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Paul Orndorff

Paul Orndorff

Birthday: 1949-10-29 | Place of Birth: Brandon, Florida, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

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

1993
WCW Battle Bowl

as    "Mr. Wonderful"

1990
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution

as    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1986
WWE The Big Event

as    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
WrestleMania

as    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
The Wrestling Classic

as    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
WWE War to Settle the Score

as    "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff