History Wrestling / JimFullington

** INeedAFreakingDrink: Called out for a beer after Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys had defeated he and Dreamer in the main event of ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He finally got it, courtesy of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin …who was clearly, ''clearly'' drunk off his ass himself. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued.]]

* NinetiesAntiHero: To the point that some people thought Austin was ripping ''him'' off by cursing and drinking beer. Which becomes even funnier when people who hadn't seen the Sandman in the original ECW wondered if ''he'' was ripping off ''Austin!'' Of course, as beer-drinking brawlers, they were ''both'' following in the tradition of Dick the Bruiser and the Crusher.

His began his career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick ([[{{pun}} oy vey.]]) He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested to Jim that he mould a gimmick around his own powerful personality: the wetsuits were mercifully now out, and the black wifebeaters and kendo sticks were in. While not the most gifted worker, that arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "[[TheFace The Ambassador of Extreme]]".

Sandman was among the ECW talent who jumped ship to Wrestling/{{WCW}} (as '''Hak''') when it began to crumble in '99, but his ImprovFu and edgy gimmicks did not translate to a national stage (much less in a neutered "[[LighterAndSofter Hardcore Division]]"), and he withdrew to ECW before the year was up.

Sandman was among the ECW talent who jumped ship to Wrestling/{{WCW}} (as '''Hak''') when it began to crumble in '99, but his ImprovFu and edgy gimmicks did not translate to a national stage (despite having his own Hardcore Division to play in), and he withdrew to ECW before the year was up.

His began his career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick, [[{{pun}} oy vey.]] He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested to Jim that he mould a gimmick around his own powerful personality: the wetsuits were (mercifully) now out, and the black wifebeaters and kendo sticks were in. While not the most gifted worker, that arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "[[TheFace The Ambassador of Extreme]]".

His began his career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick, [[{{pun}} oy vey.]] He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested to Jim that he mould a gimmick around his own powerful personality: the wetsuits were (mercifully) now out, and the black wifebeaters and kendo sticks were in. While not the most gifted worker, that arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His began his career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick, [[{{pun}} oy vey.]] He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested to Jim that he mould a gimmick around his own powerful personality: the wetsuits were (mercifully) now out, and the black wifebeaters and kendo sticks were in. While not exactly the most gifted worker, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His began his career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick ([[IncrediblyLamePun Oy.]]) He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested to Jim that he should mould a gimmick around his own powerful personality. While not exactly the most gifted worker, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His began his career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick ([[IncrediblyLamePun Oy.]]) He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own powerful personality. While not exactly the most gifted worker, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick ([[IncrediblyLamePun Oy.]]) He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own powerful personality. While not exactly the most gifted worker, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

Sandman was among the ECW talent who jumped ship to Wrestling/{{WCW}} (as '''Hak''') when it began to crumble in '99, but his ImprovFu and edgy gimmicks did not translate to a national stage (despite having his own Hardcore Division to play in), and he retreated to ECW before the year was up.

Sandman was among the ECW talent who jumped ship to Wrestling/{{WCW}} (as '''Hak''') when it began to crumble in '99, but his ImprovFu and edgy gimmicks did not translate to a national platform (despite having his own Hardcore Division to play in), and he retreated to ECW before the year was up.

His career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick ([[IncediblyLamePun Oy.]]) He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own powerful personality. While not exactly the most gifted worker, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick (Oy.) He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own powerful personality. While not exactly the most gifted worker, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick (Oy.) He finally struck gold in the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own strong personality. While not the most gifted worker around, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His career as '''Mr. Sandman''' in 1989, when he primarily wrestled in [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick (Oy.) He didn't strike gold until the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own strong personality. While not the most gifted worker around, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His career began in 1989 as '''Mr. Sandman''', primarily wrestling [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick (Oy.) He didn't strike gold until the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own strong personality. While not the most gifted worker around, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

His career began in 1989 as '''Mr. Sandman''', when he primarily wrestled [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick (Oy.) He didn't strike gold until the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own strong personality. While not the most gifted worker around, this arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

Sandman was among the ECW talent who jumped ship to Wrestling/{{WCW}} (as '''Hak''') when it began to crumble in '99, but his ImprovFu and edgy gimmicks did not translate to a national platform (however "Hardcore" the matches were), and he retreated to ECW before the year was up.

His career began in 1989 as '''Mr. Sandman''', when he primarily wrestled [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]] under a surfer gimmick (Oy.) He didn't strike gold until the mid-nineties, when ECW Vice-President Tod Gordon suggested he mould Sandman's gimmick around his own strong personality. While not the most gifted worker around, that arguably played to his advantage and he knew how to work a crowd; Wrestling/PaulHeyman knew a marketing hook when he saw it and dubbed Sandman "The Ambassador of Extreme".

''[[{{Music/Metallica}} EEEEEEEEEEXIT LIGHT, EEEENNNNNNTER NIGHT]]''

Sandman was among the ECW talent who jumped ship to Wrestling/{{WCW}} (as '''Hak''') when it began to crumble in '99, but his ImprovFu and edgy gimmicks did not translate to a PG audience--however "Hardcore" the matches supposedly were--and he retreated to ECW before the year was up.

Sandman was among the ECW talent who jumped ship to Wrestling/{{WCW}} (as ''Hak''') when it started to crumble in '99, but his ImprovFu and edgy gimmicks did not translate to a national audience--however "Hardcore" the matches supposedly were--and he retreated to ECW before the year was up.

A former International Wrestling Cartel Champion, '''Jim Fullington''' (b. 1963) is a retired American[[note]]Depending on the source, he's either from Philadelphia, Utah or Tampa.[[/note]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er known as '''The Sandman'''. He is best known for his time in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, where he was a 5x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html NWA ECW Heavyweight/ECW World Heavyweight Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champion]] with [[Wrestling/TooColdScorpio 2 Cold Scorpio]]. He started his career in 1989 in the UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} area as '''Mr. Sandman''' doing a surfer gimmick, primarily in the [[http://www.twaprowrestling.com/ Tri-State Wrestling Alliance]]. He also had a brief, unsuccessful run in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1999 as '''Hak'''. He has since had runs with many promotions, including Wrestling/{{MLW}}, a few different ones in Wrestling/{{TNA}} and in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as part of [=WWECW=]. He made his [=PPV=] debut in the semi-main event [[MeleeATrois Three-Way-Dance]] against Wrestling/TerryFunk and [[Wrestling/StevieRichards "Big Stevie Cool" (Stevie Richards)]] at ECW's first [=PPV=], ''ECW Barely Legal'', on April 13, 1997.

''[[{{Music/Metallica}} EXIT LIIIIIIIIIIIGHT, ENTER NIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT]]''

Not to be confused with ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', [[VideoGame/PunchOut the boxer]], or the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman mythological character]].

*** CanCrushingCranium: Would bust himself open before he even got to the ring by smashing beer cans against his head.
---->'''JoeyStyles''': He's already [[BloodUpgrade busted open]]; the match hasn't even begun yet!
*** DrunkenMaster: He would drink beer on his way to the ring and sometimes even during the matches. It also led to the names of some of his big moves. See above.
**** He showed up for a match held by the IPW promotion in Florida ''without'' his trademark [=beergut=], and he actually looked ''emaciated'' and ''unhealthy'' as a result.
*** INeedAFreakingDrink: Called out for a beer after Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys had defeated he and Dreamer in the main event of ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He finally got it, courtesy of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin …who was clearly, ''clearly'' drunk off his ass himself. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Drinks on his way to the ring. Has also shown up and wrestled after getting drunk beforehand. Among his other enthusiasms are:
** {{Beergasm}}

* ArchEnemy: Tommy Cairo, Wrestling/TommyDreamer, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]], Wrestling/ShaneDouglas, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Justin Credible, Wrestling/{{Rh|yno}}ino.
** Most of all, '''Wrestling/{{Raven}}''', who, in 1996, turned Sandman's ''wife'' Lori and then '''7-year-old''' ''son'' Tyler against him.
* BashBrothers: 2 Cold Scorpio, Tommy Dreamer, [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Little Spike Dudley]], Wrestling/TerryFunk

* DrunkenMaster: Drinks on his way to the ring. Has also shown up and wrestled after getting drunk beforehand.

** {{Beergasm}}
*** CanCrushingCranium: Would bust himself open before he even got to the ring by smashing beer cans against his head.
---->'''JoeyStyles''': He's already [[BloodUpgrade busted open]]; the match hasn't even begun yet!
*** DrunkenMaster: He would drink beer on his way to the ring and sometimes even during the matches. It also led to the names of some of his big moves. See above.
**** He showed up for a match held by the IPW promotion in Florida ''without'' his trademark [=beergut=], and he actually looked ''emaciated'' and ''unhealthy'' as a result.
*** INeedAFreakingDrink: Called out for a beer after Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys had defeated he and Dreamer in the main event of ''ECW One Night Stand 2005''. He finally got it, courtesy of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin.
**** …who was clearly, ''clearly'' drunk off his ass himself. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued.]]
** SmokingIsCool: Along with drinking on his way to the ring, he'd also smoke.

''[[{{Music/Metallica}} EXIT LIIIIIIIIIIIGHT, ENTER NIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT]]''-- sorry, force of habit.

Not to be confused with ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' or the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman mythological character]].