Paul Orndorff

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-10-29 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Brandon, Florida, USA

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.

Known For

  • WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

    WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

    WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

  • NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

    NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

  • WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

    WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

  • WWF Wrestling Challenge

    WWF Wrestling Challenge

  • WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

    WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

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

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

  • WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

    WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87

  • Saturday Night's Main Event

    Saturday Night's Main Event

  • Saturday Night's Main Event

    Saturday Night's Main Event

  • WCW Fall Brawl 1993

    WCW Fall Brawl 1993

  • WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

    WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

    WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

  • Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

    Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

  • WWE Hall of Fame 2005

    WWE Hall of Fame 2005

  • Mid-South Wrestling

    Mid-South Wrestling

  • SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

    SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

  • WWE Old School

    WWE Old School

  • WWE Old School

    WWE Old School

  • WWE Old School

    WWE Old School

  • WWE Old School

    WWE Old School

  • WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85

    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85

  • Mr. McMahon

    Mr. McMahon

  • WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

    WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

  • WCW The Great American Bash 1990

    WCW The Great American Bash 1990

  • WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

    WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

  • WWE Table For 3

    WWE Table For 3

  • WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

    WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

  • Tuesday Night Titans

    Tuesday Night Titans

  • Tuesday Night Titans

    Tuesday Night Titans

  • Hogan Knows Best

    Hogan Knows Best

  • WWF Hulkamania 2

    WWF Hulkamania 2

  • The Best of the WWF: volume 14

    The Best of the WWF: volume 14

  • WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

    WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

  • Andre the Giant

    Andre the Giant

  • WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87

    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87

  • The Best of the WWF: volume 5

    The Best of the WWF: volume 5

  • The Greatest Stars of the 80's

    The Greatest Stars of the 80's

  • WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87

  • SMW Volunteer Slam 1992

    SMW Volunteer Slam 1992

  • The Best of the WWF: volume 4

    The Best of the WWF: volume 4

  • WWE The Big Event

    WWE The Big Event

  • WWE War to Settle the Score

    WWE War to Settle the Score

  • WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87

  • WCW Beach Blast 1993

    WCW Beach Blast 1993

  • WCW Starrcade 1993

    WCW Starrcade 1993

  • WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87

    WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87

  • WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

    WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

  • Best of the WWF Volume 2

    Best of the WWF Volume 2

  • Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

    Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

  • UWF Beach Brawl

    UWF Beach Brawl

  • TWA Spring Spectacular

    TWA Spring Spectacular

  • WCW Battle Bowl

    WCW Battle Bowl

  • WCW SuperBrawl IV

    WCW SuperBrawl IV

  • WrestleMania

    WrestleMania

  • WWE Grudge Match

    WWE Grudge Match

  • WWE Hall of Fame

    WWE Hall of Fame

  • TWA Summer Sizzler

    TWA Summer Sizzler

  • WWE Survivor Series 1987

    WWE Survivor Series 1987

  • WCW SuperBrawl III

    WCW SuperBrawl III

  • WCW World War 3 1995

    WCW World War 3 1995

  • WCW Fall Brawl 1994

    WCW Fall Brawl 1994

  • Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

    Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

    WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

  • Fury Hour

    Fury Hour

  • WrestleMania II

    WrestleMania II

  • WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

    WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

  • Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

    Legends of Mid-South Wrestling

  • WCW Slamboree 1993

    WCW Slamboree 1993

  • WWE The Brawl to End it All

    WWE The Brawl to End it All

  • 350 Days

    350 Days

  • WrestleMania 2

    WrestleMania 2

  • Andre the Giant

    Andre the Giant

  • WCW Slamboree 1995

    WCW Slamboree 1995

  • Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

    Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

    WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

  • Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

    Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

  • WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

    WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

  • WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

    WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86

  • WCW Fall Brawl 2000

    WCW Fall Brawl 2000

  • Best of the WWF Volume 3

    Best of the WWF Volume 3

  • WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

    WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

  • Most Unusual Matches

    Most Unusual Matches

  • WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995

    WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995

  • The Wrestling Classic

    The Wrestling Classic

  • WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

    WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

  • WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

    WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

  • WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

    WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

  • The Best of the WWF: volume 12

    The Best of the WWF: volume 12

  • WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84

    WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84

  • Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits

    Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits

  • WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

    WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87

  • WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85

    WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85