The Sandman: Wild ECW Stories, Crazy Entrances, Why He Hated Being In WWE, Paul Heyman

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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See you at the next Insight LIVE! Get tickets at https://cvvtix.com James Fullington (@ecwsandman) is a retired professional wrestler best known for his time in ECW, WCW and WWE as The Sandman. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas to discuss his retirement match against The Invisible Man in Las Vegas, how the Singapore cane became his signature weapon, making his entrance to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, his legendary entrance at ECW One Night Stand, the controversial crucifixion angle with Raven, and more! Please support our sponsors: HELIX SLEEP: Flash sale! Go to https://helixsleep.com/cvv for 27% off sitewide! COZY EARTH: Go to https://cozyearth.com/CVV for up to 20% off! BEAM: Go to https://shopbeam.com/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT for up to 40% off Beam’s Dream Powder DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT FACTOR: Get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year with the code INSIGHT50OFF at https://factormeals.com/INSIGHT50OFF PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/cvv SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount NORDVPN: Exclusive deal! https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! PRIZEPICKS: Download the PrizePicks app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 bonus credit in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com If you have ever enjoyed any of these episodes, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast or Spotify? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleas!
0:05.0	Yeah!
0:06.0	Before we dive into this wild episode with The Sandman, I want to personally invite you to the next Insight Live because say his name and he appears.
0:31.0	Joe Hendry is my special guest for Insight Live this Friday, May 8th in Tampa to kickoff Backlash weekend.
0:38.6	Grab your tickets now while you still can at CVVTix.com.
0:43.1	That's CVVTIX.com.
0:45.8	And I will see all of the real, real, real ones in Tampa this Friday.
0:55.7	Well, it's an honor to have you on the show.
0:57.8	Thank you.
0:58.6	And you brought a Singapore cane.
1:00.7	Yeah, it's for you.
1:01.8	It's for me?
1:02.8	Yeah, of course.
1:03.6	Like you're going to hand it to me
1:04.6	or you're going to hit me over the head with it.
1:05.8	Yeah, sir.
1:06.3	Dude, if I could kneel down, I would yield down
1:10.0	and I would present it to you.
1:12.1	My goodness.
1:26.7	Wow. I thought you were going to hit me over the head with it. So this is much better than that. Well, we'll see how the rest of the interview goes. Oh, boy. Maybe I'll hang on to it then. Yeah. Yeah, that's probably smart. There's a key with these, right? you can make them hurt a lot or you can make them hurt a little. You see a red string right there?
1:27.8	Yeah.
1:28.0	You move that red string.
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