Harold Hoag Harold Fitzgerald Hogue , Sr . ( born November 13 , 1967 ) is a former American professional wrestler . He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling , where he wrestled under the ring names Ice Train and M . I . Smooth . Professional wrestling career . World Championship Wrestling ( 1990 - 2001 ) . Debut . On the July 7 , 1993 edition of WCW WorldWide , Hogue made his World Championship Wrestling debut under the ring name Ice Train by winning a handicap match . He later made his pay - per - view debut at the first - ever Fall Brawl event , where he defeated Shanghai Pierce . Hogue then teamed up with The Shockmaster and Charlie Norris and defeated Harlem Heat and The Equalizer at Halloween Havoc . However , Hogue ' s undefeated streak was broken after losing to Ron Simmons at Clash of the Champions XXVI on January 27 , 1994 . Fire and Ice . After being absent from WCW for the rest of 1994 and all of 1995 , Hogue returned to WCW on the February 14 , 1996 edition of WCW Saturday Night in a match against Scott Norton . The match ended in a double countout when both men clotheslined each other , knocking themselves out in the process . After the match , the two shook hands and Norton declared to announcer Gene Okerlund that he and Ice Train would become a formidable tag team because of their similar in - ring styles . The team was quickly named Fire and Ice with Norton representing " Fire " and Ice Train eponymously representing " Ice " . The team easily overpowered numerous teams as they tried to establish themselves as a legitimate contender for the World Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship . At , Ice Train and Norton were " randomly selected " to be on the same team and they easily defeated the makeshift team of " Big " Bubba Rogers and Stevie Ray in the first round of the Lethal Lottery tournament . After winning their match , both Ice Train and Norton advanced to the final round and competed in an eight - man battle royal , but neither was successful as Diamond Dallas Page eliminated both men and went on to win the Lethal Lottery tournament , earning a title shot in the process . Soon afterward , Fire and Ice began feuding with Norton ' s longtime rivals , The Steiner Brothers . After wrestling to a double countout on two separate occasions , the two teams faced off at the Great American Bash on June 16 to determine who would become the number one contenders to the WCW World Tag Team Championship . Scott Steiner pinned Norton after a Frankensteiner to earn the win for his team as well as the number one contendership . After the loss , Fire and Ice continued feuding with the Steiners , with the two powerhouse teams trying to prove who was best . After a sudden loss to The Rock ' n ' Roll Express on an episode of Main Event before Bash at the Beach , dissension started to appear between Fire and Ice as Norton attacked Ice Train after another team loss . The team finally imploded when Norton faced and defeated Ice Train at Hog Wild on August 10 in a submission match after Norton made Ice Train submit to an armbar . However , Ice Train defeated Norton in a submission rematch on September 15 at Fall Brawl , when Norton submitted to a full nelson . Return to singles competition . After the implosion of Fire and Ice , Ice Train returned to singles competition in a loss to Diamond Dallas Page on the November 4 , 1996 edition of Nitro and lost a rematch to Page on the following week ' s edition of Nitro . Ice Train then competed at World War 3 , eliminating Mark Starr and Villano IV and even made it into the final ten , but he was eliminated from the match due to the combined efforts of Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page . After World War 3 , Ice Train returned to the undercard and gained Theodore Long as his manager for a very brief period . Ice Train began easily defeating opponents on Nitro and he soon became a mainstay on Pro for the rest of 1996 up until 1998 when Pro was cancelled . However , he soon continued his undercard role on WorldWide as well as on Thunder . The New Blood and retirement . On February 8 , 2000 , Hogue was again pushed into the spotlight as he became a member of The New Blood faction , who feuded with the Millionaire ' s Club . Hogue was renamed M . I . Smooth and he soon became one of the faction ' s numerous managers as well as a part - time competitor . Smooth regularly appeared in segments with various members of the New Blood . In early 2001 , Smooth began a very minor feud with fellow New Blood member Kanyon by brawling with him after a typical New Blood segment . On the March 19 , 2001 edition of Nitro , Kanyon defeated Smooth . However , Smooth gained revenge two days later on Thunder as he teamed up with Ernest " The Cat " Miller to defeat Kanyon and Road Warrior Animal . Five days later , WCW broadcast its final edition of Nitro due to the company being bought out by the World Wrestling Federation , although Hogue would not be affected as he retired from wrestling soon after the merger . Personal life . Hogue helped train Toney Freeman for his career in bodybuilding . New Blood