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Former Impact announcer Don West announces cancer is in remission

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Image: NewsRadio 560 KPQ

Former TNA/Impact Wrestling announcer Don West has revealed that his cancer is in remission.

“I want to give everyone an update,” West tweeted on Saturday. “After 8 weeks of chemotherapy and 13 treatments of radiation my cancer is now in remission Thank you for everyone’s prayers because they truly worked I look forward to getting back on the radio doing what I love.”

West announced in June that he had been diagnosed with a brain lymphoma and would be starting treatment immediately. West, who is a radio host for NewsRadio 560 KPQ in Washington, wrote a letter explaining that his diagnosis was why his radio show was on hiatus. West wrote that he hoped he would be back on the radio talking about the Seattle Seahawks, the Seattle Mariners, and the Wenatchee Wild soon.

West was one of the voices of TNA/Impact Wrestling from 2002-2012, working alongside Mike Tenay on the promotion’s commentary team. West was also part of the promotion’s merchandising department.

Before his time in pro wrestling, West became well known as a sports collectibles pitchman on the Shop at Home Network.

Former Impact announcer Don West diagnosed with brain lymphoma

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Image: NewsRadio 560 KPQ

Former TNA/Impact Wrestling announcer Don West has revealed that he’s battling cancer.

On Monday, NewsRadio 560 KPQ in Washington published a letter from West explaining why his radio show is on hiatus. West wrote that he’s been diagnosed with a brain lymphoma and will begin immediate treatment.

West wrote that he’s praying that chemotherapy will help him heal faster and that he hopes he’ll be back on the radio soon.

After getting off the phone with West today, Jeff Jarrett tweeted that West is in great spirits and ready to take on this challenge.

West was a commentator for TNA/Impact Wrestling from 2002-2012, serving as one of the voices of the promotion alongside Mike Tenay. West, who is also known for his time as a sports collectibles pitchman on the Shop at Home Network, worked in TNA/Impact Wrestling’s merchandise department as well.

In 2017, West returned to call Impact’s Slammiversary pay-per-view.

West’s full letter announcing his diagnosis is available below:

Hello everybody,

Don West here to tell you about how disappointed I am not to be talking about the Seattle Seahawks, the Mariners, the Wenatchee Wild and everything else that we love to talk about every day on the Don West Show. 

Many of you have wondered where I have been and why the show is on hiatus. So I want to share this news directly with you. I have been diagnosed with a brain lymphoma and will begin immediate treatment. 

I want to thank my wife Terri for her love and support, my family and everyone that works at Cherry Creek Media and KPQ. I also want to thank the Don West Show’s incredible sponsors and my friends for all the prayers that are coming my way. I am praying the chemotherapy will help me heal faster and hopefully I’ll be back on the radio soon.

I can’t wait until this is all over and I can be back with you all again, I love you all!

Don West

Don West and Robert Flores to call Impact’s Slammiversary PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

With two of Impact Wrestling’s announcers involved in a match at Slammiversary, the company is bringing in both a familiar voice and a new one to call the pay-per-view.

Impact announced today that Don West and Robert Flores will be the announce team for Slammiversary. West was formerly one of the voices of Impact alongside Mike Tenay. He parted ways with the company in 2012 but returned to work with ShopTNA at the beginning of this year.

Flores works in television for both the MLB and NHL networks, which he joined after leaving ESPN in 2016. He’s a longtime pro wrestling fan and was slated to serve as the co-host of “The Ric Flair Show” on the MLW Radio network earlier this year before Flair decided that he didn’t want to continue with the podcast.

With “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero in the middle of things, announcers Josh Mathews and Jeremy Borash have been feuding since the relaunched version of Impact debuted. Mathews and Borash will meet in a tag team match at Slammiversary, with Mathews teaming with Scott Steiner and Borash teaming with Joseph Park.

Slammiversary will take place on July 2nd at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It’s Impact’s first major PPV since last October’s Bound for Glory event.