SPORTS media star Bill Simmons made an error after suggesting bringing back a WWE legend who died in 2009.
Simmons, who’s the founder of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer, made the mistake during a podcast interview with WWE president Nick Khan.
GettySports media star Bill Simmons made a huge mistake after suggesting bringing back a WWE legend who died in 2009[/caption]
WWEDuring a podcast interview with WWE president Nick Khan, Simmons that the wrestling company could bring back Stephanie McMahon’s former on-screen fiance, Test (pictured far left)[/caption]
GettyKhan quickly answered to Simmons: “I think Test passed away a couple of years ago”[/caption]
The interview was on the same day that WWE and UFC completed their merger.
Simmons and Khan discussed the departure of the wrestling company’s former co-CEO Stephanie McMahon.
She left WWE in January after her father Vince McMahon returned to the company.
And during the podcast, Simmons suggested that the WWE could bring back Stephanie’s former on-screen fiance, Test.
“Couldn’t she come back and do an angle where she and Test are having an affair?” Simmons asked Khan.
However, Test, whose real name was Andrew Martin, died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 33 in 2009.
Khan quickly answered to Simmons: “I think Test passed away a couple of years ago.”
That caused Simmons to reply “Oh no!” before pitching a new idea: “Test’s brother or something”
Before his death, Test found success as a singles performer, winning the Intercontinental and European Championships once each and the Hardcore Champion twice.
He would have an on-screen relationship with Stephanie that would lead to a “Love her or Leave her” match at SummerSlam.
Test went on to defeat Shane McMahon at SummerSlam in 1999.
That led to gaining Shane’s blessing and his eventual on-screen engagement between Stephanie and Test.
He also found success in the tag team division, twice becoming a World Tag Team Champion with Booker T by winning the WWF and WCW World Tag Team Championships once each.
Test’s death was one of the several stunning premature deaths that occurred in the WWE industry in the 2000s.
WWETest (pictured far right) had an on-screen relationship with Vince McMahon’s daughter Stephanie McMahon (pictured far left)[/caption]
WWETest passed away due to an accidental overdose in 2009 at the age of 33[/caption]