Portrait of Paul Orndorff

Paul Orndorff

Acting

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.

Born: October 29, 1949

Place of Birth: Brandon, Florida, USA

Filmography

2024
Mr. McMahon

as “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (Archive Footage)

2019
350 Days

as Self

2018
Andre the Giant

as Self (archive footage)

2015
WWE Table For 3

as Paul Orndorff

2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

as 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff

2005
2000
1995
WCW World War 3 1995

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1995
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1995
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1995
1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1994
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1994
WCW Fall Brawl 1994

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1994
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1994
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1994
WCW SuperBrawl IV

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
1993
WCW Battle Bowl

as "Mr. Wonderful"

1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
WCW Fall Brawl 1993

as "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
WCW Beach Blast 1993

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

as Paul Orndorff (Manager)

1993
WCW Slamboree 1993

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
WCW SuperBrawl III

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1992
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1991
UWF Beach Brawl

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1990
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1990
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 14

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1987
WWE Survivor Series 1987

as Paul Orndorff

1987
The Best of the WWF: volume 12

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1987
WWF Hulkamania 2

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge

as Paul Orndorff

1986
WWE The Big Event

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1986
WrestleMania 2

as 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff

1986
WrestleMania II

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 5

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
Andre the Giant

as 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff (archive footage)

1985
The Wrestling Classic

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 4

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
1985
WrestleMania

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (archive footage)

1985
WWE War to Settle the Score

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
Best of the WWF Volume 3

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1985
Most Unusual Matches

as Paul Orndorff

1985
Best of the WWF Volume 2

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1984
WWE The Brawl to End it All

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1984
Tuesday Night Titans

as Paul Orndorff

1984
Tuesday Night Titans

as Paul Orndorff (Archive footage)

1981
Mid-South Wrestling

as Paul Orndorff

1973
WWE Old School

as Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff

1973
WWE Old School

as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

1973
WWE Old School

as Paul Orndorff (Manager)

1973
WWE Old School

as Paul Orndorff