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Paul Orndorff

Paul Orndorff

Actor · 1949–2021 · Brandon, Florida, USA

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Biography

Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Wonderful", was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After seven years working around the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Orndorff became a star in the 1980s WWE wrestling boom, and featured with manager Bobby Heenan and champion Hulk Hogan extensively, including in the main events of the first WrestleMania and Survivor Series. With an untreated neck injury, he left WWE for WCW in early 1988, where he won the WCW World Television Championship and the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Paul Roma (as a team called Pretty Wonderful). Arm atrophy from a nagging injury led him to retire in 2000 and he was treated for cancer in 2011. After retiring, he trained aspiring wrestlers. Orndorff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame in 2009.

Acted in 61

2010s

  1. 2017

    WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995

    Movie

  2. 2015

    WWE Table For 3

    Paul Orndorff · 1 episode

2000s

  1. 2007

    Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1

    Paul Orndorff

  2. 2006

    WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

    'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff

  3. WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

    Movie

  4. 2005

    Hogan Knows Best

    TV

1990s

  1. 1995

    WCW World War 3 1995

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  2. WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  3. WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  4. 1994

    WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  5. WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  6. WCW Fall Brawl 1994

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  7. WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  8. WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  9. WCW SuperBrawl IV

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  10. WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  11. WCW Pro

    Wrestler · 1 episode

  12. 1993

    WCW BattleBowl

    "Mr. Wonderful"

  13. WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  14. WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  15. WCW Fall Brawl 1993

    "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  16. WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  17. WCW Beach Blast 1993

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  18. WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

    Paul Orndorff (Manager)

  19. WCW Slamboree 1993

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  20. WCW SuperBrawl III

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  21. WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  22. 1992

    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  23. 1991

    UWF Beach Brawl

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  24. 1990

    Universal Wrestling Federation: Fury Hour

    TV

  25. WCW The Great American Bash 1990

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  26. NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1980s

  1. 1988

    Clash of the Champions

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Paul Orndorff (Manager) · 8 episodes

  2. 1987

    The Best of the WWF: volume 14

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  3. Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

    Paul Orndorff

  4. WWE Survivor Series 1987

    Paul Orndorff

  5. The Best of the WWF: volume 12

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  6. Hulkamania 2

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  7. Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  8. 1986

    WWF Wrestling Challenge

    Paul Orndorff, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff · 7 episodes

  9. WWF Superstars

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff · 17 episodes

  10. WWE The Big Event

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  11. WrestleMania II

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  12. WWE Grudge Match

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  13. The Best of the WWF: volume 5

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  14. 1985

    The Wrestling Classic

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  15. Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits

    Paul Orndorff

  16. The Best of the WWF: volume 4

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  17. Andre the Giant

    "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (Archive footage)

  18. WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

    Paul Orndorff · 2 episodes

    72

  19. WrestleMania

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  20. Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (archive footage)

  21. WWE War to Settle the Score

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  22. Best of the WWF Volume 3

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  23. Most Unusual Matches

    Paul Orndorff

  24. Best of the WWF Volume 2

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  25. 1984

    WWE The Brawl to End it All

    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

  26. Tuesday Night Titans

    Paul Orndorff, Paul Orndorff (Archive footage) · 13 episodes

  27. 1981

    Mid-South Wrestling

    Paul Orndorff · 17 episodes

Appearances12

2010s

  1. 2019

    350 Days

    Self

  2. 2018

    Andre the Giant

    Self (archive footage)

    81
  3. 2013

    Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

    Himself

  4. WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

    Himself

2000s

  1. 2009

    WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

    Himself

  2. 2005

    The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s

    Self

  3. WWE Hall of Fame

    Self · 1 episode

  4. WWE Hall of Fame 2005

    Himself

  5. 2000

    WCW Fall Brawl 2000

    Himself

1990s

  1. 1995

    WCW Slamboree 1995

    Himself

  2. 1993

    WCW Starrcade 1993

    Himself

1980s

  1. 1985

    Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

    Self