VIP AUDIO 7/24 – Torch Talk w/Paul Orndorff (1991): Regretting being a wrestler, Hogan feud, difference between WWF and WCW, Mick Foley, Bill Watts, Japan (50 min)

SHOW SUMMARY: This special Torch Talk Flashback features Wade Keller’s May 1991 interview with “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff. The following are some of the topics he covers:

• His early memories of wrestling and training to become a wrestler
• How Vince McMahon Sr. approached him to join the WWF as they geared up to expand nationally
• How important he feels his acquisition for the WWF’s early success leading to the first WrestleMania
• His record-setting feud with Hulk Hogan
• Why he left the WWF.
• His nerve damage that left him permanently unable to fully utilize one of his arms
• Why, knowing what he knows now, he wouldn’t get into pro wrestling at all
• Running a bowling alley
• The prospects of returning to the WWF
• His thoughts on WCW management including Jim Herd, Ole Anderson, Bill Watts
• Does he think he’d be a good booker
• The main differences between working for WCW and the WWF
• Working for Herb Abrams and his new UWF promotion
• Whether he was considered for the role of the Black Scorpion
• His experiencing wrestling in Japan for Antonio Inoki
• His thoughts on steroid testing
• His prediction that Mick Foley could be a top star anywhere

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