10 Most Shocking WWE WrestleMania Role Reversals
5. Paul Orndorff - WrestleMania I & 2
'Mr Wonderful' played arguably the most vital role in the first ever WrestleMania main event - he had to take the pin.
The headline attraction required a conclusive conclusion, but 'Rock N Wrestling' tie-in megastars Hulk Hogan, Mr T and Roddy Piper weren't exactly best placed to take pinfalls as the company approached its mid-1980s apex. Orndorff examined the Madison Square Garden spotlights as the company's biggest ever show went off the air, but like the dire sequel show itself, 1986 wasn't exactly the follow-up he'd hoped for.
Orndorff and opponent Don 'Magnificent' Muraco fought to count-out after just four minutes in the show's tepid opener. Problematic Paul found time to offer some rather unpleasant abuse to Muraco's manager Mr Fuji in that time - the overall fall from grace was hard to hide from.
WWE made good on the rather rapid decline - Orndorff's heel turn on Hulk Hogan in late-1986 was informed by his disappearance from the main events after turning babyface to side with 'The Hulkster' following WrestleMania I. The pair drew huge together too - reality successfully informing the fantasy as it so often does.