Person Details

Birthday: 1975-03-17 04:21:15

Death: 2009-03-13 04:21:15

Aliases: Test , Test 1 , Andrew Martin , Martin Kane , Big Foot , TJ Thunder , Andrew 'Test' Martin

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Ontario, Canada

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 51

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

Andrew James Robert Patrick Martin was a Canadian professional wrestler. Under the ring name Test, Martin wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation 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 the WWF/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 WWF 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.

Most Famous Work

WWE Raw
Average
7

WWE Raw

(1993) Test
Earth: Final Conflict
Average
7

Earth: Final Conflict

(1997) Atavus Commander
WWE SmackDown
Average
7

WWE SmackDown

(1999) Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
Average
8

WWE Royal Rumble 2007

(2007) Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
Average
8

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

(2001) Test
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Average
8

WWE Royal Rumble 2002

(2002) Test
WWE Backlash 2000
Average
7

WWE Backlash 2000

(2000) Test
WWE Survivor Series 2001
Average
7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Test (archive footage)
2016 N/A
N/A
Test (archive footage)
2014 Test
Test
Test
Test
2012 N/A
2011 Test (archive footage)
2010 Benjamin Jacobs
Test
2008 Test
2007 Andrew Martin
Nazi Boxer (uncredited)
Test
2006 Test
Test
2003 Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
2002 Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
2001 Test
Test
Test
as Test
Test
Test
Andrew Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
2000 Test (Ringside)
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
1999 Test
Test
Test
Test (Appearance)
Test
Test (Ringside)
Test
1997 Atavus Commander
1993 Test
Year Character Movie/Tv

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