Saturday, March 14, 2009

Add Another Name to the List of Wrestlers Dying Way Too Young

Andrew "Test" Martin may never have been that big of a star in the WWE, but he was involved in a couple of big storylines. He was slated to be the original Mr. Stephanie McMahon before HHH took her to a drive-in in Vegas. He was with Trish Stratus at the start of her career as she managed Test and Prince Albert to form the tag team "T & A." Then there was the pairing with Stacy Keibler in which his fans were labelled "Test-icles." Classic stuff. Okay, maybe not.

Test was given his walking papers from the WWE a couple of years ago. He had a history of drug problems. Since then he bounced around different promotions but failed to make it back to the spotlight of the WWE.

It's been a while since the premature death of a wrestler. That's an especially sad statement when "a while" means about a year. With Test's passing, he joins the sad ranks that include Curt Hennig, Eddie Guerrero, "Ravishing" Rick Rude and many others.

Martin wasn't even 34 years of age.

1 comment:

Rod (Padrographs) said...

Way too many of these guys are dying young. Maybe it is time for Congress to step in. NOT.
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