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 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 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 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 a dark match prior to a taping of SmackDown!. Later career (1999–2003) 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 the transition period of owner Mrs. Baba selling the company to Keiji Muto. Tenta rose up the card after