In 1994, the franchise relocated to Columbus The team played for four seasons total, making the playoffs once.

[1] Established as the Columbus Thunderbolts and playing its home games at the Expo Coliseum, the team relocated to Cleveland after 1991 season in the Arena Football League in 1991.

Early in the T-Bolts short existence in Cleveland, John Kuczek was implicated in a federal securities fraud case in Florida.

The day before he was due to begin serving his sentence in February 1995, he committed suicide in a Salem, Ohio hotel room.

The following Thunderbolts players were named to All-Arena Teams: Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 1994 Arena Football League season.