What kind of name and gimmick would you have given Earthquake when he first showed up in WCW?

I thought Avalanche was a great play off Earthquake, but the WWF did not approve. Threatened legal action and he became the Shark. Later we found out that he was not a avalanche, not a shark, but a man. He then went by his real name John Tenta.  I liked both Earthquake and Avalanche. Shark sucked.  By the time he went by his real name I real did not care anymore.

Oct 8, 2018 3:02:55 GMT bodyslam said:

What kind of name and gimmick would you have given Earthquake when he first showed up in WCW?

I thought Avalanche was a great play off Earthquake, but the WWF did not approve. Threatened legal action and he became the Shark. Later we found out that he was not a avalanche, not a shark, but a man. He then went by his real name John Tenta.  I liked both Earthquake and Avalanche. Shark sucked.  By the time he went by his real name I real did not care anymore.

Avalanche was good but it's also a mouthful to pronounce in a way.

Maybe something like Titan Tenta as a way to stick it back to the WWF?

Oct 8, 2018 3:02:55 GMT bodyslam said:

  I liked both Earthquake and Avalanche. Shark sucked.  

This. Avalanche was fine. Shark sucked. Always wondered why WCW changed his name. Should have known it was because of WWF's petty legal department. We'll have to disagree on "I'm A Man" John Tenta. That was great in context. 

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I'm scraping Decepticon names for inspiration and thinking that Tenta could pull off a one man personification of Devastator.

Big John Tenta is the first thing to come to mind

Johnathon Rancor - I was looking for words that would be used to describe a mean person and rancor came up in the list. Its is a new word for me and I thought it sounded cool. It also sounded like it could be a last name. Problem is George Lucas will most likely be threatening legal action since Rancor was the name of Jabba's monster in Return of the Jedi. Which I also did not know until just now.