James Fullington (born June 16, 1963) better known by his ring name The Sandman, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he developed into a "Hardcore Icon". Fullington has held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship a record five times. He also had stints in World Championship Wrestling (as Hak), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- DDT
- Rolling Rock (Senton bomb, usually onto an opponent placed over a ladder, chair or a table)
- White Russian Legsweep (Russian legsweep with a kendo stick across the opponent's throat)
- Signature moves
- Bitchin' Leg Drop (Diving leg drop, sometimes to the back of the opponent's head with various weapons underneath his leg)
- Backdrop
- Clothesline
- Flapjack
- Heinekenrana (Frankensteiner)
- Multiple knee strikes
- One-handed bulldog
- Piledriver
- Plancha
- Swinging left-hand cross
- Signature weapons
- Singapore cane
- Managers
- Allison Danger
- Beulah McGillicutty
- Chastity
- G.Q. Money
- Missy Hyatt
- Peaches / Lori Fullington
- Tylene Buck
- Veronica Caine
- Woman
- Nicknames
- "Ambassador of Extreme"
- "Hardcore Icon"
- "Extreme Icon"
- "The Nightmare"
- "ECW Original"
- "King of Extreme"
- Entrance themes
- Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling
- "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys
- "Big Shot" by Billy Joel
- "The Bitch Is Back" by Elton John
- "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
- "Enter Sandman" by Motörhead
- World Championship Wrestling
- "Unledded" by Rick DiFonzo
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- "Sandman Returns" by Dale Oliver
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- "Nightmare" by Jim Johnston
- Independent circuit
- "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
- Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling
Championships and accomplishments[]
- All Entertainment Action Wrestling
- AEAW American Heavyweight Championship (2 times, current)
- AEAW Hardcore Wrestling Championship (1 time, current)
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
- Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
- ECW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with 2 Cold Scorpio
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
- WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kodo Fuyuki
- Future of Wrestling
- FOW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- Hardcore Hall of Fame
- Class of 2007
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked #60 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995
- Ranked #250 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Stars and Stripes Championship Wrestling
- SSCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA Hard 10 Tournament (2003)
- USA Pro Wrestling
- USA Pro United States Championship (1 time)
- Universal Wrestling Federation
- UWF Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- wXw Hardcore Championship (1 time)
- Xtreme Pro Wrestling
- XPW King of the Deathmatch Championship (1 time)