"The Hardcore Icon" The Sandman
Born: June 16th, 1963
From: Phiadelphia, Pennsylvania Height: 6 ft 4 in Weight: 240 lb ECW Debut: April 1992
Championships and Accomplishments:
- All Entertainment Action Wrestling:
- AEAW American Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- AEAW Hardcore Wrestling Championship (1 time)
- DDT Pro-Wrestling:
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
- Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling:
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship (5 times; record for most title reigns in history)
- 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:
- PWI ranked him #60 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995
- PWI ranked him #250 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2003
- Stars and Stripes Championship Wrestling:
- SSCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling:
- TNA Hard 10 Tournament Winner (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)
*He was also inducted in the Hardcore Hall of Fame (Class of 2007)*
The Sandman's Hardcore Hall of Fame banner in the former ECW Arena (now known as the 2300 Arena) |
Moments after winning his fifth ECW World Heavyweight Championship at ECW's final pay-per-view, Guilty As Charged 2001. He would lose the title moments later to Rhino. |
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