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Paul Orndorff

Paul Orndorff

Actor · Born 1949-10-29 · Brandon, Florida, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Andre the Giant (2018) — Self (archive footage)
  2. Mr. McMahon (2024) — “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (Archive Footage)
  3. WrestleMania (1985) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  4. WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
  5. WrestleMania II (1986) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  6. Hulk Hogan: Real American (2026) — Self (archive footage)
  7. Hogan Knows Best (2005)
  8. WWE Survivor Series 1987 (1987) — Paul Orndorff
  9. The Wrestling Classic (1985) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  10. 350 Days (2019) — Self
  11. Andre the Giant (1985) — "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (Archive footage)
  12. WWF Superstars (1986) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  13. WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden (2013) — Himself
  14. WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006) — 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
  15. WWE The Big Event (1986) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  16. The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s (2005) — Self
  17. WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986) — Paul Orndorff
  18. WCW The Great American Bash 1990 (1990) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  19. WCW Slamboree 1993 (1993) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  20. WCW Bash at the Beach 1995 (1995) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  21. Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013) — Himself
  22. WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 (1994) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  23. WWE Hall of Fame (2005) — Self
  24. WWE War to Settle the Score (1985) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  25. Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams (1985) — Self
  26. WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009) — Himself
  27. WWE Hall of Fame 2005 (2005) — Himself
  28. WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 (1993) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  29. Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments (1987) — Paul Orndorff
  30. WWE Table For 3 (2015) — Paul Orndorff
  31. Tuesday Night Titans (1984) — Paul Orndorff
  32. WCW Starrcade 1993 (1993) — Himself
  33. WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 (1994) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  34. Most Unusual Matches (1985) — Paul Orndorff
  35. Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits (1985) — Paul Orndorff
  36. WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship (2006)
  37. WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995 (2017)
  38. WCW Clash of The Champions XXII (1993) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  39. WWE The Brawl to End it All (1984) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
  40. WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI (1995) — "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff