Paul Orndorff
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.
90 acting credits
Acting · 90
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
WWF Superstars
1986
WWE Pay Per View
1985
Mid-South Wrestling
1981
WWE Old School
1973
Clash of the Champions
1988
Mr. McMahon
2024
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
WWE Table For 3
2015
Hogan Knows Best
2005
WWE Hall of Fame
2005
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
WrestleMania II
1986
Andre the Giant
2018
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005
WrestleMania
1985
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
WCW Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013
WCW Slamboree 1995
1995
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
1986
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
1990
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
1985
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
1995
Andre the Giant
1985
WCW Starrcade 1993
1993
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
1993
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985
WCW SuperBrawl IV
1994
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1985
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
1985
WWE The Brawl to End it All
1984
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
1987
Fury Hour
—
WWF Hulkamania 2
1987
WCW Clash of the Champions XXV
1993
The Wrestling Classic
1985
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987
WCW Beach Blast 1993
1993
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994
Most Unusual Matches
1985
350 Days
2019
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
1985
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
1990
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
1987
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
1987
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
1994
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
WWE Grudge Match
1986
WCW World War 3 1995
1995
WWE The Big Event
1986
UWF Beach Brawl
1991
Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
1985
The Best of the WWF: volume 14
1987
WCW BattleBowl
1993
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
1992
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
1984
TWA Summer Sizzler
1990
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987
TWA Spring Spectacular
1990
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
1987
Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
1992