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TEST DEAD
Topic Started: Mar 14 2009, 06:46 AM (1,153 Views)
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YER I was never a fan - but he's a human being none-the-less. Rest In Peace.

Poor Kelly Kelly.....

Check sites for reference, I cant be bothered copying and pasting.
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Fuck Test.
Edited by March Haire, Mar 14 2009, 07:03 AM.
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DarthHomer
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Oh wow.

Fucking hell, that sucks.
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March Haire
Mar 14 2009, 06:49 AM
Fuck Test.
What a wonderful person you are.
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While Test was nothing special it sucks to see another wrestler gone before 50. Rest In Peace.
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Doakey
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I was actuallya fan of his, especially when he was on ECW.

RIP Big Man
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I was a pretty big fan during his entire run, to be honest. Especially near the beginning as I thought it was awesome to see a big guy with some high flying moves. His match against Shane at Summerslam was great also.

Wow, this is totally out of the blue. The first premature wrestling death since 2007.



Rest In Peace Andrew "Test" Martin
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... Well I'll be damned.

Would've never been able to call this one.

It's not like the wrestling world, or even the world outside of wrestling, has lost anything significant, though. Life goes on around us, and everyone effected by the loss will move on within a few months.

That's just the way it is; regardless of your profession or social stature ...
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No really, fuck Test. The guy had potential, sure, but he was a bust. He had some good matches, but they were few and far between. He obviously had issues with Steroids, but he did nothing about it. He was fired from TNA because of his problems.

It sucks when somebody dies so young, yes, but he took plenty of short cuts on his road to nowhere, and most everybody seemed to be of the opinion that he was a dick. The worst part is that you can say "First premature wrestling death since 2007" and have that actually be a significant statistic. The people who look down on wrestling are going to look at Test and see a guy who was fired by two companies because both of them were being investigated by Congress, a 33 year old man who dates 18 year old girls, and a guy who gets arrested for drunk driving at 10:30 AM. They're likely not going to care that he "permanently" retired from wrestling in 2008 and had no reason to be doing whatever he was doing - he's just another name on a long, ever growing list. Hopefully he serves as an example to people who are looking to get rich quick in the industry, but you know that's not the case.

So, basically, what Don said.
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"I'm actually wondering who's next? Who's next to die? I can think of at least 15 to 20 people who have died from various things - mostly prescription pain killers. For all you wanna be wrestlers who wanna get in this business, especially now when WWE doesn't pay you anymore than you would make at a 9 to 5 job, let me break some things down for you. When I started wrestling I had never seen or heard of Vicodin or Percocet or Soma. How come so many wrestlers die from these medications and football players and hockey players don't? The answer is simple - wrestlers, especially WWE wrestlers, work five days a week all year long taking bump after bump in the ring. A doctor explained it to me like this: Every time you take a fall in the ring it's like getting rear-ended by a car going 20 mph, so how many bumps in the ring a night do you take? Multiply that by how many times a week you work all year long. That's a hell of a lot of whiplash and pain. I can remember hearing a conversation from some unnamed WWE head guys talking about how this certain person needs to go to rehab but they couldn't send him because he was to important to the show. That's the reality people that is how we are treated."

"Look at me. I break my neck in the ring had to have two discs taken out of my neck and a steel plate put in and was told at the time by Johnny Ace when I asked if my job would be in jeopardy, 'We don't fire people with injuries like that.' Hmm, that's funny, because two months after surgery I got fired because I wasn't working. My seven years of busting my *** for them and putting over the boss's son while my foot was broken in a cast was all forgotten about.When Johnny Ace called me and told me they were releasing me - which of course he put all the heat on Vince - I said to him, 'What kind of message are you sending the boys that if they get hurt they are going to get fired?' So all the guys who don't want to lose their jobs, what do they do? Pop a couple of Percocet or Vicodin and mask the pain because god forbid they say they are hurt and lose their job. I'm not going to name any names, but I know at least a dozen or so wrestlers who are addicted to these things for that very reason. Get hurt, lose your job. I just turned 30, my back aches everyday, I have a metal plate in my neck, and yes I got in the business at the right time and have a lot of nice things, but is it all worth it? You guys don't see the ugly side of this business. Yes, wrestling is entertainment, but the bumps and bruises are real and sometimes they don't go away. So think long and hard before you get in this business because I can tell you first hand that if you're not working or making them money they don't give a ****."


I'll take it back if there's no drugs involved.
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Also, here's some of his better stuff, if you're interested:

Test vs Shane McMahon, Summerslam 8/99
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3rdkn_st...vs-test_extreme

Test/Albert/Trish vs Hardy Boys/Lita, Fully Loaded 7/00
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x48rv6_t-...y-boyz-li_sport

Test vs Eddie Guerrero, Wrestlemania X7 4/01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVjpuQhM1BM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT7ZfUAqJO4

Test vs Kane, No Mercy 10/01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3lrTcfD-L8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO4We8lHTN8

Test/Booker T vs The Rock/Chris Jericho, Smackdown 11/01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IElzpQmpwQ

Test vs Edge, Survivor Series 11/01
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmde2_edge-vs-test_sport

Test/Storm/Christian/HHH vs Rock/Undertaker/Goldust/Booker T, Raw 8/02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Xecz1uoY4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRPzZyB47BU

Test vs Rob Van Dam, ECW 10/06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvUd4WKdECs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1vqiubjGg
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Never was a fan. Like March Haire said he had potential, but was a bust. RIP
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No really, fuck Test. The guy had potential, sure, but he was a bust. He had some good matches, but they were few and far between. He obviously had issues with Steroids, but he did nothing about it. He was fired from TNA because of his problems.

It sucks when somebody dies so young, yes, but he took plenty of short cuts on his road to nowhere, and most everybody seemed to be of the opinion that he was a dick. The worst part is that you can say "First premature wrestling death since 2007" and have that actually be a significant statistic. The people who look down on wrestling are going to look at Test and see a guy who was fired by two companies because both of them were being investigated by Congress, a 33 year old man who dates 18 year old girls, and a guy who gets arrested for drunk driving at 10:30 AM. They're likely not going to care that he "permanently" retired from wrestling in 2008 and had no reason to be doing whatever he was doing - he's just another name on a long, ever growing list. Hopefully he serves as an example to people who are looking to get rich quick in the industry, but you know that's not the case.


Translation for those who think its tl;dr:

I'm glad he's dead. He sucked.
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Mar 14 2009, 04:00 PM
The worst part is that you can say "First premature wrestling death since 2007" and have that actually be a significant statistic.
Actually, I wasn't saying it as a statistic. What I meant was that after the Benoit tragedy (though Brian "Crush" Adams was the last I heard died prematurely), the industry would've cleaned up and/or that wrestlers/would-be wrestlers would learn something from what happened. Though its not everyone, some wrestlers never learn.

Though if his death is not drug related, I will retract this. I do have a strong feeling that it is though. He was set for a wrestling tour of Europe.
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Boring wrestler with a boring personality. But it sounds to me he lived a far more varied and interesting life than anyone on here besides me, so fair play to him.
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He may not have been the best worker, but he seemed like a great man who worked hard and tried to do more then just wrestling.

SmackDown play-by-play announcer Jim Ross posted a blog on his official website remembering Andrew "Test" Martin, who was found dead in his Tampa apartment last night.

Ross is quite familiar with Martin as he hired him alongside two other Canadians in Adam "Edge" Copeland and Jay "Christian" Reso in the late 1990's.

"I hired Andrew in the same class with his other fellow Canadians Edge and Christian in the late 90's in an outstanding group of young talent whose advanced training was over seen by future WWE Hall of Famer Dory Funk and by Tom Prichard," Ross wrote.

Ross recalls a conversation with Martin at WrestleMania XXIV last year in Orlando. The two spoke at length regarding his real estate endeavors and his plans to become a physical therapist. Martin also told Ross he saved his money and only wrestled "when he wanted to."

"Andrew had done well in WWE, saved his money, made some good investments, and told me he only wanted to wrestle when "he wanted to" which the randomly scheduled international tours would allow him to do," Ross wrote. "He did not express interest in the American indy scene and was genuinely excited about the prospects of the aforementioned physical therapy career."

In a bit of previously unreported news, Ross reveals that Martin took up World Wrestling Entertainment's offer to enter a rehabilitation facility in West Palm Beach, Florida last August. At the suggestion of others, his former employer reached out to him to see if he needed some help handling some alleged personal issues that he was rumored to have been experiencing.

"The rumors of Andrew's issues were true and he was afforded the opportunity by WWE to attend The Hanley Center Rehabilitation facility in West Palm Beach, Florida for several weeks beginning in August of 2008," Ross wrote. "Andrew successfully completed the WWE funded program and was highly regarded by the Hanley Center with being such an asset to them after completing the program of which Andrew took seriously, according to the facility. Since being released from the facility after successfully completing the program, Andrew had been doing well in his 12 Step AA program and was in contact with WWE with regular phone calls. Ironically, Friday was the day for his regularly scheduled "touching base" but when called his voice mail box was full."

It should be noted that Ross was not aware of Martin's alleged problems and stint in rehab until recently.

Ross concludes his post with the following note remembering Martin: "I will remember this young man as a bright, intelligent individual and am thankful that my last conversation with him was so positive and that he was excited about his future in a new field. Our sincere condolences go out to his family, friends, and fans and may God rest his soul."
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Kelly Kelly's myspace makes me realize how big of an asshole I am.
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Late last night I received word that Andrew Martin aka Test had been found dead in his apartment/condo in the Tampa, Florida area. Andrew would have been 34 years of age this Tuesday.

I hired Andrew in the same class with his other fellow Canadians Edge and Christian in the late 90's in an outstanding group of young talent whose advanced training was over seen by future WWE Hall of Famer Dory Funk and by Tom Prichard.

Andrew left WWE over two years ago and had wrestled off and on, briefly in TNA, and also on the independent circuit primarily on international tours. I spoke at length with Andrew, as did my wife, last year in Orlando at Wrestlemania 24 and he seemed very happy and looked to be healthy and in great physical condition. He spoke of his real estate endeavors and the fact that he was strongly considering going back to school and becoming accredited as a physical therapist. Andrew had done well in WWE, saved his money, made some good investments, and told me he only wanted to wrestle when "he wanted to" which the randomly scheduled international tours would allow him to do. He did not express interest in the American indy scene and was genuinely excited about the prospects of the aforementioned physical therapy career.

Andrew had always told me that he never wanted to wrestle past the age of 35 which was why he "listened to the lectures" as he told me with a smile that sunny day in Orlando in WWE's headquarter hotel. I honestly had never seen him happier.

Late last summer, reacting on the suggestion of others, WWE reached out to Andrew to ask if he needed some help handling some alleged personal issues that he was rumored to have been experiencing. Andrew had been gone from WWE for over two years but had remained friends with many still associated with WWE. The rumors of Andrew's issues were true and he was afforded the opportunity by WWE to attend The Hanley Center Rehabilitation facility in West Palm Beach, Florida for several weeks beginning in August of 2008. Andrew successfully completed the WWE funded program and was highly regarded by the Hanley Center with being such an asset to them after completing the program of which Andrew took seriously, according to the facility. Since being released from the facility after successfully completing the program, Andrew had been doing well in his 12 Step AA program and was in contact with WWE with regular phone calls. Ironically, Friday was the day for his regularly scheduled "touching base" but when called his voice mail box was full.

I was not aware that Andrew was having problems and did not know of is rehab stint until recently. Test, a name provided Martin after he portrayed a security person who tested the band Motley Crue's mic with the obligatory, 'test...test...test," always seemed to be a bright young man who knew what he wanted in life and was seemingly looking forward to his future and getting an education in physical therapy.

It is comforting to know that Andrew was receiving support from WWE and it was also encouraging to know that he was seemingly on the road to recovery in the past several months. The exact cause of Andrew's death won't be determined for a few days after the results of an autopsy have been released.

I will remember this young man as a bright, intelligent individual and am thankful that my last conversation with him was so positive and that he was excited about his future in a new field. Our sincere condolences go out to his family, friends, and fans and may God rest his soul.



Alot may think he was a boring wrestler with no charisma but he was a good man, according to many fans who have met him including 3 of my best friends.

RIP Andrew. It's a fucking shame you were trying to turn your life around, supposedly, only to go out like this. He knew when to call wrestling quits at a young age, unlike many people who kept going JUST for a quick buck.

My guess is he died of heart failure...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBdDKwqa8ZI

I've just found this video of Test being interviewed for a documentary on youtube. In light of his passing, the words he speak are very chilling to say the least.
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I too liked Test, though not for his wrestling abilities, I think it's due to my horseface fetish.
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