{"id":2454,"date":"2016-02-04T18:35:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T00:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2016-02-04T18:36:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T00:36:23","slug":"axl-rotten-dead-at-age-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/02\/04\/axl-rotten-dead-at-age-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Axl Rotten dead at age 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3175271395\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Brian Knighton, who wrestled as Axl Rotten, died on Thursday in Baltimore, Maryland at age 44, according to Mike Johnson of <a href=\"http:\/\/pwinsider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PWInsider.com<\/a>. The cause of death is unknown at this time. Knighton had been battling severe back problems and a fundraising effort had been established to help him with medical costs. WWE has also acknowledged Rotten&#8217;s death in a brief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/inside\/axl-rotten-passes-away-28645425\" target=\"_blank\">WWE.com<\/a> story.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Axl, who is best known for his work in ECW, battled major drug issues in recent years, yet he claimed to be sober when the fundraising effort was started. Chris Jericho had Axl on his podcast last June to help raise awareness of his health issues and also donated to the cause. My condolences to Knighton&#8217;s family, friends, and fans. You can listen to Jericho&#8217;s interview with Axl Rotten at <a href=\"http:\/\/podcastone.com\/pg\/jsp\/program\/episode.jsp?programID=593&amp;pid=511903\" target=\"_blank\">PodcastOne.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-4268256203\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Knighton, who wrestled as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,50,2],"tags":[491],"class_list":["post-2454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-mustreadarticles","category-newsticker","tag-axl-rotten"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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