(38 Minute Audio) Baron Von Raschke Discusses: Why His 1988 WWF Run Was So Short, The Bizarre Name Mad Dog Vachon Wanted Him To Use, His Matches Against "Teddy The Wrestling Bear," The Night The Bear Wanted To Eat Bobby Heenan, Why He Tries Not To Watch Today's Wrestling, The Final Days Of The AWA, What Vince McMahon Was Doing At The Time, His Early Opinion Of The Claw, Thoughts On Working With The Young Road Warriors, Crusher, Pat O'Connor, Verne Gagne, and More
By ClubWWI.com
Jul 23, 2008 - 4:43 PM
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For years, his dreaded clawhold struck fear into the hearts of men. Now, the legendary
Baron Von Raschke joins
ClubWWI.com for an uncut shoot interview with one of wrestling's true icons.
Whether ducking for cover while an enraged crowd tosses chairs or signing autographs for happy fans, The Baron has had a long and storied career in the industry. From his accomplished amateur background to countless territories to the AWA to the WWWF, Raschke has battled them all. If you're a fan of old school stories from an old school butt-kicker, then this is one shoot you can't miss!
In today's 38 minute
ClubWWI.com shoot, James Guttman and Baron Von Raschke discuss:
How Basketball Played a Role in His Wrestling Career
His Amateur Accomplishments
Winning The Bronze During the 1963 World Games
Making The 1964 Olympics
Why He Didn't Go
The Army
The First Time He Saw Pro Wrestling
The Wrestler He Remembers From That Time
Breaking Into The Business
The Role Verne Gagne Played
Mad Dog Vachon
Why Mad Dog Named Him "Baron Von Raschke"
The Bizarre Last Name Mad Dog Wanted Him To Use
The First Time He Used The Claw
Working Against Pat O'Connor
What He Thought of The Claw At First
Why He Didn't Use It After That
The Hold Itself
Being a Heel When Fans Thought It Was Real
Today's Wrestling
Why He Tries Not To Watch
How The Business is Presented
Teaming With The Crusher
Working Against The Young Road Warriors
How They Progressed
His Matches With "Teddy" The Wrestling Bear
The Night The Bear Wanted To Eat Bobby Heenan
Thoughts on Bobby
Thoughts on Paul Jones
Managers in Wrestling
The Final Days of the AWA
Knowing It Was Over
Vince McMahon's Actions
Why His 1988 Managerial Debut in WWF Was So Short
The Unprofessional Way WWF Handled His Departure
Why He Thinks He Was Brought In
The Play Based On His Life
Being a Grandfather
...and Much More!
Baron Von Raschke joins many other legends on
ClubWWI.com. You can hear extended discussions with Bruno Sammartino, The Funks, Harley Race, Ivan Koloff, The Valiants, Nick Bockwinkel, Bobby Heenan, and many more!
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Aaron
Aguliera
Skandar Akbar
Brent Albright
Ole Anderson
Road Warrior Animal
B
Buff
Bagwell
Doug Basham
Paul Bearer
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Big Daddy V
Eric Bischoff
Steve Blackman
Nick Bockwinkel
Bad News Brown
D-Lo Brown
"Jumping" Jim Brunzell
Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci
Bull Buchanan
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Christian
Cage
Bryan "Adam Bomb" Clark
Rob Conway
Justin Credible
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Scott
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Christopher Daniels
Shawn Daivari
Dawn Marie
Damian Demento
Brother Devon
Demolition Ax
Demolition Smash
Bill DeMott
Ted DiBiase
J.J. Dillon
Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore
Disco Inferno
Spike Dudley
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Bobby
Eaton
Paul Ellering
F
Dory
Funk Jr.
Terry Funk
G
Jackie
Gayda
Sylvain Grenier
Tod Gordon
Zach Gowen
Juventud Guerrera
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Chalie
Haas
Bruce Hart
Jimmy Hart
Diva Search's Jessica Hatch
Dave Hebner
Earl Hebner
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Jon Heidenreich
Christy Hemme
Molly Holly
The Honky Tonk Man
Tim Horner
Scotty 2 Hotty
Mr. Hughes
I
The
Iron Sheik
Ivory
J
B.G.
James
Jazz
Ahmed Johnson
Orlando Jordan
K
Kamala
Kid Kash
Kevin Kelly
Pat "Simon Diamond" Kenney
Ron Killings
Cpl. Kirschner
Kevin Kleinrock
Brian Knobbs
Ivan Koloff
Nikita Koloff
L
Bruno
"Harvey Wippleman" Lauer
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Buschwhacker Luke
M
Rodney
Mack
Balls Mahoney
Rick Martel
"Masterpiece" Chris Masters
Matt Morgan
Ernest Miller
Missing Link
Sean Mooney
Ricky Morton
Trevor Murdoch
N
Kevin
Nash
Nidia
Nunzio
O
One
Man Gang
Fred "Typhoon/Tugboat/Shockmaster" Ottman
P
Diamond
Dallas Page
Jim Powers
Tom Prichard
R
Harley
Race
Baron Von Raschke
Rhino
Dustin Rhodes
Rikishi Fatu
Paul Roma
"Super Hero in Training" Rosie
Jacques Rougeau
Terri Runnels
Lance Russell
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Samoa
Joe
Bruno Sammartino
Samu
Tito Santana
Dan "The Beast" Severn
Elix Skipper
Slick
Tracey Smothers
Al Snow
Dennis Stamp
George "The Animal" Steele
Rick Steiner
Scott Steiner
Idol Stevens
The Stro
AJ Styles
Kevin Sullivan
T
Sylvester
Terkay
ECW's Tiffany
Too Cold Scorpio
V
Greg
"The Hammer" Valentine
Jimmy Valiant
Johnny Valiant
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
Sid Vicious
Vito
Nikolai Volkoff
W
Y
David
Young
Mae Young
Z
Larry
Zybszko
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