TNA Postpones Tour Of India, TNA Talent Upset With Sudden Annoucement

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TNA has announced they had decided to postpone their upcoming Tour in India. The cited reason are logistics and safety issues, TNA talents were to fly into Paris, then India as part of the booked travel arrangements.

TNA doesn’t have any live events scheduled until January, and talents are now scrambling to fill in dates. Several sources report some TNA roster members were understandably upset with this sudden announcement, noting that they were depending on this paycheck from the India tour, and this was the same thing that happened with a cancelled tour of China.

 

TNA issued following statement:

 

Postponement of ‘TNA One Night Only: Mumbai’ Event

Information note: Mumbai, Thursday, 26 November, 2015 – 11 AM IST:

Multi Screen Media (MSM) and TNA Wrestling, the international professional wrestling entertainment organization, jointly announced today that the TNA One Night Only: Mumbai live event has been postponed.

The live event that was scheduled to take place on December 4, has now been postponed to 2016 to a yet-to-be decided date. The postponement is primarily due to logistical issues around the timing of the event.

As soon as the new dates are firmed up, it will be announced in an update.

While TNA is looking forward to coming to India soon, MSM is geared up to host the entire entourage of TNA in India.

Event background:

MSM & TNA Wrestling announced their partnership for India’s first ever LIVE televised wrestling event last month in a pioneering move to bring an internationally broadcast sporting event to India featuring the Stars and Knockouts of IMPACT WRESTLING, TNA’s flagship, to be broadcast LIVE in India, the United States and all around the world.

About Multi Screen Media (MSM):
MSM is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation which owns and operates the Sony Entertainment network of television channels. As a leading television network in India, MSM comprises of Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of India’s leading Hindi general entertainment television channels; MAX, India’s premium Hindi movies and special events channel; MAX 2, a second Hindi movie channel showcasing great Indian Cinema; SAB, a family comedy entertainment channel; PIX, the English movie channel; AXN, the leader amongst English Entertainment Channels; AATH, the Bangla movie channel, MIX a refreshing Hindi music channel; SIX, India’s Premier Sports Entertainment Channel; KIX, a youth-centric sports channel focusing on high adrenaline, fast-paced content and LIV – the Digital Entertainment Channel.

 And, MSM Motion Pictures is the company’s venture in film production.

The Network is in its 21st year in India.

About TNA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
TNA Entertainment, LLC, is a privately held sports entertainment company represented by United Talent Agency and based in Nashville, Tennessee, specialising in television properties, events, products, merchandise and music, as well as the management and promotion of professional wrestlers.

The roster features such greats as Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, EC3, Matt Hardy, Bobby Lashley, Bobby Roode, the high-flying X-Division including Tigre Uno, and Gail Kim and the lovely and lethal Knockouts, through its highly successful flagship IMPACT WRESTLING weekly broadcast. The product is the world’s most innovative experience in professional wrestling and is broadcast in more than 120 countries.

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