The Sandman to Wrestle His Final Match April 17th at Joey Janela’s Spring Break X in Las Vegas
ECW Original The Sandman will have his final beer bash later this year.
Game Changer Wrestling has announced that The Sandman will wrestle his final match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break X in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 17th, 2026.
The Sandman, real name Jim Fullington, turned pro in 1989 after training at Tri-State Wrestling Academy. He briefly worked for USWA in Memphis from 1991 to 1992 where he feuded with Jerry Lawler, before he found his footing in ECW in 1993, where he evolved from a surfer gimmick into the beer-drinking, cane-swinging hardcore icon that helped define the promotion’s identity. With his cigarette, Singapore cane, and “Enter Sandman” entrance, he became one of ECW and wrestling’s most recognizable stars, winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship five times.
He debuted in WCW in 1998, spending roughly a year with the company and wrapping up his run around Bash at the Beach 1999, before returning to ECW. After ECW folded in 2001, Sandman would make a surprise debut in TNA on February 12th, 2003. He would sporadically appear for the company throughout the remainder of the year before wrestling his final match in TNA on February 4th, 2004. After the match The Sandman left the company.
Sandman finally resurfaced on television in WWE at the 2005 ECW One Night Stand PPV, and later competing on WWE’s revived ECW brand, where he captured the Hardcore Championship several times. Sandman would be drafted to the RAW Brand in June of 2007 where he competed for several months before wrestling his last match with the company on the September 10th episode of RAW, in which he appeared to have injured his ankle. He was released from the company two days later on September 12th, 2007.
After leaving WWE, he has remained active on the independent scene before returning to TNA on July 27th, 2010. The Sandman’s second TNA run would be even shorter than his first, as he would eventually no-show the TNA Impact! tapings on August 23rd, 2010 and would then part ways with the company.
The Sandman has remained active on the indies and convention scene over the years, but will finally call it quits later this year when he wrestles his final match at GCW’s Joey Janela’s Spring Break X on April 17th, 2026 in Las Vegas wrapping up a 37 year career.
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