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Paul Orndorff

Paul Orndorff profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1949-10-29
Place of Birth: Brandon, Florida, USA
Popularity: 0.4

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.

Known For Filmography

WWF Superstars poster

WWF Superstars

1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge poster

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event poster

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

1985
WWE Pay Per View poster

WWE Pay Per View

1985
Mid-South Wrestling poster

Mid-South Wrestling

1981
WWE Old School poster

WWE Old School

1973
Clash of the Champions poster

Clash of the Champions

1988
Tuesday Night Titans poster

Tuesday Night Titans

1984
Mr. McMahon poster

Mr. McMahon

2024
Hogan Knows Best poster

Hogan Knows Best

2005
WWE Table For 3 poster

WWE Table For 3

2015
WWE Hall of Fame poster

WWE Hall of Fame

2005
Andre the Giant poster

Andre the Giant

2018
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology poster

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

2006
WrestleMania II poster

WrestleMania II

1986
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden poster

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

2013
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush poster

NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

1990
WCW SuperBrawl III poster

WCW SuperBrawl III

1993
WCW The Great American Bash 1990 poster

WCW The Great American Bash 1990

1990
WWE Survivor Series 1987 poster

WWE Survivor Series 1987

1987
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams poster

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

1985
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s poster

The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s

2005
WrestleMania poster

WrestleMania

1985
WCW Fall Brawl 2000 poster

WCW Fall Brawl 2000

2000
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 poster

WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

1993
The Best of the WWF: volume 12 poster

The Best of the WWF: volume 12

1987
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship poster

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

2006
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WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85

1985
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 poster

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

1994
WCW Starrcade 1993 poster

WCW Starrcade 1993

1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993 poster

WCW Fall Brawl 1993

1993
WWE Grudge Match poster

WWE Grudge Match

1986
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII poster

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

1993
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event poster

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

2009
Best of the WWF Volume 2 poster

Best of the WWF Volume 2

1985
WCW World War 3 1995 poster

WCW World War 3 1995

1995
WWE War to Settle the Score poster

WWE War to Settle the Score

1985
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII poster

WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV poster

WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

1993
Andre the Giant poster

Andre the Giant

1985
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 poster

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

1994
WWF Hulkamania 2 poster

WWF Hulkamania 2

1987
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV poster

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

1993
WCW Slamboree 1993 poster

WCW Slamboree 1993

1993
WWE The Big Event poster

WWE The Big Event

1986
Most Unusual Matches poster

Most Unusual Matches

1985
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX poster

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

1994
WCW SuperBrawl IV poster

WCW SuperBrawl IV

1994
The Best of the WWF: volume 5 poster

The Best of the WWF: volume 5

1986
The Wrestling Classic poster

The Wrestling Classic

1985
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling poster

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

2013
WCW BattleBowl poster

WCW BattleBowl

1993
WCW Slamboree 1995 poster

WCW Slamboree 1995

1995
WCW Beach Blast 1993 poster

WCW Beach Blast 1993

1993
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WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

1986
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI poster

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995 poster

WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

1995
350 Days poster

350 Days

2019
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SMW Volunteer Slam 1992

1992
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII poster

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

1994
WCW Fall Brawl 1994 poster

WCW Fall Brawl 1994

1994
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995 poster

WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995

2017
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits poster

Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits

1985
Best of the WWF Volume 3 poster

Best of the WWF Volume 3

1985
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports poster

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 4 poster

The Best of the WWF: volume 4

1985
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WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87

1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports poster

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 14 poster

The Best of the WWF: volume 14

1987
No Photo

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

1987
No Photo

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

1987
No Photo

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

1986
No Photo

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

1984
WWE The Brawl to End it All poster

WWE The Brawl to End it All

1984
No Photo

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

1987
No Photo

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85

1985
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments poster

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

1987
No Photo

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87

1987
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 poster

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

2007
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992 poster

SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

1992
No Photo

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

1986
No Photo

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

1984
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI poster

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

1994
No Photo

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

1987
UWF Beach Brawl poster

UWF Beach Brawl

1991
WWE Hall of Fame 2005 poster

WWE Hall of Fame 2005

2005
No Photo

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84

1984
No Photo

TWA Spring Spectacular

1990
No Photo

Fury Hour

N/A
No Photo

TWA Summer Sizzler

1990