{"id":50577,"date":"2017-11-06T20:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T02:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=50577"},"modified":"2017-11-06T20:39:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T02:39:23","slug":"impact-wrestling-searching-paid-extras-tv-tapings-week-wmcmahons-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/11\/06\/impact-wrestling-searching-paid-extras-tv-tapings-week-wmcmahons-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Wrestling searching for paid extras for TV tapings this week (w\/McMahon&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4283943488\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>According to a post by the Smyth Casting Agency, Impact Wrestling is paying up to $50 per day for &#8220;extras&#8221; to appear in the crowd at this week&#8217;s Impact tapings in Ottawa. Smyth Casting is searching for 50-75 audience members per day. A post on the company&#8217;s Facebook page (see below) says that audience members may be given signs to hold, but they&#8217;re also encouraged to bring their own signs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-9.11.53-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-9.11.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-9.11.53-PM.png 485w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-9.11.53-PM-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>McMahon&#8217;s Analysis: This is obviously a terrible look for a company that&#8217;s coming off a pay-per-view that was almost universally panned by critics. Impact defenders will say the media is being &#8220;too negative&#8221; towards this company, but the wounds are self-inflicted. Give people a product that they can invest in, and care about, and people will pay to see you, not the other way around. Asking for 50-75 people per night isn&#8217;t asking to fill up the building, it&#8217;s asking for people to show up and be excited. They&#8217;re looking for people to hold signs. They want to pay people to be enthusiastic. That should be a major red flag for Impact management. They should be drawing that emotion with their product, not their wallets.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On top of all that, remember, they&#8217;re also trying to sell tickets to these events. Why on Earth would anyone pay to see a wrestling show when they can get paid to see a wrestling show, and probably get better seats? Impact&#8217;s going to want these excited, paid extras to be the ones on TV. It&#8217;s completely backwards. And at the same time, it&#8217;s the perfect epitome of the company right now. I genuinely feel bad for the wrestlers and production people who are there and working hard.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2916582555\"><div id=\"pwtor-1451286404\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>According to a post by the Smyth Casting Agency, Impact Wrestling is paying up to $50 per day for &#8220;extras&#8221; to appear in the crowd at this week&#8217;s Impact tapings in Ottawa. 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