Fred Ottman (born August 10, 1956) is a retired American professional wrestler best known as Tugboat or Typhoon, and for teaming with John "Earthquake" Tenta as The Natural Disasters in the World Wrestling Federation. Ottman is also well known for his infamous Shockmaster character in World Championship Wrestling. In WWF, he is a one-time World Tag Team Champion.
The Shockmaster incident is considered one of the funniest blunders in wrestling, and has been detailed on websites including x-entertainment and wrestlecrap.com
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Debuted in the WWF as "Tugboat", and siding with Hulk Hogan in his feud with Dino Bravo & Earthquake.
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Ottman later adopted a more serious gimmick, Typhoon and formed a team with Earthquake, known as the Natural Disasters. They won the WWF tag team titles from Money Inc.
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Ranked #490 in the "PWI 500" of the PWI Years (1979-1999).
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While making his WCW live debut as The Shockmaster (complete with a silver glittered Star Wars stormtrooper helmet), he was supposed to burst through the wall onto the set of Ric Flair's "A Flair For The Gold" show to help Sting confront the "Bad Guys" (Sid Vicious, Booker T and Stevie Ray). Instead, he fell literally head-over-heels through the wall and his helmet fell off revealing his identity. Even Jesse Ventura (who was commentating) couldn't help but crack up laughing. Needless to say, his character was repackaged as an Electric Company worker and he was jobbed out months later.
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Former WWF Tag Team Champion.
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Professional wrestler.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
1998
TV Series
Z'dak
Thunder in Paradise II
1994
Video
Yussef (as Fred Wayne Ottman)
Thunder in Paradise
1994
TV Series
Yussef
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
1994
TV Movie
Albert
WCW Battlebowl
1993
TV Movie
The Shockmaster
Clash of the Champions XXV
1993
TV Movie
The Shockmaster
Halloween Havoc
1993
TV Movie
The Shockmaster
WCW World Championship Wrestling
1993
TV Series
The Shockmaster
WWF: UK Rampage 93
1993
Video
Typhoon
WWF Superstars
1990-1992
TV Series
Tugboat
Typhoon
Typhoon - The Natural Disasters
WWF Challenge
1990-1992
TV Series
Typhoon
Tugboat
Saturday Night's Main Event
1990-1991
TV Series
Tugboat
Royal Rumble
1991
Video
Tugboat
World Wrestling Federation
1990
TV Series
Tugboat
Hammerhead Jones
1987
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wrestling with Disaster
Documentary completed
Himself
The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness
2016
TV Series
Himself - The Shockmaster
WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
TV Special
Tugboat
WXO
2000
TV Series
Himself
WWE Raw
1993-1994
TV Series
Typhoon
Starrcade
1993
TV Special
The Shockmaster
WCW Fall Brawl
1993
TV Special
The Shockmaster- Team Sting
Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993
TV Special
The Shockmaster
Royal Rumble
1993
TV Special
Typhoon
Survivor Series
1992
TV Special
Typhoon
Summerslam
1992
TV Special
Typhoon
WrestleMania VIII
1992
TV Special
Typhoon
Royal Rumble
1992
TV Special
Typhoon- The Natural Disasters
Survivor Series
1991
TV Special
Typhoon (Natural Disasters)
WWF Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
1991
TV Special
Typhoon
Summerslam
1991
TV Special
Typhoon
Survivor Series
1990
TV Special
Tugboat (The Hulkamaniacs)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWE: The Best of WarGames
2013
Video
The Shockmaster
WWE: Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan
2010
Video
Typhoon
Raw: The Beginning - The Best of Seasons 1 & 2
2010
Video
Typhoon
WWE: Summerslam - The Complete Anthology, Vol. 1
2009
Tugboat
Typhoon
The WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
Video
Tugboat
The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect
2008
Video
Typhoon
WWE Vintage Collection
2008
TV Series
Typhoon
WWE Legends of Wrestling
2008
TV Series
The Shockmaster
WWF Supertape Vol. 3
1991
Video
Tugboat
Known for movies
Thunder in Paradise II (1994) as Yussef
Summerslam (1992) as Typhoon
Survivor Series (1992) as Typhoon
Survivor Series (1990) as Tugboat (The Hulkamaniacs)
$100,000
