Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Brian Knighton
- Ring Names
- Axl Rotten ( June 28, 1991 - June 14, 2013)
- Brian Knighton ( April 13, 1998 - April 13, 1998)
- Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- Weight
- 310 lbs (141 kg)
- Born April 21, 1971
- Died February 4, 2016 (aged 44)
- Birth Place Baltimore, Maryland
- Billed From
- Hostile City
- Newcastle, England
Career History
- Roles
- Wrestler ( January 1, 1986 - June 14, 2013)
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion INDY January 1, 1986 June 14, 2013 Promotion ECW
October 1, 1993 December 9, 1999 Promotion August 12, 1991 October 25, 1991 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Heel - Images
Jun 2005Aug 1991
- Finishers
- S.S.T - Severe Skull Trauma - Inverted Brainbuster
- This Is Gonna Hurt - Chair Shot
- Theme Songs
- Theme Song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", by Marilyn Manson - Single
Titles & Accomplishments
- Titles Won
Alberta Amateur Wrestling Association
- 1 AAWA Heavyweight Championship
Allied Powers Wrestling Federation
- 1 APWF Heavyweight Championship
Eastern Wrestling Alliance
- 1 EWA Hardcore Championship
Global Wrestling Federation
- 1 GWF Commonwealth Championship
- 1 GWF Tag Team Championship (with Ian Rotten)
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
- 2 IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship
- 2 IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship (with Ian Rotten)
Mid-America Wrestling
- 1 MAW Heavyweight Championship
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
- 2 MEWF Heavyweight Championship
- 1 MEWF Tag Team Championship (with Corporal Punishment)
National Wrestling League
- 1 NWL Hardcore Champion
- 1 NWL Tag Team Champion (with Morgus the Maniac)
Star Cavalcade Wrestling
- 1 SCW Heavyweight Championship
- 1 SCW Tag Team Championship (with Ricky Lawless)
Universal Independent Wrestling
- 1 UIW Heavyweight Championship
- Other Accomplishments
- Maryland Championship Wrestling Hall of Fame induction (Class of 2009)
- PWI Feud of the Year (1995 - vs. Ian Rotten)
Relations
- Tag Teams & Stables
- Bad Breed - Ian Rotten ( January 8, 1993 - January 17, 1995)
- Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks - Balls Mahoney ( February 15, 1997 - December 12, 1999)