Two best friends, Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos trained at the WCW Power Plant during 1995. Known as High Voltage, they made their debut on the June 3, 1996 edition of "Nitro" (with Rage known as Ruckus for a short time) losing to Faces of Fear. They defeated The Amazing French Canadians on October 28 edition of "Nitro" by disqualification. On November 16 edition of "WCW Saturday Night", they wrestled Hardbody Harrison and Jack Boot to a no contest when The Nasty Boys made a run-in. On November 18 edition of "Nitro", High Voltage were among the WCW wrestlers attacked by The Outsiders during their "Nitro" invasion. On December 7 edition of "Saturday Night", High Voltage lost again to The Faces of Fear. On December 14 edition of "Saturday Night", they lost to The Renegade and Joe Gomez. The team received its first victory on December 29 edition of "WCW Pro" over Scott and Steve Armstrong.