Ottman made his first appearance in the WWF in June 1989 in a dark match under the ring name Big Man Steel with Slick as his manager.

After Earthquake took a leave of absence from the WWF early in 1993, Ottman wrestled in singles matches before leaving the company that spring.

After departing from the WWF, Ottman found himself at the center of one of the most infamous moments in wrestling history.

After leaving the WWF in August 1994, Ottman, still using the Typhoon name, began wrestling on the independent circuit in the East Coast.

* Tugboat, a professional wrestling gimmick in the WWF portrayed by Fred Ottman

In 2001 the WWF hosted a sort of reunion of the Natural Disasters as they were both involved in the Gimmick Battle Royal of WrestleMania X-Seven, but Fred Ottman wrestled as Tugboat instead of Typhoon.

* Typhoon, stage name of American professional wrestler Fred Ottman

Fred Ottman ( born August 10, 1956 ) is a retired American professional wrestler best known as Tugboat or Typhoon, and for teaming with John " Earthquake " Tenta as The Natural Disasters in the World Wrestling Federation.

Later in 1991, Earthquake formed a tag team with Typhoon ( Tenta's friend, Fred Ottman, who had previously wrestled as Tugboat before turning heel ) called The Natural Disasters, managed by Jimmy Hart.

The Natural Disasters were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Earthquake ( John Tenta ) and Typhoon ( Fred Ottman ) who competed in the World Wrestling Federation between 1991 and 1993.

In May 1991, Ottman teased a heel turn by attacking Hulk Hogan in a battle royal on NBC's Saturday Night's Main Event.

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He is one of the two uncles of Cody Rhodes, the other being Fred Ottman.

Dusty Rhodes later claimed, on an episode of WWE 24 / 7's " Legends of Wrestling " show, the piece of lumber previously wasn't there during a successful practice run and it was later put there by David Crockett without informing Ottman.

Instead, Ottman tripped over a piece of lumber that was framing the set, causing him to fall down, his helmet falling off and sliding across the floor.

From then on the armenian Patriachate of Constantinople acted as superior religious institution in the Ottman Empire, even standing over the armenian Catholicos.

The unincorporated communities of Beldenville, Ottman Corners, and Trimbelle are located in the town.

The score's original music was composed by John Ottman.

Ottman is also well known for his infamous Shockmaster gimmick in World Championship Wrestling.

Ottman competed in the Gordon Solie-hosted Florida Championship Wrestling promotion as a babyface known as U. S. Steel.

"< p style =" text-align: right ;"> — Ottman on The Shockmaster's debut.

Ottman was supposed to make a dramatic entrance by crashing through the wall.

Ottman slowly walked towards the wrestlers and stood menacingly in an attempt to salvage the segment.

Sid Vicious and Harlem Heat were visibly struggling to contain their laughter as Ottman began his promo, which was actually voiced by Ole Anderson.

" While Ottman was displeased with the turn of events, he now finds humor in the incident.

Also portrayed by Ottman, he was presented as The Shockmaster's nephew, and referred to him as " Uncle 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.

Ottman retired from wrestling after WXO folded in 2001.

The original music score was composed by John Ottman, but some music from Scream was added to the chase scenes later on during post-production.

Waltman returned to WWF programming on March 30, 1998, the night after WrestleMania XIV and days after being released from WCW.

When Hall, Nash and Hogan returned to the WWF in 2002, Hogan was removed from the latest incarnation of the nWo.

During summer 1990, Slaughter returned to the WWF, but shortly after making his televised return, Slaughter's gimmick as that of a patriotic American soldier was turned upside down, when his character temporarily turned against America to become an Iraqi sympathizer.

After a hiatus, he returned to WWF television on the August 4, 1997 episode of Raw is War to assume the role of on-air commissioner.

On July 18, 2002, McMahon returned to the WWF ( renamed WWE following a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund ) as the General Manager of SmackDown !.

Along with fellow ECW alumnus Tommy Dreamer, Van Dam returned to WWF television on the July 9, 2001 episode of Raw in Atlanta, Georgia as a heel, and attacking WWF wrestlers Kane and Chris Jericho.

After he defended his title successfully against Booker T, Eddie Guerrero returned to the WWF and attacked Van Dam.

Guerrero returned to WWF on the April 1, 2002 episode of Raw, attacking Rob Van Dam.

Levy returned to the WWF, as Raven, in 2000 at Unforgiven when he interfered in the Strap match between Tazz and Jerry Lawler, by hitting Lawler with a DDT.

DiBiase returned to the WWF at the Royal Rumble as a guest commentator.

After leaving WCW they returned to the WWF where the Legion of Doom took part in the feud between ” Stone Cold ” Steve Austin and the Hart Foundation, siding with Austin.

Hart finally accepted Austin's challenge and returned to the WWF in October 1996.

The event returned the following year to Atlantic City, New Jersey for WrestleMania V, in which Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage for the WWF Championship Savage had won the previous year.

The next edition, WrestleMania VIII, was held in the Hoosier Dome with Macho Man Randy Savage defeating Ric Flair for the WWF Championship and Hulk Hogan defeating Sid Justice via disqualification. The Undertaker has been undefeated at WrestleMania with a 20 – 0 winning streakShawn Michaels returned from retirement in the 2000s to consistently produce Match-of-the-Year candidates at the event – earning himself the moniker ‘ Mr. WrestleMania ’

Following a leave of absence from the WWF, Piper returned during a TV taping on WWF Superstars in 1986 against jobber A. J.

Leaving the WWF again, he soon returned in 1995 at WrestleMania XI, once again in a referee capacity, for the submission-only match between Hart and Bob Backlund.

Following the end of his legal troubles which kept him out of Survivor Series 1993, Lawler eventually returned to the WWF at WrestleMania X, which was also the first WWF pay-per-view he ever commentated at.

On November 19, 2001, Lawler returned to the WWF.

Billed as the original nWo, Nash, Hall, and Hogan returned to the WWF at No Way Out on February 17, 2002.

" Hennig returned to the WWF for a brief period in 2002, being one of the last three men remaining at the Royal Rumble.

In 1984, Volkoff returned to the now WWF and teamed with the Iron Sheik.

In 1994, Volkoff again returned to the WWF and became a sympathetic heel by playing the whipping-boy of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation.