Don West

The Sports Reporters In 2001, West amicably left the Shop at Home Network and began hosting a sports talk show called The Sports Reporters on WNSR in Nashville, Tennessee. The program covered sports topics of the day and ongoing local sports issues. West was contacted by Vince Russo, then booker for World Championship Wrestling, who invited him to join the company. West declined the offer, the company being bought out a year later. On the August 17, 2009, tapings of Impact! TNA removed West as a color commentator and replaced him with Taz. The company later announced that West had been promoted within the organization to oversee merchandise development and sales initiatives. On the October 15 edition of Impact! West returned as Amazing Red's new manager, turning face in the process.

On May 28, 2012, it was reported that West had given his notice and would be leaving TNA shortly.

Impact Wrestling On January 13, 2017, TNA (now known as Impact Wrestling) revealed that West had joined the merchandise department. On July 2, 2017, West returned to commentary for the final time at the Slammiversary XV pay-per-view. In 2022, Impact Wrestling featured a video tribute to their original announce team of West and Mike Tenay during Slammiversary.

On September 8, 2023, during Impact's Victory Road event, it was announced that West (alongside Mike Tenay) would be posthumously inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame in honor of them being the promotion's original broadcast team.

Personal life and death West married his wife Terri on July 18, 1992. On December 30, 2022, Mike Tenay confirmed that West had died from lymphoma at the age of 59. Memorial tributes to West were made by the pro-wrestling community through social media and on WWE, AEW, and Impact Wrestling programming.

Awards and accomplishments Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA Hall of Fame (2023 - alongside Mike Tenay) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Worst Television Announcer (2007)