Network censors and wrestling trainers certainly wouldn't permit his smoking in today's environment. The Sandman gimmick was ...

Seeing wrestlers jump from one promotion to another ... really could have worked during the Attitude Era. In ECW, The Sandman was a fan-favorite who achieved a ton of success.

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The wrestlers who became stars in ECW during the 1990s became synonymous with the cult-like promotion, even if they went on ...

Although his bouts were sometimes secondary, ECW owner Paul Heyman famously referred to him as “the embodiment of Extreme Championship Wrestling.” Mr. Sandman, as he was first known ...

For a long time, WWE simply did not understand the appeal of ECW. Alongside the ill-fated ECW reboot, WWE spent years either belittling the smaller promotion or flat-out ignoring ...

Extreme Championship Wrestling accomplished much during its relatively short lifespan and made such an impact on fans that it ...

ECW presents Barely Legal Terry Funk Sandman and Big Stevie Cool compete in a ThreeWay Dance with the winner facing Raven for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship Taz and Sabu face off in the ...

It wasn’t until Tommy took a beating from the beer-swilling Sandman that he ... away from WWE to compete in wrestling rings around the world. The Heart & Soul of ECW returned to WWE in December ...