Paul Orndorff

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.

Filmography (89 Appearances)

Fury Hour

TBA

Mr. McMahon

2024

350 Days

2019

Andre the Giant

2018

WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995

2017

WWE Table For 3

2015

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

2013

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

2013

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

2009

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

2007

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

2006

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

2006

Hogan Knows Best

2005

The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s

2005

WWE Hall of Fame

2005

WWE Hall of Fame 2005

2005

WCW Fall Brawl 2000

2000

WCW World War 3 1995

1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

1995

WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

1995

WCW Slamboree 1995

1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

1994

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

1994

WCW Fall Brawl 1994

1994

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

1994

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

1994

WCW SuperBrawl IV

1994

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

1994

WCW Starrcade 1993

1993

WCW BattleBowl

1993

WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

1993

WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

1993

WCW Fall Brawl 1993

1993

WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

1993

WCW Beach Blast 1993

1993

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

1993

WCW Slamboree 1993

1993

WCW SuperBrawl III

1993

WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

1993

SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

1992

SMW Volunteer Slam 1992

1992

UWF Beach Brawl

1991

WCW The Great American Bash 1990

1990

NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

1990

TWA Summer Sizzler

1990

TWA Spring Spectacular

1990

Clash of the Champions

1988

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

1987

The Best of the WWF: volume 14

1987

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

1987

WWE Survivor Series 1987

1987

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

1987

The Best of the WWF: volume 12

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

1987

WWF Hulkamania 2

1987

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87

1987

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

1987

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

1986

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

1986

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

WWE The Big Event

1986

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

1986

WrestleMania II

1986

WWE Grudge Match

1986

The Best of the WWF: volume 5

1986

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85

1985

The Wrestling Classic

1985

Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits

1985

The Best of the WWF: volume 4

1985

Andre the Giant

1985

Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85

1985

WrestleMania

1985

WWE Pay Per View

1985

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1985

WWE War to Settle the Score

1985

Best of the WWF Volume 2

1985

Most Unusual Matches

1985

Best of the WWF Volume 3

1985

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

1985

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

1984

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

1984

WWE The Brawl to End it All

1984

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84

1984 Debut

Tuesday Night Titans

1984

Mid-South Wrestling

1981

WWE Old School

1973
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