Jeremy Borash has a bigger following than he would have if his greatest childhood ambition had been realized. He wanted to be an afternoon talk show host on WCCO-AM.
Sweet Borash, host of "Impact Wrestling" on Destination America, which airs Fridays at 8 p.m., has become a world-traveling, mega professional wrestling play-by-play announcer and sometimes ring foil. Here's video of him getting his head shaved: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm94rZQg1LE.
A former intern at KDWB-FM and KSTP-AM and former producer for former WCCO-AMer Ruth Koscielak's now defunct radio network, Borash has become a pop culture figure.
Hosting a live cooking show for TV's "Dinner: Impossible" and "Restaurant: Impossible," chef Robert Irvine brought Borash back to the metro last weekend, when they were at Mystic Lake Casino. I had planned to do a video Q&A with Borash, with whom I reconnected on Twitter — he's got 135K followers — but an unexpected commitment took me out of town. At least his parents, Andy and Ruth Borash, got to see their now-engaged son. Borash expects to have a destination wedding in the USA with his fiancée, Jade, a UK resident, later this year. As you'll read here, they do know how to have a good time at Buckingham Palace!
"I am thrilled, honored and excited [that you're writing about me]. You were the first person [in the media] I called when I found out we were coming to Minnesota," Borash said Wednesday. "And the next time I come, I have to get you out to a wrestling event."
Oh, I think I'd prefer a cooking show, I told Borash, who devolved into laughter familiar to my ears.
"No, you …" Borash interrupted himself, laughing again, and conceding that "you probably would."
Q: How did your current career find you?