Natural Disasters

{{Infobox Wrestling team
 * name = Natural Disasters
 * type= T
 * image =
 * members = John Tena [[Typhoon|Fred Ottman
 * names =
 * former =
 * heights = Earthquake: 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) Typhoon: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
 * weights = 852 lb. (386 kg) (60.9st)
 * billed = Earthquake - Surrey, British Columbia, Typhoon - Virginia
 * debuted = 1991
 * disbanded = 1993
 * promotions = WWF

=The Formation= In the summer of 1991, Earthquake had just finished a feud with Jake “The Snake” Roberts when he seemingly reignited a feud from 1990 with the massive Tugboat, a fan favorite and close friend of Hulk Hogan. In a televised 6 man tag-team match where Earthquake teamed with the Nasty Boys and Tugboat teamed with The Bushwhackers Tugboat turned on his partners after a few minutes of action and joined the Earthquake in laying the two New Zealanders out cold with a big splash. After the heel turn Tugboat changed his name to Typhoon and together they became known as “The Natural Disasters” one of the heaviest tag-teams in the world.

The first order of business was the Bushwhackers, whom they made very short work of at the 1991 SummerSlam PPV. After destroying the Bushwhackers the Disasters targeted André the Giant who was at ringside on crutches due to an injury. The assault was stopped by the Legion of Doom who ran off the Natural Disasters and kicked off the Legion of Doom / Natural Disasters feud. Later in the night the Legion of Doom would go on to win the WWF World Tag-Team titles from the Nasty Boys, which meant that the Natural Disasters became first in line to get a shot at the new champions.

The first big profile meeting between the two teams came at the 1991 Survivor Series where they were on opposing sides in an elimination match. Typhoon was eliminated due to a miscommunication with team member Irwin R. Schyster followed by Earthquake walking out with him, leaving the Legion of Doom as the eventual winners. From November to January the Disasters challenged for the tag-team titles on the house show circuit but usually without a decisive outcome. At the 1992 Royal Rumble the Disasters got their biggest opportunity so far as they received a shot at the titles. The Disasters won the match, but because it was by count out they did not win the world titles.

You can run, but you can't hide. That statement never has been truer than the case of Money Inc. Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase and IRS. They ran like scared rabbits with their WWF Tag Team Title when the Natural Disasters came after them. It was obvious the Disasters were too much for Money Inc. at Wrestlemania 8 when they hammered them so badly Money Inc. had to run from the ring and lose by a count-out. The Disasters were cheated out of a shot at the belts when they were held by the Legion of Doom. The engineer of that deal was their then-manager Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart. Bought off by Money Inc., he got them instead of the Disasters a chance at the title. Money Inc. took it. so the Disasters were enraged. Their anger was soothed, however, in August, when they finally cornered DiBiase and IRS. During a title match between the Disasters and Money INC., a brawl eruped. While DiBiase held Typhoon from behind, IRS tried to bash the Disaster with his briefcase. Typhoon ducked, DiBiase got clobbered and Earthquake covered him for the pin.