Another Wrestler Found Dead

Here we go again. Tell me where you have heard this before. A wrestler is found dead in his or hers apartment. There is no sign of foul play but there seems to be drugs involved. If you have heard this before, then you now where I am going with this story.

At approximately 8:00pm on Friday, March 13, 2009, Tampa Police Officers responded to the Post Harbour Apartments, located at 725 Harbour Place Drive to check on the welfare of Mr. Andrew J. Martin. A neighbor reported that she could see into his apartment through a window and that Mr. Martin appeared motionless for several hours.

Officers entered the apartment and discovered Mr. Martin to be deceased. At this time there is no indication of foul play. The deceased was transported to the Medical Examiners Office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The date of the autopsy is undetermined at this time. The next of kin has been notified of the death.

Andrew Martin, known in the wrestling world as Test, was found dead at the age of 33. He wrestled in the WWE up until 2007 when he was released due to a failed drug test.

Just another sad story coming out of the wrestling world. How many wrestlers have to be found dead, before someone does something.

I know Martin wasn't wrestling with the WWE before his death. But they have had wrestlers die during their stay with the WWE. Namely Eddie Guerrero and Brian Pillman. The WWE needs to do a better job with the health of their wrestlers.

I have said before, if there was an organization that needed an union it is the WWE. Too many former or current wrestlers of the WWE have turned up dead. And the majority of the deaths revolve around heart failure due to steroid use.

After the Chris Benoit murder-murder-suicide, that should have been a clue for them.

Oh they rolled out some sort of drug testing policy, and even suspended a couple of high-profile wrestlers, but it isn't enough.

Guys are still showing up on T.V. jacked-up as ever. They are still getting hit in the head with steal chairs. They still have no off-season. And more and more wrestlers are popping up dead. There is at least one a year who ends up dead.

Add Andrew Martin to the list of wrestlers found dead in a room somewhere. He is just the latest. There will be more. And the WWE or other wrestling organizations still don't do enough for their former employees.

Business as usual in the wrestling profession.