Sean Derek Sands is a retired American wrestler mainly know for his stints in Frontier Grappling Arts, where he is a former Heavyweight champion, wrestling under the ring name of Sean Sands. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Hard Knox Wrestling.
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| BILLING INFORMATION | |
| Ring Name(s): | Sean Sands |
| Height: | 6'3 |
| Weight: | 220 |
| Born: | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Resides: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Billed From: | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Federation(s): | Frontier Grappling Arts |
| Previous Federation(s): | UCW, NWA, EAW, OSEW, PWF |
| WRESTLING INFORMATION | |
| Alignment: | Face |
| Theme Song: | "Burn Brighter" Landsdowne |
| Finisher(s): | Sand Attack (Zig Zag) |
| Manager: | N/A |
| CAREER HISTORY | |
| Debut: | July 30th, 2011 |
| Trained By: | Al Norris |
Early Life:[]
Sean was born on July 16, 1984 as the first of four boys. His parents are Stephen Sands, a deceased car factory worker and former collegiate wrestler for Iowa, and Dawn Sands, a former pageant queen. All throughout his life, Sean loved watching wrestling and when he entered high school, he joined the wrestling team. Sean would start in all of his four years and would place 1st in states in his Senior year, 2nd in states in his Sophomore year, 3rd in his Junior year, and 6th in his Freshman year. After high school, Sean would join Ohio State University for wrestling. He wouldn't wrestle his freshman or sophomore year, but would start his junior year, going 5-1 before injuring himself. Sean would start in his senior year and would place 3rd for the Big Ten title in his weight class. In 2006, Sean would graduate Ohio State State University with a sports management degree.
Pre-Pro Wrestling (2006-2011):[]
On July of 2006, Sean would accept a head coach wrestling job with his old high school. He would coach the JV squad in the 06-07 season, the team only losing one match and four of his wrestlers making the varsity team. After that season, Sean would be chosen as the varsity coach for the 07-08 year. He would lead the team to a solid record with only three loses. They would win their conference and Sean would take three guys to states, 1 finishing in 5th, 1 finishing 4th, and 1 finishing 2nd. In the 08-09 and 09-10 seasons, Sean's team would come 2nd in the conference and Sean would only send two guys to states in the 08-09 season (1 finishing 2nd and the other 1st) and 0 in his 09-10 season. In the 10-11 season, Sean's team would win the conference again and he would send 3 guys to states (2 1st place finishers and 1 3rd place finisher). After that season, his team would encourage Sean to tryout for UCW, who would be holding a tryout in about four months. Sean would agree and would be trained by Al Norris, a freind of his father and former pro wrestler. On July 21st, 2011, Sean would outlast 14 other men and win a contract with UCW.
Pro Wrestling Career:[]
United Championship Wrestling (2011)[]
Sean would sign his contract on July 27th, 2011 and would make his debut on July 30th, 2011, in a victory over Johnny Stallion. Sean would win two more matches before winning his fourth match to pick up the tag titles with his younger brother, John Sands. Sean would suffer his first loss against Massacre Maker when he would lose in a cage match for the US title. Then Sean would suffer his second loss when facing the World Champion, Chris Palmer, for the World title. Sean would then pick up two more victories to move to 5-2 before his brother would betray him in a tag match to lose the tag titles. Then, Sean would lose in a triple threat match for the Rising Star Title, which his brother retained. Sean would then win a qualifying match for the MITB match, which he would end up winning only for the company to go bankrupt and Sean to lose his job on October 13th, 2011.
National Wrestling Alliance (2011-2012)[]
On October 20th, 2011, Sean would sign with National Wrestling Alliance alongside his brother, Tanner Sands. In his debut, Sean picked up a victory over Damian Lucifer. The week following, Sean would tag with his brother Tanner and they would become the tag team champions. They retained them the following week, by beating The Slates of Hate. In the following match he had, Sean defeated Quinton Sharpe to continue his undefeated streak to 5-0. He then won in a tag team match next, with his brother Tanner, defeating the Slates of Hate and extending his streak to 6-0. Sean retained the tag titles two weeks later against the Uprising (Ryan Omega and Chase Anderson). He retained the tag titles, for the fourth time, at Holiday Hell, and won an award for tag team of the year with his brother, Tanner.
They retained the tag titles again the following week against the Apocalypse and Sean's streak extended to 9-0. Sean was then entered in a North American title tournament the following day, in which the winner would become the new North American champion. He lost in the first round to Timothy Eric Wilson, making it his first singles loss. He then retained his tag titles the following week against Evans and Venum. They retained them again against the Skyscraperz. They were then stripped of their titles and released, but were re-hired by Chino and given their titles back, making them 2-time tag team champions and still undefeated as a tag team. They retained the titles at Wrestlefest as well.
They battled at Repercussion the following week to a no contest in a 6-man tag match. The Sands Brothers kept their tag undefeated streak alive, beating Raven and Lace. Their undefeated streak ended at the hands of Chelsea Armstrong and Summer Daize, thus earning Armstrong and Daize a shot at the tag titles. They lost the tag titles at the PPV to Armstrong and Daize and Sean was released from his contract.
Extreme Anarchy Wrestling (2012)[]
Sean joined Extreme Anarchy Wrestling on March 1st, 2012. He would make his debut against Kareem Al-Bashir, tying against him to earn shot at the TV title. The following week, Sean would pin Kareem Al-Bashir in a triple threat match to win his first singles title, the EAW TV title. Sean would drop the title to Xavier Daniels, a friend of his, ending his title reign at 17 days. The following week, Sean would pin Velocidad in a one-on-one match against him and would defeat him. Sean would then defeat the returning Stylez the following week, but would lose at X-Ecution in a return match.
Sands would make back that loss at Collision 60, where he would defeat Jordan Storm, Ryan Bradford, and Ian Andrews for a shot at the EAW Extreme championship. The following week, at Collision 61, Sands would face High Flying Hardcore for the Extreme title in a "Glass Fun Box" match and would defeat him to win the EAW Extreme title. Sean would then defeat Ian Andrews in a Falls Count Anywhere Match and in another match, he and his tag team partner, Tristan Young, would move on in the tag title tournament. The following week, Sean and Tristan would advance to the finals against Scotty Adams and Ricky Kimmel after Sean pinned Chelsea Armstrong, the woman who ended his last NWA tag team title reign. In the finals at Eclipse, Sean and Tristan would lose to Scotty Adams and Ricky Kimmel. At Collision 64, Sands would defend his Extreme title against newcomer Marquis Jackson. Sean would pin Jackson, giving Jackson his first loss. At Collision 65, Sands would participate in the Anarchy Cup Tournament, losing to John Kowalski in the first round. Sands would also be involved in the main event of the night, defending his Extreme title against Scotty Adams. Sands would lose, thus losing his title and ending his reign at 48 days. Later that night, doctors would find out that Sands had suffered a legitimate neck injury from a move gone wrong, causing him to be out of action for at least a month.
He returned to action a month later and after a couple of matches, Sean Sands was released from his contract on October 21, 2012.
Ohio State Extreme Wrestling (2012-2013)[]
After his contract release, Sean would join the US Indy Scene, joining independent company Ohio State Extreme Wrestling. On October 25th, 2012, Sean would pin Anarchy in his debut. On November 22nd, Sean would team with Brent Black to defeat Anarchy and Bull Bullock. On December 20th, Sean would pin Anarchy to move to 3-0. On January 23rd, Sean would win in a 5-man battle royal to win a shot against the OSEW Hardcore Champion. On February 28th, Sean would win via DQ against the champion, Steve Stevenson, to move to 5-0. Sean would then team with Texas Maverick to defeat Steve Stevenson and Bull Bullock on March 19th. On April 17th, Sean would pin Steve Stevenson in a chairs match to win the OSEW Hardcore Championship. Sean would retain against Stevenson on March 10th in a ladder match. On April 19th, Sean would retain against Steve Stevenson. On May 15th, Sean would pin Bull Bullock in a chairs match to retain his title. On May 17th, Sean would retain his title against 9 Five in a steel cage match. On May 19th, Sean would ask for a release of contract with OSEW, it being granted immediately.
Frontier Grappling Arts (2013-2014; 2014-2015):[]
2013-2014:[]
Sean would sign a contract with FGA on May 4th, 2013. Sands made his debut on May 25th, defeating Ryan Big. After the match he was attacked by The Motto (Big and League), only to be saved by Xavier Daniels. On June 8th, Sands would be on the losing side of a ten man tag match, but would not be pinned. At All Star Showdown II, Sands would be scheduled to team with Daniels, only for Daniels to suffer a terrible injury, thus causing Sands to be moved to the triple threat match, making it a four way fray against Noah Van Dyke, Wade Nolan, and Heather Halliwell. Halliwell would win the match, but Sands again would not be the man to submit or be pinned.
On July 6th, Sands would defeat Anton Chase to earn a spot in the Frontier Lions Cup tournament.On August 3rd, Sands would be on the losing end of a 6 man tag, but would not be the man pinned as he would be attacked by Blayze and Chaths for the second time in the show. At Above and Beyond II, which took place on August 31st, Sands defeated Blayze in the first round of the tournament after being beaten down and handcuffed by a cop. A little later, Sands would defeat tournament favorite Kevin Hardaway to advance to the finals, Hardaway and Sands shaking hands afterwards. In the finals, Sands would defeat Blayze's partner in crime, Chaths, and become the 2013 Fronter Lion's Cup winner, earning him a shot at the FGA Heavyweight title.
On the 9/15 show, Sands would defeat Johnny Karma after Chris Bond would come out and be in Sands' corner. On the 9/28 show, Sands would defeat Malcolm Drake, one half of the FGA Mid-Atlantic champions, but would be attacked afterwards by the man who holds the FGA Heavyweight title, Chris Q. Sands would suffer his first loss in almost a year to Jimmy Page when Page exposed the turnbuckle and caused Sands to hit it. At Respect Is Earned, Sands defeated Chris Q to become the FGA Heavyweight champion.
On the next show, Sands and Q would have a face off with Q bringing out a fake title and saying that Sands never defeated him. The following show, Sands would get himself and his team of the Usual Suspects and Chris Bond when he would hit Q with a chair following Q attacking him backstage and giving Q's team (which consisted of Dom Harter and Bloodbath & Beyond) the victory. The next show, Sands would defeat then Pride champion Johnny Karma. At Final Frontier II, Sands would drop the title back to Chris Q in the main event.
On the next show, Sands would lose to Jimmy Page yet again. The following show, Sands would call out Ryan Kidd, then would proceed to face the Murder with Graham Clauson on his side (Madman Szalinski getting hurt during a pre-match brawl). Sands and Clauson would fail to defeat the Murder after Dom Harter would pin Graham Clauson. Two weeks later, Sands would team with Jaxie Wyatt, Jared James, and Dan Herrera in a winning effort over Johnny Karma, Joshua Black, Alistair Mangold, and Thaddeus Grey. At International Incident, after accepting a challenge from Riley Owens at the last show, Sands would end up losing to Riley Owens. On the next Battleground on March 8th, Sands would announce that he was no longer part of the roster and would be leaving wrestling for a bit.
2014-2015:[]
On September 6th, Sands would return to FGA to present the Frontier Lions Cup to Cordy Stevenson. On September 20th, Sands would officially announce his return before being laid out by Chris Bond. On October 4th, Sands would be attacked by Bond backstage. On October 18th, Sands challenged Bond to a match at FGA's 3rd Anniversary show; Bond accepted. The match would then be pushed back to Final Frontier III. At Final Frontier III, Sean Sands would defeat Chris Bond in a singles match.
The following show, Sands would make his way out to the ring during the opening segment and after some talking, would ask that Jimmy Page put his title on the line in a fatal four way match between them two, Johnny Karma, and a man Sean hates in Chandler Scott. Page would seemingly accept. Four weeks later, Sean Sands defeated Cyncity during the main event of the White Plains DVD taping. Before that, he would come to the rescue of Chris Bond after Chandler Scott threatened to injure Bond. At A New Odyssey, Chandler Scott would pin Jimmy Page to win the FGA World championship. Sands would hit a total of five finishers throughout the match and would nearly walk away with the belt had it not been for the others breaking up all the pin attempts.
Two weeks later, Sands would come out and congratulate Scott before announcing that he was going to be part of the 2015 Gold Rush Rumble. Two weeks after that, Sands would defeat former Pride champion, Tony Carmine, in a singles match. At Glory Road, Sands would enter the Gold Rush Rumble at #16, lasting until the final four before he was eliminated by Dan Herrera.
Sands would appear on the next DVD taping, shown talking on the phone to someone, but no idea as to who. The following DVD taping, Sands teamed with Zero McHannon in tag team action, but they failed to defeat the team of Chandler Scott and Sunshine Tony Carmine. Weeks later, Sands would qualify for the Frontier Lion's Cup by defeating Luke Jackson. A few weeks later, Sands would team with Noelle Smith and Izzy Anders in a six man tag against Chandler Scott, Evangelista, and Johnny Cannon. though his team would fail to win after Chandler pinned Noelle. At Above & Beyond IV, Sands would defeat Cordy Stevenson in the first round of the Frontier Lion's Cup (but Chris Q would attack and injure her afterwards) and would lose to "Noelle" Smith in the second round after Chris Q interfered.
On the 10/17 episode of Vertigo, Sands would defeat Johnny Cannon in the main event. Two weeks later on the following episode of Vertigo, Sands would force Chris Q to accept a match between the two of them at the four year anniversary show, threatening to shatter Q's ankle if he didn't. At the four year anniversary show, Sands defeated Q in dominant fashion, beating him in under three minutes. On the following episode of Vertigo, Sands would announce that he would be retiring after Final Frontier, choosing Cyncity as his final opponent. Cyncity would defeat him at Final Frontier in Sands' last match ever.
Pro-Wrestling FRONTIER (2014-2015)[]
Sean Sands would make his return to wrestling by signing a contract and appearing on the May 4th FRONTIER card, telling the fans that he was coming for the GFC World championship. On May 25th, Sands would defeat Michael Hopkins in the main event, winning his first match back to the ring. On June 8th, Sands would pick up a second straight victory against Joey Edwards. On June 22nd, Sands would defeat former GFC champion, Alex Jones, continuing his win streak. On August 24th, in Pro-Wrestling FRONTIER's return, Sean Sands would compete in the main event for the GFC World championship and would defeat then champ Angelica Jones and Michael Hopkins (pinning Jones via rollup).
On September 29th, Sands and Evangelista would go to a no contest after Kevin Hardaway would get involved and lay out Sands. On October 13th, Sands successfully defended his GFC World championship against Kevin Hardaway, making defense number two of his belt. On October 26th, Sean defeated Riku Ozaki in a singles match to make defense number 3 of the GFC World championship. On November 9th, Sean Sands would successfully team with Mia Scott against Sylar Drake and Sterling Everett when Sands would pin Sterling Everett for the victory. On December 13th, Sands defeated Diana Tremblay to defend his GFC World championship though Diana would get help from Silas Mason and FRONTIER owner Angelica Jones throughout the match.
On February 9th, Sean Sands defeated Mia Scott in a champion vs champion non-title match. After the match, both he and Scott would be attacked by the returning Sterling Everett. A few weeks later, Sands would defeat Everett via disqualification after Everett would hit him with a chair. Sands would defeat Everett weeks later to retain.
The company went on hiatus.
Hard Knox Wrestling (2014-Present)[]
Sean joined HKW on March 26, 2014 as one of two trainers alongside retired wrestler, Spirit Z. On June 27th, 2014, Sands was made the general manager for the IGNITE brand. On September 11th, at #HKWvsTheWorld, Sean would defend the GFC World championship against Jinzai in a 30 minute ironman match.
Sands then began to lead a team into victory at Divine Supremacy in a brand war match against Defiance to try and prove brand superiority. At their House of Pain: Malice show, Sean Sands gave a heated response to the things Defiance said, even cursing them out at one point. At Divine Supremacy, Sands almost got into a fight with Defiance GM Romeo Price before his brand defeated Defiance for the Divine Supremacy Brand War trophy.
On the final episode of iGNiTE before Inception 2015, Sands was attacked by Lyle Risky guys, XPJ and Banahan, Cole. At Inception, Sands distracted XPJ, costing him his chance at winning the Global GO.
Four weeks later, Sands was suspended by Lyle Risky for his actions (though it was ironic since Risky himself was doing similar if not worse actions).
At HKW vs The World II on July 4th, Sands faced his brothers Brett and Tanner in a triple threat elimination match dubbed the #SandsOff. It was Sean's 100th match, which he ended up losing when he came second in the match to Brett.
Sean Sands was announced as a member of the Board of Directors after the Darkness Falls (Defiance) PPV.
Other Wrestling Work[]
2013[]
Sean appeared in eWo's battle royal for a new contender to the heavyweight championship, where he would be eliminated in under three minutes.
2014[]
Sean appeared in the final Survive and Conquer in 2014, but failed to win his group battle royal.
2015[]
Sands defended his GFC World championship during a Puroresu United show on February 12th against Andrew Karnage.
Personal Life:[]
On August 11th, 2010, Sean would marry his high school girlfriend Tracy Mason. On June 9th, 2012, the couple would have their first child, a boy they would name Stefan Stephen Sands. The couple got divorced on March 6th, 2014 and Tracy received full custody of their child.
Sean has three younger brothers. John, the oldest of his younger brothers, died on July 22nd, 2015.
Sean's favorite sport is soccer and his favorite player is Wayne Rooney. Sean is left handed, the only one in his family since his great grandfather, Shawn Sands. Sean also trains people part-time, most recently, RISE wrestler and second cousin Angelo Sands.
Sean dated his former assistant, Alexandria Green, from December 2014 to August 2015.
In Wrestling:[]
Finishers:
- Sand Attack (Jumping Reverse Bulldog)
- Sand Drop (Corkscrew Leg Drop)
- Sand Driver (Phoenix-Plex)
Signature Moves:
- Sharpshooter
- Running Single Leg Dropkick (Sands Kick)
- Lip Buster (Morrison's Flying Chuck)
- Face Meets Mat (Jumping DDT)
- Fame Asser
Regular Moves:
- Moonsault
- Dropkick
- Spinning Heel Kick
- Bulldog
- Pele Kick
- Boston Crab
- Neckbreaker
- Diving Crossbody
- Hurricanrana
- Suicide Dive
- Brainbuster (Must be +20 pounds or less to his weight)
- Spear (Rare)
- Bicycle Kick
- Roundhouse Kick
- Backstabber
Entrance Theme:
- "Burn Brighter" by Landsdowne
Managers:
- N/A
Managed:
- N/A
Championships & Accomplishments:[]
Amateur Wrestling (HS/College):
- 2002 OHSA State champion
- 2nd place in OHSA (x1)
- 3rd place in OHSA (x1)
- 3rd in Big Ten (x1)
Coaching Career:
- Conference Champion (HS)(x2)
- 8 State Title Contenders (HS)(3-1st, 2-2nd, 1-3rd, 1-4th, 1-5th)
Pro Wrestling Career:
- Extreme Anarchy Wrestling
- EAW TV Champion (1x)
- EAW Extreme Champion (1x)
- Frontier Grappling Arts
- Frontier Lion's Cup Winner (1x; 2013)
- Defeated Johnny Blayze in the first round
- Defeated Kevin Hardaway in the second round
- Defeated Chaths in the third round
- FGA World Champion (1x)
- FGA Award (1)
- 2015 Match of the Year (vs Scott vs Karma vs Page)
- 12 Days of FGA #1 Match (2015)
- Frontier Lion's Cup Winner (1x; 2013)
- Hard Knox Wrestling
- 2015 HKW Brand War Winner (as GM of iGNiTE)
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Tag Team Champion (2x w/Tanner Sands)
- 2012 NWA Award for Best Tag Team of the Year (w/Tanner Sands)
- Ohio State Extreme Wrestling
- OSEW Hardcore Champion (1x)
- Pro Wrestling FRONTIER
- GFC World Champion (1x)
- GFC Award for Show of the Year (2014; headlined show)
- GFC Award for Wrestler of the Year (2014)
- United Championship Wrestling
- UCW Tag Team Champion (1x w/John Sands)
- UCW Money in the Bank Winner (1x; 2014)
- UK Sports Syndicate
- Male Wrestler of the Mid-Year (Dec 2014-May 2015; shared w/Kickass Smurf)
- Wrestler of the Mid-Year (Dec 2014-May 2015)
Wrestlers Trained:[]
- Anya Sands
- Colton Sterling
- Jaxon Queen
- Levi Chambers