MWF Paul Orndorff Studio Shoot Interview Preview: Jimmy Snuka, Mid-South, Biggest MIstake

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Check out a sample of "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, where he discusses "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, his belief of having different matches each night, his second run in Mid-South, the biggest mistake of his career and more! - www.BostonWrestling.com/mwfstore-OrndorffShoot.html BOSTONWRESTLING.COM and the Millennium Wrestling Federation team to bring you the new series of "The Madness Behind The Mania" Studio Shoot Interview DVD's, this time with special guest WWE Hall of Famer "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff. If you weren't one of the MWF superfans on-hand May 17th, 2009 at MWF Studios (and if so, why weren't you?!?), sit back for two hours and hear Paul Orndorff tell his story, his way. Joined by hosts Dan Mirade, John Cena Sr, and wrestling historian The Jackal, Paul goes into great detail how he broke into the wrestling business. . .his historic rise to fame in WWE. . .his time in WCW, and so much more! If you're a Paul Orndorff fan or someone that loved the WWF of the 1980's, this is a must own! - Orndorff talks about his football background and how he grew tired of it - Talks about his first introduction to pro wrestling at his father in laws house and how he got hooked up with Eddie Graham in Florida - His "try out" with Hiro Matsuda, Robert Fuller, Bob Backlund, Bob Roop and Jack Brisco, and the intense training that went on for seven months. - How long it took for him to get "smartened up" - What happened when he asked to bring his father in law to a training session - Orndorff talks about his pay early on in FL and working the territory - Thoughts on why he owes Hiro Matsuda so much - His moving to the Memphis territory - Moving on to Charlotte through George Scott - The Jackal talks about Orndorff working St. Louis and the history of the MO Championship - Orndorff talks about moving on to work for Bill Watts for the better part of four years - Orndorff goes into the extreme travel working for Watts, seven days a week - What Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler were like for the nine months he was in Memphis - Orndorff's personal thoughts on Bill Watts as a promoter, and how his mentality helped his career - Talk turns to Ernie Ladd's importance to the territory, in and out of the ring - Talk of NFL players wrestling in the off-season to supplement their income - Orndorff talks about his NFL contract, compared to what NFL players get today - Orndorff compares working for the Crocketts to Watts, and how he wasn't a huge fan of the Crocketts - How the Crockett territory was cliquish - The Jackal and John Cena Sr. talk about early memories of Orndorff - Orndorff and Cena talk about today's generation of wrestlers missing out on the learning opportunities that the previous generation had - Orndorff talks about a younger Jimmy Snuka helped his career before his life began to fall apart due to drug abuse - Talk goes to the lengths he went to to make sure he never had the same match twice - Thoughts on his expectations returning to Mid-South for a second time - Orndorff talks about his one regret not jumping on the chance to go to WWF the first time he was presented the opportunity, and how he felt he could have been given the championship - The Jackal talks about what an Orndorff-Backlund title program would have been like - Talk turns to Watts' huge SuperDome events in New Orleans - Memories of the late Bruiser Brody - Thoughts inside the wrestling world when word of Brody's murder broke - Orndorff talks about refusing to go to Puerto Rico to wrestle as a result of the scandal behind Brody's murder - Was Brody difficult to deal with and do business with? - Could there ever be a locker room murder like that again? - The jump from Mid-South to Georgia Championship Wrestling - Orndorff talks about studying WWF TV before going to NY and how he was going to be different than what they had at the time - Talk turns to Georgia trying to sign Orndorff to a contract when he already agreed to go to WWF and the behind the scenes turmoil - Vince McMahon Sr.'s promise to take care of him for eight months between Georgia and debuting in NY - Jackal and Cena Sr. talk about their initial impression of Orndorff into the WWF - Orndorff talks about making what he did believable - Jackal talks about the list of superstars that jumped ship to WWF - Jackal and Cena Sr. talk about how Orndorff would have been perfect to be managed by the late Grand Wizard - Orndorff talks about how he didn't like Roddy Piper as his manager - Memories of Mrs. Orndorff's reaction to Paul going north - Thoughts on Hulk Hogan not being worthy of being champion in the early part of his run and why - Could Orndorff have been as successful as Hogan as champion if given the same push Hogan got? - Was Hogan as difficult to deal with in the 80's as he was when he got older? - Thoughts on the late Andre The Giant - A memorable trip to Studio 54 in NY - and much, much more!