Blackjack Mulligan on Baron Von Raschke

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@1950Grendel 2 ай бұрын

Mulligan is very well spoken and articulate, and knows a lot about all the men he worked with. His interviews are better than I expected.

@johnkrolczyk2241 2 ай бұрын

If BJ Mulligan says you're tough, you are tough!

@timr8971 2 ай бұрын

BVR scared me when I was a kid watching All Star Wrestling in the 70's

@joef5416 2 ай бұрын

Love these stories

@kentlowry5435 2 ай бұрын

I had the pleasure of getting to see these two greats live up close when wrestling had its real wrestlers that would drop you at any given second . Loved watching you both . Thank you .

@markkeegan7535 2 ай бұрын

Mulligan sold like a true gentleman during his interviews.

@Jim-Tuner 2 ай бұрын

The Baron was a legit great amateur wrestler. He was a state champion, big 8 conference champion in college, AAU champion, world championships bronze medal, qualfied for the Olympics in wrestling, won an overall US military interservice championship in wrestling. He was also on a state champion football team in high school in Nebraska. He was one of the most skilled wrestlers of his era in pro wrestling.

@randystockton624 2 ай бұрын

Didn't realize he was so skilled at wrestling...

@renecorrea1008 2 ай бұрын

And that is all you need to know!

@yoholmes273 2 ай бұрын

Yep, The Baron could stretch you.

@kevthegoat8774 2 ай бұрын

Yup you wouldn't think he was all that looking at him! He didn't compete in the Olympics due to breaking his leg I believe. Bob Roop knew Baron and trained with him back in their Greco Roman days and Roop said Baron helped him improve so much in it. Billy Robinson also said Baron was one of the best shooters of his generation.

@Halbared 2 ай бұрын

I just watched Baron's interview, he was at the Olympic try-outs and he was facing a man he had beaten five times previously, his opponent used an illegal manoeuvre and caused Baron's wrist to swell, and he couldn't go on the aeroplane to Japan a few days late because of it. Damn shame.

@jimhawn5854 2 ай бұрын

I had the Baron for a teacher in the late 80s , was real fun to see both sides of someone .

@GPS-t9l 6 күн бұрын

Did he teach German?

@ARAKARABLUE 2 ай бұрын

First wrestler I ever saw in the ring! BJM!

@jameskelly5672 2 ай бұрын

Black Jack is 1 of the best wrestlers ever.

@tonypastor705 2 ай бұрын

I saw him wrestle in his prime against Bugsy McGraw in Miami 🏖 Beach and it was WILD!!! They practically made the ring explode!!!

@vernrussell99 2 ай бұрын

I only saw the baron at the end of his career and he was great then . I would have loved to see him in his prime

@ellajackson1400 2 ай бұрын

THAT IS ALL THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW

@TerryAraguz 2 ай бұрын

I remember seeing “Claw vs Claw”! Mid Atlantic rules!

@catyear75 2 ай бұрын

And Dat iz All de People Need to Know ..!!!

@thack57 2 ай бұрын

I love how Jack tells his stories, where he still tells his stories w/a slight Kayfabe tint to them bc he did it for so long and it was such an major part of their jobs. I don't know if that makes sense but obviously these interviews are not brand new (I'm guessing 10 - 15 yrs old bc of the hgher quality of video) but clearly long after Vince spilled the beans on RAW. Though if you listen to him tell his stories (maybe not so much in this one but others bc the algorithm has me in a Jack Windham/Mulligan loop at the moment but I don't mind.) it's probably a muscle memories like hitting the bathroom switch the same way for 40 yrs then you have the bathroom redone + you now have to retrain the muscle memory to break that habit.

@ApothecaryGrant 2 ай бұрын

Jim Raschke is a tough guy and champion athlete

@83reggieT 2 ай бұрын

Baron von rashke and the crusher were my dad's favorite wrestlers back in his day AWA owned the Milwaukee area in the 60s and 70s he used to impersonate rashke doing the claw while his sons were watching 80s WWF.

@johnparsons6750 2 ай бұрын

Das ist richtig , the Baron was the real deal but I honestly kind of looked at him as a little clumsy in the ring back in my youth .

@kevthegoat8774 2 ай бұрын

Bob Roop, Billy Robinson and Blackjack Mulligan have all mentioned how legit Baron was. That's when you know someone was the real deal!

@MrK623 2 ай бұрын

On May 15, 1971, Mulligan challenged new WWWF Heavyweight Champion Pedro Morales. During the bout, a fan jumped into the ring and stabbed Mulligan in the leg with a knife, opening a huge wound. "Towels on Mulligan’s wounds quickly reddened as he was carried from the ring to receive 100 stitches at the hospital.” - Boston Globe

@dbell2224 2 ай бұрын

I can still hear the Baron say - Ze Claw vil get you!

@emptyhand777 2 ай бұрын

Raschke was Hulking up long before Hogan made it famous. As a face Raschke would be taking a beating, then slowly start perking up, each punch would increase his strength until he was goose stepping around the ring impervious to pain. Then he would unleash The Claw.

@kingsports1113 2 ай бұрын

I still wanna know what made Baron use the claw

@tonypastor705 2 ай бұрын

kingsports1113-They should have made Danny Hodge use the claw- cuz in real life he had the hardest claw!!!

@cstomp1 2 ай бұрын

The Baron was wrestling Pat O'Connor in St. Louis when Pat told him in the middle of the match to put the Claw on him and the rest was history. BTW, he was billed as Von Raschke in St. Louis minus the Baron. Not sure why.

@tonypastor705 2 ай бұрын

kingsports1113-Don’t know, but do know that Fritz Von Erich told Don Jardene if he put on a mask and used the Claw plus called himself The Spoiler- he would be awesome. I read about it before. That idea worked.😊

@chrischar9428 2 ай бұрын

@@cstomp1he wasn't a baron

@cstomp1 2 ай бұрын

@@chrischar9428 And Jerry Lawler wasn't a king! 😆 It's wrestling. I'm still curious why Muchnick in St. Louis wouldn't bill him as baron?

@tonypastor705 2 ай бұрын

In real life, it was Danny Hodge that had the strongest grip in real life! They should have made Hodge use the claw- if he turned heel.

@DrummingTmate 2 ай бұрын

Thinking of The Baron as a good wrestler is like thinking of George Steel that way. Really hard to process as a career choice or being real.

@ApothecaryGrant 2 ай бұрын

Shooting skill isn’t a big ticket seller . The bulk of wrestling fans do not value WRESTLING

@DrummingTmate 2 ай бұрын

@@ApothecaryGrant Back then there was wrestling and most of those - I thought all of those - who were as gimmicked as The Baron were guys who did not have top level wrestling skills.

@apostasiaelegcho5612 2 ай бұрын

Baron was a legit shooter and NCAA wrestler. He had a lot more skill than he ever showed in the ring. He was on par with Stu Hart and Billy Robinson. He won a bronze medal for the United States in Greco-Roman during the 1963 World Championships, and was on the 1964 Olympic team. He was a legit wrestler.

@kevthegoat8774 2 ай бұрын

Bob Roop was an Olympic wrestler and Billy Robinson was a fantastic Catch Wrestler, both of them have mentioned how good of an amateur Baron was and that he could have taken most guys in a shoot.