History Wrestling / FredOttman

* SelfDeprecation: He's since embraced the silliness of the Shockmaster gimmick and its failure, to the point of doing comedy videos with it. See BigFun, above.

* BigFun: He was a friendly, cheerful guy as Tugboat, which helped him get over with the crowd. Fans would often mimic his {{Catchphrase}}, pretending to pull a ship's horn and yelling "toot toot!" right back at him. More recently, there's this hilarious video of his interactions with Wrestling/BeckyLynch when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_m5nm0vdbQ she finds his Shockmaster helmet.]]
* {{Catchphrase}}: He would frequently mimic pulling a ship's horn and yell "toot toot!" as Tugboat.

* BigFun: He was a friendly, cheerful guy as Tugboat, which helped him get over with the crowd. Fans would often mimic his {{Catchphrase}}, pretending to pull a ship's horn and yelling "toot toot!" right back at him.

The same year Ottman joined WCW for perhaps his most well-known (or more accurately, [[NeverLiveItDown infamous]]) gimmick: The Shockmaster. At Clash of the Champions XXIV, Wrestling/{{Sting}} and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith were there at [[Wrestling/RicFlair Ric Flair's]] talk show, "A Flair for the Gold", where the men were feuding (alongside [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]]) with [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]], Wrestling/{{Vader}} and Harlem Heat (Kane and [[Wrestling/BookerT Kole]] at eight-man War Games match at Fall Brawl. Sid and Harlem Heat showed up demanding to know who the faces' fourth man would be. Sting introduced him and out came the Shockmaster with Ottman in a glittery purple [[Franchise/StarWars stormtrooper]] helmet, black vest and jeans. He tore through the wall, with full intention of intimidating the heels. Unfortunately for him, as he attempted his grand entrance, he tripped on a piece of lumber and fell on the floor with his helmet sliding off, revealing him to be the former Tugboat/Typhoon. He quickly put his helmet back on and tried to continue as nothing happened, even though everyone else was cracking up with Ole Anderson voicing him and issuing the heels a threat. After this fiasco, WCW tried to salvage him by revamping him to be a klutzy construction worker. After the War Games match (of which Ottman would score the victory for his team), the character was abandoned and a few months later, Ottman returned as The Super Shockmaster, this time being a masked wrestler. In 1994, Ottman returned to the WWE once again as Typhoon, only lasting a few months as jobber-to-the-stars yet again. After wrestling in the indie scene and WFOW and WXO, as well as a return as Tugboat in the 20-man gimmick Battle Royale match at Wrestling/WrestleMania X-Seven, Ottman would retire from wrestling.

* NiceHat: Sported a nice sailor's hat as Tugboat.

%%* BadassBeard

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ottman The Other Wiki]] has a more detailed article about his career.

* BadassBeard
** BeardOfEvil

* EpicFail: The Shockmaster entrance, perhaps the biggest one in professional wrestling.

* WrestlingFamily: Brother-in-law of Wrestling/DustyRhodes and uncle of Dustin Rhodes (AKA Goldust) and Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Also applies in kayfabe as The Super Shockmaster is the nephew of the original Shockmaster, who he refers to as Uncle Fred.

* {{Catchprhase}}: He would frequently mimic pulling a ship's horn and yell "toot toot!" as Tugboat.

The same year Ottman joined WCW for perhaps his most well-known gimmick: The Shockmaster. At Clash of the Champions XXIV ,Wrestling/Sting and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith were there at [[Wrestling/RicFlair Ric Flair's]] talk show, "A Flair for the Gold", where the men were feuding (alongside [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]]) with [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]], Wrestling/{{Vader}} and Harlem Heat (Kane and [[Wrestling/BookerT Kole]] at eight-man War Games match at Fall Brawl. Sid and Harlem Heat showed up demanding to know who the faces' fourth man would be. Sting introduced him and out came the Shockmaster with Ottman in a glittery purple [[Franchise/StarWars stormtrooper]] helmet, black vest and jeans. He tore through the wall, with full intention of intimidating the heels. Unfortunately for him, as he attempted his grand entrance, he tripped on a piece of lumber and fell on the floor with his helmet sliding off, revealing him to be the former Tugboat/Typhoon. He quickly put his helmet back on and tried to continue as nothing happened, even though everyone else was cracking up with Ole Anderson voicing him and issuing the heels a threat. After this fiasco, WCW tried to salvage him by revamping him to be a klutzy construction worker. After the War Games match (of which Ottman would score the victory for his team), the character was abandoned and a few months later, Ottman returned as The Super Shockmaster, this time being a masked wrestler. In 1994, Ottman returned to the WWE once again as Typhoon, only lasting a few months as jobber-to-the-stars yet again. After wrestling in the indie scene and WFOW and WXO, as well as a return as Tugboat in the 20-man gimmick Battle Royale match at Wrestling/WrestleMania X-Seven, Ottman would retire from wrestling.

** FaceHeelTurn: Tugboat, out of the blue, turning on the Bushwackers during a tag-team match against Earthquake and the Nasty Boys. [[note]](Tugboat "suddenly" clotheslined Butch from behind and threw him out of the ring, before splashing a prone Luke, then embraced his new friends afterward.)

Ottman had his start in 1985 in Championship Wrestling from Georgia as Sigfried the Giant, then Texas All-Star Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association as Big Bubba, Oregon Wrestling Federation as Hercules Haggerty, and Florida Championship Wrestling as U.S. Steel. In 1989, Ottman would join the WWE wrestling dark matches as Big Steel Men, but later on in the year would take on the persona of Tugboat (orignally Tugboat Tyler, then Tugboat Thomas before settling on the shorter namesake), a wrestling sailor who was trained by Wrestling/HulkHogan and was also friends with him. Tugboat would make his TV debut the following year where he aided Hogan as well as having feuds with Wrestling/TheUndertaker and an Intercontinental Title Bout with [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]], of which he would end up on the losing side. In the summer of 1991, Tugboat made a heel turn in a tag team match, turning on Wrestling/TheBushwhackers to aid [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]] and Wrestling/TheNastyBoys in the win. He would team up with Earthquake and adopt the new pseudonym, Typhoon, as they formed the tag team, Wrestling/TheNaturalDisasters, managed by Wrestling/JimmyHart. In early 1992, The Natural Disasters turned face after Jimmy Hart turned on them in favor of [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Money]] [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Inc.]] The Natural Disasters would feud with Money Inc. throughout 1992, even winning Tag Team Championships from them before dropping the title to them a few months later. In 1993, after Earthquake took a leave of absence from the WWE, Typhoon went to singles competition, mostly serving as jobber to the stars before leaving later in the year.

The same year Ottman joined WCW for perhaps his most well-known gimmick: The Shockmaster. At Clash of the Champions XXIV ,Wrestling/Sting and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith were there at [[Wrestling/RicFlair Ric Flair's]] talk show, "A Flair for the Gold", where the men were feuding (alongside [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]]) with [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]], Wrestling/{{Vader}} and Harlem Heat (Kane and [[Wrestling/BookerT Kole]] at eight-man War Games match at Fall Brawl. Sid and Harlem Heat showed up demanding to know who the faces' fourth man would be. Sting introduced him and out came the Shockmaster with Ottman in a glittery purple [[Franchise/StarWars stormtrooper]] helmet, black vest and jeans. He tore through the wall, with full intention of intimidating the heels. Unfortunately for him, as he attempted his grand entrance, he tripped on a piece of lumber and fell on the floor with his helmet sliding off, revealing him to be the former Tugboat/Typhoon. He quickly put his helmet back on and tried to continue as nothing happend, even though everyone else was cracking up with Ole Anderson voicing him and issuing the heels a threat. After this fiasco, WCW tried to salvage him by revamping him to be a klutzy construction worker. After the War Games match (of which Ottman would score the victory for his team), the character was abandoned and a few months later, Ottman returned as The Super Shockmaster, this time being a masked wrestler. In 1994, Ottman returned to the WWE once again as Typhoon, only lasting a few months as jobber-to-the-stars yet again. After wrestling in the indie scene and WFOW and WXO, as well as a return as Tugboat in the 20-man gimmick Battle Royale match at Wrestling/WrestleMania X-Seven, Ottman would retire from wrestling.

Ottman had his start in 1985 in Championship Wrestling from Georgia as Sigfried the Giant, then Texas All-Star Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association as Big Bubba, Oregon Wrestling Federation as Hercules Haggerty, and Florida Championship Wrestling as U.S. Steel. In 1989, Ottman would join the WWE wrestling dark matches as Big Steel Men, but later on in the year would take on the persona of Tugboat (orignally Tugboat Tyler, then Tugboat Thomas before settling on the shorter namesake), a wrestling sailor who was trained by Wrestling/HulkHogan and was also friends with him. Tugboat would make his TV debut the following year where he aided Hogan as well as having feuds with Wrestling/TheUndertaker and an Intercontinental Title Bout with [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]], of which he would end up on the losing side. In the summer of 1991, Tugboat made a heel turn in a tag team match, turning on Wrestling/TheBushwhackers to aid [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]] and Wrestling/TheNastyBoys in the win. He would team up with Earthquake and adopt the new pseudonym, Typhoon, as they formed the tag team, The Natural Disasters, managed by Wrestling/JimmyHart. In early 1992, The Natural Disasters turned face after Jimmy Hart turned on them in favor of [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Money]] [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Inc.]] The Natural Disasters would feud with Money Inc. throughout 1992, even winning Tag Team Championships from them before dropping the title to them a few months later. In 1993, after Earthquake took a leave of absence from the WWE, Typhoon went to singles competition, mostly serving as jobber to the stars before leaving later in the year.

!!! "All I have to say is, our partner is going to shock the world, because he is none other than the Tropemaster!!":

Fred Ottman (1956- ) is an American retired {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Tugboat/Typhoon and in Wrestling/{{WCW}} as The Shockmaster.

* ArchEnemy: Money, Inc. as part of The Natural Disasters after turning [[HeelFaceTurn face]].

* WrestlingFamily: Brother-in-law of Wrestling/DustyRhodes and uncle of Dustin Rhodes (AKA Goldust) and Wrestling/CodyRhodes. Also applies in-universe as The Super Shockmaster is the nephew of the original Shockmaster, who he refers to as Uncle Fred.

Ottman had his start in 1985 in Championship Wrestling from Georgia as Sigfried the Giant, then Texas All-Star Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association as Big Bubba and Florida Championship Wrestling as U.S. Steel. In 1989, Ottman would join the WWE wrestling dark matches as Big Steel Men, but later on in the year would take on the persona of Tugboat (orignally Tugboat Tyler, then Tugboat Thomas before settling on the shorter namesake), a wrestling sailor who was trained by Wrestling/HulkHogan and was also friends with him. Tugboat would make his TV debut the following year where he aided Hogan as well as having feuds with Wrestling/TheUndertaker and an Intercontinental Title Bout with [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]], of which he would end up on the losing side. In the summer of 1991, Tugboat made a heel turn in a tag team match, turning on Wrestling/TheBushwhackers to aid [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]] and Wrestling/TheNastyBoys in the win. He would team up with Earthquake and adopt the new pseudonym, Typhoon, as they formed the tag team, The Natural Disasters, managed by Wrestling/JimmyHart. In early 1992, The Natural Disasters turned face after Jimmy Hart turned on them in favor of [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Money]] [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Inc.]] The Natural Disasters would feud with Money Inc. throughout 1992, even winning Tag Team Championships from them before dropping the title to them a few months later. In 1993, after Earthquake took a leave of absence from the WWE, Typhoon went to singles competition, mostly serving as jobber to the stars before leaving later in the year.

* AlliterativeName: His early career as Big Bubba, his original monkiers as Tugboat, Tugboat Tyler and Tugboat Thomas, and of course, The Super Shockmaster.

* {{Battlecry}}: As Tugboat, he makes the sound of a ship horn and a toot.
* {{Jobber}}: His role late in his first WWE run and pretty much was this during his second run.

The same year Ottman joined WCW for perhaps his most well-known gimmick: The Shockmaster. At Clash of the Champions XXIV ,Wrestling/Sting and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith were there at [[Wrestling/RicFlair Ric Flair's]] talk show, "A Flair for the Gold", where the men were feuding (alongside [[Wrestling/{Goldust} Dustin Rhodes]]) with [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]], Wrestling/{{Vader}} and Harlem Heat (Kane and [[Wrestling/BookerT Kole]] at eight-man War Games match at Fall Brawl. Sid and Harlem Heat showed up demanding to know who the faces' fourth man would be. Sting introduced him and out came the Shockmaster with Ottman in a glittery purple [[Franchise/StarWars stormtrooper]] helmet, black vest and jeans. He tore through the wall, with full intention of intimidating the heels. Unfortunately for him, as he attempted his grand entrance, he tripped on a piece of lumber and fell on the floor with his helmet sliding off, revealing him to be the former Tugboat/Typhoon. He quickly put his helmet back on and tried to continue as nothing happend, even though everyone else was cracking up with Ole Anderson voicing him and issuing the heels a threat. After this fiasco, WCW tried to salvage him by revamping him to be a klutzy construction worker. After the War Games match (of which Ottman would score the victory for his team), the character was abandoned and a few months later, Ottman returned as The Super Shockmaster, this time being a masked wrestler. In 1994, Ottman returned to the WWE once again as Typhoon, only lasting a few months as jobber-to-the-stars yet again. After wrestling in the indie scene and WFOW and WXO, as well as a return as Tugboat in the 20-man gimmick Battle Royale match at Wrestling/WrestleMania X-Seven, Ottman would retire from wrestling.

* WrestlingFamily: Brother-in-law of Wrestling/DustyRhodes and uncle of Dustin Rhodes (AKA Goldust) and Wrestling/CodyRhodes.

Fred Ottman (1956- ) is an American retired {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his time in Wrestling/WWE as Tugboat/Typhoon and in Wrestling/WCW as The Shockmaster.

* WrestlingDoesntPay: As Tugboat the wrestling sailor and the Shockmaster's revamp as a construction worker.