RIP Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff

[Honkey_Kong]

It’s funny, I have two boys (11 and 7) and they are wrestling freaks. We’ve been to summer slams, Monday night raw and a few other shows. They can’t get enough of it.

But even after all of their fandom for the modern era guys (Roman Reigns, Lesnar, Kingston, Styles) they love the classic 80’s, 90’s and some 2000 wrestlers the most. They sit in the basement and watch all of the classic matches (Hogan vs Andre, Dragon vs Macho Man, Michael’s vs Bret Hart and even the Rock vs Stone Cold). Makes me so proud that they love those guys and Mr Wonderful is included in that group.

I know as a kid I admired those guys so much and it was definitely an inspiration for wanting to have big muscles and have some swag. It’s so cool seeing that those legends all stand the test of time and their bad assness cross multiple generations!

Say what you want about wrestling but those are big strong men doing pretty incredible feats of athleticism!

RIP!

WWF in the 1980s was basically a live-action comic book with jacked up super heroes facing super villains. Every boy growing up back then was hooked. And yeah these guys played a role in inspiring me (and an entire generation) to get in to the gym and try to become like them. I remember watching I think Mid-Atlantic back in the 80's where The Warlord and Barbarian took on the Road Warriors in a bench press contest. The Barbarian does 475 without even trying.

I was like 5 or 6, when my dad told me that wrestling wasn't real. It was worse than finding out about Santa.

[warchild]

WWF in the 1980s was basically a live-action comic book with jacked up super heroes facing super villains. Every boy growing up back then was hooked. And yeah these guys played a role in inspiring me (and an entire generation) to get in to the gym and try to become like them. I remember watching I think Mid-Atlantic back in the 80's where The Warlord and Barbarian took on the Road Warriors in a bench press contest. The Barbarian does 475 without even trying.

I was like 5 or 6, when my dad told me that wrestling wasn't real. It was worse than finding out about Santa.

Watched a good interview w the warlord on YouTube and he talked about his steroid use. It was pretty good. The channel is Hannibal tv if you wanna check it out. Warlord is still alive and looks great.

[Honkey_Kong]

Watched a good interview w the warlord on YouTube and he talked about his steroid use. It was pretty good. The channel is Hannibal tv if you wanna check it out. Warlord is still alive and looks great.

Yeah I saw that. I believe him that they weren't doing crazy cycles back then. Warlord didn't do all the rec drugs like the other guys (that aren't here anymore) did.

I would've never guessed it, but I saw Greg Valentine do one of those "shoot" interviews and admit to being on deca for a good part of his career. He was using it for joint relief.

[SampsonandDelilah]

WWF in the 1980s was basically a live-action comic book with jacked up super heroes facing super villains. Every boy growing up back then was hooked. And yeah these guys played a role in inspiring me (and an entire generation) to get in to the gym and try to become like them. I remember watching I think Mid-Atlantic back in the 80's where The Warlord and Barbarian took on the Road Warriors in a bench press contest. The Barbarian does 475 without even trying.

I was like 5 or 6, when my dad told me that wrestling wasn't real. It was worse than finding out about Santa.

What do you mean it’s not real??

[Honkey_Kong]

What do you mean it’s not real??

haha. I mean it's totally real. Only normies would die if somebody picked them up and drove them head first in to the mat.

[BG]

What do you mean it’s not real??

Hahaha the Rock called it fake when he was a little kid and they all turned and told him never say the "F" word. Then in high school he punched a kid for calling it fake.