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Paul Orndorff

Paul Orndorff appears in three storylines documented on WrestlingFeuds, as a principal in one, spanning 1984–1987 in WWF.

Feuds and rivalries

Golden Era·WWF·1986–1987

Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff (Jul 1986 – Mar 1987)

Paul Orndorff spent a year as Hulk Hogan's tag partner, then piledrove him on television after Adrian Adonis spent weeks calling him "Hulk junior." Their title match filled Toronto's Exhibition Stadium with a then-record outdoor wrestling crowd, and the feud ended in a steel cage match that had to be restarted after two referees declared different winners.

Hulk Hogan · Paul Orndorff · Bobby Heenan · Adrian Adonis · Roddy Piper

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Golden Era·WWF·1984–1985

Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Superfly Jimmy Snuka (Mar 1984 – Mar 1985)

Roddy Piper smashed a coconut over Jimmy Snuka's head on Piper's Pit in 1984, starting a grudge that ran through the WWF's arenas all summer and fed into the main event of the first WrestleMania.

Roddy Piper · Jimmy Snuka

Golden Era·WWF·1984–1985

Hulk Hogan vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper (Jun 1984 – Mar 1985)

Roddy Piper's contempt for the WWF's new MTV-driven Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection escalated from talk-show insults into an assault on Cyndi Lauper, pulling in champion Hulk Hogan and building to the first WrestleMania, a closed-circuit show Vince McMahon called the biggest gamble of his career.

Hulk Hogan · Roddy Piper

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