WWE Hall Of Famer’s Daughter Training To Become A Wrestler

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The daughter of a WWE Hall of Famer has started training to follow in her father’s footsteps in professional wrestling.

John Tenta, known to WWE fans as Earthquake, was one-half of the Natural Disasters alongside Typhoon.

The pair would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2025, with Tenta’s induction being made posthumously.

Speaking on the Kelly Clarkson Show, Joanna Tenta Sowards, the daughter of the WWE Hall of Famer, spoke about her memories of wrestling as a child, saying:

“When I was younger, I used to love watching wrestling. When I was 15, I told my dad that I wanted to do what he did. I wanted to become a professional wrestler.”

Her love of wrestling was paused after Tenta’s death, with WrestleMania 39 in 2023 marking the start of her new journey, as she went on to state:

“After he died, I stopped watching wrestling for almost 17 years. I tuned back in during WrestleMania 39 and remembered why I loved wrestling so much.

“In June 2024, I decided that, even though I was older now, I wanted to learn and train to be a pro wrestler for the joy of it, so I’ve learned so much about how to trust in my body, to believe in myself to work hard, but most importantly and what I sought after is that is has formed a new and special connection with my dad.”

Joanna Tenta Sowards is training at Absolute Intense Wrestling, an independent promotion based in Cleveland, Ohio.

John Tenta passed away in June 2006 as a result of bladder cancer, with his daughter going on to become a cancer chaplain, providing spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families.

Transcript from Fightful.

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