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Pro Wrestler Axl Rotten Died From Heroin Overdose, Medical Examiner Says
The Wrap.com ^ | 2/16/16 | Tony Maglio

Posted on 02/17/2016 12:20:59 PM PST by Impala64ssa

Police found Brian Knighton’s unresponsive body in a Linthicum, Md., McDonald’s bathroom

Professional wrestler Axl Rotten — real name Brian Knighton — died earlier this month from a heroin overdose, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore told TheWrap on Wednesday.

Police had suspected heroin use, due to the discovery of a “brownish” substance in an unmarked pill bottle found alongside Knighton’s unconscious and unresponsive body in a Linthicum, Md., McDonald’s bathroom. Additionally, Knighton had placed drug paraphernalia and a broken burnt tablespoon with a “crystalline residue” on the restroom’s infant changing table.

Knighton was pronounced dead at the scene on Feb. 4. H

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: drugabuse; maryland; prowrestling; wod; wwe
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Axl Rotten was at the top of his game around the time the WWE steroid scandal reared it's ugly head.
1 posted on 02/17/2016 12:20:59 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

A “Pro” Wrestler gets a medical examiner’s expert pronouncement, but a Supreme Court Justice gets a phone call diagnosis?


2 posted on 02/17/2016 12:24:10 PM PST by fwdude
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To: Impala64ssa

Ya pays ya money and ya takes ya chance.


3 posted on 02/17/2016 12:25:07 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Impala64ssa

From top of his game, to heroin overdose on the diaper changing table at a Baltimore McDonald’s.


4 posted on 02/17/2016 12:25:11 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: fwdude

That implies a cover-up.


5 posted on 02/17/2016 12:25:39 PM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio, the Manchurian Candidate?)
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To: fwdude

“A “Pro” Wrestler gets a medical examiner’s expert pronouncement, but a Supreme Court Justice gets a phone call diagnosis?”

Limbaugh is fine with that. Limbaugh has an irrational fear someone will accuse him of being a conspiracy theorist. He is complete controllable once someone waves that flag in front of him.


6 posted on 02/17/2016 12:28:19 PM PST by odawg
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To: fwdude

That was my first thought too.


7 posted on 02/17/2016 12:32:00 PM PST by Duckdog (If your not on a government list, Whats wrong with you!)
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To: Impala64ssa

NEIL YOUNG
“Out Of The Blue”

My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay
It’s better to burn out
Than to fade away
My my, hey hey.

Out of the blue
and into the black
They give you this,
but you pay for that
And once you’re gone,
you can never come back
When you’re out of the blue
and into the black.

The king is gone
but he’s not forgotten
This is the story
of a Johnny Rotten
It’s better to burn out
than it is to rust
The king is gone
but he’s not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There’s more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.


8 posted on 02/17/2016 12:33:27 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: odawg

Yes. Chances are Justice Scalia did die of natural causes. But in this case, as Pres. Reagan would say TRUST BUT VERIFY!


9 posted on 02/17/2016 12:36:36 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: fwdude
"A “Pro” Wrestler gets a medical examiner’s expert pronouncement, but a Supreme Court Justice gets a phone call diagnosis?"

While I think an autopsy should have been done for Scalia there's a big difference between a 79 year old man with a history of heart problems found deceased with no signs of trauma and a pro wrestler found dead next to heroin and used drug paraphernalia.

10 posted on 02/17/2016 12:42:13 PM PST by circlecity
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If you find a dead body with an unmarked pill bottle with a brownish substance in it, drug paraphernalia, and a broken burnt spoon with a crystalline residue, I could probably tell you the cause of death was a drug overdose WITHOUT an autopsy.

Not sure how they came to a quick conclusion in the Scalia case, which was much more mysterious and suspect.

11 posted on 02/17/2016 12:43:56 PM PST by cincinnati65
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`Rowdy' Rod Piper (`They Live!') last summer. Now Axl Rotten. Gee, Jesse Ventura next? popcorn photo:  bong-ngo-19809.jpg
12 posted on 02/17/2016 12:45:20 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Johnny’s boy?


13 posted on 02/17/2016 12:52:29 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are. Go Ted.)
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I don’t think we’re likely to be that lucky.


14 posted on 02/17/2016 1:09:30 PM PST by JoeVet (First rule of holes ... when you find yourself standing in one - stop digging ... unless ur a Dim)
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To: fwdude

Not even close to the same situation

Did Scalia have street drugs in his room next to his body? Was there a rug in eye sight?

Get over your silliness


15 posted on 02/17/2016 1:34:55 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Duckdog

Then you suffer from first thought wrong


16 posted on 02/17/2016 1:36:14 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Impala64ssa

Scalia’s family said they didn’t want one. Scalia’s doc said it he had ongoing medical conditions

Those are verifications

You members of the Alwx Jones contingent need to stop


17 posted on 02/17/2016 1:38:26 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: cincinnati65

No it wasn’t

The man was79. He was overweight he had high blood pressure and heart disease and other ongoing medical issues. The LEO talked to Scalia’s doc. There were no signs of foul play. The family did not want an autopsy

All of those factors were in play go Scalia. And just like any other person that is enough


18 posted on 02/17/2016 1:41:29 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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19 posted on 02/17/2016 3:25:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: DoughtyOne

A Product of Mexico


20 posted on 02/17/2016 4:42:29 PM PST by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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