Bad Breed The Bad Breed was the professional wrestling tag team of Axl Rotten with his storyline brother / real life protégé Ian Rotten . The team achieved their greatest fame in the Philadelphia wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling but has also competed in the Global Wrestling Federation and Independent Wrestling Association Mid - South . History . 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 ) . In their debut they defeated the makeshift team of Chad Austin and Todd Shawn at " NWA Bloodfest : Part 1 " on October 1 , but lost to Badd Company ( Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond ) less than 2 hours later . The next night they main evented the show in a loss to The 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 " 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 Gangstanators 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 .