Dale Torborg Dale Christian Torborg ( October 24 , 1971 ) is an American baseball trainer and former professional wrestler . He is perhaps best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling as The Demon , a gimmick based on the popular hard rock band KISS . He has also appeared with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as well . Wrestling History . World Championship Wrestling . In 1995 on the way to LA , Torborg met Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage . The two of them spoke with Torborg about going into the wrestling business . Torborg was trained by The Warlord and Jim Neidhart and debuted in 1998 . He debuted in WCW and was said to have been a member of the WCW Pit Crew and was training in the WCW Power Plant . In 1995 , he then worked for the American Wrestling Federation as The MVP , a baseball player character . After the AWF closed he was briefly employed by the World Wrestling Federation and used the MVP gimmick there , but was released shortly thereafter . In 1998 , he was hired by World Championship Wrestling where he spent the beginning of his tenure as an enhancement talent on the minor WCW weekend shows , WCW Saturday Night and WCW Pro . His fortunes changed in 1999 when WCW head Eric Bischoff struck a deal with the heavy metal band KISS to create a KISS themed wrestler , " The KISS Demon " , a gimmick that was meant to be the wrestling alter ego of performer Gene Simmons . Brian Adams passed on the gimmick after one appearance and it was subsequently passed onto Torborg . He was managed by Asya , who he later married . The " Demon " character was originally supposed to be the beginning of a stable called The Warriors of KISS , in which the other original members of the band would have a wrestler representing their look and gimmick . [ 1 ] KISS was guaranteed their " Demon " themed wrestler would wrestle a Main Event match with the contract they made with WCW . This was supposed to happen at a special 1999 New Year ' s Eve PPV against Vampiro . The PPV and the match were taken off the table , however , after Eric Bischoff lost his position . In order to fulfill the contractual obligation , he was booked in a " Special Main Event " match at Superbrawl in early 2000 . Uncharacteristic to " Main Event " matches , it was the fourth match on the card and saw Torborg face The Wall which saw The Wall win with a chokeslam . Afterwards , he was known simply as " The Demon " and placed in a stable with Vampiro and The Insane Clown Posse called The Dark Carnival . He later turned against the group and feuded with Vampiro . When WCW was bought out by the then - World Wrestling Federation in 2001 , Torborg ' s contract was not picked up . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Torborg appeared with White Sox catcher A . J . Pierzynski on a prime time episode of TNA Impact ! on December 8 , 2005 . Along with veteran wrestling manager and color commentator Bobby Heenan . Torborg and Pierzynski presented A . J . Styles , Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt with memorabilia from the 2005 World Series until they were interrupted by the Diamonds in the Rough . Simon Diamond , the leader of the Diamonds and himself a former baseball player , mocked Pierzynski ' s . 256 batting average , telling him that he needed a designated hitter . Diamond then slapped Torborg , leading to a brawl . As a result , Torborg , Sabin and Dutt , with Pierzynski in their corner , faced the Diamonds at TNA Turning Point 2005 on December 11 . At Turning Point , Dutt pinned Diamond following interference from then - Boston Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon . On the January 18 , 2007 edition of iMPACT ! , Pierzynski and Torborg attacked Lance Hoyt , helping James Storm win , who was also aided by Miss Tennessee . Torborg and Pierzynski ' s appearance were some of the highest rated episodes for TNA .