How long did Andrew Martin play “The Punisher” in the WWE?”
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007) Martin, identified as “‘The new Enforcer in TNA’, ‘The Punisher’ Andrew Martin”, debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling during the August 2, 2007 episode of TNA Impact! as a fan favorite. Martin aligned himself with Abyss and Sting by helping them defeat A.J. Styles and Christian Cage in a tag team ladder match.[4][13] At Hard Justice 2007, Martin, Abyss, and Sting defeated A.J. Styles, Christian Cage, and Tomko, a stable known as Christian’s Coalition, in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match after Styles was slammed into a pile of broken glass and pinned by Abyss. Martin was released from TNA shortly afterward due to concerns over his physical size, and TNA being investigated by the United States Congress.[14] [edit] Retirement On December 19, 2007, Martin announced his retirement from professional wrestling.[15] Martin stated that he would do one final tour of Ireland in March 2008 and then retire permanently. He mentioned that he did not want to
Andrew Test Martin, (March 17, 1975 – March 13, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Under the ring name Test, Martin wrestled for World Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Entertainment) from 1998–2004, and 2006–2007. Most recently, he worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name “The Punisher” Andrew Martin. In 2005, Andrew Martin legally changed his name to “Andrew Test Martin” allowing him the rights to the name “Test” after his WWE contract expired. While under contract with WWF/WWE, Martin enjoyed success as a singles competitor, becoming an Intercontinental Champion, European Champion and Hardcore Champion. Martin was also successful in the Tag team division, becoming a WWF and WCW World Tag Team Champion with Booker T. On March 13, 2009, Martin was found dead in his Tampa apartment. His death would later be ruled as an accidental overdose of Oxycodone, (known colloquially as ‘Hillbilly heroin’) by the medical examiner’s office in Hillsborough Cou
