The next month, the group worked in collaboration with World Championship Wrestling to produce a Kiss-themed wrestler known as The Demon, whose face was painted to resemble Simmons' makeup. The group performed "God of Thunder" live on "WCW Monday Nitro" to debut the character. The band received $500,000 for the one-night, one-song performance. According to wrestler Dean Malenko, its appearance was the lowest-rated "Nitro" ever. The character was short-lived, and all ties to Kiss were cut by WCW when its head, Eric Bischoff, was relieved of his duties in September of that year.