 | Habe auch ihn in der damaligen WWF gehasst. Heel-Aufgabe also sehr gut erfüllt. Für sein Gewicht recht agil und am Mic super. Was dann in der WCW für peinliche Auftritte und Gimmicks folgte, zieht im 2 pts. ab. ! |
| 78 | 07.11.2016 | J0bberCl0bber | 8.0 | |
| 79 | 07.09.2016 | Evan13 | 7.0 | |
| 80 | 25.08.2016 | HudE | 6.0 | |
| 81 | 14.07.2016 | ShooterMcShoot | 8.0 | Outside the ring, I had a few interactions with him on the Wrestlecrap board, where he was really nice to everyone who would ask him questions and all that. Watching him, I really liked the big man style that he worked, especially when I saw his matches from Japan. |
| 82 | 11.07.2016 | InactiveGuru | 7.0 | |
| 83 | 01.07.2016 | TheGoat | 6.0 | |
| 84 | 23.05.2016 | Wrestlinglexikon | 5.0 | Klar war John Tenta irgendwo limitiert-wie auch nicht bei solchen Ausmaßen. Er war ein beeindruckende Erscheinung-natürlich auch im team mit Typhoon. Im squared circle war er für die Statur schon brauchbar-konnte z. B auch dropkicks springen etc. Auch Ausstrahlung, storytelling und Gegner over bringen war alles im grünen Bereich. Die Sache hatte halt den Haken, dass er dafür schon einen guten Konterpart brauchte-der vor allem auch zu seinem Stil passte. Ansonsten sah das oft sehr verloren aus, was so dabei herauskam. Zudem war er am Mikrofon wahrlich grausam-80er Jahre Gebrülle at its best. War immer ok den Mann auf der card zu haben. Solide 5 Punkte. :) |
| 85 | 03.05.2016 | EGeraldhuebner | | Earthquake - alias John Tenta ... in der damaligen WWF schon einer der besseren Worker. Das es nie entgültig gereicht hat, lag wohl vor allem an seinem Gewicht. Dafür hatte er allerdings auch einen anderen Hintergrund ... Japan bzw. Sumo Ringen, bis man sein Tattoo entdeckte, was er immer überschminkt hat, und das dort anscheinend nicht erlaubt war. Hatte auch im Wrestling ein paar mal seinen verdienten Push und es war, ebenso wie bei Yokozuna beeindruckend, zu sehen, wie agil sich ein Mann seiner Größe doch bewegen kann. Im Team mit Tugboat bzw. Typhoon als Natural Disasters richtig gut gewesen. Die beiden haben eben perfekt zusammen gepasst, obwohl Tenta (talentierter) auch hier die meißte Arbeit erledigte. Seine bescheuerten Gimmickwechsel in der WCW habe ich wohl verpasst und bin jetzt auch ganz froh darüber ^^ ... R. I. P. John Anthony Tenta |
| 86 | 22.02.2016 | JEK 1991 | 10.0 | One monster of a guy. The biggest wrestler in WWF form 1989-1992. He did sumo before getting into pro wrestling. Earthquake had some of the best feuds ever with Hulk Hogan, Legion of Doom, Money Inc, Sting, and Ray Traylor (Big Bossman). His fighting skills were unique and he should have been WWF or WCW champion. Forming Natural Disasters with Typhoon was excellent and won the Tag Team titles. I loved the sumo match he had with Yokozuna and that match showed reality that Tenta is better than Yokozuna at sumo. Yokozuna never was an actual sumo wrestler they just billed him that way. When he was in WCW he was ok. Avalanche gimmick good, Shark gimmick mediocre, the half haircut gimmick terrible. In 1996-1997 he was a jobber which made him look bad. WCW shouldn't have made him a jobber. In my opinion WCW took advantage of him. When he returned to WWF as Golga of the Oddities he looked terrible. I loved seeing him at Wrestlemania 17 in the gimmick battle royal. Too bad he got cancer which ended his career. RIP John Tenta you were one great wrestler. |
| 87 | 26.01.2016 | smark calaway | 6.0 | |
| 88 | 31.12.2015 | fibbington | 8.0 | |
| 89 | 21.11.2015 | LK3185 | 6.0 | |
| 90 | 02.08.2015 | KingKendrick | 8.0 | |
| 91 | 16.07.2015 | liberalvellegis | 7.0 | |
| 92 | 09.07.2015 | Crippler Crossface | 7.0 | |
| 93 | 03.07.2015 | DanTalksRasslin | 9.0 | 'Quake was surprisingly agile for a man of his size, and knew how to use that size to his advantage in putting together matches. You don't often see big men like this nowadays. He was a perfect monster villain for Hogan to go against and could work as either a lead villain or a henchman. Also formed a good big-man tag team, the Natural Disasters, with Typhoon. Sadly passed away in 2006, but we won't forget him. |
| 94 | 27.05.2015 | BigBarschDeluxe | 5.0 | |
| 95 | 26.05.2015 | Shentenza | 7.0 | |
| 96 | 13.03.2015 | Phenomenal91 | 7.0 | What an impressive. big man. He could move his enormous girth around like a man half his size. They don't make 'em this big anymore. He is sorely missed. |
| 97 | 22.01.2015 | Wrestling Forever | 8.0 | Ich fand ihn als Earthquake richtig bedrohlich und als er damals Hogan ins Krankenhaus beförderte was natürlich nur Storyline war (Hogan brauchte Zeit um den Film Ritter aus dem All zu drehen deshalb hat ihn sein Freund John Tenta (Er und Hogan waren Backstage befreundet sicher kam er auch zur WCW auf Rat seines Freudes) verletzt Infos wieder durch ein Wrestling Magazin das war schon für viele Hogans Fans ein Schock. Hätte ich das damals auf VHS vielleicht mal gesehen ich hätte es sicher auch geglaubt und um Hogan geweint. Das Tag Team mit Typhoon war auch richtig gut die Natural Disasters waren für die damalige Zeit ein gutes Tag Team seine WCW Zeit war von schlechten Gimmicks geprägt und als er dann zur WWF zurückkam mit dieser Maske als Golga auf jeden Fall war er etwas schlanker trotzdem auch das war schwach. Was danach kam kann ich nicht sagen ich weiß nur das er sehr gegen den Krebs gekämpft. Leider hatte er nicht nur Blasen sondern auch Lungen und Hüftkrebs. Eine Wrestling Legende die auch wie viele zu früh verstarb. |
| 98 | 10.01.2015 | The5thHorseman | 8.0 | |
| 99 | 13.12.2014 | The Undertalker | 6.0 | |
| 100 | 02.12.2014 | tobimexican | 7.0 | |
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