{"id":122963,"date":"2022-12-30T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=122963"},"modified":"2022-12-30T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:14:00","slug":"impact-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2022\/12\/30\/impact-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"Don West dead at age 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3663626050\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Former Impact Wrestling color commentator Don West died on Friday at age 59 following a battle with brain lymphoma. West&#8217;s longtime broadcast partner Mike Tenay announced the news via social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just heard from wife Terri that our brother <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonWestDeals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonWestDeals<\/a> will be spending New Years in heaven. Terri said D-Dub finally had to tap out from his match with lymphoma. We bonded as soon as we met, both as broadcast partners and friends. Years of great moments both on and off camera<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Tenay (@RealMikeTenay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMikeTenay\/status\/1608890721138012166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> West became famous as a pitchman for the Shop At Home Network and was even parodied by Will Ferrell and other cast members on <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> a few times. He worked for Impact as a color commentator from 2002-2012, and also worked for the company&#8217;s merchandise department in more recent years. My condolences to the West family, as well as Don&#8217;s many friends and fans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-4071867580\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[989,86,1775],"class_list":["post-122963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tna_news","category-newsticker","tag-don-west","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-mike-tenay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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