1. Fred Ottman Talks About What Made Him To Fall During His Shockmaster Debut
It’s been 23 years (and 3 days to be exact) since the infamous debut of The Shockmaster. During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Fred Ottman (the main behind The Shockmaster, Tugboat, and Typhoon gimmicks) talks about what made him fall during the debut of The Shockmaster & more. Below are the highlights:
[showhide more_text=”Read More” less_text=”Read Less”]“It was really bad that night. It was live TV, and it was a nightmare. I’d driven to Daytona, Florida–where it took place–from my house in Tampa, and it was a hard drive back at night. All Dusty Rhodes (who produced the segment) could do was shake his head.
I tripped over that two-by-four. And they couldn’t mic me, so Ole Anderson did the voice. There was pantyhose over the holes of my mask because the glitter from the mask was falling into my eyes. Mike Graham gave me the cue, but his last words were, ‘Fred, you’re going to have to hit this thing hard.’ The next thing I knew, I fell and exposed myself on live television.
I still have the helmet in my house. It is the holy grail whenever I do the comic cons, and the new action figure. It was a humiliating night, but people are still talking about it.”
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