Global Wrestling Federation The storyline brothers Axl and Ian Rotten first started to team as the Bad Breed in the
Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) in 1992. On January 29, 1993, Axl and Ian defeated the Texas Mustangs (
Bobby Duncum, Jr. and
John Hawk aka. JBL) to win the
GWF Tag Team Championship. Their run with the GWF gold did not last long as they were defeated less than a month later by
The Ebony Experience (
Booker T and
Stevie Ray), and they left the promotion soon after.
Extreme Championship Wrestling In October that same year the Rotten ”Brothers” made their debut for a relatively new promotion in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania then known as
Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) at the event
NWA Bloodfest. In their debut they defeated the makeshift team of
Chad Austin and Todd Shawn at
NWA Bloodfest on October 1, but lost to
Badd Company (
Pat Tanaka and
Paul Diamond) less than two hours later. The next night they main evented the show in a loss to
Public Enemy in a "Three Way Steel Cage Match" (third team was Badd Company). A few weeks later Bad Breed unsuccessfully challenged for the
ECW Tag Team Championship as they lost to champions
Tony Stetson and
Johnny Hotbody. Bad Breed gained a measure of revenge by defeating Stetson and Hotbody on November 12 in a non-title match. In June 1994, Bad Breed started a feud with Public Enemy over the ECW Tag Team Title, but throughout the feud Bad Breed was never able to defeat Public Enemy for the gold. After feuding with Public Enemy the Rottens next targeted
The Pitbulls, this feud led to the two teams facing off at
November to Remember in a match where the losing team was forced to split up. Bad Breed lost when
Pittbull #2 pinned Ian. Since the brothers both blamed each other for the loss, they began a feud against one another after teaming together for two years. The first match between the two "brothers" was at
Double Tables on February 4, 1995, which Ian won. They next clashed in a “Hair vs Hair” match on the April 8 show
Three Way Dance. After being shaved bald Ian came looking for revenge at
Hostile City Showdown 1995 only a week later, this time in a “Barbedwire Baseball Bat” match, but once again Axl beat his “brother”. Their final match took place at
Hardcore Heaven in a
Taipei Death match.
Reunions Axl and Ian Rotten would reunite in 2002 where the duo won the
IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship on March 2, but Axl would not be around long enough to see the team lose the belts, which forced
Necro Butcher to team with Ian as they lost the titles on April 5. The Bad Breed reunited at
Hardcore Homecoming on June 10, 2005, when they took on the reunion of
The Gangstinators in an "ECW fight" (an un-sanctioned match where there are no rules, only a fight until there is one man or team standing). On the heels of their success at
Hardcore Homecoming, Bad Breed once again teamed up in IWA Mid-South to win the IWA Mid-South tag team title from Vito and Sal Thomaselli, but were forced to vacate the titles when Ian suffered a concussion and had to take time off. They continued working in the independents and IWA Mid-South until 2013 when Axl retired from wrestling. Axl passed away on February 4, 2016, at 44 from a drug overdose. ==Championships and accomplishments==