# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/axl-rotten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:13:14.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/axl-rotten"
name: "Axl Rotten"
slug: "axl-rotten"
description: "Brian Knighton, better known by the ring name Axl Rotten, was an American professional wrestler. In the early 1990s, he was a part of the tag team The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten. He had a short stint with World Championship Wrestling in 1991, and was better known for his matches in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1993 to 1999."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1971–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Axl_Rotten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1971-04-21"
deathDate: "2016-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.37790666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AxlRottenECW"
    handle:    "AxlRottenECW"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/axlrottenecw"
    handle:    "axlrottenecw"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461142/"
    handle:    "nm0461142"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.axlrotten.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "בריאן נייטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アクセル・ロッテン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rotten"
    title: "Axl Rotten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2662155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1225668"
    title: "Brian Knighton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump