All Star Wrestling 1986 - John Tenta, featuring Mauro Ranallo

[@Gordigogo]

At 16, Ranallo is already such a pro at announcing. Boosting the angle with great insight and the right level of irritation in his voice and with his choice of words. Actually worked at KFC back then.

[@TombstoneChris]

Wow that is the greatest wrestling theme I have ever heard. Wow where has this been all my life.

[@BradPow]

that ring is HUGE. I remember all star wrestling when i was a kid. It was filmed nearby at the cloverdale fairgrounds :-)

[@Lfdjake91]

Rare footage of John Tenta AKA Earthquake when he was just starting out & a pretty good squash match. RIP Tenta

[@mac420ization]

Awesome to see John enter in sumo gear.I miss him so much . RIP

[@mshefik1]

one of the most underrated big men in the business

[@bearpaw72]

The feeling is probably mutual with the other posts here, but as a British Columbian born and raised I salute John Tenta. He is the only Vancouverite to ever win a major WWF title during the Hulkamania era. Tenta also made all the true wrestling fans in B.C. proud in that he was probably the only performer (to my knowledge) to go from All-Star directly to the WWF in one change of employment, considering that this promotion was just a little guy. Rest in peace, Tenta.

[@FatKen57]

Yes he was my hero as a young guy. Ssd days when he left all star Wrestling

[@AaronBrockalockavic]

Oddly enough young Mauro sounds older..

[@RealityMFiction]

He looks 30 lol but he's 16 there?

[@lambert581]

Tenta almost looks thin

[@misterprickly]

Mauro Ranallo just got signed to the WWE to do play by play in Smack Down. *Good luck to him!*

[@toptenguy1]

Hummm.... About that...

[@HyperRoboTenguris1984]

Now things have apparently been smoothed out.

[@misterprickly]

This was Canadian wrestling at it's finest. The UWA had people like Buddy Wayne, Tim Flowers, Mike Star, The Frog, King Kong Jr Bundy and of course BIG John Tenta. I still remember his UWF Farewell... It was right after he helped Dino Bravo beat up the Warrior during the push-up challenge. R.I.P. John Tenta.

[@bernhardwall6876]

I remember how tiny Buddy Wayne was -- not even 200 pounds, IIRC. But if Rey Misterio could get over in the WWF, than Buddy could have somehow.

[@WarriorSmurf]

@BrickhouseB2 He did a WWF dark match in 2002 as Earthquake and get a good reaction. He was heavy enough to make the gimmick still work. It's here on youtube.

[@JKTube]

First time I've ever seen Tenta win with a submission hold.

[@Jean0987654321]

Mauro Ranallo before he hit purberty

[@neilfournerat9778]

WOW!!!!!!! A much slimmer John "Earthquake" Tenta and still had a little bit hair, and this is about 20 years before he passed away at 42. RIP, Earthquake

[@FSinWCR]

We miss you Quake. RIP.

[@misterprickly]

John Tenta was the FIRST non-Japanese to enter the Japanese league of sumo as Kototenzan. Chad Rowan was the first American to enter. Chad is better known to sumo fans as the great Akebono Taro.

[@teo_heel]

Please, if you don't know, what you write, don't do this. Firse non-Japanese (I use sumodb.sumogames(dot)de) to Enter Japan sumo was some man with shikona Hiraga in 1934, he was from Los Angeles, California. And, before Kototenzan entered sumo, there was some guy from Hawaii, called Takamiyama (WALANI-KUHAULUA Jesse James), who entered sumo in 1964 and became the FIRST non-Japanese to win Emperor cup on 1972 Nagoya Basho.

[@mattd8700]

Chad Rowen was the first non Japanese to achieve the highest rank of Yokozuna.

[@conradojavier7547]

If it weren't for the Tattoo Ban, He would have been the First Gaijin Yokozuna.

[@bearpaw72]

I remember this confrontation between Earthquake and Moose Morowski. Morowski also had another feud with another fellow named Wojo (who was sort of B.C.'s answer to Hulk Hogan). Morowski claims to have defeated both men in this promotion. In this promotion, Morowski would have been billed to defeat Tenta. In the WWF, however, Tenta would have won because Tenta was a featured star (and a one-time tag-team champion) in the WWF; whereas Morowski lost a match as a jobber in a WWF card I attended.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Suzie Tanner is the prettiest non-special referee I've ever seen.

[@jahpsu981]

man Quake really put on some weight between now and 1989 when he joined the WWF

[@davidredacted6959]

I miss going to these events.. not sure if this is where THIS was, but I loved going to ASW events at the Cloverdale fair grounds.

[@Thundarr100]

I used to wrestle for Tim Flowers at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. The company wasn't called All Star Wrestling anymore though. It was changed to International Championship Wrestling.

[@davidredacted6959]

@@Thundarr100 - I could very well be mistaken on the promotion name, I was super young at the time - I assumed they were the same promotion because I vividly remember meeting Big John Tenta there.

[@Thundarr100]

@@davidredacted6959 Oh you're not mistaken on the name. It was ASW when Al Tomco was in charge (that's when John Tenta wrestled there). The company went through several rebrandings after Tomco's retirement. During my brief time as a pro wrestler it was called ICW. Now "Gorgeous" Michelle Starr owns it and it's called All Star Wrestling once again.

[@davidredacted6959]

@@Thundarr100 That's awesome man, I really appreciate you sharing that with me.

[@nicedreams]

@bigasssuperstar He meant when Earthquake returned to the WWF in 1998, he had returned to looking like this, so Vince stopped him from using the Earthquake gimmick upon his return

[@bearpaw72]

If you're thinking of a guy who was born and raised in Abbotsford, B.C., worked for B.C. Tel for some time, stood nearly 7 feet tall, was trained by Moose Morowski, and was forced to retire from the ring due to blood clot in his leg - that's the guy.

[@Timmyboy505]

Dying to know the themesong Tenta and Davis came out on

[@DouglasEdward84]

It sounds like a "Blue Peter" song, possibly an instrumental version of "Radio Silence" they were a big new wave band in Vancouver in the 1980's. it's hard to tell with it cranked up and scratchy on this video but it very much sounds like that band.

loverboy

[@BeatUpRecordsCDs]

Loverboy - Lucky Ones

[@SillySongs4Everyone2001]

Moose Moroski was a great Canadian legend.

[@moley8791]

@BrickhouseB2 i thought he was Golga before his last run as Earthquake? Could be wrong. You're right, the Earthquake gimmick couldn't work once he'd trimmed down the weight but i suspect he did that for health reasons. Too late sadly. Also he'd slipped to a mid-carder before he left the WWF after his first run even with the weight on. He was quality though and it's great watching videos of him on this site as a leaner guy showing how talented he was as a wrestler

[@eloseanogd1402]

2018?

[@CZ61600]

@DVDAD2 It sounds like it's by Loverboy, but I don't know the title.

[@yoda124]

I don't see 16 year old Mauro Ranallo in this video. The commentator is Ed Karl.

[@jbfarley]

Pay attention to the video, dumbass

[@junkfoodguy]

@@jbfarley he wasnt in the video

[@armandmax]

RIP John Tenta

[@f.mazz.459]

Is that Mauro Renallo the announcer???? Holy crap, I had no idea he wrestled when he was younger. Geeez you really can't judge a book by its cover. Renallo the announcer looks like a non-atheltic, square type lol

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

If Tenta was born in America he likely would’ve been an NFL offensive lineman.

[@DVDAD2]

trying to figure out the theme song

[@bernhardwall6876]

I wish Quake had stayed this size when he joined the WWF.

[@36hcupsizeandgrowing]

B.C. WRESTLING baby

[@rodzor]

Kototenzan not Kototenta lol

[@ArsyaUtomo]

That guy is 23 year old?

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

earhquake looks like a slight tremor!

[@matthewmahlee9196]

good workers

[@yardlet6]

No the Wojo I was talking about worked for Dick the Bruiser in his WWA promotion. Guess it's not the same guy. Usually if you google Wojo the wrestler they will mention him.

[@DefLeppardVanHalen]

I think this was 1987, not 1986.

[@JKTube]

+DefLeppardVanHalen: Correct. This was from August 25, 1987.

[@bostonpaul212]

this was back in 1985-86

[@yardlet6]

The Great Wojo?

[@REVENGEANCE206]

@bigasssuperstar he said he got back to that size, not that this was after his 1st run

[@EMRE-n9n]

Earthquake was so thin

[@jcbear]

Use to luv watching Ric Davis wrestle

[@Abyono]

@bostonpaul212 Couldn't be-- he debuted as a pro in '87 or '88. Most likely '88.

[@stoney43]

the ripper rivera, took his own life in kansas city

[@gothsoul82]

who's the girl ref she looks hot

[@DebsWombat]

scott cassulis Suzie Tanner

[@junegiovanni6475]

who is that guy Rick Davis he is Hot😎😍

[@DebsWombat]

June giovani He's the promoter's oldest son, Todd Tomko. ;-) I don't know if he ever continued wrestling after All Star folded.

[@bostonpaul212]

i use to watch this every saturday on bctv and never noticed john tenta maybe b/c he was a no name at the time

[@dannyboone3908]

I'm good friends with rick davis son

[@halriggs4407]

Even then i bet he 320 or more

[@bloodinjuns]

b.c. wrestling sucked. Calgary was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better!

[@frankgreenfield7206]

Boring