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Alias
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Big Bubba, Big Fred, Big Steel Man, Bubba the Belt Collector, Fred Ottman, Hercules Haggerty, The Shockmaster, Siegfried, Siegfried the Giant, Tugboat, Tugboat Thomas, Typhoon, U.S. Steel |
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Familiy Ties
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Fred Ottman is the uncle of Cody Rhodes and the brother-in-law of Dusty Rhodes. |
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Trainer
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Was trained by
Boris Malenko. |
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Finisher
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Big Splash |
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Trademark Moves
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Bearhug Slam and Corner Splash |
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Tag Teams
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Downtown Connection with Goliath (as Big Bubba) |
| Natural Disasters [2] with Earthquake (as Typhoon) |
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Managed by
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Managed by Sir Oliver Humperdink (as "Fred Ottman"). Managed by Jimmy Hart (as "Typhoon"). |
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Hair Match Lost
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as Big Bubba by Jerry Lawler (1986/11/23) |
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Matches Fought
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Statistics and information about the 1043 matches fought by Fred Ottman in our events database |
- Fred Alex Ottman is an American retired professional wrestler.
- Worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1989 to 1994 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon.
- As Tugboat, he played a key ally of Hulk Hogan
- As Typhoon, he turned heel to form Natural Disasters [2] with Earthquake and held the WWF World Tag Team Titles.
- In 1993, he 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. This botch hurt his career in the short term but is now generally regarded as the worst debut in wrestling history, notoriety he capitalized upon after his in-ring retirement. |
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