Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
As noted here on the website, iMPACT! Wrestling taped TV in India last week. The tapings were held in a small TV studio that held 500 fans.
According to sources, everyone in the crowd was paid 250 to 400 rupee (between $3.80 and $7.60) to attend. This is said to be a common practice in India for television shoots. Fans were instructed who to cheer and boo, and reportedly came off very well. Fans were told that the villains would come from the left side of the stage and the heroes from the right side. The fans doing the wave were also instructed to do so by the M.C. and not something the audience did spontaneously.
Reports say that EC3 got great heel heat, and that both Mahabali Shera and Sonjay Dutt were over big with the crowd.
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