- Born
- Died
- Birth namePaul Parlette Orndorff Jr.
- Nicknames
- The Brandon Bull
- Hulk Jr.
- Oscar the Grouch
- Mr Wonderful
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Paul Parlette Orndorff Jr. (October 29, 1949 - July 12, 2021), nicknamed "Mr. Wonderful", was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
After seven years working around the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Orndorff became a star in the 1980s WWF 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 the WWF for WCW in early 1990, 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseRonda Maxwell(1971 - July 12, 2021) (his death, 2 children)
- RelativesTerry Orndorff(Sibling)
- Wrestling finishing move "The Piledriver"
- "Mr #1derful" on his tights
- Used Hulk Hogan's ring entry music, Rick Derringer's "Real American" and mocked Hogan's hand-to-ear gesture during one heel run.
- Has one arm visibly shorter than the other.
- Suffers from bipolar disorder.
- 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
- Selected by the New Orleans Saints in the 12th round (289th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft, but he failed to pass the physical with both the Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs..
- 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.
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