FRED OTTMAN REVEALS THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR "THE SHOCKMASTER" HAD HE NOT FALLEN DURING HIS DEBUT
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com on 2007-12-06 10:58:16
He tooted along as Tugboat. He caused disaster alongside Earthquake. He fell into history as The Shockmaster. Now, in a rare shoot interview, Fred Ottman joins ClubWWI.com to discuss it all.
Although Fred talks about every aspect of his career in his 40 minute ClubWWI uncut shoot interview, one subject he discusses is the one that most people still bring up - The Shockmaster. Set to debut as a massive foil for Big Van Vader, Fred was told his introduction would include breaking through the wall of "The Flair For The Gold" set during a WCW show. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out that way as Ottman tripped, fell, and lost his mask as soon as the wall came down.
He tried to recover but it was impossible. WCW changed his gimmick and he soon became "Uncle Fred." Ottman told James Guttman the full story of that infamous moment in his ClubWWI.com interview. He explained the role his sparkly mask played in all of it as well as the reaction from people backstage after the segment ended. JG then asked what the original direction for the Shockmaster was prior to the fall. Fred answered:
"They were going to bring me in but it was going to be more of a comic book type character. You know what I'm saying? The costume and stuff like that was - around the same kind as when they did the Glacier gimmick. If you look back at when they stared doing the Glacier promos and that stuff. You know, it was really truly supposed to be like, I had a Mexican mask I would have worn. Just the whole outfit was pretty wild. I wore it maybe five or six times, seven times, something like that, you know. And then - whoosh - they morphed me into a Howdy Doody Uncle Fred character."
Fred Ottman's rare ClubWWI.com shoot interview went on for 40 minutes and included a ton of talk including his debut in Texas, Dusty Rhodes, choosing WWF over WCW, Bruiser Brody, personal memories of "Earthquake" John Tenta, becoming Typhoon, Hulk Hogan friendship bracelets, why Typhoon didn't feud with Hogan, his action figures, his new career, Bruiser Brody, and much more.
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