Test

Test debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on the October 25, 1998 episode of *Sunday Night Heat*, as an unnamed bodyguard for the band Mötley Crüe, who were performing on the show. In a scripted event, Test threw an overzealous fan off the stage during the band's rehearsal. On the December 14, 1998 episode of *Raw is War*, Test aligned himself with WWF Champion The Rock by attacking The Rock's rival Triple H. A week later on the December 21 episode of *Raw*, he made his in-ring debut, teaming with The Rock to defeat Triple H and X-Pac by disqualification. Test went on to join The Corporation, a wrestling stable consisting of numerous other wrestlers.

On the January 11, 1999 episode of *Raw is War*, Test competed in a Corporation versus DX Corporate Rumble, which was won by Chyna, making her the thirtieth entrant in the upcoming Royal Rumble. At the Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match but was eliminated by Steve Austin. On the March 8 episode of *Raw*, Test defeated X-Pac. At WrestleMania XV, on March 28, Test teamed with D'Lo Brown in a WWF Tag Team Championship title match against Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart, where Jarrett and Hart retained their titles. Along with Triple H, he helped Shane McMahon retain the European Championship against X-Pac at WrestleMania XV. After being removed from the Corporation, Test joined The Union, who were known to carry 2x4 boards of wood with them. The group briefly feuded with the Corporation and at Over the Edge, The Union defeated The Corporate Ministry in an eight-man elimination tag team match, before quietly disbanding.

Test then began an on-screen relationship with Stephanie McMahon that would lead to a "love her or leave her" match at SummerSlam. He went on to defeat Shane McMahon at SummerSlam in 1999, gaining Shane's blessing, which led to an on-screen engagement between Stephanie and Test. Later in the storyline, The British Bulldog hit Stephanie with a trash can, which caused her to develop amnesia. Plans for the wedding continued however, and on the night of the wedding Test defeated Triple H with a quick three-count from a referee in a Vince McMahon mask. Triple H later showed a video which revealed that he had drugged Stephanie and had taken her to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he married her in a drive-through ceremony. Stephanie then turned on Test and aligned herself with Triple H, ushering in the McMahon-Helmsley Era. Test then had a short feud with DX. On the December 6 episode of *Raw*, Test and Kane were defeated by Triple H and X-Pac. DX would go on to break his nose and force him into matches like a handicap match against Big Boss Man and Albert. On the December 12 episode of *Heat*, Test faced Al Snow in a losing effort. The next night on *Raw is War*, Test teamed with Triple H to face The New Age Outlaws, resulting in Triple H turning on and assaulting him. The next week on *Raw is War*, Triple H would continue to torment him by putting him in a handicap match against The New Age Outlaws, calling it a "Christmas present". On the January 17 episode of *Raw is War*, Test defeated The Big Boss Man to win the WWF Hardcore Championship. At the Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by The Big Show. Test then lost the WWF Hardcore Championship to Crash Holly on the February 24 episode of *SmackDown!*. Test then turned heel and formed a tag team with Albert. The two were known as T&A (Test and Albert) and were managed by Trish Stratus. At WrestleMania 2000, they defeated Al Snow and Steve Blackman. Then at Backlash, T&A (with Trish Stratus) defeated The Dudley Boyz. At King of the Ring, T&A were defeated in a four corners elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship by Edge and Christian. At Fully Loaded, T&A and Trish Stratus lost to The Hardy Boyz and Lita in a six-person mixed tag team match. At Unforgiven, Test competed in a Hardcore Open Invitational for the WWF Hardcore Championship, which was won by Steve Blackman. At No Mercy, T&A and Trish Stratus competed against The Acolytes Protection Agency (Bradshaw and Faarooq) and Lita, which ended in a no contest because of T&A attacking The APA before the match. At Survivor Series, T&A and Trish Stratus faced Steve Blackman, Crash Holly and Molly Holly in a losing effort. On December 28, 2000, Albert attacked Test at the orders of Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, effectively disbanding T&A and turning Test face again.

Again a singles wrestler, Test eliminated William Regal during the 2001 Royal Rumble match and subsequently defeated him the next night on *Raw is War* to win the WWF European Championship. Test then feuded with Eddie Guerrero, losing the championship to him at WrestleMania X-Seven following interference from Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn. On the April 30 episode of *Raw is War*, Test defeated Triple H by disqualification after Triple H hit him with a chair and powerbombed him through the announce table. At Judgment Day, Test competed in a triple threat hardcore match for the WWF Hardcore Championship, which was won by Rhyno. On the June 12 episode of *SmackDown!*, Test defeated Rhyno to win the Hardcore Championship. He would lose the title back to Rhyno on the June 25 episode of *Raw is War*.

During the Invasion storyline, Bradshaw and Faarooq were suspicious of Test's friendship with Shane McMahon, prior to Shane's heel turn and the formation of the ECW half of the Alliance. They decided to attack Test because they thought he was the mole within the WWF, only to find out he wasn't. In retaliation, on the August 9, 2001, episode of *SmackDown!*, Test turned heel by joining The Alliance by helping Alliance members Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon defeat the APA for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Teaming with The Dudley Boyz, Test went on to pin Bradshaw at SummerSlam to defeat the APA and Spike Dudley in a six-man tag team match. The next day on *Raw is War*, Stephanie approached Test with the task of beating Chris Jericho after Rhyno failed to do so at SummerSlam. Despite past conflicts, they shook hands, thus finally resolving the grudge between himself and Stephanie. After Test won the match against Jericho, he would defeat Kane at No Mercy. He then began teaming with Booker T regularly in September 2001. Together, they defeated The Brothers of Destruction on the September 27 episode of *SmackDown!* to win the WCW Tag Team Championship. However, they would go on to lose the titles to The Hardy Boyz on the October 8 episode of *Raw*. On November 1, Test and Booker T defeated The Rock and Chris Jericho on *SmackDown!* to win the WWF Tag Team Championship, which they would go on to also lose to The Hardy Boyz eleven days later on *Raw*.

Following this, Test returned to singles competition and began feuding with Edge. After defeating Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Test lost the title back to him in a unification match at Survivor Series for the WCW United States Championship and the WWF Intercontinental Championship. On the same night, he won a battle royal which granted him on-screen immunity from being fired for a year after attacking and taking the place of Scotty 2 Hotty. For the next few weeks, a storyline was built around Test using that immunity to justify attacking fellow wrestlers but the storyline went nowhere and shortly after the year turned it was dropped. At Vengeance, Test and Christian were defeated by Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert. At the 2002 Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin. At No Way Out, Test and Booker T faced Tazz and Spike Dudley for the WWF Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the titles. At WrestleMania X8, Test, Mr. Perfect and Lance Storm lost to Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert in six-man tag team match on *Sunday Night Heat*.

At the 2002 Draft, Test was drafted to the *SmackDown!* brand. On the May 2 episode of *SmackDown!*, Test and Christian defeated Mark Henry and Faarooq. On the May 9 episode of *SmackDown!*, Test defeated Mark Henry. On the May 23 episode of *SmackDown!*, Test defeated Randy Orton. On the May 30 episode of *SmackDown!*, Test defeated Triple H. On the June 13 episode of *SmackDown!*, Test defeated The Hurricane in a King of the Ring qualifier. The next week, Test defeated Hardcore Holly in a quarterfinals match but would go on to lose in the semi-finals of the King of the Ring tournament to the eventual winner, Brock Lesnar. On the July 4 episode of *SmackDown!*, Test, Christian and Lance Storm formed The Un-Americans. On the July 25 episode of *SmackDown!*, John Cena poked fun at him so he slapped him, which led to a match where Cena won. On the July 29 episode of *Raw*, The Un-Americans left *SmackDown!* and joined the *Raw* brand. Later the night, they attacked The Undertaker.

The storyline culminated in a match at SummerSlam, where The Undertaker defeated Test. The Un-Americans lost to the team of Kane, Goldust, Booker T and Bubba Ray Dudley at Unforgiven, and after a series of losses, The Un-Americans divided, and the stable split in brawling fashion and disbanded in September 2002.

In October 2002, after the Un-Americans dissolved, Test received Stacy Keibler as his on-screen girlfriend and "image consultant". This began by Keibler telling Test he should embrace his fanbase and call them his "Testicles". This eventually culminated with Test cutting off his long hair and trading his trademark leather pants for normal wrestling trunks. The couple were originally heels, but due to the popularity of the gimmick, quickly became faces. At the 2003 Royal Rumble, Test competed in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Batista. In May, Test formed a tag team with the returning Scott Steiner, at the request of Keibler, and at Judgment Day, they faced La Résistance in a losing effort. Later in the night, he went on to compete in a battle royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship, but it was eventually won by Christian. Test and Stacy eventually split-up due to the ongoing mistreatment of Stacy at the hands of Test, while turning him heel again. At Bad Blood, Scott Steiner defeated Test for Stacy Keibler's managerial services. On August 18, Test defeated Steiner on *Raw*, winning the services of Stacy and announcing his intentions to "make her a whore". At Unforgiven, Test again defeated Steiner, forcing him to become his manservant. Steiner then attacked Stacy, blaming her for the loss and for him having to take orders from another man. Test then freed Steiner from his obligation, and the pair became a tag team once again, as now both treated Keibler like a slave. The two challenged for the World Tag Team Championship on multiple occasions, but came up short each time. The pair were then fired by Mick Foley (therefore freeing Stacy Keibler from their control), who was the on-screen co-general manager for two nights, thus finally ending the year-long angle. They were then re-hired by Eric Bischoff, upon his return to the position of *Raw* General Manager. At Armageddon, Test and Scott Steiner competed in a tag team turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the titles.

Test then had a short feud with Steven Richards in January 2004, which started after Test kicked Victoria (Richard's on-screen girlfriend) in the jaw. They fought several times on *Sunday Night Heat*, with Richards winning every match. On the January 19 episode of *Raw*, Test competed in a triple threat Royal Rumble qualifying Match against Goldberg and Scott Steiner. After Goldberg won the match, Test and Steiner would officially disband. At the Royal Rumble, Test was found knocked out backstage by some officials and the *Raw* Sheriff Stone Cold Steve Austin when it was his turn to enter. Austin ordered someone to quickly replace Test as the twenty-first rumble entrant. The person who attacked him and replaces him was revealed to be Mick Foley. Test would gain some revenge on February 2, when he and Randy Orton attacked Mick Foley in a backstage area. Test would start competing against the likes of Rico and Stevie Richards regularly on *Heat*. On the March 1 episode of *Raw*, Test and Matt Hardy were defeated by Rob Van Dam and Booker T. Test would go on to compete on house shows until he re-aggravated the neck injury that had kept him out of action the past few months.

Test had spinal fusion surgery in July 2004. On November 1, 2004, it was announced that he was released from his WWE contract along with A-Train and Billy Gunn.

On March 22, 2006, WWE.com announced that Test had agreed to return to WWE. Subsequently, vignettes began to play during *ECW on Sci Fi*, announcing that Test was debuting on the *ECW* brand. He officially made his return on the July 4 episode of *ECW*, defeating Al Snow. In late-July, Test aligned with the fellow *ECW* newcomers Mike Knox, Big Show, and Matt Striker to feud with the "ECW Originals", which consisted of Rob Van Dam, Sabu, and The Sandman. On the August 1 episode of *ECW*, Test and Mike Knox defeated the Sandman and Tommy Dreamer in an Extreme Rules match, with Test pinning Dreamer. On the September 5 episode of *ECW*, Test and Mike Knox lost to Rob Van Dam and Sabu in an Extreme Rules match. On October 3, Test defeated Rob Van Dam in an Extreme Rules match on *ECW*.

On November 7, Test defeated Tommy Dreamer to earn a spot in the Extreme Elimination Chamber at December to Dismember. Test was a member of Team Big Show (Big Show, Test, Montel Vontavious Porter, Finlay and Umaga) facing Team Cena (John Cena, Kane, Bobby Lashley, Sabu and Rob Van Dam) at Survivor Series. During the match, Test eliminated Rob Van Dam but was eventually eliminated by Sabu. At December to Dismember, he eliminated Hardcore Holly and Rob Van Dam in the Extreme Elimination Chamber match for the ECW World Championship, before being pinned by the eventual winner Bobby Lashley. On the January 16, 2007 episode of *ECW*, Test competed in a triple threat match for the ECW World Championship, which was won by Bobby Lashley. The following week, Test faced Lashley for the ECW World Championship, but failed to win the title. He would fail to defeat Lashley for the title on two further occasions, at the 2007 Royal Rumble and on the January 30 episode of *ECW*.

Following these defeats, Test would disappear from WWE television. On February 18, WWE commentator Jim Ross confirmed that Test had been suspended for thirty days for violating the WWE "Wellness Program". A week after Ross made the announcement, it was reported that Test was officially released from his WWE contract.

On March 13, 2009, Test passed away.