WrestleCrap is a professional wrestling website created by R. D. Reynolds and Merle Vincent, serving as a "hall of shame" for some of the worst gimmicks and storylines in professional wrestling history. The site is currently run by Reynolds and Justin Henry.
96-559: R.D. Reynolds and Merle Vincent launched the site in April 2000 and it quickly developed a following among wrestling fans. After Vincent's suicide in September 2000, Reynolds continued to run the site by himself. He shut the site down in 2001, claiming the high cost of running the site was responsible. It returned the following year, albeit without the backlog of past inductions. In 2006, the site added several new writers and features. WrestleCrap
192-498: A babyface , but later turned heel when he began being managed by "Gentleman" Jonathan Sayers. Tenta left AJPW in September 1989. After making two dark-match appearances under his real name in March 1989, Tenta joined the WWF full-time in September 1989. In his first match after signing on, a dark match on September 21, 1989, he portrayed a lumberjack character named Earthquake Evans that
288-553: A dark match prior to a taping of SmackDown ! . After leaving WWF, Tenta wrestled on the independent circuit , also working in England and Canada. He returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in November 2002 where he finished up his career in July 2003, being a part of the company's Pro Wrestling Love era . At this time, Tenta (dressed in his Earthquake singlet) became a top gaijin during
384-476: A No Contest when the top ring rope fell off. On the October 4 edition of Heat , The Oddities defeated The Headbangers . On the October 17 edition of Shotgun Saturday Night , Golga and Kurrgan defeated Too Much . On the October 18 edition of Heat , The Oddities defeated Los Boricuas ( Jose Estrada , Miguel Pérez, Jr. and Jesus Castillo ). On the October 25 edition of Heat , Golga lost to Jeff Jarrett . On
480-489: A Six-Man Tag Team match with Mr. T as the special referee. At Starrcade , Avalanche lost to Sting by disqualification. At SuperBrawl V , Avalanche and Big Bubba Rogers lost to Sting and Randy Savage when Sting pinned Avalanche. At Uncensored , Avalanche lost to Randy Savage by disqualification. At Clash of the Champions XXX , Avalanche lost to Sting with The Guardian Angel as the special guest referee. The Avalanche name
576-546: A battle of two former sumo wrestlers. Kitao and Tenta broke kayfabe by being uncooperative with each other. Kitao didn't sell Earthquake's attacks and shot on him. The match ended when Kitao was disqualified for kicking the referee. After the match, Kitao immediately grabbed a microphone and began telling the audience that wrestling is fake and that Tenta never could really beat him, as other Japanese wrestlers attempted to restrain him. The incident led to Kitao being fired from SWS. After WrestleMania VII, Earthquake instigated
672-511: A city) became a bedroom community, absorbing commuters who worked in Burnaby or Vancouver. In the 1980s and 1990s, the city witnessed unprecedented growth, as people from different parts of Canada and the world, particularly Asia, began to make the municipality their home. In 2013, it was projected to surpass the city of Vancouver as the most populous city in BC within the following 10 to 12 years. The city
768-647: A dark match. After his feud with Rogers, Tenta left WCW and resurfaced in the WWF on the May 25, 1998, episode of Raw is War under the name Golga . He wrestled under a gold mask as one of the Oddities and the character had a fascination with Eric Cartman from the TV series South Park . The gimmick was given to Tenta because he lost a considerable amount of weight, so much so that the WWF thought it wouldn't be believable for Tenta to reprise
864-534: A feud with Jake "the Snake" Roberts , when in their match that aired on WWF Superstars of Wrestling , he "squashed" Damien with his Earthquake splashes; Earthquake had tied up Roberts in the ropes before going on his rampage. In reality, Roberts' bag – one of two left at ringside for the match – contained pantyhose stuffed with hamburger, and a small motor to simulate a "live snake." When the match aired on WWF Superstars of Wrestling , footage of Earthquake landing on Damien
960-718: A gas bar at the bend in King George Blvd, (formerly King George Highway) at 108 Avenue, "Whalley's Corner") was used as a burial ground by the Kwantlen (or Qw'ontl'en) Nation. Settlers arrived first in Cloverdale and parts of South Surrey, mostly to farm, fish, harvest oysters, or set up small stores. Once the Pattullo Bridge was erected in 1937, the way was open for Surrey to expand. In the post-war 1950s, North Surrey's neighbourhoods filled with single-family homes and Surrey (not yet
1056-429: A heel. He loved children and he loved playing with them and having them sit on his knee, yet when he would go to airports and have kids crying and running away from him, it actually really upset him! When Quake turned face in 1992, the world saw the real John Tenta. The smile when he would come to the ring, the cheers he got from everyone and when the kids finally saw him as a good guy, it warmed his heart. When he won
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#17328843196631152-542: A highly anticipated incubator that will potentially act as a base to jump-start ideas into various start-up companies from local innovators, inventors, investors and entrepreneurs. Surrey is governed by the elected Surrey City Council comprising a mayor and eight councillors. As of the October 15, 2022, election , the mayor is Brenda Locke and city councillors are Linda Annis, Harry Bains, Mike Bose, Doug Elford, Gordon Hepner, Pardeep Kooner, Mandeep Nagra, and Rob Stutt. In
1248-653: A local team to compete for a spot in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania . Surrey is also home to Canada's first kabaddi -specific stadium. Although not considered a sport, the globally acclaimed dance company known as "Brotherhood" won gold trophies at the World Hip Hop Dance Championships in 2013 and 2014 for the varsity and adult divisions. The affiliated dance production team known as "PraiseTEAM" had taken home
1344-484: A match with the Dungeon of Doom's Giant, Big Bubba Rogers, who had just joined the Dungeon, shaved half of Tenta's head. Tenta said he wouldn't shave off the other half because he looked in the mirror and relived the embarrassment. He would go out to get the mail and his neighbors would laugh. The two went on to feud against one another, with Rogers shaving off Tenta's beard as well after Tenta lost another match to The Giant. On
1440-530: A member of The Natural Disasters with personal friend, Typhoon . His professional wrestling career also encompassed runs in World Championship Wrestling , where he was known as Avalanche and The Shark , All Japan Pro Wrestling and a return to WWF as Golga . Tenta died in 2006 after a long battle with bladder cancer . John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia . Named after his father, he
1536-591: A population of 568,322 living in 185,671 of its 195,098 total private dwellings, a change of 9.7% from its 2016 population of 517,887. With a land area of 316.11 km (122.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,797.9/km (4,656.4/sq mi) in 2021. Surrey is the 11th largest city in Canada, and is also the fifth-largest city in Western Canada (after Calgary , Edmonton , Winnipeg and Vancouver ). Surrey forms an integral part of Metro Vancouver as it
1632-477: A relaunch of the site, complete with more daily content and interactive features. The relaunch took place in January 2013. In December 2016, the entire site archive was made available for users who made a one-time donation to the site, or supported the site on Patreon . Braxton died in March 2021. The Gooker Award is given each year to the worst gimmick, storyline, match or event in wrestling in that year. The award
1728-507: A short feud with Yokozuna , with whom he had a sumo match on Raw (the early days of Tenta's Sumo training were also revealed). Tenta won the sumo match. Earthquake was scheduled to face Owen Hart in a King of the Ring qualifying match. However, during a May 14, 1994 house show in San Jose, California , Earthquake had been injured by Yokozuna and Crush . Footage of Yokozuna hitting a Banzai Drop at
1824-467: A strength competition. In order to demonstrate, Bravo and manager Jimmy Hart suggested that they pick a random audience member to come into the ring and sit on the backs of Bravo and the Ultimate Warrior as they did push-ups to see who could do the most. The Ultimate Warrior agreed, and Hart, after pretending to look around the audience, centered his attention on the very large Tenta who was sitting in
1920-524: A team composed of Irwin R. Schyster and Ted DiBiase ; Money Inc. had just won the tag titles from the Legion of Doom, and at WrestleMania VIII , they defeated Money Inc. by count-out but did not win the titles. Although Earthquake and Typhoon eventually won the tag titles (and defeated the Beverly Brothers at the 1992 SummerSlam pay-per-view to retain the titles), it wasn't long before Money Inc. regained
2016-517: A tour of Japan for UWF International , where he teamed up with Super Vader . Tenta was introduced as Avalanche and was a member of Kevin Sullivan 's The Three Faces of Fear , billed at 517lbs. He later aligned with Big Bubba Rogers and feuded with Sting and Randy Savage. At Clash of the Champions XXIX , Avalanche, The Butcher and Kevin Sullivan lost to Hulk Hogan, Sting and Dave Sullivan in
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#17328843196632112-840: Is a city in British Columbia , Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border . It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area. Mainly a suburban city, Surrey is the province's second-largest by population after Vancouver and the third-largest by area after Abbotsford and Prince George . Seven neighbourhoods in Surrey are designated town centres : Cloverdale , Fleetwood , Guildford , Newton , South Surrey , and City Centre encompassed by Whalley . Surrey
2208-628: Is also a highly diversified sector where products are produced for developed and emerging industries that range from the cutting of lumber for various BC logging firms to constructing wind turbines as many Surrey-based environmental firms are capitalizing on the city's initiatives for the clean energy sector. The health sector makes a significant contribution to Surrey's economy. Surrey is home to almost 900 health-related businesses where major focuses in several life science sub-sectors that include infectious diseases, marine bio-science, neuroscience, oncology and regenerative medicine. Surrey Memorial Hospital
2304-488: Is also the title of a book written by the site's creators, with an introduction by John Tenta ( ISBN 1-55022-584-7 ). In addition, Reynolds has co-authored The Death of WCW , with wrestling journalist Bryan Alvarez , and he co-wrote The WrestleCrap Book of Lists! with Blade Braxton, released in late 2007. Both Reynolds and Alvarez were previously featured columnists for British pro wrestling and MMA magazine Fighting Spirit . In December 2012, Reynolds announced
2400-505: Is characterized by low population density urban sprawl , typical of North American cities, which includes areas of residential housing, light industry and commercial centres and is prone to strip development and malls. Approximately 2,465 hectares (6,091 acres) or 27 percent of the land area is designated as part of the Agricultural Land Reserve and can only be used for farming. The city is mostly hills and flatland, with most of
2496-500: Is harder. It is better for him to leave." He was, and remains, the rikishi with the most wins without a single loss. Sanshō key: F =Fighting spirit; O =Outstanding performance; T =Technique Also shown: ★ = Kinboshi ; P = Playoff (s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi After leaving sumo, he quickly signed up for puroresu (Japanese pro wrestling) under
2592-417: Is named after The Gobbledy Gooker , widely thought of as one of the most disastrous wrestling gimmicks of all time. The 2001 award was not revealed until 2003 due to WrestleCrap 's closing in 2001. Each year's Gooker Award, with the exceptions of 2001 and 2002, was determined by a poll of site visitors. The 2001 and 2002 awards were chosen by Reynolds, since he felt there was no competition those years. For
2688-577: Is the largest city in the region by land area, albeit while also serving as the secondary economic core of the metropolitan area. When combined with the City of Vancouver, both cities account for nearly 50 percent of the region's population. In recent years, a rapidly expanding urban core in Downtown Surrey , located in Whalley has transformed the area into the secondary downtown core in Metro Vancouver . Within
2784-489: Is the second largest employer in the City of Surrey with an annual operating budget of $ 149.2 million while the health care organization, Fraser Health employs more than 4,100 people and an additional 350 active physicians at SMH. Due to population growth in the region, a new hospital in Surrey is planned to be built in Cloverdale; it is projected to be completed in 2026. Although not as large as Vancouver's technology sector, Surrey also has an emerging tech sector with
2880-607: Is the second largest library in terms of size in Metro Vancouver. "REMEMBRANCE" by André Gauthier in Heritage Square, is an oversized bronze statue depicting a World War I kneeling soldier, helmet in hand, in remembrance of his fallen comrades. Attracting 15,000 people every February since 2004, WinterFest is a day of live music, sporting activities, food, and fireworks, held at the Central City Plaza . Since 1888,
2976-486: The 1989 Survivor Series . Earthquake eliminated Hercules and survived the match, along with Savage and Dino Bravo. He made his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania VI, defeating Hercules . Tenta's career peaked when he entered a feud with Hulk Hogan . The feud exploded in May 1990, when Earthquake snuck up on Hogan from behind during a segment of The Brother Love Show (on WWF Superstars of Wrestling ) and repeatedly crushed Hogan's ribs with his " Earthquake splash ." It
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3072-607: The 2020 provincial election , the BC NDP kept at least their previously six elected MLAs (potentially seven), while the number of MLAs for the BC Liberals will have between two and three. In 2004, when Gurmant Grewal 's wife Nina was elected to parliament, they became the first married couple to serve Canadian parliament concurrently. Following the 2015 federal election , the Liberal Party of Canada won three of Surrey's four seats in
3168-526: The Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society on the mainline between Cloverdale and Sullivan. In 1937, the then two-lane Pattullo Bridge linking New Westminster and Surrey was opened. In the early 1950s, BC Electric Railways ceased operating its interurban line, thus increasing the number of vehicles on Surrey roads. Highway 10 was built in 1953, and Highway 15 in 1957. In 1964, the provincial government completed Highway 401 and
3264-588: The House of Commons of Canada . Conservative MP Dianne Watts resigned her South Surrey—White Rock seat in 2017 to compete for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party. In the subsequent 2017 by-election, the Liberal candidate Gordie Hogg defeated former Conservative MP and federal cabinet minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay . The Museum of Surrey is affiliated with CMA , CHIN , and Virtual Museum of Canada . It reopened as
3360-680: The Indian Subcontinent therefore established in Surrey one of the largest concentrations of South Asian residents in North America. Other significant groups which reside in the city include East Asians (10.9 percent) and Southeast Asians (9.7 percent). Forming nearly 2.3 percent of the total population, the Black community of Surrey is small, though the city is home to the largest Black population in British Columbia; roughly 21 percent of
3456-744: The Sega Genesis version). In 2004, the Japanese video game developer Spike released King of Colosseum II , a puroresu -wrestling game for PlayStation 2 that featured Tenta as a playable character; it was a Japan-only release. On April 14, 2009, Tenta was announced as downloadable content for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 which was released April 16, 2009. On February 23, 2016, he along with Typhoon appeared as downloadable content for WWE 2K16 . He also appeared in WWE 2K17 as well as WWE 2K18 along with Typhoon. Surrey, British Columbia Surrey (/ˈsɝɹi/)
3552-480: The 10 year anniversary of WrestleCrap Radio , a new episode of Reynolds and Braxton's occasional RD and Blade Show podcast was instead revealed to be the surprise 250th episode of WrestleCrap Radio . Episode 251 was released ten days later on August 30, followed by two more episodes each in September and October. The show was retired following Braxton's death in March 2021. John Tenta John Anthony Tenta Jr. (June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006)
3648-496: The 2014 award, Reynolds declared that Vince McMahon's comments about "brass rings" and the Bella Twins feud were co-winners due to irregularities in the voting. In August 2005, WrestleCrap introduced a podcast called WrestleCrap Radio . Typically Reynolds and columnist Blade Braxton discussed their personal lives, made jokes that may or may not relate to current wrestling (or wrestling at all), and rarely discussed news items from
3744-503: The City of Surrey itself feature many neighbourhoods including City Centre, Whalley, Newton , Guildford , Fleetwood , Cloverdale and South Surrey . Each neighbourhood is unique and includes ethnically diverse populations. While Europeans and South Asians can be found in large numbers across the city, areas which house a large proportion of the former include South Surrey (72 percent) and Cloverdale (69 percent), with Newton (58 percent) and Whalley (51 percent) being home to large numbers of
3840-546: The Earthquake gimmick with the weight loss. On the July 28 edition of Raw is War , he defeated Marc Mero . At SummerSlam , The Oddities defeated Kaientai ( Taka Michinoku , Dick Togo , Mens Teioh and Sho Funaki ) in a Handicap match. On the September 5 edition of Raw Saturday Night Raw, The Oddities defeated the L.O.D and Droz in a six-man tag team match. On the September 12 edition of Raw Saturday Night , The Oddities faced The Disciples of Apocalypse which ended in
3936-609: The Fraser news. Radio India , another Indo-Canadian radio station, has its offices in Surrey. Every summer, Surrey hosts the Canada Cup International Women's Fastpitch Tournament. It began in 1993 as an international women's fastpitch developmental softball tournament to help teams prepare for the Olympics by facing top-calibre competition. The event continues to be a fan favourite with gate attendance reaching 93,000 for
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4032-498: The January 10, 1999 edition of Heat The Oddities (Golga and Kurrgan) got their revenge and defeated The Headbangers. Throughout the rest of January and February, The Oddities would lose to Too Much and The Disciples of Apocalypse on Heat and Shotgun Saturday Night . At the 1999 Royal Rumble , Golga competed in the Royal Rumble match entering at number 3 and quickly eliminated by Steve Austin . The last appearance of The Oddities
4128-619: The June 17 episode of Nitro , Tenta defeated Big Bubba. On the July 1, 1996 edition of Nitro , Tenta got another shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against The Giant but failed to win the title. At Bash at the Beach 1996 , Tenta defeated Big Bubba in a Carson City Silver Dollar match. During this time, Tenta began using "One Crazed Anarchist" as his entrance theme , which would later be adopted by Chris Jericho . Following
4224-564: The LSU campus, he was also referred to as a "silent giant." Tenta also played rugby union for the LSU Rugby Club. Tenta then moved to Japan to pursue a career in sumo after being recruited by a former yokozuna who met Tenta on a trip to Vancouver. In October 1985, he joined a sumo stable , Sadogatake , run by former yokozuna Kotozakura Masakatsu (his stable also produced ōzeki Kotoōshū Katsunori from Bulgaria ). Following tradition,
4320-658: The Museum of Surrey on September 29, 2018, after a renovation which added 12,000 square feet (1,100 m ) to the previous 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m ) building. Surrey Art Gallery is the second largest public art museum in the Metro Vancouver region. It opened on September 13, 1975. The historic Surrey Municipal Hall complex includes the Cenotaph in Heritage Square, the Surrey Museum, and Cloverdale Library. The Surrey City Centre Public Library located at Whalley / City Centre
4416-522: The November 20 episode of Nitro , Shark lost to Scott Norton . Shark competed in the WCW World War 3 (60 Man Battle Royal in Three Rings) for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship which was won by Randy Savage. He eventually left the Dungeon of Doom and wrestled under his real name after delivering a promo about the many other names and gimmicks he'd been forced into in the past, including
4512-650: The October 26 edition of Raw is War , The Oddities and Insane Clown Posse lost to Kaientai in an 8-man tag team match by DQ when ICP shoved the referee. On November 16 edition of Raw, The Oddities lost to D-Generation X ( New Age Outlaws and X-Pac ). On the November 23 edition of Raw is War , The Oddities were defeated by The Headbangers when the Insane Clown Posse turned on them. At Rock Bottom: In Your House , which took place in Tenta's hometown of Vancouver . The Oddities (Golga and Kurrgan) lost to The Headbangers. On
4608-515: The September 9 episode of Nitro , Tenta defeated Randy Savage by count-out. On the March 3, 1997, edition of Nitro , Tenta joined Roddy Piper as a member of his "family." The angle was quickly dropped and Piper instead joined forces with the Four Horsemen, dropping the members of his "family." Tenta left WCW in early 1997. In 1999, Tenta returned to WCW for one night wrestling under his real name when he defeated Lash LeRoux on Monday Nitro in
4704-572: The Serpentine River. The Semiahmoo Wagon Road was built in 1873 between Brownsville (opposite New Westminster) and Semiahmoo (Blaine). The first regular ferry service across the Fraser River started in 1882 on the steam ferry K de K , with the point of departure at Brownsville. The ferry landed on the Surrey side at the start of Old Yale Road, which connected directly inland to Yale and was a major gold rush trail. The New Westminster Rail Bridge
4800-536: The Sikh community celebrates Vaisakhi , which often includes a nagar kirtan , or parade, and free food is often handed out. It is the largest Vaiskahi parade outside India, growing from 100,000 attendees in 2008 to over 500,000 in 2019. Every October since 1991, Surrey has hosted the Surrey International Writers' Conference . This event brings established writers, agents, editors and publishers from all over
4896-430: The audience in casual clothing and appearing surprised. Tenta came down into the ring, identified himself as "John from West Virginia " and proceeded to sit on Bravo's back as he did a set of push-ups. During the Ultimate Warrior's set, however, Tenta leapt down onto the prone Ultimate Warrior using a seated senton that was adapted to be his signature move. Bravo and Tenta then beat and unleashed multiple big splashes on
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#17328843196634992-590: The belts. Tenta left the WWF in January 1993 after losing via count-out to Bam Bam Bigelow the night after the Royal Rumble for a spell in Japan for WAR . He also had a brief stint in CMLL in late 1993. He returned to the WWF in January 1994 when he assisted Bret Hart in a match with Shawn Michaels by countering Diesel's interference. He defeated Adam Bomb in a quick squash match at WrestleMania X . He then engaged in
5088-457: The city hall plaza, in 2017. In 2018, Surrey opened a $ 68 million biofuel facility, the first in North America. There were six employers in Surrey in 2017 each with more than 1,000 staff across BC: Fraser Health with 25,000; School District 36 with 10,560; City of Surrey with 3,400; Coast Capital Savings with 1,738; Starline Windows Group with 1,400; Kwantlen Polytechnic University with 1,332. Farming has strongly been attached to
5184-563: The community is served by The Surrey Now-Leader newspaper, and the Peace Arch News newspaper (for South Surrey). The city is also home to South Asian Broadcasting's ethnic radio station ReD-FM and the Asian Journal newspaper. The first Surrey-based English-language radio station, My Surrey FM 107.7 FM , was licensed by the CRTC in 2014 and is now Pulse FM 107.7 reporting about South of
5280-499: The economic well-being of Surrey, as the city of Surrey itself fostered and cemented a robust culture of farming. Approximately a third of Surrey's land is preserved and designated as farmland that is utilized for the local production of food to cater the city's growing population as well as increasing employment opportunities via the creation of local jobs. Agriculture continues to invigorate Surrey's economy employing 3300 people or 1.6 percent of Surrey's overall labour force. Manufacturing
5376-457: The entire Black population of the province resides in Surrey. Similar to most cities across English-speaking Canada, a large majority (64 percent) of Surrey residents of European heritage can trace their roots to the British Isles . Religion in Surrey (2021) Proportionally, Surrey has the largest Sikh population percentage (27.4 percent) out of all subdivisions in Canada. As of 2021 ,
5472-457: The final two participants in the 1991 Royal Rumble , with Hogan getting the victory. After his stint with Hogan, Earthquake attained another WrestleMania victory, defeating former Hart stable mate Greg Valentine at WrestleMania VII . On April 1, 1991, WWF held a joint show in Kobe with Japanese promotion Super World of Sports called SWS Wrestle Dream. Earthquake appeared to face Kōji Kitao , in
5568-465: The flatland in Tynehead, Hazelmere, the south of Cloverdale, and Colebrook. Surrey has an oceanic climate ( Cfb ) typical of the inter-coastal Pacific Northwest : rainy, wet winters, often with heavy rainfall lasting into early spring. Winters are chilly but not frigid, summers are mild and sunny, and autumns are cool and cloudy. In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Surrey had
5664-493: The higher-level competitions. In Japan, tattoos are associated with gangsters , and public display is widely prohibited. Tenta's decision to quit was criticized by his stablemaster, while the head of the Japan Sumo Association Kasugano (the former yokozuna Tochinishiki ), said Tenta had become arrogant after his run of consecutive victories. "He thought it would be easy. But there is no job in this world that
5760-636: The latter. Immigration to Surrey has drastically increased since the 1980s; this has created a more ethnically and linguistically diverse city. 52 percent do not speak English as their first language, while approximately 38 percent of the city's inhabitants are of South Asian heritage. Beginning in the 1990s, an influx of South Asians began moving to the city from the Punjabi Market neighbourhood of South Vancouver due to rising housing costs and rapidly increasing rent costs for businesses. The outflow of these residents combined with increased immigration from
5856-531: The line "I'm not the Shark. I'm not a fish. I'm not an Avalanche. I'm a man". On the May 27 episode of Nitro , Shark lost to The Giant in a match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. On the June 3 episode of Nitro , Tenta defeated Big Bubba by count-out. At the 1996 Great American Bash , he defeated Big Bubba Rogers; after the match Tenta cut Rogers' goatee off with a pair of scissors. On
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#17328843196635952-529: The meat was ground from Damien's carcass. Heenan had already eaten three or four of the Burgers and Hayes was curious about the meat. Earthquake mentioned the animal from which the meat was taken rhymed with quake and Hayes said they were snake burgers. Hayes got sick and nearly threw up. Vince was angry over this and knocked the tray out of Earthquake's hands which knocked all the burgers onto the floor. Roberts and Earthquake feuded throughout most of late-spring and into
6048-525: The median household income of Surrey was $ 67,702 (versus the national median of $ 76,437), where 29.4 percent of households in Surrey earned a household total income of $ 100,000 or more, which is above the national average of 25.9 percent. Surrey is one of the largest industrial centres within British Columbia, with a burgeoning high technology, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, health, education, agriculture, and arts sector. Increase in filming activity in Surrey resulted in 189 productions, including 15 at
6144-409: The nine-day tournament in 2004. The BCHL Surrey Eagles hockey team plays at the South Surrey Arena in Surrey. The Eagles won the BCHL championship, the Fred Page Cup , in 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2013; the western championship, the Doyle Cup , in 1997 and 1998; and the national championship, the Royal Bank Cup , in 1998. Surrey hosted the Canadian national qualifying tournament in 2006, and sends
6240-448: The prone Warrior. Both then celebrated as Tenta was inaugurated into the WWF as a heel with Hart as his manager. Tenta was pushed as The Canadian Earthquake – and by WrestleMania VI , simply Earthquake – an unstoppable monster heel who often sent his opponents out on a stretcher after repeatedly hitting them with his sitdown splash. Earthquake's first PPV appearance was when he replaced Barry Windham on Randy Savage 's team at
6336-443: The race. Unlike most traditional boat races, the Nicomekl River Race requires that all boats be made by the participants. The racecourse extends from Nicomekl Park to Blackie Spit Park at Crescent Beach. The first team to reach the mouth of the river is awarded a prize of $ 1,000. Additional prizes are awarded to the most creative boat and costume. All proceeds go towards the BC Cancer society. In addition to news media from Vancouver ,
6432-417: The show was televised before the qualifying match to explain his absence in which Doink the Clown was his replacement. He again disappeared from WWF thereafter and returned to Japan for WAR. Personal financial difficulties led Tenta to contact World Championship Wrestling . Hulk Hogan , a longtime friend, lobbied to have Tenta come in, and so Tenta left the WWF to join WCW. Before joining WCW, Tenta worked
6528-422: The silver trophy at the world finals in 2013 as well. Both dance companies are from Surrey. Cricket is also played in Surrey. There are more than 85 teams registered with British Columbia Mainland Cricket League. There are more than 20 cricket pitches across Surrey, though the only turf pitch is in West Newton. Other notable sporting events held by Surrey include: The first non-Indigenous settlement of Surrey
6624-473: The sport due to the difficulty of the sumo lifestyle and the toll the hard ring surface was taking on his body. Tenta commented, "Nothing I have ever done – not football, not college wrestling – compares with the kind of physical abuse you inflict on your body in sumo." In addition, the sumo world frowned on the large tattoo of a tiger on his left biceps and, though he covered it during matches, would have required him to remove it via skin graft before moving up to
6720-415: The sport. The novice won all of his 24 bouts in his eight-month active career, and was later renamed Kototenzan Toshimitsu ( 琴天山 俊光 ) , surname meaning Heavenly Mountain Harp. The novelty of being a rare Westerner rikishi in the mid-1980s, and the third-ever white man , garnered him press coverage, and he earned the additional nickname of the "Canadian Comet". Despite doing well as a newcomer he soon quit
6816-454: The summer. Later in 1991, Earthquake formed a tag team with Typhoon (Tenta's friend, Fred Ottman , who had previously wrestled as Tugboat before turning heel) called The Natural Disasters , managed by Jimmy Hart. Initially a heel tag team, the duo feuded with the Legion of Doom over the WWF World Tag Team Championship , but were unsuccessful. Later, the Disasters turned face when Jimmy Hart betrayed them and joined forces with Money Inc. ,
6912-468: The tag titles, the look of elation on his face was so pure and genuine. When he finally got to be the good guy outside the ring, he really loved the reaction he got and backstage everyone in the back respected the hell out of John and we were all crushed when he passed away." - Bret Hart According to some sumo publications, former sumo wrestlers rejected what Kasguano said about Tenta. Many wrestlers stated that Kasguano pushed him over his limit and that he
7008-401: The top five most reported religious affiliations in Surrey were Christianity (170,115 or 30.2 percent), Irreligion (161,860 or 28.6 percent), Sikhism (154,415 or 27.4 percent), Islam (31,095 or 5.5 percent), and Hinduism (30,455 or 5.4 percent). As of 2010, Surrey had the highest median family income of CA$ 78,283 , while the BC provincial median was $ 71,660, and the national median
7104-597: The town centre of Cloverdale has hosted the annual Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds every May long weekend . The Fair is Canada's second largest rodeo , and it features 150 acres (0.61 km ) of family-oriented entertainment including agricultural/horticultural exhibits, a western tradeshow, parade, community stages, and the Pacific Northwest Firefighter Combat Challenge. Every year on April 13,
7200-656: The transition period of owner Mrs. Baba selling the company to Keiji Muto . Tenta rose up the card after "Dr. Death" Steve Williams left the company in January 2003, also the month Mrs. Baba permanently left and the new ownership fully in effect. Throughout 2003, Tenta had storyline feuds and matches against Keiji Muto and Mike Awesome , and Tenta would frequently team with Gigantes (Jerry Tuite) , who went to All Japan after his independent circuit run as Malice ended. Tenta would also wrestle in hardcore matches during his second run in AJPW. Tenta retired from wrestling in 2004 after it
7296-520: The tutelage of Shohei "Giant" Baba . He made his professional wrestling debut with All Japan Pro Wrestling on May 1, 1987, teaming with Giant Baba and defeating Rusher Kimura and Goro Tsurumi. Tenta had a solid 18-month career, teaming with Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta , and The Great Kabuki , before getting the attention of American pro-wrestling promoters, as well as making tours in Vancouver for Al Tomko 's NWA All Star Wrestling where he first competed as
7392-862: The world to the Comfort Inn & Suites Surrey Hotel and Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in Guildford Town Centre . There are presently three live theatre venues in the City of Surrey in British Columbia as of January 2013: the Bell Centre for Performing Arts, the Chandos Pattison Auditorium and the Surrey Arts Centre. One of the lesser-known events in Surrey is the annual Nicomekl River Race. Every year, in early June, teams of four meet at Nicomekl Park in Langley, British Columbia to begin
7488-403: The wrestling industry. On occasion interviews with guests from within the wrestling industry were broadcast such as their interviews with Vince Russo and Lance Storm . Induction writer Triple Kelly was the unofficial reserve host, having won a co-host contest in 2007. The regular podcasts ended with WrestleCrap Radio episode 249, released on July 13, 2012. On August 20, 2015, to coincide with
7584-483: The young sumōtori took the shikona name of Kototenta Toshikatsu ( 琴天太 俊克 , Koto + Tenta) , surname translated as Tenta the Harp. Beginning the sport at age 22, he entered nearly seven years later than many non-college aspirants. The combination of his size—he already weighed 423 lb (192 kg) at a height of 6' 5.75" (197 cm) —and training as a wrestler were to his advantage in learning and advancing in
7680-425: Was $ 74,540. The average family income was $ 85,765. South Surrey area had the highest average household income of all six town centres in Surrey, with an average of $ 86,824 as of 2010. Median household income was also high at $ 62,960. South Surrey's neighbourhood of Rosemary Heights is the richest in Surrey and throughout the Metro Vancouver area, with a median income more than twice the regional average. As of 2010,
7776-523: Was Tenta himself that brought the idea up. At Fall Brawl (1995) , Tenta teamed with other members of The Dungeon of Doom ( Kamala , The Zodiac and Meng with The Taskmaster ) to face The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger and Sting) in a WarGames match where they lost. On the October 9, 1995, edition of WCW Monday Nitro , Shark lost to Sting in a match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship . on
7872-566: Was a Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler ( rikishi ) best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake , though initially known as Canadian Earthquake . After a promising start to his sumo career, using the name Kototenzan , Tenta switched to professional wrestling and became a high-profile star for the WWF, feuding with Hulk Hogan and winning the WWF Tag Team Championship as
7968-691: 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. He learned freestyle wrestling at North Surrey Secondary , becoming a Canadian junior champion in 1981. Shortly after his 18th birthday, he finished sixth in the super-heavyweight category at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Vancouver. Tenta won an athletic scholarship to Louisiana State University (LSU), where he competed in NCAA -level collegiate wrestling . At LSU he
8064-494: Was a very quiet man and extremely polite. In fact, he called wrestlers, "sir" and "ma'am" "For me, John Tenta - Earthquake. When he first came in, he was this massive 6’ 8’’ 450-pound guy yet he was this quiet, demure gentle giant who said please and thank you to everyone and called everyone 'sir.' He came in and was pushed as this brutal monster heel, who sent everyone to the hospital and put Hogan down on television, which upset millions of kids. Yet backstage, John hated being
8160-542: Was always very friendly to those around him. John Tenta's professional wrestling career garnered him appearances in several video games . In 1991, Tenta as Earthquake was portrayed as a feature character in Technos' popular arcade video game WWF WrestleFest . He was also included in the 1992 home video game WWF Super WrestleMania by LJN for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (he wasn't in
8256-481: Was billed as being from the "Northern Yukon Territory" who was managed by Slick , and defeated Paul Roma . Tenta then made his WWF television debut on the November 11, 1989, edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling , where he was planted in the audience as a normal spectator at the taping held in Wheeling, West Virginia . During an in-ring interview with Gene Okerlund , Dino Bravo challenged The Ultimate Warrior to
8352-426: Was dropped after WWF threatened legal action over similarities to the Earthquake character. Tenta returned under the ring name The Shark and joined the Dungeon of Doom faction. He believed this could be the beginning of a long term gimmick and even changed the tattoo on his arm of an LSU Tiger to that of a shark, a process that took 24 hours. Rumors were that WCW management forced him to do that, but in reality, it
8448-626: Was founded near Crescent Beach , located in South Surrey ; another was founded near Bridgeview/ Brownsville , located in North Surrey. Early trails and roads helped to encourage the settlement of Surrey. The first trail built by a settler was the 1861 the Kennedy Trail . James Kennedy built the trail to provide a route between New Westminster and the natural pasture land on the Mud Bay Flats next to
8544-647: Was incorporated in 1879, and encompasses land formerly home to a number of Halqemeylem -speaking indigenous groups, including the Semiahmoo , Katzie , and the Kwantlen peoples. When Englishman H.J. Brewer looked across the Fraser River from New Westminster and saw it was reminiscent of his native County of Surrey in England, the settlement of Surrey was placed on the map. The area then comprised forests of Douglas fir , fir , red cedar , hemlock , blackberry bushes, and cranberry bogs. A portion of present-day Whalley (named after Harry Whalley, who owned and operated
8640-465: Was interrupted with cutaway shots to that show's "Events Center," although the incident aired uninterrupted and uncensored during WWF Prime Time Wrestling the following week. Later, Earthquake participated in a skit on WWF Prime Time Wrestling where he cooked "Quakeburgers" on a grill and served them to co-hosts Vince McMahon, Bobby The Brain Heenan, and Lord Alfred Hayes ; later, Earthquake revealed that
8736-455: Was nicknamed "Big John" Tenta, lettering on the Tiger varsity wrestling team and participating on the football team. LSU dropped varsity wrestling to comply with Title IX in 1985, forcing Tenta to choose a new sport. Tenta subsequently walked on to the LSU football team, where he participated as a defensive tackle in a few junior varsity contests. While working as a bouncer at The Bengal, a bar near
8832-616: Was on the February 28, 1999 edition of Heat after the Ministry of Darkness beat them down when Kurrgan lost to The Undertaker , with all Oddities members being released. Tenta did, however, return to the WWF with the Earthquake gimmick for a pair of appearances in 2001. In April he competed in the 20 Man Gimmick Battle Royal match at WrestleMania X-Seven eliminated by Kamala and won by The Iron Sheik , while in December he defeated Tank Meloche in
8928-532: Was opened in 1904, allowing personal vehicles to cross the Fraser River on the upper deck. The lower deck, for rail, enabled BC Electric Railway to finally construct the Interurban line, an electric suburb commuter rail route connecting Chilliwack to Vancouver. It opened for service in 1910, and ran through Kennedy, Newton , Sullivan, and Cloverdale . Two of the BCER cars (1225 & 1304) are restored and are operated by
9024-446: Was posted on WWE.com on the same day. On the June 9, 2006, edition of SmackDown , and the June 12, 2006, edition of Raw , WWE showed a bumper that read "RIP 'Earthquake' John Tenta" before each show began. Despite Tenta's angry behavior in the ring and being a brutal monster heel who sent wrestlers to the hospital, Bret "The Hitman" Hart stated that Tenta's persona was completely different from his in-ring persona. According to Hart, he
9120-407: Was reported that Earthquake had injured Hogan so severely that he may have to give up wrestling, Tugboat Thomas urged a letter writing campaign to fans to write to support Hogan while he recovered. Eventually, Hogan recovered and gained revenge on Earthquake and defeated him in a series of matches across the country, starting with Hogan's countout victory at SummerSlam 1990 . Hogan and Earthquake were
9216-495: Was revealed that he had developed bladder cancer and was given a 20% chance to live, assuming he continued with his chemotherapy treatments. During his November 18, 2005 interview on WrestleCrap Radio , Tenta announced that a recent radiation dosage did not go as planned, and had no effect on the tumor. He also announced that multiple tumors had spread to his lungs. On June 7, 2006, Tenta died of bladder cancer, just 15 days shy of his 43rd birthday. The first public notice of his death
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