High Voltage High Voltage was a tag team in World Championship Wrestling between 1996 and 1998 . The team consisted of Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos . The team regularly appeared on WCW Saturday Night and WCW World Wide . They were not successful on WCW Monday Nitro . They also feuded with nWo Japan in New Japan Pro Wrestling . History . World Championship Wrestling ( 1996 – 1998 ) . 1996 . Two best friends , Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos trained at WCW Power Plant during 1995 . They debuted in World Championship Wrestling as jobber team . They became known as High Voltage ( a name taken from the previous character of wrestler Matt Hardy as confirmed by Hardy himself . ) . They made their debut on the June 3 , 1996 edition of Nitro losing to Faces of Fear . They defeated The Amazing French Canadians on October 28 edition of Nitro by disqualification . On November 16 edition of Saturday Night , they wrestled Hardbody Harrison and Jack Boot to no contest when The Nasty Boys made a run - in . On November 18 edition of Nitro , High Voltage were among the WCW wrestlers attacked by The Outsiders during their Nitro invasion . On December 7 edition of Saturday Night , High Voltage lost again to The Faces of Fear . On December 14 edition of Saturday Night , they lost to The Renegade and Joe Gomez . The team received its first victory on December 29 edition of WCW Pro over Scott and Steve Armstrong . 1997 . On January 13 , 1997 edition of Nitro , High Voltage lost to Harlem Heat . On January 25 edition of Saturday Night , High Voltage received their second victory over The Extreme ( Ace Darling and Devon Storm ) . They lost to Syxx and Vincent at a house show held on January 31 in Memorial Hall . On February 1 edition of Saturday Night , they lost to The Amazing French Canadians . On February 10 edition of Nitro , they lost to The Steiner Brothers . They received a match on February 15 edition of Saturday Night against Harlem Heat but lost the match . They won a match on February 16 edition of Pro against Eddie Jackie and Leroy Howard . They lost a match to The Faces of Fear on March 1 edition of Saturday Night . They lost a match on March 10 edition of Nitro at Club LaVela in Panama City to Mongo McMichael and Jeff Jarrett . They received a victory on March 15 edition of Saturday Night against Chavo Guerrero , Jr . and Billy Kidman , two cruiserweights . On March 22 edition of Saturday Night , High Voltage lost to The Steiner Brothers . They lost to The Faces of Fear on March 23 edition of Pro . On March 24 edition of Nitro , they received a victory over The Public Enemy . On March 31 edition of Nitro , they faced Steiner Brothers in a rematch of March 22 but lost the match . On April 6 edition of Pro , they defeated The Southern Posse . On April 7 edition of Nitro , they defeated The Public Enemy again . On April 12 edition of Saturday Night , they defeated Ciclope and Galaxy . They started becoming powerful as they received three victories in one week . Their streak ended on April 14 edition of Nitro when they lost to Public Enemy in a Philadelphia Street Fight . They defeated Galaxy and La Parka on April 19 edition of Saturday Night . On June 1 edition of Pro , they defeated Villano IV and Super Calo . On June 22 edition of Promo , they defeated Prince Iaukea and Chavo Guerrero , Jr . Their streak had another ending on June 23 edition of Nitro when they lost to Ernest Miller and Glacier . On June 30 edition of Nitro , they defeated Wrath and Mortis who were supported by James Vandenberg . On August 2 edition of Saturday Night , they lost to Steiner Brothers . On August 3 edition of World Wide , they lost to The Amazing French Canadians . On August 4 edition of Nitro , they lost to The Public Enemy . On August 9 edition of Saturday Night , they lost to Harlem Heat . On August 10 edition of World Wide , they defeated Doc Dean and Robbie Brookside . On August 23 edition of Saturday Night , they defeated The Public Enemy . On August 30 edition of Saturday Night , they defeated The Public Enemy in a rematch by disqualification . They lost to The Public Enemy on September 6 edition of Saturday Night in a No Disqualification Match . On September 13 edition of WCW Main Event , they defeated Villano IV and Super Calo . They lost to Glacier and Ernest Miller on September 20 edition of Saturday Night . On September 21 edition of World Wide , they defeated The Texas Hangmen . On November 2 edition of World Wide , they defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr and Hector Guerrero . On November 8 edition of Saturday Night , they lost to Glacier and Ernest Miller . 1998 . High Voltage started a feud with Harlem Heat in early 1998 . High Voltage was unsuccessful in this feud . They lost to Vicious and Delicious on February 28 edition of Nitro . They defeated Bobby Walker and Bobby Eaton on March 7 edition of Saturday Night . They both also competed in singles matches during this time . At a house show held in Augusta , Georgia on April 30 , High Voltage started a feud with Billy Kidman and Sick Boy after losing that match . They lost most of the matches during the rivalry but defeated Kidman and Sick Boy on May 2 at an online PPV in Charleston . They feuded with Public Enemy for two matches . After that , they restarted their feud with Kidman and Sick Boy . They lost several matches but won a few matches . During that time , the team was also performing in Japan . In the mid - 1998 , the team feuded with Disco Inferno and Alex Wright . High Voltage broke up after defeating Inferno and Wright at a house show in Jacksonville on September 5 . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 1997 – 1998 ) . Between November 1997 and February 1998 , High Voltage also performed in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling . Robbie Rage was performing in Japan while Kenny Kaos was representing WCW in the Super Grade Tag League . They feuded with nWo Japan in those days and wrestled in many Japanese gyms and stadiums . Split . After High Voltage broke up in September 1998 , Rage and Kaos began wrestling as singles wrestlers . Although Kaos held the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Rick Steiner the following month in October , he later retired from wrestling in 1999 after losing the title while Rage left WCW in 2000 and retired in 2007 .