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Andrew Martin

Born
March 17, 1975
Died
March 13, 2009
Andrew James Robert Patrick Martin was a Canadian professional wrestler. Under the ring name Test, Martin wrestled for WWE from 1998–2004, and 2006–2007. He last worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name "The Punisher" Andrew Martin. Martin won six championships in WWE. He found his greatest success as a singles competitor, winning the Intercontinental and European Championships once each, and the Hardcore Championship twice. Martin was also successful in the tag team division, twice becoming a world tag team champion with Booker T by winning the WWE and WCW World Tag Team Championships once each. Following these defeats, Test would seemingly disappear from WWE television. On February 18, WWE commentator Jim Ross, confirmed that Test had been suspended for 30 days for violating the WWE "Wellness Program" on his blog. A week after Ross made the announcement, it was reported that Test was officially released from his WWE contract. Martin released a statement through his MySpace saying that the release was mutual and he had requested it. After his departure, Martin debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a face under his real name on the August 2, 2007 episode of TNA Impact!. He allied himself with Abyss and Sting and helped them defeat A.J. Styles and Christian Cage in a tag team ladder match. At Hard Justice, Martin wrestled his first and only match for TNA, as he teamed with Sting and Abyss to defeat Christian's Coalition in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match, after Styles was slammed into a pile of broken glass and pinned by Abyss. On December 19, 2007, Martin announced his retirement from professional wrestling, and that he would do one final tour of Britain, Ireland and France in February and March 2008 before retiring permanently. Martin finished his retirement tour in France, losing to Rene Dupree in a series of matches. However, Martin did wrestle one final match nearly a year later in February 2009, defeating Mitsuya Nagai, only a month prior to his death. On September 14, 2007 and April 5, 2008, Martin was arrested for driving under the influence in Hillsborough County and Pasco County.He was booked into jail both times, but was released the following day after posting bail. Martin was found dead in his Tampa, Florida condominium on March 13, 2009, four days prior to his 34th birthday.Police were called after a neighbor reportedly saw Martin had been motionless for some time, seeing him through a window outside Martin's condo. Police retrieved his body after scaling the apartment balcony and discovering that he was indeed dead. He is believed to have died the previous day.His death was ruled an accidental overdose of oxycodone. It was later determined by forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu that Martin had severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy, caused by repeated concussions and subconcussive head injuries He was cremated and his remains were flown to his family at his hometown of Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
Known For
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
(1999)
Test
Full Filmography
Acting
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
(1999)
Test
WWE WrestleMania XV
(1999)
Test
WWE Over the Edge
(1999)
Test
WWE SummerSlam 1999
(1999)
Test
WWE Backlash: In Your House
(1999)
Test (Appearance)
WWE Unforgiven 2000
(2000)
Test
WWE Backlash 2000
(2000)
Test
WWE King of the Ring 2000
(2000)
Test
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
(2000)
Test
WWE No Mercy 2000
(2000)
Test
WWE Survivor Series 2000
(2000)
Test
WWE Rebellion 2000
(2000)
Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
(2000)
Test
WWE Armageddon 2000
(2000)
Test (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 2001
(2001)
Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
(2001)
Test
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
(2001)
Test
WWE Judgment Day 2001
(2001)
Test
WWE SummerSlam 2001
(2001)
Test
WWE No Mercy 2001
(2001)
Test
WWE Vengeance 2001
(2001)
Test
Lita - It Just Feels Right
(2001)
as Test
WWE InVasion
(2001)
Andrew Test
WWF: Hardcore
(2001)
Test
WWE SummerSlam 2002
(2002)
Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
(2002)
Test
WWE No Way Out 2002
(2002)
Test
WWE King of the Ring 2002
(2002)
Test
WWE Unforgiven 2002
(2002)
Test
WWE Global Warning
(2002)
Test
WWE Vengeance 2002
(2002)
Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
(2003)
Test
WWE Judgment Day 2003
(2003)
Test
WWE Insurrextion 2003
(2003)
Test
WWE Bad Blood 2003
(2003)
Test
WWE Unforgiven 2003
(2003)
Test
WWE Armageddon 2003
(2003)
Test
WWE Survivor Series 2006
(2006)
Test
ECW December to Dismember
(2006)
Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
(2007)
Test
Werewolf Women of the S.S.
(2007)
Nazi Boxer (uncredited)
TNA Hard Justice 2007
(2007)
Andrew Martin
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
(2008)
Test
Medium Raw
(2010)
Benjamin Jacobs
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
(2010)
Test
The True Story of WrestleMania
(2011)
Test (archive footage)
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
(2012)
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
(2014)
Test
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1
(2014)
Test
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2
(2014)
Test
WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions
(2014)
Test
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
(2016)
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
(2016)
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
(2016)
Test (archive footage)
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