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He would not want anyone to be sad at this moment and would want to this to be a celebration of his life, to be remembered for all the great things that he accomplished, the fun, the laughter, the great memories he shared with everyone.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrozdov's wrestling career was cut short due to injury, but he did make an impression on WWE and ECW fans during the Attitude Era. Additionally, he was also known for his time in the NFL.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarren Drozdov debuted in WWE in 1998, initially portraying a puking gimmick. During his tenure in Vince McMahon's company, he was primarily used as a mid-card superstar and tag team competitor. He once led a body piercing-themed stable that included Prince Albert and Vic Grimes. However, he is arguably best remembered for his stint in the Legion of Doom, which saw him take part in an infamous segment that culminated with Hawk being pushed off the Titantron.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, Drozdov had a short stint in ECW throughout 1997 and 1998. He was part of a stable that included Lance Wright, Brakkus, Doug Furnas, and Phil LaFon. They were presented as invaders from WWE who'd been sent to cause chaos in Paul Heyman's promotion.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSadly, Drozdov's career was cut short following an accident in a match with D'Lo Brown on the October 5, 1999 episode of \"WWF SmackDown.\" He landed on his head and broke two vertebrae in his neck, causing him to become paralyzed. 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WWE extends its condolences to Rechner's family, friends and fans.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nAccording to PWInsider.com, while the details of Balls Mahoney’s death are still scarce, he reportedly suffered a bad fall days ago and injured his hip. The report adds Mahoney was using a walker following the fall, then he became ill, and earlier today passed away. It’s unknown at this time whether or not the fall and subsequent sickness lead to Mahoney’s death.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cscript expr:src\u003d'\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/Klq?i\u003d\" + data:post.url' type\u003d\"text/javascript\" charset\u003d\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/9072188953123867823"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/9072188953123867823"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.klqwrestling.com/2016/04/ecw-original-balls-mahoney-passes-away.html","title":"ECW Original Balls Mahoney Passes Away At Age 44"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kaliqo~"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16883827855779815366"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url\u003dhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GAU61F_GcXw/Sq5xKvM2cyI/AAAAAAAAALA/SD6S9DAAU3M/S220-s100/allura-logo.jpg\u0026container\u003dblogger\u0026gadget\u003da\u0026rewriteMime\u003dimage/*"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964262.post-5226509356817597534"},"published":{"$t":"2016-02-04T20:08:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-02-04T20:45:44.232-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ECW"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axl Rotten"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MD/DC/VA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Axl Rotten Passes Away"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ciframe allowtransparency\u003d\"true\" frameborder\u003d\"0\" scrolling\u003d\"no\" src\u003d\"http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.klqwrestling.com\u0026amp;layout\u003dstandard\u0026amp;show_faces\u003dfalse\u0026amp;width\u003d400\u0026amp;action\u003dlike\u0026amp;colorscheme\u003dlight\u0026amp;height\u003d35\" style\u003d\"border: none; height: 35px; overflow: hidden; width: 400px;\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\nBrian Knighton, professionally known as Axl Rotten, was found deceased today in Baltimore, Maryland.   According to sources we have spoken with, he was found by authorities in a motel. He had tweeted earlier today, so the belief is he passed away sometime in the last ten hours. Knighton was only 44 years old. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nKnighton was best known for his run in the original Extreme Championship Wrestling, where a feud with his storyline brother and former tag team partner Ian Rotten resulted in ECW getting a ton of magazine press and online buzz for the usage of barbed wire baseball bats and a level of blood and violence that wasn't the norm in 1995 anywhere but some of the Japanese death match promotions.  The feud was named the 1995 \"Feud of the Year\" by Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine and at the time, the throwback to the old days of wide-eyed, bloody photos in the magazines, mixed with the storyline of two \"brothers\" trying to maim each other with barbed wire, led to ECW far more coverage than it would have likely\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nKnighton, as Rotten, was trained by late WCW enhancement talent Joey Maggs and Maryland independent wrestler Ricky Lawless.  Although he grew up in Baltimore, Rotten was billed as from the UK and for a time carried a cockney accent.  His ring name was a tribute to heavy metal and punk rockers Axl Rose and Johnny Rotten.  Metal music was a huge influence for Knighton, who was specifically a massive Kiss fan.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nAfter wrestling in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation in Maryland, Rotten and his \"brother\" Ian (who was broke into the business by Axl) appeared on the early episodes of The Global Wrestling Federation, a promotion run out of the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas that initially had a nice collection of talent and a daily ESPN afternoon timeslot.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nPrior to that run, Rotten had a short and somewhat forgotten run in World Championship Wrestling, where he was brought in to work with \"The Rapmaster\" PN Newz, a hip hop character booker Dusty Rhodes was trying to get over at the time.  Rotten rarely, if ever, worked TV but did appear on a number of house shows.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nRotten also had several runs in Memphis, appearing at different time periods for the promotion before he really made a name for himself and then later, after his feud with Ian Rotten in ECW ran it's course to give himself and the ECW fans a break from all the violence he did over the course of the feud.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nWhen Paul Heyman took over the booking in ECW, Rotten found himself a home for much of his career.  He and Ian were originally brought in as Terry Funk's \"Few Good Men\" and would run interference for him during his feuds with Sabu and Shane Douglas during the fledgling era of the company.  The two would feud with the two other signature ECW tag teams of the era - The Public Enemy and The Pitbulls, putting on entertaining brawls.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nAt the end of 1995, The Pitbulls and The Rottens faced off in a bout where the losing team would never team again in ECW.  At the time, wrestling stipulations were discarded left and right.  Wanting to be different, Paul Heyman stuck to the stipulation and the two never teamed officially again, although it was teased once.  The dedication to respecting the fans with the stipulation was so strong that years after ECW closed, Axl and Ian were involved in a brawl together at Jeremy Borash's Hardcore Homecoming event in Philadelphia and they and the promoters made it clear there was never an \"official match\" so that the stipulation wasn't technically violated.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nWhile Rotten was a solid - and at times, good to great - performer, he was also his own worst enemy at times.  It would never fail that any time Paul Heyman and ECW put some momentum behind him or gave him some television time, that Rotten would inevitably have something happen where he, either backstage or in the ring or in real life, would do something that would cause the promotion to hold back on pushing him.  If you ever wondered why Rotten was never used more prominently on TV in ECW, that was likely the answer.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nAs time went on, Knighton was absolutely angry about seeing others pushed to more prominent positions.  While he was around longer and was put with D-Von Dudley as a tag team to help bring D-Von along, when time came for D-Von to get the big push, the ECW Tag Team titles, the PPV and WWF TV appearances, etc. that came with the push, Rotten would often voice privately that he was the one who scarred his arms and face for the company and wasn't being treated fairly or appreciated for his contribution. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nThe reality, which Rotten may or may not have figured out at some point in his life, was that he was his on a very wn worst enemy.  If there was a second-worst enemy, it was his personal demons.  By his own admission during interviews, he had been through rehab a number of times and he regularly told friends that he had been \"x\" days sober and this time, he was finally beyond his addictions.  Even with the help of the WWE Wellness Program, which assisted him and spent far more money on his health than Rotten could have made the company given how little time he spent under contract to the company, Knighton would still, eventually return to old behavior, to the point that those who had been his best friends in the Maryland wrestling scene had given up on him.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nAfter Axl won the feud against Ian in the first ever \"Taipei Death Match\" with both men taping their fists and \"dipping them in broken glass\", he disappeared to Memphis to give himself a break from ECW and returned working as an undercard babyface.  He turned and worked with D-Von Dudley and would eventually end up teaming with Balls Mahoney as the Chair Swinging Freaks.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nThe team with Mahoney was Rotten's other major claim to fame in the original ECW, a team that could be the babyface foils for heels like the Dudley Boyz and remain over and popular no matter how often they lost.  Rotten remained a regular in the company until late 1999 when ECW decided to purge a number of talents who management (read: Paul Heyman) felt - even by ECW standards, where partying was never frowned upon as long as you could wrestle - were in a very dangerous place and were suspended, which was really a cover to fire them. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nRotten never returned to the original ECW and at times, knocked Paul Heyman personally.  In the years that followed, while he was very proud of the fact that he was in ECW video-games and action figures, his bluster and pride over scarring himself to get over ECW and being a walking billboard for the company with those scars would disappear.  In the documentary \"Barbed Wire City\", Rotten referred to it as one of the stupidest things he'd ever done.  The difference in physical appearance for both Axl and his partner Balls Mahoney in that film, from interviews filmed in 2001 and then additional material filmed nearly a decade later was sobering, sad and depressing.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nPost-ECW, Rotten worked for a number of independent promotions and in the aftermath of ECW and WCW closing, WWE did have interest in hiring him and Mahoney as an underneath tag team.  For some reason, it never happened.  Rotten was brought back to ECW when WWE resurrected it for their One Night Stand events.  WWE wanted to hire him in 2006 when they resurrected the ECW brand and Rotten signed the deal.  He would never appear for the brand and at the time, sources indicated that Rotten never followed through with necessary blood and medical testing that was needed to clear him to wrestle internationally.  There were theories as to why this happened, but no one knew for sure.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nRotten, in conversations I had with him over the years, would never directly respond to questioning that asked him why, in the face of getting exactly what he always wanted, a chance to make big money in wrestling, he didn't do what was necessary.  Once again, sadly, he was his own worst enemy.  He had the chance to work for WWE as a contracted talent, where chances are, his vastly underrated mic skills would have caught someone's eye, but it was not to be.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nTo WWE's credit, despite the fact that the only real contracts he ever signed with them were related to ECW reunion shows, they still assisted him under their Wellness Policy and sent him to rehab a number of times. Rotten would credit them for their help in getting his life together during periods he was doing better.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nRotten made one lone appearance in TNA, when Tommy Dreamer put together the Hardcore Justice show.  It was the typically frustrating weekend for friends of Brian Knighton.  He showed up on Saturday and was clean and in great spirits for a pre-show dinner party with fans.  The Knighton who showed up Sunday at the show was in another world with Balls Mahoney tasked with hiding him out of sight and trying to get him coherent.  He came out of his fog long enough to work a tag match that night but later that night, there was a lot of anger towards him by other ECW alumni for \"screwing up.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nIn recent years, Rotten made very rare appearances in the ring, most often appearing on ECW-related reunion style shows.  He had back issues that were going to require surgery and he and friends had attempted to fundraise money for his recovery.  He had also dealt with Bell's Palsy as well.  There were always stories of Rotten getting things together personally but just as often, stories of him being back in the thick of his personal problems would return.  It was a broken record and one that eventually overshadowed the natural talent and love for pro wrestling that he undoubtedly had.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nWhile the circumstances of his death are not yet known, the fear (and in some cases, belief) among those who knew him is that it was likely drug-related as the motel he was found in was well known locally in Baltimore as being a seedy location.  If that is indeed the case, Brian Knighton deserved better but moreso than that, his family did.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nOn behalf of everyone associated with PWInsider.com, I'd to express our deepest condolences to Knighton's friends, family and fans.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cscript expr:src\u003d'\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/Klq?i\u003d\" + data:post.url' type\u003d\"text/javascript\" charset\u003d\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/5226509356817597534"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/5226509356817597534"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.klqwrestling.com/2016/02/axl-rotten-passes-away.html","title":"Axl Rotten Passes Away"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kaliqo~"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16883827855779815366"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url\u003dhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GAU61F_GcXw/Sq5xKvM2cyI/AAAAAAAAALA/SD6S9DAAU3M/S220-s100/allura-logo.jpg\u0026container\u003dblogger\u0026gadget\u003da\u0026rewriteMime\u003dimage/*"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964262.post-3970338164737919489"},"published":{"$t":"2015-12-01T10:04:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-12-01T10:04:31.403-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bubba Ray Dudley"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wyatt Family"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WWE"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Devon Dudley"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ECW"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tommy Dreamer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Raw"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"ECW Original Returns to WWE on Raw Tonight to Assist The Dudley Boyz"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ciframe src\u003d\"http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.klqwrestling.com\u0026amp;layout\u003dstandard\u0026amp;show_faces\u003dfalse\u0026amp;width\u003d400\u0026amp;action\u003dlike\u0026amp;colorscheme\u003dlight\u0026amp;height\u003d35\" scrolling\u003d\"no\" frameborder\u003d\"0\" style\u003d\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:400px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLast night on Raw, ECW original Tommy Dreamer made his return to WWE and joined The Dudley Boyz to assist them in their fight against The Wyatt Family.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nThe three ECW legends took on the team of Braun Strowman, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan in a 6 man tag team match. The finish of the match came when the match broke down and the ref ruled it a no contest.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cscript expr:src\u003d'\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/Klq?i\u003d\" + data:post.url' type\u003d\"text/javascript\" charset\u003d\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/3970338164737919489"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/3970338164737919489"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.klqwrestling.com/2015/12/ecw-original-returns-to-wwe-on-raw.html","title":"ECW Original Returns to WWE on Raw Tonight to Assist The Dudley Boyz"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kaliqo~"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16883827855779815366"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url\u003dhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GAU61F_GcXw/Sq5xKvM2cyI/AAAAAAAAALA/SD6S9DAAU3M/S220-s100/allura-logo.jpg\u0026container\u003dblogger\u0026gadget\u003da\u0026rewriteMime\u003dimage/*"}}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7964262.post-5478758946994333848"},"published":{"$t":"2015-11-05T05:58:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-11-05T05:58:04.034-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ROH"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ECW"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stephanie McMahon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indy Wrestling"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WWE NXT"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Triple H"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Steve Corino Talks ECW and NXT Comparisons, NXT vs ROH on Wednesday Nights, Triple H’s NXT Vision, More"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ciframe src\u003d\"http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.klqwrestling.com\u0026amp;layout\u003dstandard\u0026amp;show_faces\u003dfalse\u0026amp;width\u003d400\u0026amp;action\u003dlike\u0026amp;colorscheme\u003dlight\u0026amp;height\u003d35\" scrolling\u003d\"no\" frameborder\u003d\"0\" style\u003d\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:400px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn last week’s episode former ECW World Heavyweight Champion and current Ring of Honor commentator Steve Corino was the featured special guest. Steve spoke candidly with the hosts about his thoughts on NXT, the current WWE developmental system, all the independent pro wrestling options currently available to pro wrestling fans and more.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nYou can listen to Steve’s appearance starting at the 3:11 minute mark by clicking \u003ca href\u003d\"https://soundcloud.com/wrestlezoneradio/nxt-rewind-102915-feat-ecws-steve-corino-samoa-joe-vs-tyler-breeze-nia-jax-in-action-more\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e. Some of his quotes have been transcribed below it: \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nOn Ring of Honor and WWE NXT both airing on Wednesday nights:\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n    SC: It’s such a nervous feeling because you always know that the NXT show is going to be so great. I think it puts the pressure on Ring of Honor to produce a great show because you know at 8 o’clock on the WWE Network you are going to get a wonderful, wonderful show every week from NXT. I think it just raises the bar for everybody and I think that’s what makes wrestling so much fun. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nOn WWE branching out and creating relationships with independent promotions:\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n    SC: It just shows the genius of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. The trusted people in the inner circle that know that the future of sports entertainment or pro wrestling, whatever you want to call it, is at NXT. Triple H at that having his finger on the pulse, and Stephanie too, of what’s going on. What going to be the future? They’re not afraid to ask an EVOLVE or a PWG or scouting Ring of Honor to see who is the future. There’s no such thing as too many guys that are going to make the WWE machine billionaires. You know what I mean? So, once again, it’s a great time for wrestling.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nOn if the comparisons between ECW and NXT are fair to make: \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n    SC: I think on the surface, yes. It’s a different world now. When ECW was around it was an alternative. It was an alternative world. To where companies like NXT or Ring of Honor or PWG or EVOLVE or even CZW… it’s such a hybrid of what goes on today. Everybody that’s involved isn’t afraid to admit that, you know, wrestling’s changed. The world has changed and we have to change with the times. Where as ECW was kind of a trend setter for it. I just think that it’s a good comparison but I think the originality of what NXT and EVOLVE and Ring of Honor and all these great companies are doing is just setting the stage for a real break through.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cscript expr:src\u003d'\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/Klq?i\u003d\" + data:post.url' type\u003d\"text/javascript\" charset\u003d\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/5478758946994333848"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7964262/posts/default/5478758946994333848"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.klqwrestling.com/2015/11/steve-corino-talks-ecw-and-nxt.html","title":"Steve Corino Talks ECW and NXT Comparisons, NXT vs ROH on Wednesday Nights, Triple H’s NXT Vision, More"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kaliqo~"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16883827855779815366"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url\u003dhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GAU61F_GcXw/Sq5xKvM2cyI/AAAAAAAAALA/SD6S9DAAU3M/S220-s100/allura-logo.jpg\u0026container\u003dblogger\u0026gadget\u003da\u0026rewriteMime\u003dimage/*"}}]}]}});