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John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia.Named after his father, he was a large baby weighing 11 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. [5] Inspired by professional wrestlers Gene Kiniski and Don Leo Jonathan, Tenta decided to pursue wrestling at age 6.
The Natural Disasters were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Earthquake (John Tenta) and Typhoon (Fred Ottman) who worked in the World Wrestling Federation between 1991 and 1993. [1] They won the WWF Tag Team Championship once. They had feuded with each other before becoming a team.
Fred Alex Ottman (born August 10, 1956) is an American retired professional wrestler.He worked for the World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon.
After the match Earthquake entered the ring and attacked Duggan. He then entered the tournament to crown a new Intercontinental champion after Warrior vacated the title following WrestleMania, and on May 12, 1990 faced Brutus Beefcake in the quarterfinals. The two wrestlers battled to double countout, eliminating both.
Hillbilly Jim's last high-profile match with the WWF was during the April 28, 1990 (taped April 23) edition of Saturday Night's Main Event XXVI, in which he lost to Earthquake. [12] Months later, Jim was released from the WWF and retired from wrestling, although he came back the following year to face Colonel Mustafa and The Berzerker at house ...
Tommy Debo "Tiny" Lister Jr. [3] [4] (born Thomas Duane Lister Jr.; June 24, 1958 – December 10, 2020) [5] was an American character actor and occasional professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the 1995 film Friday and its 2000 sequel, and as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element.
Most wrestlers who perform this move, like Frazier, are super heavyweights, such as the aforementioned Fatu (who adopted the move later in his career), Yokozuna, and Earthquake. These wrestlers usually do so without incident, as they perform it in such a manner that very little of their body weight actually comes in contact with the opponent's ...
Steven Franklin Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009), best known under the ring name "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, was an American collegiate and professional wrestler and collegiate football player.