Al Green Al Green ( October 15 , 1955 - June 14 , 2013 ) was a professional wrestler who has performed in North America , Europe and Japan under a variety of gimmicks the most well known being " Rage " ( One half of the team The Wrecking Crew with Fury ) , Blade one half of the Master Blasters with Steel ( Kevin Nash ) and the Dog in World Championship Wrestling at the turn of the millennium . Career . Green was trained for a professional wrestling career by Steve Keirn , making his debut in 1990 . Green ' s first role was as a replacement partner for Kevin Nash in " The Master Blasters " . Green was known as " Blade " and worked for World Championship Wrestling in September and October 1990 . After leaving WCW Green competed for Florida Championship Wrestling as one half of the tag team The Bounty Hunters , first known as " Bounty Hunter # 1 " later on as " The Bounty Hunter . The Bounty Hunters won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship in November , but when one of the Bounty Hunters was injured The Terminator stepped in and teamed up with Green to defend the tag team titles . The team held the gold until the Nasty Boys beat them on a card in Nassau , Bahamas on January 6 , 1990 . The Wrecking Crew . While the team with The Terminator was a makeshift team at first , but they began teaming regularly first under the name The Terminators then later on as The Wrecking Crew where Marc became known as Fury and Al was renamed “ Rage ” . The team competed for the International Wrestling Federation based in Florida showing themselves to be a force in the tag team division . On May 28 , 1992 the duo beat IWF Tag Team Champions The Long Riders ( Brett Colt and Kip Winchester ) . By late 1992 the Wrecking Crew got signed by World Championship Wrestling , making their debut in January 1993 . Shortly after their debut the Wrecking Crew got national exposure by competing at Clash of the Champions XXII on January 13 where they defeated Tom Zenk and Johnny Gunn . After their success at the clash the team rode on a wave of success defeating Gunn and Zenk repeatedly , as well as looking impressive against temporary teams such as 2 Cold Scorpio and Johnny B . Badd , and Marcus Bagwell and Joey Maggs . By March the team was contesting a series of matches with future WCW World Tag Team Champions 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell as well as feuding with the identical twin duo known as The Cole Twins ( Keith and Kent Cole ) . The feud with the Cole Twins was soon expanded to also include Bagwell and Scorpio as well as Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce . As the feud wore on the Cole Twins got the upper hand in the feud over the two big men . The Wrecking Crew also faced Cactus Jack and The Barbarian in a series of house show matches . As Summer turned to fall the Wrecking Crew ’ s time with WCW ended , returning to the independent scene . In 1994 the Wrecking Crew traveled to Europe to work for Otto Wanz ’ Catch Wrestling Association . On July 24 they defeated David Finlay and John Hawk in the finals of a tournament to crown new CWA Tag Team Champions after Larry Cameron had died during a match . Fury and Rage held the belts for only 3 weeks before being unseated by CWA regulars August Smisl and Ulf Herman in Vienna , Austria . In 1995 the Wrecking Crew tourned with All Japan Pro Wrestling over the summer being put over young teams like Kentaro Shiga and Mannukea Mossman . The highlight of their summer tour was a clash with multiple time AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champions Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat which the Wrecking Crew lost . Return to WCW . Green performed in WCW during the late 1990s , mainly on low level programs like " WCW Saturday Night " . While doing guest commentary , Kevin Nash made reference to Green being a former tag team partner of his ( also making a pun of his name , relating to the more famous singer Al Green ) . In 2000 , he was repackaged as The Dog when he formed a hardcore tag team managed by Fit Finlay with former Nasty Boy Brian Knobbs . Green ' s mannerisms in this gimmick were those of a stereotypical attack dog and would have habits not unlike dogs , including drinking from the toilet . He was a last minute replacement in their group for Sabu , who couldn ' t start for WCW due to contract issues . Upon the acquisition of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation in early 2001 , Green ' s contract was one of the assets not taken . Other appearances . Al Green ' s most recent television appearances have been as a guest on the reality show " Hogan Knows Best " and " Brooke Knows Best " on VH1 .