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(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!

ClubWWI.com Features Over 125 Star Interviews Including:

Kevin Nash
47 Minutes
Eric Bischoff
65 Minutes
Jesse Ventura
30 Minutes

Jerry Lawler
61 Minutes

Mae Young
27 Minutes

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Christian Cage
Former NWA Champ

Terry Funk
55 Minutes
Samoa Joe
TNA Champion

Iron Sheik
Shoots on Everyone


Sean Mooney
First Ever Shoot!


Ahmed Johnson
50 Minutes

Bruno Sammartino
62 Minutes

A.J. Styles
Former NWA Champ

Paul Roma
60 Minutes

Sid Vicious

35 Minutes

Bobby Heenan
60 Minutes

Al Snow
First Post-WWE Shoot!

Sunny
50 Minutes

Vince Russo
52 Minutes

Rick Steiner
60 Minutes

"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner

Kid Kash
60 Minutes

Ted DiBiase
The Million $ Man

Demolition
Ax and Smash

Harley Race
70 Minutes

Tito Santana
52 Minutes

Rick Martel
50 Minutes

Paul Ellering
52 Minutes

Road Warrior Animal
42 Minutes

Diamond Dallas Page
80 Minutes

Damian Demento
First Ever Shoot!

Jimmy Hart
Mouth of The South

Kevin Sullivan
45 Minutes

Dawn Marie
44 Minutes

Jon Heidenreich
43 Minutes

Rikishi
27 Minutes

Scotty 2 Hotty
34 Minutes

Dustin Rhodes

45 Minutes

Terri Runnels
45 Minutes

Earl Hebner
Controversial Ref

Dave Hebner
...and his twin.

Paul Bearer
50 Minutes

Rob Conway
First Ever Shoot!

Bad News Brown
36 Minutes

Chris Daniels
TNA's Curry Man

Rhino
Former NWA Champ

Ole Anderson

56 Minutes

Ron Killings

First Post-TNA Shoot!

Chris Masters
50 Minutes

Christy Hemme
TNA Knockout

Kamala
The Ugandan Giant

Fred Ottman
The Shockmaster

Jacques Rougeau
60 Minutes

Nora "Molly Holly" Greenwald


Dory Funk Jr.
55 Minutes


Bill Demott
49 Minutes


Juvi Guerrera
The Juice!


Larry Zbyszko
38 Minutes


Nick Dinsmore
38 Minutes

Ivory
56 Minutes

Buff Bagwell
Buff Daddy

Sylvain Grenier
52 Minutes

George Steele
53 Minutes

Scott D'Amore
64 Minutes

One Man Gang
40 Minutes

Giant Bernard
42 Minutes

Too Cold Scoprio
40 Minutes

Tod Gordon
70 Minutes

Brother D-Von
Team 3D

Greg Valentine
51 Minutes

Bryan Clark
57 Minutes

Steve Williams
55 Minutes

Dan Severn
54 Minutes

Shawn Stasiak
86 Minutes

Bushwhacker Luke
47 Minutes

Nidia
Tough Enough

Harvey Wippleman
46 Minutes

"Former Super Hero In Training" Ro-Z

Ricky Morton
R-n-R Express

The Valiants

90 Minutes

Jackie Gayda-Haas
40 Minutes

Charlie Haas
WWE Raw

Zach Gowen
30 Minutes

Elix Skipper
Primetime, Baby!

Big Vito
45 Minutes

Bobby Eaton
w/ Tom Prichard

Brother Runt
Former Spike Dudley

Jazz
37 Minutes

Rodney Mack
The Lethal Weapon

Slick
40 Minutes

Nick Bockwinkel
Hall of Famer

Glen Gilberti
43 Minutes

Pat Kenney

60 Minutes

The Missing Link
Bang Your Head

Ivan Koloff
60 Minutes

Koko B. Ware
The Birdman

Shawn Daivari
35 Minutes

ECW's Tiffany
30 Minutes

Ernest Miller
30 Minutes

B.G. James
TNA Star

Matt Morgan
American Gladiators


PLUS

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CPL. KIRSCHNER, KEVIN KELLY, DOUG BASHAM, SYLVESTER TERKAY,
BRENT ALBRIGHT, TRACEY SMOTHERS, SKANDAR AKBAR, DENNIS STAMP, THE STRO,
DAVID YOUNG, TIM HORNER, and many, many, more!

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Alphabetical Listing of Guests You Can Hear on ClubWWI.com :

A

Aaron Aguliera
Skandar Akbar
Brent Albright
Ole Anderson
Road Warrior Animal

B

Buff Bagwell
Doug Basham
Paul Bearer
Giant Bernard
Big Daddy V
Eric Bischoff
Steve Blackman
Nick Bockwinkel
Bad News Brown
D-Lo Brown
"Jumping" Jim Brunzell
Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci
Bull Buchanan

C

Christian Cage
Bryan "Adam Bomb" Clark
Rob Conway

Justin Credible

D

Scott D'Amore
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

E

Bobby Eaton
Paul Ellering

F

Dory Funk Jr.
Terry Funk

G

Jackie Gayda
Sylvain Grenier
Tod Gordon
Zach Gowen
Juventud Guerrera

H

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


S

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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