Paul Orndorff
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-10-29
Place of Birth
Brandon, Florida, USA
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.
Also Known For
WrestleMania
Mar 31, 1985
WrestleMania II
Apr 07, 1986
WWF Hulkamania 2
May 01, 1987
The Wrestling Classic
Nov 07, 1985
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Jul 07, 1990
WWE War to Settle the Score
Feb 18, 1985
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Sep 17, 2000
WCW SuperBrawl III
Feb 21, 1993
WCW Slamboree 1993
May 23, 1993
WCW Starrcade 1993
Dec 27, 1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
Sep 19, 1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
Sep 18, 1994
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Oct 23, 1994
WCW Slamboree 1995
May 21, 1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
Jul 16, 1995
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Jan 01, 1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Mar 01, 1985
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Aug 13, 2013
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Oct 17, 2006
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Jan 01, 1985
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Sep 10, 2013
Best of the WWF Volume 3
Jan 01, 1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
Sep 01, 1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Jan 01, 1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
Aug 15, 1987
Most Unusual Matches
Jan 01, 1985
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Jul 31, 2007
Andre the Giant
Jun 15, 1985
Best of the WWF Volume 2
Jan 01, 1985
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
Sep 15, 1985
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
Oct 19, 1986
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
Nov 06, 1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
Dec 11, 1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
Apr 21, 1985
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
Nov 26, 1986
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
Mar 15, 1987
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
Sep 01, 1984
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
Jun 28, 1987
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
Jul 15, 1984
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
Nov 01, 1987
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
Dec 10, 1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
Jan 05, 1987
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
Sep 05, 2006
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
Sep 05, 2017
Andre the Giant
Apr 10, 2018
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Feb 10, 2009
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Mar 25, 2005
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
Jan 13, 1993
350 Days
Apr 02, 2019
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
Jun 06, 1986
TWA Spring Spectacular
Mar 31, 1990
WWE The Brawl to End it All
Jul 23, 1984
TWA Summer Sizzler
Jun 09, 1990
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Jun 13, 1990
WWE The Big Event
Aug 28, 1986
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Nov 26, 1987
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
Aug 06, 1995
UWF Beach Brawl
Jul 09, 1991
WCW World War 3 1995
Nov 26, 1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
Jun 16, 1993
WCW Beach Blast 1993
Jul 18, 1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
Aug 18, 1993
WCW BattleBowl
Nov 20, 1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
Nov 10, 1993
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
Oct 24, 1993
WCW SuperBrawl IV
Feb 20, 1994
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
May 22, 1992
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
Jan 27, 1994
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
Jul 17, 1994
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
Aug 24, 1994
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
Aug 08, 1992
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
Nov 16, 1994
WrestleMania 2 (Duplicated)
Apr 07, 1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
Dec 15, 1987
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Dec 15, 1987
The Greatest Stars of the 80's
Jun 14, 2005
WWE Grudge Match
Mar 27, 1986
Hogan Knows Best
Jul 10, 2005
Fury Hour
WWE Table For 3
Aug 06, 2015
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Sep 06, 1986
Mr. McMahon
Sep 25, 2024
Saturday Night's Main Event
May 11, 1985
WWE Old School
Jun 30, 1973
WWE Old School
Jun 30, 1973
WWE Old School
Jun 30, 1973
WWE Old School
Jun 30, 1973
Saturday Night's Main Event
May 11, 1985
Mid-South Wrestling
Dec 12, 1981
Tuesday Night Titans
May 29, 1984
Tuesday Night Titans
May 29, 1984
WWE Hall of Fame
Apr 02, 2005
Clash of the Champions
Mar 27, 1988