1. Fred Alex Ottman was born on August 10,1956 and is an American retired professional wrestler.
33 Facts About Fred Ottman
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Fred Ottman worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon.
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In 1993, Ottman debuted as The Shockmaster in World Championship Wrestling and immediately fell over, losing his mask on live television while his teammates broke character and laughed.
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Fred Ottman was trained by Boris Malenko and got his start as Sigfried the Giant in February 1985, for Championship Wrestling from Georgia.
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Fred Ottman later wrestled for Texas All-Star Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association as Big Bubba.
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Fred Ottman wrestled as Big Bubba in 1986 and 1987 in Memphis for Jerry Jarrett's CWA wrestling where he teamed with Goliath as the Downtown Connection and was initially managed by Downtown Bruno.
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In September 1988, Fred Ottman wrestled on the Gordon Solie-hosted TV shows of Championship Wrestling from Florida as a heel called Big Steel Man, managed by Diamond Dallas Page.
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Fred Ottman defeated Rhodes for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship on May 13,1989.
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Fred Ottman made his first appearance in the WWF in June 1989 in a dark match under the ring name "Big Steel Man" with Slick as his manager.
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Fred Ottman wrestled three more dark matches that summer, defeating Paul Roma and Boris Zukhov, and losing to Mr Perfect.
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Fred Ottman debuted on WWF television on the January 27,1990 episode of Superstars under the Tugboat Thomas moniker and defeated Iron Mike Sharpe.
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Fred Ottman's costume consisted of a red striped shirt, white pants, and a sailor's hat.
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In May 1991, Fred Ottman teased a heel turn by eliminating Hulk Hogan in a battle royal on NBC's Saturday Night's Main Event XXIX.
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Fred Ottman worked house shows against Terry Taylor in the spring.
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Fred Ottman put over a returning Bam Bam Bigelow in a series of house shows, and twice on televised Raw shows.
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Fred Ottman wrestled two televised matches against Yokozuna, losing one by pinfall and winning the other by disqualification.
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Fred Ottman had signed with World Championship Wrestling and was to make his debut in a match alongside the fan favorite team of Sting, Dustin Rhodes and Davey Boy Smith in the upcoming eight-man WarGames match against the heel team composed of Sid Vicious, Big Van Vader, Kane and Kole at Fall Brawl.
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Fred Ottman then began gesturing toward his would-be opponents several seconds before a menacing gravelly off-screen voice started to threaten Sid and Vader.
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Fred Ottman's ring attire for his match was a plain white shirt, jeans and a white construction worker's helmet, very different to the character in its infamous debut.
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Fred Ottman entered last into the match and actually gained the victory for his team by forcing Kole to submit to a bear hug.
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Fred Ottman changed his name to "The Super Shockmaster" and departed in January 1994.
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On February 22,2016, Fred Ottman returned as The Shockmaster for an episode of the WWE Network show, The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness.
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Fred Ottman returned to the WWF as Typhoon in May 1994, taking the place of his former partner Earthquake in house show matches against Yokozuna after Earthquake left the WWF.
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Fred Ottman teamed up with Shinja and advanced to the semi-finals, before losing to Genichiro Tenryu and Ultimo Dragon.
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Fred Ottman lost to NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan Severn on November 7,1997 in Gainesville, Florida.
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Fred Ottman was one of the participants in the 20-man Gimmick Battle Royal match at WrestleMania X-Seven as Tugboat, and was eliminated by his former partner, Earthquake.
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Fred Ottman added that he heard the news about it from Bruce Prichard via phone call.
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On September 5,2009, Fred Ottman returned to the ring as Tugboat losing to Martin Nolte at DWA 10 years event in Uelzen, Germany.
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Fred Ottman appears along with Earthquake in WWE 2K17 and WWE 2K18 as well.
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Fred Ottman is parodied in the 2014 RPG LISA as Shocklord.
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Fred Ottman coached the little league team of his two sons, Berkley and Beau, and daughter, Bailey.
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Fred Ottman is the brother-in-law of pro wrestler Dusty Rhodes.
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Fred Ottman is one of the two uncles of Cody Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes, the other being Jerry Sags.