Paul Orndorff
Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr. ( born October 29, 1949 in Brandon, Florida) is a former American professional wrestler. He was known primarily by his ring name "Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff.
- 2.1 Title
- 2.2 Honours
Career
Paul Orndorff began in 1976 with the wrestling, as he had signed with Mid-South Wrestling. He had feuds with Jerry Lawler and Ernie Ladd. The early 1980s, he joined the National Wrestling Alliance, where Orndorff was allowed to hold three times the National Heavyweight Title.
World Wrestling Federation
In 1984, Paul Orndorff in the then WWF, where he was placed as a ring side companion for Roddy Piper. One of his first feuds partner was Tony Atlas. On March 31, 1985, he played the main event of Wrestlemania I. Together with Piper hit Orndorff Hulk Hogan and Mr. T. Out of this developed into a new feud with Roddy Piper. This meant that Orndorff and Hogan formed a tag team. Together they disputed some matches until Paul Orndorff against Hogan and turned it so that one of the best known and most profitable programs feud evoked in the wrestling history.
The feud program Orndorff / Hogan went on for half a year and gave both fans as well as the management of their respective interests paramount title matches, such as at the event Big Event in Toronto before 76,000 spectators or the Steel Cage match at Saturday Night 's Main Event in 1986. To a WWF Title but could never defeat Hogan Orndorff.
In 1987, Paul Orndorff even before he retired a feud with Rick Rude program for health reasons and out of the wrestling action.
Universal Wrestling Federation / World Championship Wrestling
In 1990 he made his wrestling comeback in WCW. There, however, Orndorff played only a few matches.
After leaving WCW Orndorff was employed by the UWF founded by Herb Abrams, where he was immediately caught up in a brutal scale feud with Steve Williams. Shortly before the financial From UWF, he left this promotion and signed again in 1993 in WCW.
After his return to WCW he formed in 1994 with Paul Roma, the tag team Pretty Wonderful. With Roma he could get twice the Tag Team titles. In 1996, Paul Orndorff injured while performing his finishing moves, the Piledriver, so hard on the arm that he had to end his career for good. After his career end Orndorff was between 1996 and 2000 head coach in the WCW Power Plant. In addition, Paul Orndorff had an on-screen role in the WCW.
Others
2005 Paul Orndorff was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. The laudatory speech was held by Bobby Heenan here. On January 5, 2011, he announced in a radio interview that he has cancer.
Achievements
Title
- American Wrestling Federation
- 4x NWA National Heavyweight Championship
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling | World Championship Wrestling
Honors
- College football
- Admission to the Football Hall of Fame of the University of Tampa in 1986
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWE Hall of Fame 2005