Fred Ottman
Born: 1956-08-10, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Biography
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.
Filmography
- Raw (1993)
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
- Thunder in Paradise (1994)
- WWE SummerSlam 1991 (1991)
- WWE SummerSlam 1992 (1992)
- WWE Royal Rumble 1991 (1991)
- 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars (1992)
- WWF The Main Event V (1991)
- WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers (1993)
- WWE WrestleMania VIII (1992)
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 1 (1990)
- WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001)
- WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches (1993)
- WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990)
- WWE Invasion '92 (1992)
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992)
- Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)
- WWE World Tour 1992 (1992)
- WWE Hall of Fame 2025 (2025)
- WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 (1993)
- Thunder in Paradise 2 (1994)
- WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993)
- WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam (1994)
- WWE Greatest Hits (1991)
- WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII (1991)
- WrestleMania 41: Saturday (2025)
- WCW Starrcade 1993 (1993)
- WWE SuperTape: Volume 4 (1991)
- 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars (1991)
- WWE Crunch Classic (1992)