Robbie Rage Robert J . Knapik ( born 1970 ) is an American former professional wrestler . He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Robbie Rage and as a part of the tag team High Voltage with Kenny Kaos . Early life . Knapik grew up in Plymouth , Massachusetts and played a variety of sports while growing up , including baseball , hockey and soccer . Throughout his childhood , he suffered abuse from his father . Knapik began working out to relieve stress , and eventually began taking steroids at age 18 . After graduating high school , he attended college , but left after it did not work out . Professional wrestling career . World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 1996 – 2000 ) . Knapik attended a wrestling show in Florida in 1995 at the suggestion of a friend , and after calling various promoters and wrestling promotions , he was signed to a contract with World Championship Wrestling later on in the year . Along with Kenny Stasiowski , Knapik began training in WCW ' s Power Plant wrestling school . Upon completion of their training , Knapik and Stasiowski debuted on WCW television under the ring names Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos , respectively , and they formed the tag team High Voltage . High Voltage regularly appeared against mid - card opponents on the WCW television shows " Saturday Night " and " WorldWide " during the late 1990s , while also appearing as jobbers on " Nitro " . In 1997 , Rage and Kaos travelled to Japan to perform for New Japan Pro Wrestling . Upon arriving , they began feuding with nWo Japan , the Japanese version of the New World Order before representing WCW in the Super Grade Tag League . Upon their return to the United States , Knapik joined Tim Catalfo ' s Obake Gym and befriended Yuji Nagata , who was also wrestling in WCW . After suffering a rotator cuff tear , Knapik was sidelined from wrestling for seven months . During this time , High Voltage disbanded as Kaos began competing as a singles wrestler before being nominated by Rick Steiner to become his new tag team partner , resulting in Kaos becoming one half of the World Tag Team Champions . On the December 17 , 1998 episode of " Thunder " , Rage , while sporting a brace to nurse his arm injury , returned to confront Kaos over the matter of allying with Steiner rather than himself to claim the title . On the December 21 episode of " Nitro " , Rage distracted Kaos in order to allow Lex Luger to defeat him via submission before once again confronting Kaos over High Voltage ' s split . However , before the angle could develop any further , Knapik was released from his contract during his recovery . Return to NJPW and retirement ( 2000 – 2002 , 2005 – 2007 ) . After leaving WCW , Knapik , under the ring name Rob Rage , returned to NJPW in 2000 and found success in the mid - card as singles wrestler until leaving the promotion on July 20 , 2002 . Knapnik went on a hiatus soon afterwards before returning to wrestling by joining the World Wrestling Council on August 28 , 2005 . He remained with the WWC until September 14 , 2007 , when he wrestled his final match during the promotion ' s Septiembre Negro Tour . After retiring from wrestling , Knapik began working as a personal trainer . Personal life . During his recovery for a rotator cuff tear , Knapik became depressed before being released from WCW during his recovery . Soon afterwards he began using , and ultimately became addicted to , painkillers and ecstasy in order to combat his depression . Knapik also lost his home , several cars and a house in Florida due to being unable to pay for them all . After becoming sober , Knapik became a born again Christian . Knapik has two tattoos . One is a tribal design on his right forearm , while the other is a signature design surrounding kanji on his left forearm .