Paul Orndorff was born on October 29, 1950 in Tampa, Florida, USA as Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr. He is an actor, known for WrestleMania 2 (1986), WWF Championship Wrestling (1972) and Halloween Havoc (1994). He has been married to Michelle Lee Johnson since July 31, 1999. He was previously married to Ronda Maxwell.
Travi Orndorff, Paul Orndorff III, Travis Orndorff
Movies
The True Story of WrestleMania: Vol. 2, Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains, $1,000,000 Tough Enough
TV Shows
WCW WorldWide, Saturday Night's Main Event
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Trademark
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Used Hulk Hogan's ring entry music, Rick Derringer's "Real American" and mocked Hogan's hand-to-ear gesture during one heel run.
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"Mr #1derful" on his tights
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Wrestling finishing move "The Piledriver"
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Fact
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WWE Hall of Famer.
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Selected by the New Orleans Saints in the 12th round (289th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.
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Lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.
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When Paul left the wrestling world for several years, there were rumors circulating that Orndorff had passed away. In reality he was actually running a popular Bowling Ally near Atlanta.
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Paul was trained by Hiro Matsuda at the same time as Hulk Hogan.
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Notable Title Wins Include: North American Title; NWA World Tag Team Titles w/Jimmy Snuka; Mid-South Tag Team Titles w/Terry Orndorff; Southeast Continental Tag Team Titles w/Norvell Austin; National Title; WCW TV Title
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From 1996 to 2000, Paul Orndorff worked as a trainer at the WCW Power Plant facility in Altanta, GA. He trained such wrestlers as Goldberg, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Midnight and others.
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Suffers from bipolar disorder.
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Most famous feud was vs. former friend Hulk Hogan in 1986; Orndorff (according to a storyline) was miffed that Hogan was always tending to more important business than their friendship or planned tag team matches. Their feud culminated in a steel cage match in December 1986, which later aired on national television; that match was best known for both wrestlers having left the cage and their feet simultaneously landing on the floor. The match was considered a tie (though it was shown that Hogan's feet hit the floor just a hair before Orndorff's) and ordered to be "repeated". Eventually Hogan won after performing his typical finishing combination (three punches, then a boot to the face off the ropes, then his leg drop).
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In ring career was ended by Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman
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Professional wrestler.
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Former WCW Tag Team Champion.
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Has one arm visibly shorter than the other.
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A prominent figure in the WWF in the mid 80s, he nearly had to retire after a debilitating arm injury, but came back for one final run in WCW in the early 90s.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
WrestleMania XXX
2014
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
UWF: It's War
2002
Video
Paul Orndorff
Fall Brawl
2000
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WCW Thunder
2000
TV Series
Paul Orndorff
WCW Monday Nitro
1995
TV Series
Paul Orndorff
WCW World Championship Wrestling
1994-1995
TV Series
Paul Orndorff
WCW Slamboree: A Legends' Reunion
1995
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions XXIX
1994
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WCW Bash at the Beach
1994
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WCW SuperBrawl IV
1994
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions XXVI
1994
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WCW Battlebowl
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions XXV
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
Halloween Havoc
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WCW Beach Blast
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions XXIII
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions XXII
1993
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
UWF Fury Hour
1990-1992
TV Series
Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
1990
TV Movie
Paul Orndorff
WWF: Wrestlemania's Greatest Matches
1989
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event: The Greatest Hits
1988
Video
Paul Orndorff
WWF Superstars
1986-1987
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWF Challenge
1986-1987
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event
1985-1987
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 11
1987
Video
Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 12
1987
Video
Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 14
1987
Video
Paul Orndorff
Hulkamania 2
1987
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
1987
Video
Paul Orndorff
World Wrestling Federation
1984-1986
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWF Championship Wrestling
1983-1986
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWF: The Big Event
1986
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 5
1986
Video
Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino
1986
Video
'Mr Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWF Grudge Matches
1986
Video
Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff
WWF All-Star Wrestling
1984-1985
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
The War to Settle the Score
1985
TV Movie
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 2
1985
Video
Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 3
1985
Video
'Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff
Best of the WWF Volume 4
1985
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Land of a Thousand Dances
1985
Video short
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits
1985
Video
Paul Orndorff
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
1985
Video
Paul Orndorff
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!
1985
Video
Mr. Wonderful
Tuesday Night Titans
1984
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Spectrum Wrestling
1984
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night Live
1984
TV Series
Mr. Wonderful
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Circle of Champions the History of Woman's Pro Wrestling
2017
Documentary pre-production
Himself
350 Days
2016
Documentary
Himself
Table for 3
2015
TV Series
Himself
WWE Raw
2014
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Hogan Knows Best
2005
TV Series
Himself
WWE Legends: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2005
Video documentary
Himself
WrestleMania 21
2005
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
WWE: Byte This!
2005
TV Series
Himself
WCW Starrcade 1995
1995
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
WCW Fall Brawl: War Games
1995
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions
1995/II
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
WCW Bash at the Beach
1995
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
WCW SuperBrawl V
1995
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
Halloween Havoc
1994
TV Special
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Clash of the Champions XXVIII
1994
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
Starrcade
1993
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
WCW Fall Brawl
1993
TV Special
Himself
Clash of the Champions XXIV
1993
TV Special
Himself
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
1992
TV Series
Himself
UWF Beach Brawl
1991
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
WCW/NWA the Great American Bash
1990
TV Special
Paul Orndorff
Survivor Series
1987
TV Special
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WrestleMania 2
1986
TV Special
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWF: The Wrestling Classic
1985
TV Special
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WrestleMania
1985
TV Special
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
WWE Hall of Fame
2014
TV Special
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
2013
Video documentary
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Legends of the Mid-South Wrestling
2013
Video
Paul Orndorff
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
The True Story of WrestleMania
2011
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
The Big Show: A Giant's World
2011
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE: History of the World Heavyweight Championship
2009
Video documentary
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Hey Hey it's Saturday: The Reunion
2009
TV Movie
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE: Greatest Stars of the '90s
2009
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
The WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
2009
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE Vintage Collection
2008
TV Series
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE: The History of the WWE Championship
2006
Video
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
The Self Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior
2005
Video documentary
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE Hall of Fame 2005
2005
Video documentary
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story
2004
Video documentary
'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
WWE Bloodbath: Wrestling's Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches