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Paul Orndorff

Paul Orndorff

Acting · Production

Born October 29, 1949, 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (12)
  • 2019350 Days — Self
  • 2018Andre the Giant — Self (archive footage)
  • 2013Legends of Mid-South Wrestling — Himself
  • 2013WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden — Himself
  • 2009WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event — Himself
  • 2005The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s — Self
  • WWE Hall of Fame — Self
  • 2005WWE Hall of Fame 2005 — Himself
  • 2000WCW Fall Brawl 2000 — Himself
  • 1995WCW Slamboree 1995 — Himself
  • 1993WCW Starrcade 1993 — Himself
  • 1985Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams — Self
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