In the video below, Fred Ottman talks about working in WWE as Tugboat and Typhoon, the creation of The Shockmaster in WCW, his relationships with Hulk Hogan & John Tenta, plus more. Ottman teamed up with John "Earthquake" Tenta to form The Natural Disasters tag team. He is a one-time tag team champion in WWE.
He was supposed to make his debut in a match alongside the team of Sting, Dustin Rhodes and Davey Boy Smith as their mystery partner against a heel team of Sid Vicious, Big Van Vader and Harlem Heat at Fall Brawl but had an embarrasing fall while being introduced in Ric Flair’s show Flair for the Gold. This incident is known as the infamous Shockmaster incident.
Ottman’s son works for WWE as a timekeeper and has said that there’s been no talk with WWE about a Legends deal or a Hall of Fame induction.