Torborg's final injury, which proved to be career ending, occurred when took a fastball to the face which broke his zygomatic bone and caused a change in his depth perception.
[citation needed] After the AWF dissolved he was hired by World Championship Wrestling and sent to the WCW Power Plant to train alongside Bill Goldberg, Lodi, Chuck Palumbo, Mark Jindrak, Jimmy Yang, Evan Karagias, Shane Helms, Allan Funk, Christie Wolf, and Ron Reis.
In 1998, after two matches as The MVP, he was asked to portray a character named The Demon, a gimmick modeled on the stage persona of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.
[4] KISS was guaranteed their "Demon" themed wrestler would wrestle a Main Event match with the contract they made with WCW.
When WCW was bought out by the then-World Wrestling Federation in 2001, Torborg opted to go back to baseball as a strength coach and not do his scheduled tryout for the WWF.
At Turning Point, Dutt pinned Diamond following interference from then-Boston Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon.
On the January 18, 2007 edition of iMPACT!, Pierzynski and Torborg attacked Lance Hoyt, helping James Storm win, who was also aided by Miss Tennessee.
[7] On October 23, 2021 Torborg made a brief return to wrestling at Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View where he appeared as The Demon in a Gauntlet For The Gold match, where he was eliminated by Ace Austin.
[8] He went on to appear on the November 18, 2021 edition of Impact Wrestling, teaming with Decay to defeat Johnny Swinger, Fallah Bahh, and Hernandez.
His duties with the Expos included strength and conditioning coaching, assisting with infield drills and batting practice pitcher.
[citation needed] In January 2004, Dale was hired by the Chicago White Sox baseball team as a roving strength trainer.