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Post by The Hammer on Jun 7, 2006 12:10:05 GMT -5
This is 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.
My Heart goes out to his family.
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Post by bluedevil71 on Jun 7, 2006 12:25:38 GMT -5
Oh dear, RIP, John.
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Post by rlb147 on Jun 7, 2006 12:50:54 GMT -5
REST IN PEACE .
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Post by sniperniles on Jun 7, 2006 14:50:56 GMT -5
RIP Big John Tenta a guy with a heart of gold. My best memory of Tenta, is not even a wrestling memory. I was working at an Hotel, Amusement Park in Moncton, NB. Tenta and Typhoon where staying the hotel, and just walking around the Amusement park passing the time. I had the oppertunity to speak with both of them, and had a few good laughs. About an half hour later, this 5 year kid, with his parents notices them, and the kid being a big wrestling fan was all excited. The Kids dad had obviously seen me talking with them, so he asked me if I think they would mind, if his son went to see them for an autograph. I said, that I was pretty sure they wouldn't mind. This little 5 year old kid goes and asked them, yet did didn't just give him an autograph, they took their picture with the kid, also played around with the kid, Tenta picked up the kid and pretended he was going to bodyslam him. The kid was in heaven, and from there I really knew that Tenta was a big man, with a even bigger heart. Always there for the fans. You are going to be missed  |
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Post by bobbyryates on Jun 7, 2006 16:18:58 GMT -5
thanks for that great story serge. stories like that show us exactly what kind of guys our heroes are. i'm glad to know tenta was a good spirited person.
sad to see this news.
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Post by GarvinStomp on Jun 7, 2006 20:30:21 GMT -5
very sad news about John Tenta. His program with Hogan from WWE was very memorable. I also remember when he came out of the crowd and squashed the Ultimate Warrior. Tenta will be missed.
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Post by sittingstill on Jun 7, 2006 22:44:00 GMT -5
John will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers must go out to his family. The only good thing to draw from this is that his suffering has ended and he's now at peace....
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Post by mtd on Jun 8, 2006 10:52:43 GMT -5
I was there in the arena when Tenta and his partner Fred "Typhoon" Ottman won the WWE World tag team title from Ted DiBiase & Mike "IRS" Rotundo 14 years ago. What made this match so memorable to me was not only did it take place at a WWE TV taping, but the match was never listed on the paper program we were handed! (In fact, this match was never shown on TV as far as I know. A studio announcement by Lord Al Hayes that new champs were crowned was all that was given for viewers.) When they won the belts, it certainly was a surprise to everybody, but still exciting.
It is a little numbing to know a person you saw live is no longer around...
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Post by bluedevil71 on Jun 8, 2006 17:48:28 GMT -5
The Associated Press reported a small brief on this today with Tenta's background at LSU.
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