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1 April 2012 Ann Curry vs Hannah Storm

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Posted by Jac Fac on 4/1/2012, 8:05 pm

From 2009

The cattiness and back-stabbing started early in the evening. Hannah Storm was doing a slow burn over the attention Ann Curry was getting at a 'Newsbabes' party thrown by the Overseas Press Club. Ann was about to turn 50 and much hoopla had been made over her appearance on the cover of 'MORE magazine’ showing the Asian/Caucasian beauty in a stunning black dress. She looked totally ravishing and the cover used the adjectives like 'Fearless and Forthright' to describe Curry who had been to Beirut during the latest round of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. Many journalists crowded around Ann to get her opinion, etc.

Hannah, therefore, was a non-event and rumors were also swirling at 'Black Rock’ (the nickname for CBS) that her days on the 'Early Show' were “numbered.” Hannah was grousing to anyone who’d listen that this, “…business with Curry was bullshit…” adding her opinion that, “…Curry will be blown away when Meredith Viera shows up on the Today Show set.” Finally the invectives from Storm reached Ann's ears and she corralled Hannah in a corner.

“You got some kind of problem…aside from envy and incompetence, there stringbean?” challenged Curry.

Hannah’s face reddened. “Nothing a good ass kicking wouldn't solve, hotshot.” Hannah was confident that her years of sports broadcasting and her knowledge of boxing gave her a big edge over Ann Curry if they faced each other in the ring.

“I challenge you to a boxing match - on YOUR Rockefeller Plaza set,” said Storm confidently.

“Accepted!” replied Curry with a sly grin.

Two weeks later on a Wednesday morning in mid-September. The late summer air is somewhat heavy and both gals are sweating as they climb into a makeshift ring set up on the Plaza where the Today Show usually hosts rock musicians. The place in swarming with NBC and CBS 'suits' plus an overflow crowd of thousands who showed up for the big event.

Hannah arrives first bedecked in a green robe with 'Fighting Irish' on the back as befits her Notre Dame background and as she flings off the robe, she displays her long, sinewy, figure with well-toned, shapely legs and a green thong. ‘Hard Hitting Hannah’ looks ready.

Ann, as usual, is completely unconventional. She's wrapped in a bedsheet and when she yanks it off she reveals her stunning body and a bejeweled g-string. Her outfit upstages Hannah big time! Referee Elke Sommer motions the combatants to mid-ring.

“You're toast, Curry,” snarls Hannah.

“Show me tough girl,” chuckles Ann with that trademark grin and impish eyes.

Round One: Hannah fires a volley of snapping left hooks and some find Ann's. But Curry moves in quickly and hammers Hannah with a volley of vicious body blows that force the dark-haired gal to back off huffing and puffing. Curry chases her into the corner where she fires repeated unanswered gut shots which double Hannah over. After a standing “eight” Storm heads back out to mid-ring where Ann catches her with a wicked right uppercut. Hannah topples over backward, her long legs flying upwards as she lands hard on her ass. Curry throws her arms up over her head as she jogs around the ring thinking she’s won the fight, but Hannah regains her feet and Ann quickly resumes bombing the lanky Hannah who is nothing but a punching bag. The bell sounds to end the first round and it’s clear Ann has won it easily.

Round Two: Hannah’s costar Julie Chen is in Hannah’s corner and implores her, “…work those long jabs.” Hannah has been hurt but she’s game and she whips a good left hook to Ann's jaw that staggers Curry who has to back up for the first time.

“Good shot bozo,” says Ann. “’Jes’ not good enough!”

Curry goes right back to blistering Hannah with an unrelenting attack to her head and body. Elke Sommer is moving to mid-ring where the vicious beating must end and soon. Hannah's legs are like rubber and her eyes are swollen almost shut and glazed over. Elke jumps in and pushes Ann Curry away as Hannah wobbles backward, then her legs give way and she pitches forward, crashing to the mat face down.

The newest star in the CBS stable, Katie Couric - who whipped ‘Team CBS’ star Marg Helgenberger in an earlier fight - couldn’t control her excitement and, forgetting who her new employer was, she leaped into the ring, grabbed her former broadcast partner around the hips and lifted Ann into the air. Letting Ann slide down her chest, Katie kissed her before she let her go.

Ann starts jumping gloriously up and down in that g-string to the enthusiastic applause of the fans. Hannah lays motionless with her head turned to the side; her cheek resting on the canvas; her left arm extended over her head and her right at her side. Ann struts over to Hannah, steps across her back and stands straddling her with her gorgeous legs spread wide and her arms raised in triumph as she lets out a victory whoop.

Not until Ann has had her moment does Elke allow Hannah's senseless body to be dragged out of the ring by Julie Chen. The NBC crowd disperses, led by Ann, heading back to her dressing room. Ann is back on the air within the half hour to narrate re-runs of the fight including several different angles showing the “KO” sequence in ‘super slo-mo.’ Matt Lauer grimaces as they watch ripples roll through Hannah’s flesh as Ann’s hard punches land.

It was a great morning for Ann Curry but the future for the badly beaten Hannah Storm now looks very uncertain. There are already reports Julie Chen had challenged Campbell Brown and Katie Couric - apparently under pressure from CBS’s Les Moonves to regain some ‘street cred’ on behalf of the “eye network” - is talking about a match against her ‘Today Show’ replacement, Meredith Viera.