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  Paul Orndorff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Orndorff (born October 29, 1949 in Brandon, Florida) is an American former professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation throughout the 1980s as "Mr.
Orndorff and Piper continued to feud throughout the remainder of 1985 with neither man scoring a decisive pinfall victory.
On February 3, 2005, Orndorff was announced as one of the inductees for the Class of 2005 into the WWE Hall of Fame and was inducted on April 2, 2005 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California.
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 Paul Roma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Roma (born Paul Centopani) was a professional wrestler who for the most part of his early career worked as a "jobber".
Paul Roma began his wrestling career in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), now known as World Wrestling Entertainment.
Paul is also writing a book on the inner workings on the World Wrestling Federation, based on his 6 years with the company.
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 WrestleLine.com
Orndorff was one of several wrestlers picked up by the WWF as it squeezed territories like Mid-South and Georgia for all they were worth in the early-mid 1980s.
Orndorff and Muraco wrestled to a non-finish in the curtain jerker of Wrestlemania II in New York, while the Bundy-Hogan cage match was all the way in Los Angeles, and all the way at the other end of the card.
Orndorff's feud with Hogan was the hottest thing in the business during the summer and fall of 1986, most notably headlining "The Big Event" in Toronto, Ontario, which drew a reported 60,000 plus live fans.
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 Paul Orndorff
Orndorff was also pleased to meet Bob Orton the first round of the 1985 King Of The Ring Tournament.
Orndorff, Hogan, and Andre all participated in a battle royal held on Saturday Night's Main Event, but all eyes were on Hogan and Andre.
He was scheduled to challenge for Orndorff's TV Title at a Clash in June, but a hamstring injury resulted in Paul Orndorff watching helplessly as Simmons disposed of Dick Slater.
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 Dave's Wrestling Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Paul Orndorff would vacate the title later in the year to train for an unsuccessful NWA World Heavyweight Championship chase against Ric Flair.
In 1985, Orndorff began a sudden face turn after losing the fall in a six-man tag match at WrestleMania I. Orndorff later joined forced with Hulk Hogan to feud with Roddy Piper and Bob Orton, turning on him shortly thereafter to join The Heenan Family.
Orndorff was invited as an alternate, insulting him enough to wreak havoc on the promotion.
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 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Paul was a guest on Piper's Pit and Piper labeled Orndorff as a "loser" and blamed him for the Wrestlemania blunder..
Paul and Hulk reunited in a tag match against The Moondogs, where was visibly upset with Hogan..
Paul left the wrestling world for several years, there were rumors circulating that Orndorff had passed away..
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 NEWSBOARD - Wrestling-News.com / Blackhearts Interview "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Paul shoots on the War in Iraq, Hogan, Politics in wrestling, WCW Power Plant, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, movie roles Vince axed, being pelted with batteries and darts by fans, the current state of wrestling, his feelings on Bischoff and so much more.
Orndorff prides himself on being the guy that WWF was able to look towards to carry matches with weaker opponents.
Orndorff feels that because of Hogan’s politics, he didn’t get to be WWF champion, even though he believes that he deserved a run with the title.
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 Media Man
Paul Orndorff is a living legend of the sports entertainment business.
Orndorff has a background in professional football (NFL), bodybuilding, and entered the professional wrestling business in approx.
Orndorff has held more wrestling championships that you can list, however, he never secured any WWF titles.
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 Paul Orndorff Interview In Wrestling Perspective #110
Paul Orndorff Discusses His Battle With Anger In Wrestling Perspective #110.
In the wrestling ring, Paul Orndorff was known as Mister Wonderful.
Orndorff on what he wanted to do in pro wrestling: "My goal was to make a thousand dollars a week.
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 Column: 'Shooting With The Snapshot' w/ Eric Simms (12/15) A Weekend w/ Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Paul was kind of enough to let me share his room with him for the 2 nights that we were there.
Paul is a total class act and a true gentleman.
Paul tool his time with everyone and no one felt slighted in the least.
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 Paul "Mr Wonderful" Orndorff: Fans of Paul Orndorff, wresting legend from the WWF 1984 to 1987 ...
First I have to say that Orndorff truly was one of the greatest wrestlers that ever lived, yet for me he still is the greatest.
At the end of his WWF career Orndorff was merely used as a jobber, one thing I hate and that showed me what a sucker McMahon really was then and what he is now.
So in late 1987 Paul left the WWF and he was the first of a series of talented and legendary WWF men that followed him.
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 WrestleGods Store - Great Gear for the 21st Century Grappler
Paul is hairy-chested and muscular in red trunks and fl boots.
Orndorff finds himself in the wrong corner of this tag match as his muscular back is the focus of the attack.
Orndorff is slung into the ring corner but he bounces back off the ropes to send Olympia to the mat in a 360 degree corkscrew flip!
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 Paul Orndorff
Very early in his career, Paul Orndorff won the prestigious North American Champion twice in 1978, winning and losing to and from "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd.
Orndorff went on to beat Mantell in a special match where Orndorff was awarded the right to use the infamous Freebird Hair-Removal Creme on Mantell's scalp.
Big brother Paul sought revenge, but he lost to Ladd in a "Lights out" match at the Mid-South Superdome Extravaganza November 1980.
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 Paul Orndorff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Before coming north, Orndorff had wrestled for a number of years in the south, in the
After said cage match, Orndorff's appearances decreased some.
Orndorff fired Heenan, hired Oliver Humperdink, and the Orndorff-Rude feud was on.
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 Tito Santana vs Paul Orndorff - Death Valley Driver Video Review Message Board
Decent match, I thoght Orndorff looked good in this one, and the clothesline that he nails Tito with near the end is KILLER, with Tito's head bouncing off of the canvas in a way that makes you smile a little inside.
I thought Santana was pretty good, he was selling Orndorff's offense big time and it really rallied me behind him when he would make his comebacks.
Following that move, Orndorff has the match in hand, and is headed for the win.
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 The Best of Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff
Orndorff goes off in a pre-taped promo about rulebreaking or something like that and gets jumped by Dr. Death.
Orndorff claps his hands to escape (noticably not making contact with Williams' ears) and returns the lowblow.
Orndorff grabs an unopened umbrella and clocks Williams with it.
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 Pro Wrestling Insider - Pro Wrestling News Inside & Out
Paul said that Ebersol pulled him aside in the past to ask for input and suggestions with the show.
Paul kidded around about having wrongly pronounced Brock Lesnar's name last year but hoped he didn't have any heat with Lesnar because Brock is a monster.
Paul said it's okay for him to pronounce a few names wrong every now and then since everyone is always pronouncing Orndorff incorrectly.
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 1WRESTLING.COM - NEWSLINE - PRO WRESTLING'S DAILY NEWS SOURCE
In a brave statement, Orndorff spoke candidly about his searching for help a few years ago and finally understanding his mood swings.
Orndorff also talks about Vader, Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon, and the Natural Born Thrillaz.
A transcript of the entire interview is forthcoming, and you can listen to the interview in it's entirety after www.getinthering.tv relaunches.
www.1wrestling.com /news/newsline.asp?news=14459   (273 words)

  
 Paul Orndorff Interview In Wrestling Perspective #111
Paul Orndorff's toughness, marketability, and wrestling ability made him one of Vince McMahon's key acquisitions when the WWF went national more than two decades ago.
Orndorff headlined the first Wrestlemania, and a year later, had one of the biggest drawing feuds in WWF history against Hulk Hogan.
In Part II of a two-hour interview with Wrestling Perspective, Paul Orndorff talks about this and much more, including his time in WCW, working as a trainer at WCW's Power Plant, and his post-retirement.
www.wrestlingperspective.com /111.html   (676 words)

  
 Pro Wrestling Insider - XTRA Pro Wrestling News Inside & Out
In sharp contrast to some reports of his WWE Hall Of Fame appearance, Orndorff looked fantastic and was in great sprits, smiling and joking with fans.
It's also worth noting that Orndorff was not charging for his signature [at least not before the show, I didn't check during intermission].
After that it was time for Jeff "Hungryman" Harrison to bring out Paul Roma and Paul Orndorff for the advertised reunion of former WCW tag team champions "Pretty Wonderful".
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 Shoot with Paul Orndorff - 4961
Wonderful” Paul Orndorff has seen and done it all in the wrestling business.
He was in the first Wrestlemania main event, he has worked everywhere from the old-school territories to WWF during its first big boom period to WCW during its demise.
Orndorff holds nothing back in discussing his entire career in and out of the ring when he visited the RF Video offices for this exclusive shoot interview.
www.rfvideo.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=698   (511 words)

  
 Hogan VS. Austin II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Orndorff would attack Owen before the bell, and start to kick Owen's head and upper body.
Paul reenters the ring, but Owen dropkicks Orndorff and outside goes Paul again.
Paul again runs outside the ring, but is thrown back into the ring by Mark Henry.
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 Paul Orndorff "Mr Wonderful" Bio, History, Wrestling Legend Australian Sports and Entertainment Portal ...
Paul's background was playing NFL, so he already had the fitness, and a good size body.
interview's Paul and friends, one of Orndorff's classic lines was "well, you've got a lousy job mister, you've got a lousy job", in reference to Gene saying "I'm just trying to do my job".
Orndorff always came across as a one one one type individual.
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 Paul Orndorff Tribute cooldudesandhotbabes.com
This page is a Paul Orndorff "shrine" in progress.
Orndorff was one on the greatest wrestlers that ever lived, yet there is very little documented and on the Internet, in comparison to his accomplishments.
You are most welcome to e-mail me anything that may be of assistance to build this tribute into one that does Orndorff proud.
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 Behind Closed Doors with Paul Orndorff DVD - Highspots.com
Orndorff then resurrected his career as a trainer, taking some of the greenest wrestlers you can find and turning them into some of pro wrestling's biggest stars.
This brand new DVD will let you into the mind of Paul Orndorff, and go step by step through the WWE glory years of the '80s to the current wrestling scene.
Between the insider details, Orndorff also answered all the tough questions thrown at him about his career.
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 Biography for Paul Centopani   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
One of professional wrestling's most underrated talents, Paul Roma was one of the best tag team wrestlers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
After his stint as a Horseman, Paul Roma was teamed up with the legendary "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff to form the team of "Pretty Wonderful";, as Roma was known as "Pretty" Paul Roma during this time.
By 1996, Paul Roma was gone from WCW, and seemingly from professional wrestling altogether.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0148355/bio   (688 words)

  
 Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff - Death Valley Driver Video Review Message Board
Orndorff is just a scary looking dude as in he looks legit in that he can beat the crap out of anyone on the planet.
I actually really enjoyed Orndorff as a sniveling heel in this, but Hogan crapped on his work too often for it to work.
Orndorff is more than willing to do that here, and even the usual Hogan performance would've made it work just fine...
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 Paul Orndorff Calls WWE Hall Of Fame A Bunch Of Crap - ProSportsDaily Forums
Paul Orndorff Calls WWE Hall Of Fame A Bunch Of Crap
He discredited the WWE Hall Of Fame saying it was crap and didn't mean anything to him.
Paul said he was paid to do the show which was the only reason he attended.
www.prosportsdaily.com /forums/showthread.php?t=35266   (241 words)

  
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Paul Orndorff pinned an unknown with the piledriver at 2:13
Paul Orndorff pinned Johnny K-9 with the piledriver at 3:12; after the bout, Orndorff had a staredown with Don Muraco who was doing guest commentary at ringside
Paul Orndorff and Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) and Bob Orton Jr.
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 1WRESTLING.COM - NEWSLINE - PRO WRESTLING'S DAILY NEWS SOURCE
However, I assure you that you will be much more entertained if you listen to the audio, and Mr.
Paul answers by telling us, “Well, you see, this whole thing, when it happened, it wasn’t planned.
The same match I’ve seen for 25 years.” At least other champions from yesteryear such as Harley Race changed their matches around in different territories.
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