@travisg , "Am I in trouble?" Did you shim the height of the Wall Reference to match the height of the mating surface of the cartridge from the record with the stylus in the groove with proper VTF set? If so than as long as the Wally Reference sits perfectly flat on the record in both directions you should be in good shape with an Ortofon. As long as a warped record does not launch the tonearm it is OK.
There is always the slight chance that it is a defective or damaged cartridge, but there is no way for any of us to know that without an obvious defect which I assume you would notice, it being obvious.