# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/the-sandman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:23:58.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/the-sandman"
name: "The Sandman"
slug: "the-sandman"
description: "James Fullington, better known by his ring name The Sandman, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his run with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he developed into a smoking and drinking \"Hardcore Icon\" and held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship a record five times. He also had stints in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Sandman retired on April 17, 2026, in a comedic match to the Invisible Man at Joey Janela's Spring Break X."
tagline: "American professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sandman_ECW.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1963-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.47419733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Szzandman"
    handle:    "Szzandman"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298416/"
    handle:    "nm0298416"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman_(g%C3%BCre%C5%9F%C3%A7i)"
    title: "Sandman (güreşçi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ساندمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ساندمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fullington"
    title: "Jim Fullington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(Wrestler)"
    title: "The Sandman (Wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Sandman (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(luchador)"
    title: "The Sandman (luchador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fullington"
    title: "James Fullington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(catch)"
    title: "The Sandman (catch)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(pegulat)"
    title: "The Sandman (pegulat)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Sandman (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3_(%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "サンドマン (プロレスラー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%8C%EB%93%9C%EB%A7%A8_(%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%AC%EB%A7%81_%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98)"
    title: "샌드맨 (프로레슬링 선수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fullington"
    title: "James Fullington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fullington"
    title: "Jim Fullington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Сэндмен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Sandman (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%99_(%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3)"
    title: "เดอะแซนด์แมน (นักมวยปล้ำ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532927"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2291279"
    title: "Raphael Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump