John Earthquake" Tenta passes away

[Boondock Saint]

From WWE.com

John "Earthquake" Tenta passes away
June 7, 2006

John "Earthquake" Tenta passed away this morning at the age of 42 after a lengthy battle with bladder cancer. Tenta is survived by his wife and three kids.



R.I.P. :'(

[mrslackalack]

:( RIP . I heard he was bad off and I had thought about him lately before Eddies death in November after seeing footage of him on the WM anthology and Jake DVD's.

[Gertner]

:( r.i.p big man

[Stickman]

I can't believe he was only 42. Back in the day he looked like he was 42.

[loopydate]

:'( One of the real legitimate good guys in the industry. He'll be missed.

[weather vane]

rest in peace

[Shadow]

Damn....

RIP

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>RIP</font> :(

[Xero]

Too bad, he seemed like a really great guy.

RIP Earthquake. :(

[DaveWadding]

Saddening, but not shocking.

R.I.P. Quake

Thanks for the memories. :'(

[owenbrown]

I never really knew he was really bad off until I read something about it on 1Wrestling.com about a year ago. Sad he was only 42. Why are they all dying off so young? :'( R.I.P. John Tenta :wavesad:

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Shit :'( RIP

[The Ravishing One]

:'( One of the real legitimate good guys in the industry. He'll be missed.

:y:

RIP :'(

[Xerzes]

Boo the fuck urns.

RIP

[Just John]

Earthquake always kinda had one of those faces that looked like they would be a real nice guy outside of the ring (like the big show). Rest in peace big fella, you will be missed.

[Corkscrewed]

Dammit.

I was really pulling for him. Earthquake was one of the first characters I fell in love with (heck, one of the first characters I remember period), and John Tenta was definitely a good man.

Rest in peace, Earthquake. :'(

[RP]

I'm not sure i can forgive him for killing Hulkamania, but R.I.P anyhow.

[Tornado]

R.I.P, he fought a noble battle, shame it got the best of him.

[Savio]

RIP.......42 is mad young.

[The Ravishing One]

http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/9026/2058eh1.jpg

RIP big man, but I'm loving the brown attire

[Anybody Thrilla]

Sad he was only 42. Why are they all dying off so young? :'( R.I.P. John Tenta :wavesad:

Well, I'd chalk this one in particular up for friggin' cancer. :roll:

RIP Quake. Now heaven can have a natural disaster.




....wait a minute, that sounds awful. :nono:

[RP]

He would have been a mainstay in the WWE for years if they just named him Poop.

[Innovator]

RIP

[Mike the Metal Ed]

R.I.P. Quake :(

[rob11]

From what I have read, he was a good guy. RIP Tenta :(

[Mr. Aristocrat]

I realise that this is sad and everything, but I honestly thought he died like a year ago...maybe I am just thinking about when it was announced he had cancer, never the less...my he rest in peace.

[The Show Off]

In his honer I'm going to put a snake in a bag jump around it a couple of times bounch off the ropes a few times then then sit on the bag of snake.

RIP Earthquake

[KingofOldSchool]

That's horrible. :(

[KingofOldSchool]

That's horrible. :(

He was one of the first guys I ever really hated (in a good way) when I was a kid.

[Loose Cannon]

Dam. Kind of Knew it was coming after the last update, but it sucks to hear someone getting better and then it taking a turn for the worse again. He faught to the end.

Thanks for the memories.

RIP

[Crippla]

RIP Earthquake sad you had to die so young...

[SammyG]

:( RIP

[James Steele]

:'( One of the real legitimate good guys in the industry. He'll be missed.

:y:

Rest In Peace and Thank You . :'(

[Bad Company]

Loopydate said it best.

RIP John, you will be missed.

[Rammsteinmad]

R.I.P.

I was never really a fan of his, but it's always sad when a wrestler passes away.

[Eunos]

This is very sad indeed.

I remember hearing the news about him battling for his life and it seemed he was over coming it.

Rest in Peace Tenta :(

[Flair Wooo]

Perhaps the best big-man ever to hit the ring. R.I.P

[FakeLaser]

I thought he was already dead.

RIP though. He was a good guy from what I heard.

[Funky Fly]

RIP

It was gonna happen any day. Cancer's a real bitch.

[Y2Jeremy]

RIP to Earthquake. He was struggling for a while and according to his last update, he only had a 10% chance of living. So again, RIP

[Ben Rodrigues]

Watch the full Bret Hart Hall of Fame speech - he's got a funny story about Earthquake.

Times like this - to quote Paul Bearer - "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened".

[Chico]

Damn. I guess it was gonna happen sooner or later, but it's still sad to hear about his death.

RIP 'Quake. :wavesad:

[NeanderCarl]

I can't believe he was only 42. Back in the day he looked like he was 42.

If he was only 42yrs old, that means he was only 25 when he debuted in the WWF. He looked a lot older, probably due to the baldness.

Anyways, he wasn't an incredible wrestler, but he was a credible wrestler, which is just as important. He was one of the more agile big men in the game, and was part of some memorable moments. More so than that, away from wrestling, he seemed a genuine and friendly guy to his fans, and fought a brave battle, keeping positive until near the end. The guy deserved better. At least now his pain is over.

Rest In Peace.

[Ben Rodrigues]

And he killed Hulkamania.

[AJHayes]

Too bad.. RIP

At least he's not suffering

[The Naitch]

damn i remember watching wrestling back then (I wasnt a fan at all back then, I was like 10, but I was watching it back then and Dibease started challenging some fat fuck in the audience. It so happened to be John Tenta)

[Skippord]

I thought he had beaten it

RIP

[BlackDawn2024]

Damn. I thought for sure he'd beat it.

R.I.P. Quake.

:'(

[Gone Mad]

RIP Tenta

Def. one of those guys you remembered when you started to watch wrestling in the 80s and know you could never forget. I remember him mostly from The Natural Disasters and for being one of the best big men in the biz, along with being one of the most genuine superstars in and out of the ring.

This is just sad, after reading on his updates posted on here over the year and for how young he was. He was a fighter to the end, joking around but still determined to beat the cancer when most people would do otherwise. Condolences to his family, friends, and the people who knew him at all.

RIP Quake, you will be missed.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

RIP :(

[mike627]

RIP Quake,you were the begining of the end for Hulkamaina and for that and many other things you will not be forgoten.

[Blue Demon]

The Natural Disasters was one of my favourite teams as a kid, definately because of 'Quake.

RIP :(

[Disturbed316]

Damn, like LC said, we knew it was coming but still a huge shock. Say this on Wrestlecrap and thought I'd post it:

I don't even know quite where to begin, so let me just start by saying this: John Tenta was a man I am proud to have called my friend. While we weren't best friends, we had talked several times over the past few years, and I considered him a true friend. I know he felt the same way about me. When we talked, it was always a fun time, and I was always ecstatic when I saw the caller ID and knew it was him.

Over the last year or so, as John was battling cancer, we didn't talk wrestling all that much. We were both more interested in talking about our families. John was so proud of his family, and we'd talk about his at length. He'd talk about how he was going to just be spending time with them, and I remember one night in particular where he asked that I didn't call, because he just wanted to spend time with them that night. He'd talk about Josephine, his wife, his sons Johnny and Jeff and his daughter Joanna. He was so proud of them all, and we would talk about them at length. And he never failed to ask about my family as well. He was that kind of guy.

My heart obviously broke when I heard the news that he had passed away. I sobbed not only because I personally had lost a friend, but because a family had just lost its father and husband. And because the world had lost a true class act, a man amongst men.

There is so much I could write about John...about how he would talk to us when no one else would. About how, when Merle passed away, he was right there for me. About how he called me from Japan when he had written the foreword to my book and read it over the phone to me, with me being speechless about how great it was and him saying, "Do you think that's ok?" About how he would make me laugh with his stories, and make me think about my own life and mortality when we talked of his struggles with cancer.

I would write about these things, but right now, I just can't. I am too devastated.

John, I will miss you dearly.

Your friend,

Randy Baer
(aka, RD Reynolds)

[ddpBANG]

:( R.I.P.

[ClockShot]

Cancer's a bitch. I also thought he beat it out also. R.I.P. John. God I'm gonna miss all that jumping around the ring.

[Lara Emily]

RIP :(

The Natural Disasters remain to this day one of my favorite tag teams of all time. Sounds like he was a genuine nice guy too. Condolences go out to his family and friends

[Corkscrewed]

Damn, like LC said, we knew it was coming but still a huge shock. Say this on Wrestlecrap and thought I'd post it:

I don't even know quite where to begin, so let me just start by saying this: John Tenta was a man I am proud to have called my friend. While we weren't best friends, we had talked several times over the past few years, and I considered him a true friend. I know he felt the same way about me. When we talked, it was always a fun time, and I was always ecstatic when I saw the caller ID and knew it was him.

Over the last year or so, as John was battling cancer, we didn't talk wrestling all that much. We were both more interested in talking about our families. John was so proud of his family, and we'd talk about his at length. He'd talk about how he was going to just be spending time with them, and I remember one night in particular where he asked that I didn't call, because he just wanted to spend time with them that night. He'd talk about Josephine, his wife, his sons Johnny and Jeff and his daughter Joanna. He was so proud of them all, and we would talk about them at length. And he never failed to ask about my family as well. He was that kind of guy.

My heart obviously broke when I heard the news that he had passed away. I sobbed not only because I personally had lost a friend, but because a family had just lost its father and husband. And because the world had lost a true class act, a man amongst men.

There is so much I could write about John...about how he would talk to us when no one else would. About how, when Merle passed away, he was right there for me. About how he called me from Japan when he had written the foreword to my book and read it over the phone to me, with me being speechless about how great it was and him saying, "Do you think that's ok?" About how he would make me laugh with his stories, and make me think about my own life and mortality when we talked of his struggles with cancer.

I would write about these things, but right now, I just can't. I am too devastated.

John, I will miss you dearly.

Your friend,

Randy Baer
(aka, RD Reynolds)

Beautiful. :y:

The world needs more people like Tenta, and yet those seem to be the guys who leave us too soon. Again, rest in peace, John Tenta.