Mr Wonderful

Been a busy  Thursday, but I figured I'd take a shot at clipping off a quick one, since I will likely be unable to thru the weekend.

I personally would like to send out a "get well soon" to WWE Hall of Famer "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, who yesterday announced he was suffering from cancer. Orndorff was probably the single most intense competitor of his era, and during his prime, was one of Hulk Hogan's top opponents.

Orndorff definitely shaved years off his career during his run with Hogan in 1986, on the heels of a several month long build up that ultimately lit business on fire when he turned on HH during a tv tag bout vs. King  Kong Bundy& the late Big John Studd.

Orndorff suffered severe nerve damage to his right arm early in the series of matches, but battled on regardless, during an era where there was really no "time off" for the guys, at least if they wanted to earn serious money.

And earn serious money he did- a outdoor live event at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto ( the predessor to the Skydome) vs. the Hulkster, several weeks after the tv tag match, brought out 68,000 fans, for a card that had no PPV,national build up or advertising.

After that 6 month long run with Hogan, which concluded with a national televised Steel Cage match in January 1987, Orndorff took a short time off, then returned briefly, having returned to the babyface side, before a long sabbatical, that lasted until 1990, when he returned for several months in WCW.

Orndorff was in & out of wrestling, mainly on the independents, until a surprising WCW return in 1992, after a few months in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, where his work was still top notch, in particular an outstanding Falls Count Anywhere match vs. Cactus Jack at Superbrawl 3 in 1993.

Mr Wonderful also was a backstage agent for WCW in the following years, where a somewhat famous fistfight broke out between he & Vader, who outweighed PO by about 175 lbs. Regardless, the story goes that Orndorff, wearing flipflops, dropped Vader & put the boots to him until he was stopped.

He also returned briefly to the ring in the final, forgettable years of WCW, but finally hung his boots up for good after suffering a stinger to his neck in a match with, I believe, Mark Jindriak.

Best of luck to Mr Orndorff in beating a cruel & horrible disease.
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Simply put, the baseball writer who voted for BJ Surhoff & Tino Martinez, and NEITHER of this years MLB Hall of Fame entrees, Bert Blyleven & Roberto Alomar, should not only be stripped of his voting rights, but should be barred from writing write about his neighborhoods Little League games.  You're a jackoff & a disgrace to your profession. Enough Said.
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For those of you interested, I will be returning to the ring for the first time since an unwelcomed 2 month break on sat, Jan 22 in Ranson,Wv, then on sat, Jan 29 in Keyser Wv......I hope to see you there!

So until next time.....

SSS