Andrew Martin

Known for ActingBorn 1975-03-17Died 2009-03-13Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Andrew James Robert Patrick Martin was a European-Canadian businessman, entrepreneur, professional wrestler, football player, hockey player, lacrosse player and actor. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2

WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber

WWE Backlash: In Your House

ECW December to Dismember

WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness

Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

WWF Fully Loaded 2000

WWE SummerSlam 2001

WWE SummerSlam 2002

WWE Wrestlemania X8

WWE Insurrextion 2003

WWE Royal Rumble 2007

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

WWE Unforgiven 2003

Lita - It Just Feels Right

WWE No Mercy 2000

WWE Judgment Day 2000

WWE Global Warning

WWE Unforgiven 2000

WWE Judgment Day 2001

WWE Royal Rumble 2003

WWE Armageddon 2000

WWE Backlash 2000

WWE Survivor Series 2000

WWE WrestleMania XV

WWE Vengeance 2002

WWE This Is Awesome

Kim Possible

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

WWE Rebellion 2000

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

WWE Tough Enough

WWE SummerSlam 1999

Beyond the Mat

WWE WrestleMania 2000

WWE Over the Edge

WWE Survivor Series 2006

Grindhouse

WWE Bad Blood 2003

WWE No Mercy 2001

WWF: Hardcore

WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence

WWE Survivor Series 2001