Andrew Martin

Biography

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

Raw

Test

WWE SmackDown

Test

Earth: Final Conflict

Atavus Commander

WWE Tough Enough

Test

WWE This Is Awesome

Test (archive footage)

WWE Velocity

Test

Grindhouse

Nazi Boxer (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

Test

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2016	WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016	The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
2016	WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness	Test (archive footage)
2014	WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2	Test
2014	WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1	Test
2014	WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2	Test
2014	WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions	Test
2012	WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2011	The True Story of WrestleMania	Test (archive footage)
2010	Medium Raw	Benjamin Jacobs
2010	WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber	Test
2008	WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence	Test
2007	WWE Royal Rumble 2007	Test
2007	TNA Hard Justice 2007	Andrew Martin
2007	Grindhouse	Nazi Boxer (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
2006	WWE Survivor Series 2006	Test
2006	ECW December to Dismember	Test
2003	WWE Royal Rumble 2003	Test
2003	WWE Judgment Day 2003	Test
2003	WWE Insurrextion 2003	Test
2003	WWE Unforgiven 2003	Test
2003	WWE Bad Blood 2003	Test
2003	WWE Armageddon 2003	Test
2002	WWE SummerSlam 2002	Test
2002	WWE Royal Rumble 2002	Test
2002	WWE No Way Out 2002	Test
2002	WWE King of the Ring 2002	Test
2002	WWE Unforgiven 2002	Test
2002	WWE Global Warning	Test
2002	WWE Vengeance 2002	Test
2002	WWE Wrestlemania X8	Test
2001	WWE Survivor Series 2001	Test
2001	WWE Royal Rumble 2001	Test
2001	WWE WrestleMania X-Seven	Test
2001	WWE Judgment Day 2001	Test
2001	WWE SummerSlam 2001	Test
2001	WWE No Mercy 2001	Test
2001	WWE Vengeance 2001	Test
2001	Lita - It Just Feels Right	as Test
2001	WWF: Hardcore	Test
2001	WWE Unforgiven 2001	Test (Appearance)
2000	WWE Unforgiven 2000	Test
2000	WWE Backlash 2000	Test
2000	WWE King of the Ring 2000	Test
2000	WWF Fully Loaded 2000	Test
2000	WWE No Mercy 2000	Test
2000	WWE Survivor Series 2000	Test
2000	WWE Rebellion 2000	Test
2000	WWE Royal Rumble 2000	Test
2000	WWE Armageddon 2000	Test (Ringside)
2000	WWE WrestleMania 2000	Test
2000	WWE Judgment Day 2000	Test (Appearance)
1999	WWE Royal Rumble 1999	Test
1999	WWE WrestleMania XV	Test
1999	WWE Over the Edge	Test
1999	WWE SummerSlam 1999	Test
1999	WWE WrestleMania XV	Test (Ringside)
1999	WWE Backlash: In Your House	Test (Appearance)

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	WWE This Is Awesome	Test (archive footage)
2002	WWE Velocity	Test
2001	WWE Tough Enough	Test
1999	WWE SmackDown	Test
1997	Earth: Final Conflict	Atavus Commander
1993	Raw	Test