Don West Leaving TNA

[klunderbunker]

http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/240044/Don-West-Leaving-TNA-Wrestling.htm

And before my first house show. This sucks.

 

[Coco]

I bet he also sells his ass off in job interviews.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

A legend has left us.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

Awwwww. What a guy.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

Who?

 

[Uncle Sam]

I liked Don West. Unlike Vince McMahon, he knew the difference between a faux yell and actual yelling. Vince sounded like a twelve-year-old recording his first radio show, Don sounded genuinely excited.

Godspeed, Don. Godspeed.

 

[Alex]

Don West made those old matches sound even better than they were

 

[Vincent Michaels]

I'll always treasure the several t-shirts and Brown Bag Special he convinced me to buy.

 

[Gelgarin]

 

[Chrome]

Here is the reason why he is leaving.. I can't blame him.

Partial Source: Pwinsider

Don West is reportedly leaving TNA due to the fact that he was offered a spot as the General Manager of the North American Hockey League’s Wenatchee Wild out of Wenatchee, Washington. West will be involved in all aspects of the Wild and got a great offer that he could not have reasonably turned down.

There is no reported heat on West for leaving and he is said to be going out on good terms. He will finish up with TNA this month.

ORIGINAL: Several TNA sources say that Don West has given the company notice that he will be leaving soon. West has been with the organization since its inception. He first worked as an announcer before moving on to be the head of TNA merchandise in the summer of 2009.

When he started, he had no experience in the wrestling business when the company launched in June 2002. West and Mike Tenay were the company’s announce team. West was also used as The Amazing Red’s manager. West was replaced by Taz in the announcer’s position in August 2011. West then went on the road full-time with autograph signings and doing “Don West Deals” at the shows. West would mention deals inside the ring and at the merchandise table.

West, who used to work for Shop at Home (and was even parodied once by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live), used his pitching style for the ShopTNA.com website and TNA live eventss. Several people within TNA say that it will be “near impossible” to replace West’s skills in the merchandise aspect. West will now focus on his website, Wild West Deals (WildWestDeals.com).

 

[Gelgarin]

Far and away the best announcer of his generation. The only guy who actually seemed legitimately entertained by what he was watching. He was also hilariously funny as a heel, whilst still managing to actually do the job of colour commentary.

 

[ABMorales787]

Damn. Just envision those speeches that team is gonna be getting from now on.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

For a guy who has admitted he knew very little about wrestling when he first started, Don became real good, real quick.

Sad to see him leaving TNA, he was great at what he did. I thought him and Tenay worked really well together

 

[shattered dreams]

Good luck to him. I guess this generation prefers to be bored to death by their announcers.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

I was bored to death by him, right up until the point they turned him heel. I thought they struck gold with that.