TNA Announces Partnership with The Great Khali, Sony SIX

Today, TNA officially announced that the promotion is touring India for several live events that there will be taping for Impact Wrestling. This tour is a part of the current media tour that EC3, Rebel and Mahabali Shera are on.

Alongside this announcement, the company will also be teaming with former WWE World champion Dalip Singh, better known as The Great Khali. Singh’s role alongside TNA will be to search and find new TNA talent. Singh currently operates a wrestling school in India, which makes him a great fit for TNA’s talent search. Singh will be joining TNA Vice President John Gaburick on the Talent Search.

Dixie Carter made the following statement below: 

“Our phenomenal partners at Sony SIX have been tremendous in recognizing the powerful reach of professional wrestling and we are thrilled TNA programming has contributed to the network’s ranking as the most watched sports channel in all of India, ” said TNA President Dixie Carter in a media release. “We are also proud of the relationships we are forming with our fans across India and we are honored to travel our incredible roster to India for three historic global live events emanating from Mahabali Shera’s home.”

TNA’s tour of India will take place on December 2nd through the 4th with the final night of the tour airing live. That event will be billed as One Night Only: Mumbai. The PPV show will air live in India and several other countries. There will be taping delays in other countries, including the United States.

To produce the tour, TNA will be partnering with their Indian television partner SONY SIX. India has become of mass important to the future of TNA because of the extremely strong TV deal that will roll over in January 2016. This deal will become one of TNA’s most profitable TV deals in the company’s history.

The Business Head of Sony SIX, Prasana Krishnan and Dixie Carter make further statements:

Prasana Krishnan, Business Head, Sony SIX:

“India is a great country that has an extensive history of wrestling and talent in abundance. Given the national interest for the sporting event, we want to showcase consistent content along with high quality and local programming to connect with our viewers.

“For the first time in India, fans will be able to experience a live event which is something that they have only seen on our channel. Through our annual efforts in showcasing international wrestling talents in India, we aim to reach out to more than millions of viewers, reaching out to a broader fan base in the country.

“The talent search will further give Indian wrestlers an opportunity to be a part of the incredible international TNA Roster.”

Dixie Carter, President of TNA Wrestling:

“Our phenomenal partners at Sony SIX have been tremendous in recognizing the powerful reach of professional wrestling, and we are thrilled TNA programming has contributed to the network’s ranking as the most watched sports channel in all of India. We are also proud of the relationships we are forming with our fans across India, and we are honoured to travel our incredible roster to India for three historic global live events emanating from Mahabali Shera’s home.”