May 27, 201510 yr Author comment_5670456 Worst candidate yet? He is highly charismatic and can be real fun to watch. My favourite match would be against Sabu at House Party '98, but I'd only go 4 stars on that.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_5670458 Don't see this one at all. Essentially the NAO of ECW with a longer stretch run. The angles and entrance is debatable on the entertainment and overness, the matches are not and I can honestly say I have probably been more impressed with more Ultimate Warrior in ring performances than Sandman.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_5670459 A better wrestler when drunk than RVD when high. Neither of them are as good as Mad Dog Vachon with a prosthetic leg, however.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_5670464 I remember thinking his matches with Cactus from 1995 held up when I revisited that year of ECW, and there was the Spring Stampede match in WCW that he had against Bigelow but that'd be about it.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_5670467 Worst candidate yet? He is highly charismatic and can be real fun to watch. My favourite match would be against Sabu at House Party '98, but I'd only go 4 stars on that. At work now, but I bet I could find 25 nominees who I think are clearly worse.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_5670471 A better wrestler when drunk than RVD when high Well said. I like the Sandman a lot. The NOA comparison is totally off for most of his, well, peak. Yes, at the end of ECW, Sandman was basically only a prolongued intro, but it was not the case in 95/97. Tons of worse people have been nominated.
May 27, 201510 yr Author comment_5670473 Worst candidate yet? He is highly charismatic and can be real fun to watch. My favourite match would be against Sabu at House Party '98, but I'd only go 4 stars on that. At work now, but I bet I could find 25 nominees who I think are clearly worse. I forgot about Davey Richards and some others that are nominated. 25 might be a stretch, but there is an amount for sure.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_5670493 Garbage candidate. No chance of even being considered for the ballot.
May 27, 201510 yr comment_5670656 I never saw any real talent in The Sandman as a wrestler or at really anything else for that matter. But with the likes of other ECW performers such as Tommy Dreamer and New Jack getting nominated, i decided why not him? From what i've saw, his best years as a worker are 1995 and his 1999 WCW run as Hak. The two ECW matches of his that i like would be the '95 ladder match with Mikey Whipwreck and the '98 PPV match with Sabu. I actually don't think his WCW '99 matches with Kendell Windham (Nitro - 4/5/99) and Bam Bam Bigelow (Spring Stampede - 4/11/99) themselves were any bad. Wouldn't be anywhere near my list, but one person did vote for him a vote in the 2006 poll. Take that for what you will.
May 28, 201510 yr comment_5670704 I actually liked Sandman and thought he was an underrated worker in a lot of ways. He would make my personal top five hundred. So there is that.
May 29, 201510 yr comment_5671025 Actually a pretty compelling character and probably one of Heyman's Top 5 mirages as far as credible guys who were shit in the ring. I did like that when he got in shape for WWECW that he still had a boiler on him. No chance for this list, though.
May 29, 201510 yr comment_5671031 Garbage candidate. No chance of even being considered for the ballot. Seconded
May 29, 201510 yr comment_5671034 25 really? Was just looking and got to "Jacque Rogeau" and still haven't found one. Joe Malenko maybe. Who nominated Sandman?
June 24, 201510 yr comment_5680387 Garbage candidate. No chance of even being considered for the ballot. I agree. The nominations are getting ridiculous.
August 14Aug 14 comment_6033444 Anyone considering Sandman this time around? I'm not nearly familiar enough with ECW to make a case for him, but I do enjoy Sandman and think he's probably better than he was given credit for in this thread.
August 14Aug 14 comment_6033458 I am not considering him but, he is a fun wrestler. His match with Goldberg at WCW Spring Break 1999 is super cool, the One Night Stand 2005 entrance is one of the best entrances ever.
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