Orndorff signed with the World Wrestling Federation in late 1983 and made his debut in November of that year on Championship Wrestling.

By the spring of 1990 Orndorff signed with World Championship Wrestling, making his debut as a member of a group called the “ Dudes with Attitudes " consisting of himself, Sting, Lex Luger, Junkyard Dog, and The Steiner Brothers.

In 1985, MTV broadcast The War to Settle the Score, featuring a main-event matchup between Piper and Hogan, who was accompanied to the ring by Albano, Lauper, and Mr. T. This event set up the very first WrestleMania, which pitted Piper and Paul Orndorff against Hogan and Mr. T. Orndorff was pinned by Hogan when Piper's bodyguard " Cowboy " Bob Orton interfered and mistakenly struck Orndorff instead of Hogan with his trademark " injured " arm covered in a plaster cast.

Orndorff was unsuccessful in his challenge and soon focused on the title he gave up.

Orndorff and Hogan started teaming up to feud with Piper and Orton, facing them in tag team competition all over the country.

Instead of keeping peace, Sammartino became a target for Orton and Piper, which led to Orndorff and Sammartino teaming up.

The next time that Hogan and Orndorff teamed up, against the Moondogs, Orndorff wrestled most of the match by himself in an attempt to upstage Hogan, scoring the winning pin.

At Clash of the Champions XI Orndorff defeated Arn Anderson and at the 1990 Great American Bash, Orndorff teamed up with the Junkyard Dog and El Gigante to defeat Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, and Sid Vicious by disqualification.

After losing more and more matches, including a match on WCW Worldwide to Randy Savage, Orndorff lost all faith in his abilities ; the outwardly arrogant Mr. Wonderful was riddled with self doubt, until one night, after beating himself up backstage after yet another loss, he was visited by psychic Gary Spivey.

Leading up to Orndorff and Roma teaming together Paul Roma was a part of the Four Horsemen while Paul Orndorff came off a stint as the WCW World Television Championship.

Roop arranged for Luger to be trained by Hiro Matsuda, who had previously trained Hulk Hogan and " Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff.

Piper came in as the manager for " Dr. D " David Schultz and " Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff, and soon began to wrestle with Orndorff as well.

In 1976, NASCAR fined many drivers for doing so ; in June 1998, the NHRA suspended Pro Stock driver Jerry Eckman and car owner Bill Orndorff for a year, stripped the team of all points, and imposed a fine for violations.

Matches on the undercard were Randy Savage versus George Steele for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, Jake Roberts versus George Wells and Paul Orndorff versus The Magnificent Don Muraco.

Hulk Hogan continued and increased his WWF Championship reign taking down challengers such as Paul Orndorff, André the Giant, Hercules Hernandez and Sika Anoaʻi before he was defeated by André for the title on February 5, 1988 edition of The Main Event, ending his four year reign and the third longest in the title's entire history.

Snuka then left for the Mid-Atlantic where he formed a tag team with Paul Orndorff.

The feud played a small part in the first ever WrestleMania in March 1985, when Snuka acted as a cornerman for Hulk Hogan and Mr. T when they faced Piper and Paul Orndorff ( with Orton in their corner ).

The following month at Bash at the Beach, Renegade defeated " Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff to retain his title for the first time.

Orton remained with Piper for the remainder of 1985, feuding with Orndorff and a variety of partners, such as Hogan, André the Giant, and Bruno Sammartino.

Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr. ( born October 29, 1949 ) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling as " Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff.

After earning notoriety as a running back at the University of Tampa where he scored 21 career touchdowns and gained over 2000 all-purpose yards in his playing career, Orndorff was a 12th round selection ( 289th overall pick ) in the 1973 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints but failed to pass the physical for the NFL with both the Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Orndorff won his first wrestling title when he pinned Lawler for the Mid-Southern Heavyweight Title on June 7, 1977.

Orndorff began working for the NWA Tri-State promotion where he got involved in a feud with Ernie Ladd.

After feuding with Ladd, Orndorff continued to make a name for himself in the National Wrestling Alliance where he feuded with The Masked Superstar.

Orndorff then teamed with former opponent Norvell Austin ( who was calling himself “ The Junkyard Dog " at the time, not to be mistaken for the more famous Junkyard Dog ) to win the titles in late 1979.

In Mid-South, Orndorff feuded with Ken Mantell over Mantell ’ s propensity for cutting people ’ s hair after a match.

Orndorff earned a shot at the North American champion The Grappler but on the day of the match he overslept ( storyline ) and was incensed when his replacement Jake “ The Snake " Roberts beat the Grappler for the title.

Frustrated with his inability to beat Paul Orndorff for the National title, Larry Zbyszko paid Killer Tim Brooks $ 25, 000 to do his dirty work.

Orndorff then moved to New Japan Pro Wrestling for several months.

Orndorff made his WWF debut against Salvatore Bellomo on the night that Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik for the WWF World Heavyweight Title and " Hulkamania was born ", January 23, 1984 in Madison Square Garden.

Orndorff became one of the first people to challenge for the world title, shooting straight to the main event less than a month after his debut.

While working for the UWF, Orndorff would also compete in the American Wrestling Federation ( not the same promotion as the AWF ) and held the AWF Heavyweight title after beating Stan Lane on December 16, 1991.

While Orndorff was away from the WWF, Bobby Heenan brought in a new man " Ravishing " Rick Rude to take Orndorff ’ s place in the Heenan Family.

After the match, Race declared that Paul Orndorff was his chosen man.

This led to a brief six man tag team alliance between Orndorff, Payne, and Chris Benoit.

When Orndorff vacated the title, it was put on the line in a tournament that was won by The Super Destroyer.

Orndorff was only listed as a " wild card " who had to win a match in order to enter the tournament.

Tito Santana and Paul Orndorff fought to double countout, eliminating both wrestlers from the tournament in the process.

On April 2, 2005, Heenan inducted his former protégé Paul Orndorff into the WWE Hall of Fame and on April 1, 2006 Heenan inducted Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza and on March 31, 2007 Heenan inducted Nick Bockwinkel .< ref >

:* NWA World Tag Team Championship ( Mid-Atlantic version ) ( 2 times ) – with Paul Orndorff ( 1 ) and Ray Stevens ( 1 )

:* WCW World Tag Team Championship ( 3 times )-with Arn Anderson ( 1 ) and Paul Orndorff ( 2 )

** NWA World Tag Team Championship ( Texas version ) ( 3 times ) – with Al Madril ( 1 ) and Terry Orndorff ( 2 )