Chad Fortune Chad Fortune ( August 13 , 1967 ) is a monster truck driver , former professional football player and former professional wrestler in both WWF and WCW . Football career . Fortune played tight end at the University of Louisville from 1986 - 1989 . Following his college career he signed as an undrafted free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts but was released prior to the start of the 1990 season . He competed in the Philadelphia Eagles 1991 training camp , but the team released him before the regular season . Fortune was a starting Tight End for the Frankfurt Galaxy from the 1991 season through 1992 season . Fortune was signed at various points by various teams during the 1992 NFL preseason , with the Washington Redskins , Dallas Cowboys , and Chicago Bears . He was on the Bears practice squad at the start of the 1992 season , missing some time due to an allergic reaction caused by a bee sting . Fortune was promoted to the main roster , and spent part of the 1992 season as the team ' s 3rd string tight end . Professional wrestling . Fortune , under the ring name " Travis " , and with Erik Watts , under the ring name " Troy " , performed in the WWF as " Tekno Team 2000 " . Wearing silver smocks and tight zubaz , their gimmick was that they represented the cutting edge of cyberculture . Their tag team made its debut on the May 27 , 1995 episode of Superstars in a victorious effort against Brooklyn Brawler and Barry Horowitz . Tekno Team 2000 wrestled two more matches on TV the following month before disappearing from television until July 1995 for the In Your House Pay - Per - View acting as lumberjacks for the main event . After the Pay - Per - View they disappeared off of television for a year , only to resurface back on WWF television in 1996 . They still failed to achieve any success and both men were released from the WWF . Fortune signed a WCW contract in 1997 . He wrestled mainly on the taped shows such as WCW Worldwide . He and Dale Torborg were briefly a tag team known as " The Pit Crew " . Fortune was one of many wrestlers released by WCW in October 1999 . Bill Goldberg also gives credit to Fortune for serving Goldberg his first official wrestling loss in his autobiography , I ' m Next . Monster trucks . In 2000 , with World Championship Wrestling - based trucks in USHRA Monster Jam series , Fortune signed to his start his career in monster trucks . He was initially an unnamed " spokesman " for the nWo truck , who would give antagonistic interviews while the driver , Rob Knell , acted as being focused on the truck . Many in the industry were vocal against the use of professional wrestling gimmicks for drivers , and the truck only lasted one season . The following year , Fortune began driving the WCW Nitro Machine truck in the winter season , then bounced around trucks during the summer . He gave Karl Malone a ride in the WCW Nitro truck and the two became friends . In 2002 , when Karl Malone signed a deal with SFX / Clear Channel to create a truck called " Power Forward " Fortune was chosen as the driver and drove the truck for three years , reaching the World Finals in 2002 and 2003 . In 2005 , Fortune got the call up to drive the newly created Superman truck . Based on his professional wrestling background , he decided to dye his hair black and alter his look to match the character of Superman . He has been fairly successful in the truck , and has made the final rounds of several stadium events . He was given the " Most Improved Driver " award for 2005 .