12 WWE Superstars You Forgot Debuted Under Different Names

12. The Natural Disasters

When Earthquake and Typhoon formed the Natural Disasters in the Summer of '91, the two put to bed a year-long feud that began shortly after Tugboat Thomas debuted on WWF television. Who is Tugboat Thomas, you ask? That would be Fred Ottman's first WWF character name.

Later shortened to just "Tugboat", Ottman's name changed again, this time to Typhoon, when he joined forces with his longtime enemy, a man that also experienced numerous name changes before settling on "Earthquake".

John Tenta began wrestling for the WWF in dark matches first using his real name in March of 1989, and then as "Earthquake Evans", managed by the Doctor Of Style, Slick, in September '89. Tenta's first televised spot came as "John from West Virginia", a planted "fan" that aligned with Dino Bravo and manager Jimmy Hart, attacking the Ultimate Warrior and taking the name of "The Canadian Earthquake".

Like Ottman, Tenta's name was eventually shortened to just "Earthquake" and, with the exception of a short run as the masked Golga in 1998, it was his for the duration of his WWF career.