Paul Orndorff
Known for: Acting
Born: October 29, 1949
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.
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Filmography
78 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
7.7
Mr. McMahon
2024
5.1
350 Days
2019
7.3
Andre the Giant
2018
10.0
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
8.0
WWE Table For 3
201510.0
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
2014
9.3
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013
9.2
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
7.5
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
NR
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007
7.9
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
10.0
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
5.3
Hogan Knows Best
2005
7.8
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005
7.3
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
8.5
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
NR
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000
NR
WCW World War 3 1995
1995
5.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995
2.7
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
1995
NR
WCW Slamboree 1995
1995
NR
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994
7.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994
NR
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994
NR
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994
6.3
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994
5.0
WCW SuperBrawl IV
1994
NR
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
1994
7.0
WCW Pro
1994
9.0
WCW Starrcade 1993
1993
6.0
WCW BattleBowl
1993
NR
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993
7.0
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
1993
NR
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
1993
NR
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993
10.0
WCW Beach Blast 1993
1993
NR
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993
10.0
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993
NR
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993
10.0
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993
NR
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
1992NR
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
1992
9.0
UWF Beach Brawl
1991
NR
Universal Wrestling Federation: Fury Hour
1990
7.7
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
1990
NR
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
1990NR
TWA Summer Sizzler
1990NR
TWA Spring Spectacular
1990
NR
Clash of the Champions
1988
NR
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
1987
10.0
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987NR
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
1987
8.4
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987NR
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
1987NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987
NR
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
1987NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
1987
NR
WWF Hulkamania 2
1987NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
1987NR
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
NR
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987NR
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986NR
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
7.2
WWF Superstars
1986
8.0
WWE The Big Event
1986NR
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
6.4
WrestleMania II
1986
NR
WWE Grudge Match
1986
NR
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
1986NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
1985
6.2
The Wrestling Classic
1985
7.0
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
1985
NR
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985
7.0
Andre the Giant
1985
8.3
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985NR
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
1985
6.7
WrestleMania
1985
NR
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1985
10.0
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
10.0
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
1985
NR
Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985
9.0
Most Unusual Matches
1985
NR
Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985NR
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
1984NR
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
1984
10.0
WWE The Brawl to End it All
1984NR
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984
9.0
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
NR
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
NR
WWE Old School
1973