The Baron von Raschke, it turned out, was just fine. He was simply selling, or making the wrestling believable … at any cost. “You get sucked in. Boom,” Raschke said.

Mr. Fuji switched from Demolition to the Pain train after that. In total, Baron (who lost the Von Raschke part of his name) only worked from SummerSlam '88 in August up until that November.

James Donald Raschke is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Baron von Raschke. After a successful amateur wrestling career and a stint in the United States ...

The life of bad guy Baron von Raschke is the focus of a wildly entertaining new documentary that will make its worldwide debut May 14 as part of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.