• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 7, 2006) – Old School WWF Legend Passed Away
On this day in 2006 we lost Old School WWF Legend Earthquake (Real name: John Tenta) at the age of 42 due to a bladder cancer.
The former Sumo wrestling Champion joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1989 as “The Canadian Earthquake”, which was later shortened to just “Earthquake”.
In 1991 he formed a Tag Team called “The Natural Disasters” with Tugboat, who became known as Typhoon, and together they won the WWF World Tag Team Championship.
By 1994 he had left the Federation and joined Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling, where he became known as “Avalanche”, then “Shark” and later under his real name, John Tenta.
Tenta had one last run for the WWF in 1998 & 1999 as the masked “Golga”, but later returned for one night at WrestleMania X-Seven, where he entered the famous Gimmick Battle Royal.
Him getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame is actually only a matter of when, not if.
REST IN PEACE EARTHQUAKE!
June 22, 1963 – June 7, 2006
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• Old School WWWF Legend Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School WWWF Legend “Superstar” Billy Graham (Real name: Eldridge Coleman).
After a career as a bodybuilder, where Graham became a good friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger, he became a Professional Wrestler in 1969 and had his debut in early 1970.
Billy Graham wrestled for Vince McMahon Sr.’s World Wide Wrestling Federation between 1972 and 1983, with the company being renamed into World Wrestling Federation in march of 1979.
Superstar held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship for almost a year, from April 30, 1977 until February 20, 1978.
Billy returned to the WWF for one last run in 1986 but a hip replacement surgery eventually got the better of him, so Graham retired from active professional wrestling in late 1987 and became a color commentator, before leaving the company in 1989.
In 2004 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by “The Game” Triple H.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
June 7, 1943 – May 17, 2023
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• Legendary WWF Ring Announcer Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Legendary Old School WWF Ring Announcer “The Fink” Howard Finkel would have celebrated his birthday today.
Howard Finkel worked as a ring announcer for the World Wrestling Federation (World Wide Wrestling Federation during his early days) from 1975 until 2016, although he became a part timer during the early 2000s.
The Fink appeared at every WrestleMania from the first one in 1985 till WrestleMania 32, including an appearance in a toga as “Finkus Maximus” during WrestleMania IX.
In 2009 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his close personal friend Mean Gene Okerlund.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
June 7, 1950 – April 16, 2020
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