John Williams

John Benson Williams is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ian Rotten He has wrestled in the Global Wrestling Federation GWF Extreme Championship Wrestling ECW the United States Wrestling Association USWA and his own wrestling promotion IWA MidSouth After becoming a fan of Dusty Rhodes and Superstar Billy Graham while growing up in Florida and Baltimore Maryland John Williams began his career under the name Johnny Lawler the storyline illegitimate son of Jerry The King Lawler After a short stint as hockey gimmick Zach Blades Williams went to wrestle in the Global Wrestling Federation In GWF Williams formed The Bad Breed a tag team with Brian Knighton as brothers Ian and Axl Rotten respectively They defeated the Texas Mustangs Bobby Duncum Jr Johnny Hawk for the GWF Tag Team Championship in January 1993 losing the titles shortly thereafter In June 1994 in Extreme Championship Wrestling The Bad Breed started a feud with The Public Enemy over the ECW Tag Team Championship but never won the title The Rotten brothers briefly feuded with each other prior to Williams termination from ECW in late 1995 He moved to Kentucky where he started a wrestling hotline followed by the IWA MidSouth promotion in early 1996 IWA was controversial for its use of violent and bloody hardcore wrestling In 2008 IWA and Williams were investigated by Indiana State Police over the violence in their shows In 2011 IWA shut down and was restarted by a third party with Williams making occasional appearances Williams is the father of John Calvin Glenn known also by the ring name of JC Rotten