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Title History
- Texas All Star USA Heavyweight title defeating Al Madril for vacant title (December 21, 1985);
- CWA (Memphis) International Heavyweight title defeating Pat Tanaka for vacant title (October 6, 1986);
- CWA Mid America Heavyweight title defeating Tracy Smothers (October 27, 1986);
- AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/ Jerry Lawler defeating Roger Smith and Don Bass (November 3, 1986);
- AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/ Goliath defeating Pat Tanaka and Jeff Jarrett (February 22, 1987);
- PWF Florida Heavyweight title defeating Dusty Rhodes (May 13, 1989);
- SWS (Japan) Tag Team titles w/ Earthquake defeating Shunji and George Takano (April 17, 1992);
- WWF World Tag Team titles w/ Earthquake defeating Money Inc. (July 20, 1992);
- IAW Tag Team titles w/ Ax defeating Texas Hangmen (August 24, 1996);
- IAW Tag Team titles w/ Ax defeating Texas Hangmen (February 4, 1997);
Typhoon Career History
In The Beginning:
- Fred Ottman wrestled in Memphis as “Bubba the Belt Collector” and feuded with Jerry “The King Lawler.
- Frdd Ottman wrestled in Florida as “US Steel”, and changed to “Big Steelman” after threats of lawsuits from the US Steel” company.
World Wrestling Federation – Tugboat:
- Fred Ottman debuted in the WWF as Tugboat, and siding with Hulk Hogan in his feud with Dino Bravo and Earthquake.
- January 27, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat Thomas defeated Iron Mike Sharpe.
- February 4, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat Thomas defeated Craig Brown.
- May 6, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat Thomas defeated Black Bart.
- May 12, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated The Brooklyn Brawler.
- May 20, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Bob Bradley.
- June 1, 1990 – House Show: Tugboat defeated Jerry Sags.
- June 2, 1990 – House Show: Tugboat defeated Brian Knobbs.
- June 3, 1990 – House Show: Tugboat defeated Dino Bravo.
- June 9, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Paul Diamond.
- June 17, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Pez Whatley.
- June 30, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Dale Wolfe.
- July 8, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Chris Duffy.
- July 14, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Tony Burton.
- July 29, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Black Bart.
- August 18, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Bob Bradley by disqualification.
- September 2, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Buddy Rose.
- September 15, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Bob Bradley.
- September 23, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Chris Duffy.
- September 29, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated The Conquistador.
- October 7, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Black Bart.
- October 13, 1990 – Saturday Night Main Event: Hulk Hogan and Tugboat defeated Greg Valentine and The Honky Tonk Man by disqualification.
- November 18, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Doug Vines.
- November 22, 1990 – Survivor Series: The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jim Duggan, The Big Boss Man & Tugboat) defeated The Natural Disasters (Dino Bravo, Earthquake, Haku & The Barbarian) in a tag team elimination match.
- November 24, 1990 – MSG Network: Tugboat defeated Boris Zhukov.
- December 1, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Jeff Sword.
- December 9, 1990 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Boris Zhukov.
- December 29, 1990 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Bob Bradley.
- January 13, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Spike Jones.
- January 19, 1991 – Royal Rumble: Tugboat was in the Royal Rumble match won by Hulk Hogan.
- February 9, 1991 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated Earthquake by DQ.
- March 2, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Joe Turner.
- March 13, 1991 – WrestleMania: The Undertaker defeated Tugboat.
- April 13, 1991 – Superstars: Tugboat defeated The Brooklyn Brawler.
- April 21, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Jim Kolhep.
- May 5, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: Intercontinental champion Mr. Perfect defeated Tugboat to retain the title.
- June 2, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: Tugboat defeated Dan Johnson.
- Tugboat eventually turned on Hulk Hogan and formed a dominating tag team with Earthquake known as the Natural Disasters.
World Wrestling Federation – The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon):
- June 15, 1991 – Superstars: Earthquake & The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) defeated The Bushwhackers (Butch & Luke) & Tugboat.
- June 26, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bill Sampson & Bob Abbott.
- July 7, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Matthew Burns & Scott Carlson.
- July 13, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bob Frazier & Koko B. Ware.
- July 21, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Matthew Burns & Scott Carlson.
- August 3, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Doug Carson & Stan Saxon.
- August 11, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Hutch Thomas & Mike Russell.
- August 24, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Andy Garcia & Russ Greenberg.
- August 26, 1991 – SummerSlam: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated The Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch).
- September 1, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Chris Michaels & Sonny Blaze.
- September 8, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Paul Perez & Phil Apollo.
- September 14, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Brian Donahue & Mike Fury.
- September 28, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Joe Milano & Martin Roy.
- October 6, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Mark Thomas & Tony Diamond.
- October 19, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Barry Hardy, Duane Gill & Jim Arnon in a handicap match.
- November 3, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated The Rockers (Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels).
- November 16, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Burt Stiles & Tom Stone.
- November 27, 1991 – Survivor Series: The Big Boss Man & The Legion Of Doom (Animal & Hawk) defeated Irwin R. Schyster & The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) in a tag team elimination match.
- December 1, 1991 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Jason Headings & Mario Mancini.
- December 12, 1991 – SWS: SWS tag team champions The Legion Of Doom (Animal & Hawk) defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) to retain the titles.
- December 14, 1991 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bill Pierce & Kevin Drake.
- January 5, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Brian Donahue & Robert Taylor.
- January 11, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bobby Jones & Ken Johnson.
- January 19, 1992 – Royal Rumble: The Natural Disasters defeated Tag Team champions The Legion of Doom by Countout.
- The Natural Disasters dumped their manager, Jimmy Hart, because Hart was favoring his other tag team, Money Inc., at the time.
World Wrestling Federation – The Natural Disasters (babyface turn):
- February 8, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bob Avery & Ray Hammer.
- February 10, 1992 – House Show: Animal and the Big Bossman defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon).
- March 8, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bob Avery & Brad Avery.
- March 14, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Jim Cooper & Paul Simpson.
- March 28, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bob Morgan & Dale Wolfe.
- April 5, 1992 – WrestleMania 8: The Natural Disasters defeated WWF Tag Team champions Money Inc. by Count-out.
- April 16, 1992 – SWS: Ric Flair & The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Ashura Hara, Genichiro Tenryu & Takashi Ishikawa.
- April 17, 1992 – SWS: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated George Takano & Shunji Takano to win the SWS tag team titles.
- April 18, 1992 – SWS: King Haku & Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon to win the WSW tag team titles.
- April 25, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Kent Carlson & Tom Stone.
- May 3, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated The Brooklyn Brawler & Warren Bianchi.
- May 30, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Duane Gill & Mike Fury.
- June 13, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated The Executioners.
- July 6, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Barry Hardy & Brian Costello.
- July 18, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Duane Gill & The Brooklyn Brawler.
- July 20, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters defeated Money Inc (Ted DiBiase and IRS) to win the WWF Tag Team titles in a dark match.
- August 8, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Brian Brieger & Brian Donahue to retain the titles.
- August 29, 1992 – Summerslam: The Natural Disasters defeated The Beverly Brothers to retain the WWF Tag Team titles.
- September 6, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Craig Brown & Kevin Neal to retain the tag team titles.
- September 12, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Doug Somers & Joe Turner to retain the tag titles.
- September 27, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Doug Somers & Iron Mike Sharpe to retain the titles.
- October 3, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Barry Horowitz & Bob Bradley to retain the tag team titles.
- October 13, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated Brian Costello and Jim Peterson.
- October 18, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Ken Johnson & Victor Reeves to retain the tag team titles.
- October 24, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Bill Jordan & Tom Stone to retain the tag team titles.
- November 1, 1992 – Wrestling Challenge: Money Inc. (Irwin R. Schyster & Ted DiBiase) defeated The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) to win the tag team titles.
- November 21, 1992 – Superstars: The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated Mike Kramer and Steve Walker.
- November 24, 1992 – Survivor Series: The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) & The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon) defeated Money Inc. (Irwin R. Schyster & Ted DiBiase) & The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly & Blake Beverly) in a tag team elimination match.
World Wrestling Federation – Typhoon:
- January 24, 1993 – Royal Rumble: Typhoon was in the Royal Rumble match won by Yokozuna.
- February 1, 1993 – RAW: Doink the Clown defeated Typhoon.
- February 14, 1993 – Wrestling Challenge: Razor Ramon defeated Typhoon.
- February 15, 1993 – RAW: Typhoon competed in a battle royal which was won by Razor Ramon.
- March 8, 1993 – RAW: Typhoon defeated L.A. Gore.
- April 11, 1993 – UK Rampage: Typhoon defeated The Brooklyn Brawler.
- April 25, 1993 – Wrestling Challenge: Typhoon defeated Barry Horowitz.
- April 26, 1993 – RAW: Typhoon defeated Skull Von Krush.
- May 1, 1993 – Superstars: Typhoon defeated Larry Ludden.
- May 10, 1993 – RAW: Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Typhoon.
World Championship Wrestling:
- Fred Ottman was the victim of the most embarrassing gimmick in the history of wrestling, The SHOCKMASTER.
- ~~~Fred Ottman’s debut in WCW, as the “Shockmaster,” was botched when he tripped during his entrance and looked like a goof.
- ~~~Dispite the obvious botched entrance on LIVE TELEVISION, the company decided to continue with the character.
- September 19, 1993 – Fall Brawl: Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes, Sting & The Shockmaster defeated Harlem Heat (Kane & Kole), Big Van Vader & Sid Vicious in a war games rules match.
- October 9, 1993 – Saturday Night: Dustin Rhodes and The Shockmaster defeated Shanghai Pierce and Tex Slazenger.
- October 23, 1993 – Saturday Night: Charlie Norris, Ice-Train and The Shockmaster defeated Fred Avery, Jeff Gamble and Todd Zane. The Shockmaster defeated Bob Starr in a dark match.
- October 24, 1993 – Halloween Havoc: Ice Train and Charlie Norris and Shockmaster defeated Harlem Heat and The Equalizer.
- October 30, 1993 – Saturday Night: The Shockmaster defeated Chic Donovan.
- November 10, 1993 – Clash of Champions #25: Shockmaster defeated The Equalizer.
- November 20, 1993 – BattleBowl: The Shockmaster and Paul Orndorff defeated Steven Regal and Ricky Steamboat in the Lethal Lottery.
- December 4, 1993 – Worldwide: The Shockmaster defeated Suger Daddy.
- December 27, 1993 – Starrcade: The Shockmaster defeated King Kong.
- January 1, 1994 – Worldwide: The Shockmaster defeated Mike DeBacco.
- January 1, 1994 – Saturday Night: The Shockmaster defeated JL Sullivan.
- January 3, 1994 – Main Event: The Shockmaster defeated Chris Sullivan.
- January 8, 1994 – Saturday Night: The Shockmaster defeated Otis Apollo.
- February 5, 1994 – Saturday Night: Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma) defeated Mark Starr & The Shockmaster.
World Wrestling Federation:
- June 20, 1994 – Monday Night RAW: Typhoon defeated The Black Phantom.
- June 25, 1994 – Superstars: Typhoon defeated Pierre.
- July 3, 1994 – Wrestling Challenge: Typhoon defeated Cory Student.
- July 16, 1994 – Superstars: Typhoon defeated Yokozuna by disqualification.
- July 31, 1994 – Wrestling Challenge: Crush and Yokozuna defeated Typhoon and Mabel.
- April 1, 2001 – Wrestlemania: Tugboat was in the gimmick battle royal won by The Iron Sheik.
Post Fame:
- May 13, 1995 – USA: The Warlord defeated Typhoon to win the vacant USA heavyweight title.
- May 18, 1996 – USA: Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Typhoon to win the vacant USA heavyweight title.
- May 27, 2000 – Wrestling In Ashwaubenon: Typhoon defeated One Man Gang and Ron Harris in a 3-way match.
- June 10, 2000 – FOW: Typhoon defeated Duke Droese.
- September 5, 2009 – DWA: Martin Nolte defeated Tugboat.
- November 21, 2009 – ECPW: Tugboat defeated Jason Static.
- Fred Ottman made appearances in Ted DiBiase’s wXo promotion as an overweight bafoon who couldn’t get out of his own vehicle.