Baron von Raschke

[7.0] "Giving him a 7 for above average as he was a good athlete in the 70s with AWA, WWA and St. Louis. He should not be solely judged on his 1980s work. He had straight to the point promos w/o stumbling and had a nice accent to go with his gimmick. It had a German twist but a German who has been living in America, good call by Jim to do that instead of trying to sound 100% German, He was a Main event heel for most of the 70s so for that he is slightly above average. Plus, he was a good man backstage so promoters wanted him and it allowed him to be the only wrestler to work the German Nazi angle way past its expiration date"

[3.0] "never was that much of a fan, especially by the mid/late 80's, "and that's all the people need to know"."

[9.0] "He should be a high 8, but grader's on here have no ideal of context of skills of era or what it took to get over and real heat or in ring psychology or impact on history. Now Jim Raschke was a top flight amateur wrestler who went pro and became one of the greats as Baron Von Raschke. As Baron Von Raschke was one of the premier heels in the 60s and 70s as an evil German monster, but later became one of the major fan favorites in his later years. He was an imposing figure who played the role of a hated German to a tee both in the ring and on the mic. His goosestepping was that of a maniacal heel in the 60s and 70s, but it became the trademark of his comebacks in the 80s. Raschke's famed Brain Claw hold, sometimes called the "Iron Claw, "was a tremendous finisher that he got over at every turn. Despite playing a German, Raschke didn't have a mouthpiece and was an excellent talker with a distinctive voice and his "Dat Is All Da People Need To Know" catchphrase. Was a huge star in AWA , a 3x world champion and 1x tag champ in WWA, was a challenger to Multiple wwwf world champions WWWF, fantastic world tag champ multiple times in Mid-Atlantic, fla TV in CWF, a heavyweight champ in Georgia, a world tag champ with mad dog Vachon and a NWA North American Tag Team Champ with Harley Race Kansas City, a star in St. Louis, NWA American Tag Team Champion with Dusty Rhodes and NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champ in Texas dude was big time, too bad people just know him when he was past his prime"