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Paul Orndorff

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1949-10-29

Deathday: 2021-07-12 (71 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 83

Movies 77

self 77

TV Shows 6

Producer 1

Self

Paul Orndorff

Biography

Filmography

all 83

Movies 77

self 77

TV Shows 6

Producer 1

350 Days (2019)

Andre the Giant (2018)

WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995 (2017)

WWE Table For 3 (2015)

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014 (2014)

Legends of Mid-South Wrestling (2013)

WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden (2013)

The True Story of WrestleMania (2011)

WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event (2009)

Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 (2007)

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006)

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship (2006)

Hogan Knows Best (2005)

WWE Hall of Fame 2005 (2005)

WCW Fall Brawl 2000 (2000)

WCW World War 3 1995 (1995)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI (1995)

WCW Bash at the Beach 1995 (1995)

WCW Slamboree 1995 (1995)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX (1994)

WCW Halloween Havoc 1994 (1994)

WCW Fall Brawl 1994 (1994)

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII (1994)

WCW Bash at the Beach 1994 (1994)

WCW SuperBrawl IV (1994)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI (1994)

WCW Starrcade 1993 (1993)

WCW Battle Bowl (1993)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXV (1993)

WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 (1993)

WCW Fall Brawl 1993 (1993)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV (1993)

WCW Beach Blast 1993 (1993)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII (1993)

WCW Slamboree 1993 (1993)

WCW SuperBrawl III (1993)

WCW Clash of The Champions XXII (1993)

SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992 (1992)

SMW Volunteer Slam 1992 (1992)

UWF Beach Brawl (1991)

WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution (1990)

WCW Clash of The Champions XI: Coastal Crush (1990)

TWA Summer Sizzler (1990)

TWA Spring Spectacular (1990)

WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87 (1987)

WWF Survivor Series 1987 (1987)

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87 (1987)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 (1987)

The Best of the WWF: volume 12 (1987)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87 (1987)

WWF Hulkamania 2 (1987)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87 (1987)

WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 (1987)

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1987)

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 (1986)

WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 (1986)

WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986)

WWE The Big Event (1986)

Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino (1986)

WrestleMania II (1986)

The Best of the WWF: volume 5 (1986)

Andre the Giant (1985)

The Wrestling Classic (1985)

Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits (1985)

The Best of the WWF: volume 4 (1985)

Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 (1985)

WWE Pay Per View (1985)

WrestleMania (1985)

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports (1985)

WWE War to Settle the Score (1985)

Best of the WWF Volume 2 (1985)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1949-10-29

Deathday
2021-07-12 (71 years old)

Birth Place
Brandon, Florida, USA

Height
183-centimeter

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
The Brandon Bull, Mr. Wonderful, Mr. #1derful

Awards
WWE Hall of Fame