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Saturday, June 27, 2009

EARTHQUAKE - WWF SUPERSTAR!!!

John Anthony Tenta was a Canadian professional wrestler, known as Earthquake and later Golga in WWF, and in WCW as Avalanche and The Shark.John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia. Named after his father, he was a large baby weighing 11 pounds, 3 ounces at birth.Inspired by professional wrestlers Gene Kiniski and Don Leo Jonathan, Tenta decided to pursue wrestling at age 6.

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Ring name(s) Kototenzan (sumo),John Tenta,Earthquake Evans,Canadian Earthquake,Earthquake,Avalanche,The Shark,Golga
Billed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Billed weight 462 lb (210 kg)
Born June 22, 1963(1963-06-22) Surrey, British Columbia
Died June 7, 2006 (aged 42) Sanford, Florida
Trained by Giant Baba,Jumbo Tsuruta,Great Kabuki,Terry Gordy,Road Warriors,Dory Funk
Debut 1987
Retired 2004

EARTHQUAKE PICTURES

Initially, Tenta moved to japan to pursue a career in SUMO with the help of former Yokozuna (Highest Ranker in SUMO).Despite doing well as a newcomer he soon quit the sport due to the difficulty of the sumo lifestyle and the toll the hard ring surface was taking on his body. He then signed up with Japanese Pro Wrestling and had a good 18 month stay until he was spotted by americal pro-wrestling promoters.



Tenta joined the WWF full time in September 1989.Tenta was pushed as The Canadian Earthquake and later, simply Earthquake - an unstoppable monster heel who often sent his opponents out on a stretcher after repeatedly hitting them with his sitdown splash. he disappeared once and then returned. He again disappeared from WWF in 1994 after an injury by Yokozuna and Crush.Personal financial difficulties led Tenta to contact World Championship Wrestling. Hulk Hogan, a longtime friend, lobbied to have Tenta come in, and so Tenta broke his WWF contract to join WCW. After a feud with rogers on WCW, Tenta returned to WWF under the name Golga in 1998. This was because he lost a considerable amount of weight so much so that it wouldn't be believable for Tenta to reprise the Earthquake gimmick. This was a short-lived gimmick.

Tenta retired from wrestling in 2004 after it was revealed that he had developed bladder cancer. The first public notice of Tenta's death was posted on WWE.com on June 7, 2006 at approximately 12:30 p.m. EDT, which read:

John "Earthquake" Tenta died this morning, June 7, at the age of 42 after a lengthy battle with bladder cancer. Tenta is survived by his wife and three kids.

Championships and accomplishments:

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All Star Wrestling
* UWA Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times)

NWA All-Star Wrestling
* NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
* PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1990)

Super World of Sports
* SWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Typhoon

World Wrestling Federation
* WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Typhoon

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
* Worst Tag Team (1998) with Kuurgan
* Worst Feud of the Year (1996) vs. Big Bubba Rogers

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MATT OSBORNE / DOINK THE CLOWN !!!


Matthew "Matt" Wade Osborne (born July 27, 1957 in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania) is a professional wrestler. Matt is a second generation wrestler, the son of "Tough"
Tony Borne.He is better known by his ring name Matt Borne and best known as the first person to portray Doink the Clown.

Following his debut in 1978, Osborne, using the ring name Matt Borne, wrestled in many independent promotions. In Mid-South Wrestling, later known as the UWF, he was allied with Ted DiBiase and Jim Duggan in a group known as the "Rat Pack". Matt not only competed in Pacific Northwest Wrestling, but also competed against Ricky Steamboat at the first WrestleMania in Madison Square Garden. He was later in the USWA and WCW. He debuted WCW as Big Josh. He appeared in WWF/WWE in 1984 but later left to UWF. In1992, Osborne debuted as Doink the Clown. But after some time, he was fired for re-occurring drug abuses (which Borne has since overcome). He later joined ECW but he was a heel there automatically and it was also a short run.Since then, Osborne has wrestled on the independent circuit at several reunion shows and for various independent federations under his real name while reusing his "Big Josh" outdoorsman gimmick from WCW. His last match occurred at WrestleReunion II, as Osborne wrestled under the name The Original Evil Clown, a variation of the Doink gimmick, in an eight-man tag team match.In addition to competing on the independent circuit, Osborne occasionally helps in training wrestlers at Dean Malenko's wrestling academy when Malenko is absent.

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Real Name: Matthew Wade Osborne
Marital Status: Married w/Child
Height & Weight: 6'0" - 243 lbs
Debut: 1980
Previous Gimmicks: Matt Borne (WWF), Doink the Clown (WWF), Big Josh(WCW), Maniac Matt Borne
Finishing Move: Whoopie Cushin
Notable Feuds: Crush, Bret Hart, Jerry Lawler

Championships and accomplishments:

* Championship Wrestling International Alliance World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* Championship Wrestling USA Television Championship (1 time)
* NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Steve Regal and Rip Oliver
* NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Buzz Sawyer
* WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ron Simmons
* WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dustin Rhodes and Tom Zenk
* Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ted DiBiase
* USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jeff Jarrett
* WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Buzz Sawyer and Jeff Jarrett

Matt Osborne did not protray Doink the Clown when the character of Doink the Clown won the wrestling observer awards.The character of Doink the Clown would still be seen on World Wrestling Federation with other wrestlers protraying the character but we can only imagine none other than Matt Osborne!!!


Saturday, June 20, 2009

EARTHQUAKE - WWF SUPERSTAR - GALLERY!!!

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Friday, June 19, 2009

DOINK THE CLOWN - Gallery!!!

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

CLASSIC/OLD SCHOOL WWF | ECW | WCW PICTURES - GALLERY






























































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