The Sandman (wrestler)
James "Jim" Fullington (born June 16, 1963 in Sandy, Utah) is an American professional wrestler who is best known for wrestling with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) under the ring name, The Sandman. When he was wrestling for ECW he was nicknamed a "Hardcore Icon". He also wrestled for WWE from 2005 to 2007, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2002 to 2003 and again in 2010, and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1991. On July 20, 2008, Fullington was arrested for fighting at a Yonkers, New York restaurant with the employees.[1]
The Sandman | |
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Ring name(s) | (The) Sandman "Hardcore" Hak |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
Born | Sandy, Utah, U.S. | June 16, 1963
Billed from | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Debut | 1989 |
Championships
Fullington has held many championships during his professional wrestling career:
- All Entertainment Action Wrestling
- AEAW American Heavyweight Championship (two times, current)
- AEAW Hardcore Wrestling Championship (one time, current)
- Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship (five times)1
- ECW World Tag Team Championship (one time) with 2 Cold Scorpio
- Hardcore Hall of Fame in 2007
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
- WEW World Tag Team Championship (one time) with Kodo Fuyuki
- Future of Wrestling
- FOW Hardcore Championship (one time)
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #250 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
- Stars and Stripes Championship Wrestling
- SSCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Hard 10 Tournament
- USA Pro Wrestling
- USA Pro United States Championship (one time)
- Universal Wrestling Federation
- UWF Universal Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- WXW Hardcore Championship (one time)
- Xtreme Pro Wrestling
- XPW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship (one time)
The Sandman (wrestler) Media
The Sandman wielding his signature Singapore cane during ECW's return in June 2006
References
- ↑ "Wrestler to spend another night in Yonkers jail". web.archive.org. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2022.