Don West Announces His Cancer Is In Remission

Don West shares some great news with the wrestling world.

by Andrew Pollard
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In some fantastic news, former TNA commentator Don West has taken to Twitter to announce that his cancer has gone into remission.

West revealed this past June how he had been diagnosed with brain lymphoma, and eight weeks of chemotherapy and 13 treatments of radiation have taken place since Don received that diagnosis.

Don West was an on-screen mainstay of TNA Wrestling for years, making his pro wrestling commentary debut on TNA's first ever PPV back in June 2002. That initial run with the company lasted through until 2012, with West utilised as a commentator, a salesman and even briefly the manager of Amazing Red.

After that departure, West eventually returned to the TNA fold - well, technically the IMPACT Wrestling fold by that point - in 2017 to work for the promotion's merchandise department.

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