The voices of TNA/Impact Wrestling are set to take their rightful place in the company's Hall of Fame.
During Victory Road , it was revealed that Mike Tenay & Don West will be inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame at Bound for Glory this October. The pay-per-view is being held at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois on Saturday, October 21.
West is being posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame. He passed away in December 2022 following a battle with cancer.
Before becoming a pro wrestling broadcaster, West was already well-known as a sports collectibles pitchman. He and Tenay worked together as announcers from TNA's launch in 2002 until 2009. Tenay was later paired with Taz on commentary.
Tenay won Best Television Announcer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards in 1997 and from 2002-2005. Tenay's first win came while he worked for WCW and the other four were while he was in TNA.
The Impact Hall of Fame was introduced in 2012. With Tenay and West's inclusion, there have been 13 total inductees:
- 2012: Sting
- 2013: Kurt Angle
- 2014: Team 3D (Bully Ray & D-Von)
- 2015: Jeff Jarrett, Earl Hebner
- 2016: Gail Kim
- 2018: Abyss
- 2020: Ken Shamrock
- 2021: Awesome Kong
- 2022: Raven
- 2023: Mike Tenay & Don West
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