5 Wrestling legends who weren't great in-ring, and 5 who were

Not Good at Wrestling: Baron Von Raschke

Pro wrestling is often a mirror of society, so during World War Two came the advent of Baron Von Raschke, evil German from Munich.

He was actually the thoroughly American James Donald Raschke, and his gimmick was all that kept his career going. Raschke was a large man, but not particularly athletic even though he had legitimate amateur wrestling chops.

His claw hold is rarely used today because it just looks silly, and Raschke's enormous success has little to do with his wrestling ability.

Here's Raschke taking on Verne Gagne.

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Christopher Scott Wagoner is a writer from Austin, Texas in the United States. He is also a proud descendent of the Choctaw and Lakota people.
Chris has an English and Creative Writing degree, and is a published author with Simon and Schuster. He's ghost-written over eight million words in more than 500 books.
A long time wrestling fan, Chris is also a professional journalist who covers sports-entertainment. He's been writing for Sportskeeda since 2018.

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Edited by Shiven Sachdeva