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