Andrew Test Martin - March 17, 1975 - March 13, 2009

**RatedGSuperstar** · 03-14-2009, 10:03 PM

I caught the news sometime this afternoon, coincidentally while checking headlines on ESPN.com. Kind of sucks for the industry that now every time a wrestler dies young, it actually gets a story on "real" sports sites.

Test was always one of my favorites growing up. The wedding angle with Stephanie was great, but like everyone else, I wish they would've kept him as a legitimate player after the HHH swerve. I even kind of enjoyed the "T&A" stint, because their feud with the APA was pretty entertaining. He also got a nice push during the Invasion angle and even a bit afterwards.

It's just a shame that he got so heavy into steroids later in his career. From my memory, he was never really that big when he first came up, but by the time he was The Punisher it was pretty disturbing how big he was. I really have no doubt that it played a role in his death, and really wouldn't be surprised if the coroner's report came back saying that it was likely heart failure due to the steroids. Still, RIP. It'll be interesting to see if he gets a graphic or something on Monday night (probably not, considering the relative coldness of the WWE.com statement and the fact that a lot of fans might not remember who he was).

03-14-2009, 10:03 PM	#11
RatedGSuperstar Stupid Sexy Flanders Posts: 1,728	I caught the news sometime this afternoon, coincidentally while checking headlines on ESPN.com. Kind of sucks for the industry that now every time a wrestler dies young, it actually gets a story on "real" sports sites. Test was always one of my favorites growing up. The wedding angle with Stephanie was great, but like everyone else, I wish they would've kept him as a legitimate player after the HHH swerve. I even kind of enjoyed the "T&A" stint, because their feud with the APA was pretty entertaining. He also got a nice push during the Invasion angle and even a bit afterwards. It's just a shame that he got so heavy into steroids later in his career. From my memory, he was never really that big when he first came up, but by the time he was The Punisher it was pretty disturbing how big he was. I really have no doubt that it played a role in his death, and really wouldn't be surprised if the coroner's report came back saying that it was likely heart failure due to the steroids. Still, RIP. It'll be interesting to see if he gets a graphic or something on Monday night (probably not, considering the relative coldness of the WWE.com statement and the fact that a lot of fans might not remember who he was).