03.06.09 ‘SURVIVOR’ ALUM BEGINS WRESTLING CAREER

Jenna Morasca, the “Survivor” winner who got naked on the show for chocolate and peanut butter — who hasn’t been there before? — will begin a new career as a pro wrestler for “TNA iMPACT” on Spike next week.  This will be the first significant career move by Morasca that does not involve taking her clothes off (see her NSFW Playboy spread with Heidi Strobel here).  From EW.com:

“Everyone is covered in glitter and makeup and stuff and then goes and beats the crap out of each other,” says Morasca about what attracted her to wrestling. “This is perfect for me.”

Although she won’t actually wrestle at first, Morasca will indeed start fighting after taking a crash course in the “sport.” Unfortunately, the 28-year-old reality star has declined to take on a sassy new name/identity for the ring. “I’m gonna be me because it’s more beneficial to know it’s me from Survivor,” she explains.

Wise decision by Jenna.  Name recognition is paramount in her elite field of pseudo-celebrity. Which is why I just had the following conversation:

“Hey, did you hear Jenna Morasca is going to be on TNA iMPACT?”
“Who’s gonna be on what now?”
“You know, Jenna from Survivor?”
“The band?”
“No, the chick on the show Survivor.”
“…”
“She got naked for peanut butter?”
“Oh!  Right!  Jenna! She got naked with that other chick.  What’s she doing now?”
“She’s going to be on TNA iMPACT.”
“Oh, cool.  What’s that?”
“Pro wrestling.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah.”
“…”
“…”
“Wouldn’t it be sweet if the band Survivor did pro wrestling?”
“Hell yeah!”