Test's Big Boot was the best in the business

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:obama: He had the best big boot and the best pump handle slam too. His flying elbow is mad underrated and up there as the best too. :beli: He kept on getting those start and stop pushes. Had that great feud with Shane and that Summerslam 1999 was a break out match for him and showed that you can put Shane in a big match and he can deliver too. IDK how he didn't get a PPV match with HHH after the HHH-Steph marriage angle with no follow up, would have made more sense for Steph to turn on Test and side with HHH. He was getting a big push near the end of the Invasion angle, even had a bunch of segments and matches on Raw & Smackdown with The Rock in late 2001. Had the UnAmericans push, but Undertaker was in his fat, out of shape, no selling Biker Taker mode and the match after Summerslam 2002 led to nothing. He actually started to get comfortable and much better on the mic as a heel in the Steiner & Kiebler feud, but they had already gave up on him by the time he improved his mic work. :mjlol: It's funny because I been saying he has a lot of similarities with Reigns.
 

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He actually walked Lesnar through that match.

GOAT Big Boot. Not much of a talker, but I thought he was a very solid big man. Dude’s elbow smash was legit too
 
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I'll always believe that big nose sabotaged him early on when higher ups saw potential in Test.

Hunter did not want to work with him, Shawn didn’t wanna work with him. Cause that was the beginning of his career right there.”

Sometimes in pro wrestling it’s fun to sit back and think about those big “what ifs” and Test’s career is certainly one of those instances. If he would have only gotten the training he needed before being introduced to the WWE Universe maybe things would have been different for him. Also, perhaps Vince Russo didn’t do Test any favors trying to pitch him as a member of DX. Either way the story of Andrew Martin should be one to learn from in many respects.


From A bruce prichard podcast
 

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Damn crazy how long he's been dead

Died with like no fan fare at all

Completely forgetting from the wwe universe

Wasn't that bad a worker just had zero personality

BECUZ NOBODY GAVE A fukk ABOUT TEST

fukk TEST

WHILE TEST IS ROTTING IN THE GROUND ALL ALONE, BIG POPPA PUMP IS IN BED MAKING THEM MOAN

HOLLA IF YA HEAR ME
 

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Damn crazy how long he's been dead

Died with like no fan fare at all

Completely forgetting from the wwe universe

Wasn't that bad a worker just had zero personality

I feel like he got the fanfare he was supposed to. He was a midcarder who never got some rocket push, and was out of the company for two years before dying of an overdose. Only reason I thought they would have recognized him more is cause he was a homegrown guy. Had he debuted post-2009, he’d have a career similar to Sheamus or even Roman Reigns :lolbron:
 
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Definitely didn't live up to potential based on a few different reasons.... influential wrestlers not wanting him to break out, bookers stop and start pushing, illogical storylines. Dude had size, look, and could work well enough to support his end of the rope.
 
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