Paul Orndorff
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (45)
350 Days
as Self
2019
Andre the Giant
as Self (archive footage)
2018
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Associate Producer (Production)
2014
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
as Himself
2013
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
as Himself
2013
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
as Himself
2009
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
as Paul Orndorff
2007
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
2006
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
The Greatest Stars of the 80's
as Self
2005
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
as Himself
2005
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
as Himself
2000
WCW World War 3 1995
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1995
WCW Slamboree 1995
as Himself
1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW SuperBrawl IV
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Starrcade 1993
as Himself
1993
WCW BattleBowl
as "Mr. Wonderful"
1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
as "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Beach Blast 1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
as Paul Orndorff (Manager)
1993
WCW Slamboree 1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW SuperBrawl III
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1992
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1992
UWF Beach Brawl
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1991
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
TWA Summer Sizzler
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
TWA Spring Spectacular
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
as Paul Orndorff
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
