Malice Jerry Tuite ( December 27 , 1966 - December 6 , 2003 ) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring names , The Wall in World Championship Wrestling and Malice while performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Career . Born in Ocean Grove , New Jersey , Tuite broke into the wrestling business in the mid - 90s after learning the ropes under veteran Iron Mike Sharpe at his training school in New Jersey . Tuite trained at the WCW Power Plant before he wrestled full - time as The Wall in WCW . It is also worth noting that he was a protegé of Bam Bam Bigelow . World Championship Wrestling . Tuite debuted as a bodyguard for Berlyn , then later moved to the singles division . The Wall and Berlyn had a feud with Vampiro and Jerry Only of the Misfits . The feud led to WCW Mayhem where Berlyn and Vampiro fought in a chain match , which Berlyn lost after The Wall walked out . Then The Wall vanished for a while until returning to Souled Out where he defeated Billy Kidman in a cage match . For a while The Wall had an ongoing feud with Kidman and Vampiro . The Wall took on The Demon at Superbrawl where The Wall beat The Demon . The Wall then feuded with Bam Bam Bigelow , who was angry after The Wall developed a sadistic streak and attacked younger wrestlers , including David Flair and Crowbar . This led to Uncensored where Wall and Bigelow fought in a match where The Wall put Bigelow through a table . Crowbar and Flair tried to get revenge on The Wall , but he gave Crowbar a chokeslam off a 20 foot high platform , sending Crowbar through the stage . In April of 2000 Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo restarted WCW and vacated all WCW Titles . The Wall entered the WCW United States Championship tournament , and at Spring Stampede he faced Scott Steiner . He lost , however , when he accidentally chokeslamed a referee through a table and another referee came and disqualified The Wall . He entered into a short feud with Shane Douglas that led to a tables match between them at The Great American Bash , which Douglas won . The Wall then disappeared again for a while until returning with a new look . Joining the stable The Misfits in Action a military group that was led by Hugh Morrus , Chavo Guerrero Lash LeRoux and Major Gunns . The wall became Sgt . AWOL . The group had various stable feuds with 3 Count , The Natural Born Thrillers and Team Canada . At the start of 2001 The MIA had issues involving Morrus and Guerrero and it lead the group to break up . Then Sgt . AWOL went back to his old character The Wall . The Wall and Hugh Morrus then had a short feud which lead into Superbrawl : Revenge where Morrus defeated The Wall . After the feud with Morrus , The Wall appeared sporadically in WCW , and wasn ' t involved in the final episode of " Nitro " . After WCW was bought out by Vince McMahon , Tuite signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001 . He was later given his release so he could deal with personal issues . Independent cicuit , Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , and All Japan Pro Wrestling . After his WWF release , The Wall competed for Phoenix Championship Wrestling , and won the PCW Heavyweight Championship in the middle of 2002 . He began wrestling in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , performing under the moniker of Malice in 2002 . He appeared on the first TNA show , competing in a Gauntlet for the Gold match , lasting to the end until he was defeated by Ken Shamrock . He was a member of James Mitchell ' s Disciples of the New Church and on numerous occasions nearly won the NWA World ' s Heavyweight Championship . His last TNA appearance was on November 20 , 2002 when he beat Kory Williams . Tuite began wrestling on the independent circuit after leaving TNA , appearing for promotions such as XPW as Snuff , and also held the NWA New Jersey Hardcore Championship . He also won the AAW Heavyweight Championship Tournament in November 2002 . In 2003 , he wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling as Gigantes , and was a regular performer for most of 2003 . In his final match on December 5 , 2003 Tuite teamed with Bull Buchanan and Justin Credible to defeat Nobutaka Araya , Tomoaki Honma and Kazushi Miyamoto in Tokyo . Death . On December 6 , 2003 , Tuite was found unconscious in his hotel room by All Japan Pro Wrestling management and several wrestlers , including Nosawa and La Parka . He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead . The cause of death was later identified as an apparent heart attack . No drugs were found in his hotel room and there was no evidence of drug use by physical examination , although he did have a history of drug use and that is thought to at least been a contributing factor for having a heart attack .