Paul Orndorff
Born
October 29, 1949 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Himself
2013
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Himself
2013
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Paul Orndorff
2007
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
2006
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
Himself
2000
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1995
WCW Slamboree 1995
Himself
1995
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Starrcade 1993
Himself
1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
"Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Slamboree 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW SuperBrawl III
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
WWF Hulkamania 2
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1986
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1986
WrestleMania II
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1986
Andre the Giant
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff (archive footage)
1985
The Wrestling Classic
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
Paul Orndorff
1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
WrestleMania
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (archive footage)
1985
WWE War to Settle the Score
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!
Self
1985
Best of the WWF Volume 3
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
Paul Orndorff
1985
Best of the WWF Volume 2
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Mr. McMahon
“Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (Archive Footage) · (1 episode)
2024
Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
(archive footage)
2021
350 Days
Self
2019
Andre the Giant
Self (archive footage)
2018
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
WWE Table For 3
Paul Orndorff · (1 episode)
2015
The True Story of WrestleMania
Self (archive footage)
2011
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
Himself
2009
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
Hogan Knows Best
(1 episode)
2005
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
Himself
2005
WCW World War 3 1995
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW SuperBrawl IV
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1994
WCW Battle Bowl
"Mr. Wonderful"
1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Beach Blast 1993
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
Paul Orndorff (Manager)
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1993
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1992
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1992
UWF Beach Brawl
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1991
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
TWA Summer Sizzler
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
TWA Spring Spectacular
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1990
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Paul Orndorff
1987
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1987
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Paul Orndorff · (8 episodes)
1986
WWE The Big Event
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1986
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
WrestleMania 2
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
1986
Saturday Night's Main Event
(7 episodes)
1985
WrestleMania
1985
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1984
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1984
WWE The Brawl to End it All
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
1984
Fury Hour
(0 episode)