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Fred Ottman

Acting
Known For

68 Years Old

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.

Born

Norfolk, Virginia, USA on 10th August 1956

All Credits

WWF Wrestling Challenge Image
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Tugboat
WWF Wrestling Challenge Image
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Tugboat Thomas
Raw Image
Raw
Typhoon
Saturday Night's Main Event Image
Saturday Night's Main Event
Saturday Night's Main Event Image
Saturday Night's Main Event
Tugboat
Thunder in Paradise Image
Thunder in Paradise
Yussef
Mortal Kombat: Conquest Image
Mortal Kombat: Conquest
Z'dak
WrestleMania 41: Saturday Image
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
Typhoon
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven Image
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Tugboat
WWE Hall of Fame 2025 Image
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
Typhoon
WWE WrestleMania VIII Image
WWE WrestleMania VIII
Typhoon
WWE Royal Rumble 1992 Image
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
Typhoon
WWE Survivor Series 1992 Image
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Typhoon
WWE Royal Rumble 1991 Image
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
Tugboat
WCW Fall Brawl 1993 Image
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
The Shockmaster
WWE Royal Rumble 1993 Image
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
Typhoon
WWE Survivor Series 1990 Image
WWE Survivor Series 1990
Tugboat
WWE SummerSlam 1991 Image
WWE SummerSlam 1991
Typhoon
WCW Battle Bowl Image
WCW Battle Bowl
The Shockmaster
WCW Starrcade 1993 Image
WCW Starrcade 1993
The Shockmaster
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars Image
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Typhoon
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers Image
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
Typhoon
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV Image
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
The Shockmaster (Debut)
WWF Bashed in the USA Image
WWF Bashed in the USA
Typhoon
WWE SummerSlam 1992 Image
WWE SummerSlam 1992
Typhoon
No Image
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
Typhoon
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts Image
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
Typhoon
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 Image
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
The Shockmaster
WWE SuperTape vol. 3 Image
WWE SuperTape vol. 3
Tugboat
WWE The Main Event V Image
WWE The Main Event V
Tugboat
WWE Survivor Series 1991 Image
WWE Survivor Series 1991
Typhoon
No Image
WXO Wrestling
WWE SuperTape vol. 4 Image
WWE SuperTape vol. 4
Tugboat
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII Image
WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII
Tugboat
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars Image
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
Tugboat
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall Image
WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
Typhoon
WWE Crunch Classic Image
WWE Crunch Classic
Typhoon
Thunder in Paradise 2 Image
Thunder in Paradise 2
Yussef
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV Image
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
The Shockmaster
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel Image
Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Albert
WWE Invasion '92 Image
WWE Invasion '92
Typhoon
No Image
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991
Typhoon
No Image
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88
Tug Tyler
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam Image
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam
Typhoon
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches Image
WWE Wrestling Grudge Matches
Typhoon
No Image
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
Typhoon
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 Image
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993
Typhoon
WWE WrestleFest '92 Image
WWE WrestleFest '92
Typhoon
WWF SuperTape Image
WWF SuperTape
Tugboat Thomas
No Image
PWF Homecoming
The Big Steel Man
No Image
Wrestling with Disaster
Himself
No Image
The Righteous Adventures of Commander Star Shark & Guppy!
Brigadier General T.T.SM.
No Image
Hammerhead Jones
Zarek