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Fred Ottman

Fred Ottman

Birthday: 1956-08-10 | Place of Birth: Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Fred Ottman 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 gimmick in World Championship Wrestling. In WWF, he is a one-time Tag Team Champion. Personal life Ottman retired from wrestling after WCW folded in 2001. Ottman was one of the participants of the 20 Man Gimmick Battle Royal match at WrestleMania X-Seven as Tugboat. He now lives in Lakeland, Florida and works as a safety manager for Gaffin Industrial Services, a building cleaning service. He also coaches the little league team of his two sons and daughter, Berkley, Beau, and Bailey.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
WWE Hall of Fame 2025

as    Typhoon

2016
Wrestling with Disaster

as    Himself

1994
1994
Thunder in Paradise 2

as    Yussef

1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993

as    The Shockmaster

1993
WCW Battle Bowl

as    The Shockmaster

1993
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993

as    Typhoon

1993
WWE Bashed in the USA

as    Typhoon

1992
WWE Survivor Series 1992

as    Typhoon

1992
WWE Crunch Classic

as    Typhoon

1992
WWE WrestleFest '92

as    Typhoon

1991
WWE Royal Rumble 1991

as    Tugboat

1991
WWE The Main Event V

as    Tugboat

1991
WWE Greatest Hits

as    Tugboat

1991
WWE Survivor Series 1991

as    Typhoon

1991
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

as    Typhoon

1990
WWE Survivor Series 1990

as    Tugboat

1990
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1

as    Tugboat Thomas