Post by Peep's Naitch on Jan 30, 2018 11:19:54 GMT -5
The continued talent purge of 2018 continues for Impact Wrestling. As long time Play-by-play announcer, producer and ring announcer Jeremy Borash has left Anthem Entertainment's group and has signed with WWE. This is an absolute coup for WWE as Borash has been in TNA/Impact Wrestling since it's inception in 2002 and has been synonymous with the company as an original.
In recent years, many fans became more familiar with his name and the scope of the work Borash did behind-the-scenes as he was given a ton of credit for the success of the “Broken Universe” by both Matt Hardy and Anthem Entertainment. It’s conceivable creating the WWE Universe version of that material could be on his new list of job descriptions, but that’s just speculation as the hiring hasn’t even been officially announced despite Insider saying they have several Impact sources confirming his exit.
A former radio man who worked for WCW as a ring announcer and host before joining TNA, Borash also produced the British Bootcamp reality competition - which Impact used to introduce another rumored WWE hire, Rockstar Spud.
This could be another cost-cutting casualty for Impact, and/or a move to signal the Don Callis/Scott D’Amore era is different from all the ones which preceded it. Spinning it as something other than another blow to the brand will be difficult, however. Especially as Borash was already announced as the host of a revamped version of Fight Network’s Live Audio Wrestling show for Impact’s new Twitch channel, and recently called several months worth of television at their last taping.
Credit:
www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2018/1/30/16950034/wwe-hires-long-time-impact-wrestling-star-jeremy-borash-report-broken-hardy-producer