{"id":13405,"date":"2018-01-30T11:09:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T16:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=13405"},"modified":"2018-01-30T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:12:10","slug":"breaking-jeremy-borash-signs-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/01\/30\/breaking-jeremy-borash-signs-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Jeremy Borash Signs With WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events, longtime <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong> personnel <strong>Jeremy Borash<\/strong> has left Impact Wrestling and signed with the WWE, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwinsider.com\/article\/115204\/wwe-hires-jeremy-borash.html?p=1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports from PWInsider<\/a>. Borash finished up announcing duties on the recent tapings, as well as events taped at <strong>House of Hardcore<\/strong> this weekend. According to the report, Borash was at the WWE events this past weekend, but told people he was just &#8220;visiting friends&#8221;. Borash apparently gave his notice to Impact last week and will be starting with the WWE very soon, although his role with the company has not been defined. In Impact, Borash was their multi-media guy as well as working in creative, most notably working with <strong>Matt Hardy<\/strong> on the Broken Universe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13407\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13407\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/hqdefault-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/hqdefault-2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/hqdefault-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/hqdefault-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/hqdefault-2-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeremy Borash was one of Impact Wrestling&#8217;s longest tenured employees, with them since the company&#8217;s inception in 2002. Prior to that, he worked for WCW from 1999 until it&#8217;s purchase from the WWE in 2001. At the age of 15, he began a weekly wrestling radio program and a decade later, through a friendship with WCW&#8217;s multi-media expert (and now Impact employee)\u00a0<strong>Bob Ryder,<\/strong> was hired to host <em><strong>WCW Live!<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>in 1999.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13408\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13408\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/JB1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/JB1.jpg 597w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/JB1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since working with TNA in 2002, Borash has worn many caps with the promotion, from ring announcing to commentary, video editing, and creative, working with many of Impact&#8217;s top stars in fleshing out their stories and characters, as well as helping guide the company through many of it&#8217;s darkest times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to my favorite SlobberKnocker Session MC, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyBorash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JeremyBorash<\/a> for joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a> team. <br \/> Great get&#8230;top hand&#8230;my friend&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vajykWqssb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vajykWqssb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRsBBQ\/status\/958369648872968192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If the rumor is true, BIG GET for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWE<\/a> signing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyBorash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JeremyBorash<\/a>. Ultimate utility guy who can wear many hats. Good creative guy too if allowed to speak his voice. BIG LOSS for his former employer. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealityCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RealityCheck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin LaBar (@JustinLaBar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinLaBar\/status\/958373280544641024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big congrats to my long time buddy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyBorash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JeremyBorash<\/a>!! What a huge asset and gain for WWE as JB is so talented in every single role he was involved in. The glue that held Impact together for so long. Was a blast to have worked with him for about a decade. Knock \u2018em dead, JB!! \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Velvet Sky (@VelVelHoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VelVelHoller\/status\/958373558228520960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JB is the hardest working, smartest and even funniest guy I know.. always managed to get the absolute best out of me on tv AND proud to call him one of my best mates&#8230;can\u2019t wish him enough good luck in WWE &#8211; totally deserved <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyBorash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JeremyBorash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EMOSH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#EMOSH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GRADO (@gradowrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gradowrestling\/status\/958361924227518464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryansatin\/status\/958396427339640832<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events, longtime Impact Wrestling personnel Jeremy Borash has left Impact Wrestling and signed with the WWE, in reports from PWInsider. Borash finished up announcing duties on the recent tapings, as well as events taped at House of Hardcore this weekend. According to the report, Borash was at the WWE events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":13406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[226,557,47],"class_list":["post-13405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-wwe-universe","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-jeremy-borash","tag-wwe"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}