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 As
Movie Appearances
WrestleMania
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
WrestleMania II
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1986
WWF Hulkamania 2
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
The Wrestling Classic
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
WWE War to Settle the Score
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
as Himself
2000
WCW SuperBrawl III
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Slamboree 1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Starrcade 1993
as Himself
1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
as "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Slamboree 1995
as Himself
1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1995
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (archive footage)
1985
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
as Himself
2013
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
2006
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
as Self
1985
TV Appearances
Hogan Knows Best
2005
Fury Hour
TBA
WWE Table For 3
as Paul Orndorff
2015
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Paul Orndorff
1986
Mr. McMahon
as “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (Archive Footage)
2024
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWE Old School
as Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff
1973
WWE Old School
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1973
WWE Old School
as Paul Orndorff (Manager)
1973
WWE Old School
as Paul Orndorff
1973
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
as Paul Orndorff
1985
Mid-South Wrestling
as Paul Orndorff
1981