ECW Sandman surfing gimmick

[r2g1]

Poor Guy Couldn't Zip Up His Flash Funk Outfit Over His Beer Belly....

[SpikesFerret]

...Okay I need to see a singapore cane shot now.

[TheNotoriousMC2]

.....so that's why they call him the SANDman.

I feel so dumb. .__.

[Doctorfreek]

this shit looks like old awa lol sandman looks like he's trying to be sting so glad it changed to what it did

[BigOTerrorTrakz]

I dont know whats worse...the gimmick itself or the announcers trying to convince people about Sandman's "tan, charisma, looks and moves" and the match hadnt even began yet. Either way all of it was so cheesy haha.

[yourcrapsweak1]

is he... is he sober?!

[pinfold1000]

sting impersonation

[viking080]

thank god he dumped this gimmick

[xCeRTiFiieDx]

This was pre Heyman, so I dont really consider this the "real" ECW, but bejesus what was Eddie Gilbert thinking lol

[MrMayhemfan]

@xCeRTiFiieDx I think this may have been pre-Gilbert. At least I hope so. If it's not, I need to re-evaluate my whole fandom for the man....

[xCeRTiFiieDx]

Sandman (1995) vs Sandman (Surfer) is the ultimate dream match

[jzbadblood]

Any chance you could upload footage of Sandman transforming into the hardcore icon we all love? I've never seen that footage before. Does anyone even know what date/show he first ditched this getup?

[Moredread25]

So thats why he's called the Sandman.

[WadaTrey]

greatest gimick ever!!!!

[Damolisher]

A Surfer with a beer gut? Really?

[clubfro]

was this back when it was still eastern championship wrestling?

[UPYOURZ41]

Bad gimmick which ended up producing the greatest beer drinking, cigarette smoking, cane swinging ecw icon. Hell everyone has to start some where

[ELIMINATORRRR]

the sandman? more like The Seaman vs The Kodiak Kid LOL wow this is crazy.

[ShootStyleZombie]

obviously I think it was because of this gimmick that Sandman started drinking

[r70072]

Good move switching to the Singapore Cane. Swinging the surfboard after drinking all that beer would have been too hard.

[iAmSuperDuperTroll]

Before he appeared to every show drunk.

[disfiguredwreck]

lmao I didn't know this is how he got his name. I thought he took it from the Metallica song or something lol.

[deadyrockspin]

YEAH!

[3lement]

E - C- WTF W lol

[PoloGreenClassic]

its the Sandman...only Sober....

[Gook14]

haha I guess The Sandman name makes more sense given this gimmick.

[TrollCapAmerica]

Wow im gland he eventually sobered up and stopped wearing that gay outfit.Considering the amount he usually drinks its sorta scary to imagine how drunk he was to consider THIS a good idea

[StanKingston420]

and There Interviewing Him.. Terry Funk!!

[MB69RatedR]

This is hard to watch...

[dagdogg]

Sandman's opponent(Kodiak Bear) went on to co-host the now-defunct "Piledriver" radio show.

[WWEAssassinz]

how did he change from the surfer to the hardcore gimick??

[nonaame4]

i think it is 1993

[leeeleveneleven]

unreal

[HugeDickNick]

Sting was the only one would could pull off a surfer like gimmick with blonde hair like that. That sandman was a mess. and horrible idea.

[BruiserDrop]

Let this be a lesson to all the little kids. Not all gimmicks work for everyone. This reminds me of a less believable version of the surfer Stick gimmick. Then again while Sting was called that he never brought a board to the ring with him. Also I don't think Sandman even got to California till Heatwave 98.

[fialhoextreme]

gimmick gay.

[brutalcasey666]

is this off of a dvd or a vhs? it looks really good . have you ever ordered from fr video? they have a lot of old ecw stuff on dvd but i dont know how good the quality is.

[nextbigthing]

Neither. It's from my own home collection. I recorded every episode of ECW weekly TV. I then later transferred everything to DVD. My quality is better than RF Video or anything else out there.

[Hulkamania4eva]

@nextbigthing Every thought of making torrents and uploading them?

[dincus2747]

@nextbigthing fucking awsome keep up loding this is fucking awsome

[ExtremeECWv1]

The outfit is the funniest thing, and Terry Funk on commentary.

[jeffxtreame]

WOW sandman used to be chunky

[Gabagool]

@jeffxtreame Used to be?! What, did you not notice his trademark beer belly?

[XHWrestling]

that was pretty entertaining, I enjoyed seeming him with a different gimmick but I still prefer this one over the surfer

[mccoisty84]

The "REAL" Sandman would have caned the living bejesus out this surfer dude.

[AnimeKeith]

Looking at him I would have never had thought he looked like a surfer. Most surfers do not have a beer belly.

[Thewwekiller]

He actually got the strap with that gimmick?

[nextbigthing]

Yeah but ECW was a complete mess at that time.

[Thewwekiller]

Very true, sir. Very true.

[illlyricist420]

@nextbigthing yeah I remember being real young and seeing ecw on sports Channel philly after school. i didnt see this but it doesn't surprise me. They had doink back then.which really doesnt fit the ecw format. It took me a few years to watch again when i was surfing through the channels and saw sabu doing some sabu type shit lol