With Bravo by Earthquake's side, Hogan recruited friend Tugboat. When his rival injured Tugboat, thus sidelining him for SummerSlam 1990, Hogan turned to the Big Boss Man, setting up a star ...

Ottman actually arrived in the then-WWF in 1991 as Big Steel Man, before reverting to the Tugboat persona soon after. The big man received a solid push in 1990, before turning heel in 1991 and ...

Fred Ottman had a 90s run in WWF and WCW as many characters, most infamously The Shockmaster. But his breakthrough came as Tugboat in the early 90s in WWF as he was one of Hulk Hogan's closest ...

That might seem superficially logical, but it s not really because by 1990 Vince McMahon and the WWF had well and truly established that wrestling was for kids and fans of irony.