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John Anthony Tenta Jr. (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006) [1] was a Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake, though initially known as Canadian Earthquake.
The J.O.B. Squad was a professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the late 1990s.. The theme of the group was that each member was a perennial enhancement talent (otherwise known as jobbers), in which they lost to established or up-and-coming wrestlers.
Typhoon briefly returned to the WWF midcard in 1994. [19] Earthquake traveled to Japan in 1993 and returned in 1994 for a short “Sumo Vs Sumo” feud with Yokozuna. [20] [21] For the few months Earthquake was in the WWF, no mention of the tag team was made. He then went to WCW, where he wrestled as Avalanche at first and later became The ...
Michael Paul Shaw (May 9, 1957 – September 11, 2010) was an American professional wrestler who was best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Norman the Lunatic, and as Bastion Booger in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
He worked for the World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon. As the former, he played a key babyface ally of Hulk Hogan. As the latter, he turned heel to form The Natural Disasters with Earthquake and held the WWF Tag Team Championship. [3] [5] [2]
He then wrestled Earthquake in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1994 under his given name as a jobber. Connor debuted in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in September 1994 as "A.C. Conner". In October 1994, he was renamed "'Downtown' D'Lo Brown" and introduced as the head of security for the Gangstas ( Mustapha Saed and New Jack ).
Jerome, 27, prepared for years to play the athlete accurately onscreen, and trained with him in the ring; Robles even serves as Jerome’s stunt double for many of the wrestling scenes.
Then, Stone made his WWF in 1987, appearing frequently as a jobber. He would go on to be remembered primarily for this work, and later became a well-regarded trainer for other wrestlers. [ 2 ] During the declining days of the AWA, he joined that promotion and received greater billing (including wrestling tag-team matches with Nick Bockwinkel ...