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Mr. Wonderful’ Paul Orndorff has died

Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:29 pm
Posted by Ted2010
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:29 pm
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WWE Hall of Famer, and WrestleMania I main eventer, Paul Orndorff has died at age 71. His son Travis shared the sad news on Instagram earlier today (July 12).

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Posted by A Smoke Break
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2018
2063 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:30 pm to
Ugh. Saw it earlier. This sucks.

I'm also afraid Terry Funk is next. Isn't he in hospice care?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120264 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:31 pm to
Thought this was about the shark tank guy and was worried
This post was edited on 7/12/21 at 1:31 pm
Posted by Ted2010
Member since Oct 2010
38958 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:31 pm to
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Isn't he in hospice care?



Man that sucks. Surprised he has made it this far. Dude was insane with the things he’s done.
Posted by Mr Wonderful
Love City
Member since Oct 2015
1045 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:32 pm to
I’m still alive.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
19358 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:32 pm to
It comes in threes


Maybe we'll get lucky and the 3rd is a career politician?
Posted by Ash Williams
South of i-10
Member since May 2009
18146 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:33 pm to
Thought this was about Kevin O'Leary and didnt really care all that much.
Posted by Ted2010
Member since Oct 2010
38958 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:33 pm to
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Mr Wonderful


Well played
Posted by truthbetold
Member since Aug 2008
7631 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:35 pm to
In wrestler years 71 is 102
Posted by Ted2010
Member since Oct 2010
38958 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:37 pm to
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In wrestler years 71 is 102


This is true
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95422 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:39 pm to
Especially for anyone who was working in the 80s or 90s.

The amount of substance abuse in that timeframe was insane, which is why you had guys dropping in the early 2000s of “enlarged hearts” regularly.
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9294 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:41 pm to


Interview with Mean Gene
Youtube
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202881 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:41 pm to
Agreed. And Paul had most of his right biceps removed from a surgery he had done that took a lot of his. Skills away.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95422 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:46 pm to
The one armed man still kicked the shite out of Vader.
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 7/12/21 at 1:51 pm to
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Thought this was about the shark tank guy and was worried



glad i wasn't the only one
Posted by Breauxsif
Member since May 2012
22290 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 2:15 pm to
Wrestling in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and into the 2000s wasn't really corporate. Wrestlers were often left to deal with issues they had on their own and there was no infrastructure available to them from the company, which led to instances of drug use.

I remember reading an article that stated Paul Orndorff put off a neck surgery that he needed because he was in the midst of a program with Hogan; his arm atrophied as a result.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51399 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 2:15 pm to
He put off the surgery way too long and paid dearly for it.
Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
15301 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

Thought this was about the shark tank guy and was worried


Same.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95422 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 2:19 pm to
Correct, he was doing his run on top with Hogan and it was making him too much money to take time off to get it fixed.

Hence the “one arm” jokes because one arm was significantly smaller than the other because of the nerve damage sustained.


Granted, there were also people doing things in an attempt to get noticed which weren’t good for them.

Hercules Hernandez did a bizarre promo once on Mid-South TV bragging about how much Dianabol he was using to get his muscles.
Posted by massilsu
Oz
Member since Sep 2020
1947 posts
Posted on 7/12/21 at 2:19 pm to
overrated - too many steriods --- buzz sawyer and tommy wildfire rich used to beat his arse alot
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