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.
Acted in
Mr. McMahon
2024
as “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (Archive Footage)
Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
2021
as (archive footage)
350 Days
2019
as Self
Andre the Giant
2018
as Self (archive footage)
WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995
2017
WWE Table For 3
2015
as Paul Orndorff
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013
as Himself
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
as Himself
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
as Self (archive footage)
WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
as Himself
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
2007
as Paul Orndorff
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
as 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship
2006
Hogan Knows Best
2005
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
as Himself
WCW Fall Brawl 2000
2000
as Himself
WCW World War 3 1995
1995
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
1995
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Bash at the Beach 1995
1995
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Slamboree 1995
1995
as Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIX
1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Fall Brawl 1994
1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Bash at the Beach 1994
1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW SuperBrawl IV
1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
1994
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Starrcade 1993
1993
as Himself
WCW Battle Bowl
1993
as "Mr. Wonderful"
WCW Clash of The Champions XXV
1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Fall Brawl 1993
1993
as Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIV
1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Beach Blast 1993
1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993
as Paul Orndorff (Manager)
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993
as Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
1992
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
SMW Volunteer Slam 1992
1992
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
UWF Beach Brawl
1991
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
1990
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WCW Clash of The Champions XI: Coastal Crush
1990
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
TWA Summer Sizzler
1990
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
TWA Spring Spectacular
1990
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987
as Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWF Hulkamania 2
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1987
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86
1986
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
as Paul Orndorff
WWE The Big Event
1986
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
WrestleMania II
1986
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
1986
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Andre the Giant
1985
as 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff (archive footage)
The Wrestling Classic
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
1985
as Paul Orndorff
The Best of the WWF: volume 4
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WrestleMania
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Pay Per View
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (archive footage)
WWE War to Settle the Score
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!
1985
as Self
Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
1985
as Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84
1984
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
1984
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE The Brawl to End it All
1984
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
1984
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85
as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff