Gabe Sapolsky Gabe Sapolsky is a wrestling personality , the current booker of Dragon Gate USA and EVOLVE , and the former booker for Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro . Sapolsky has also been involved in the booking for Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Early life . Gabe Sapolsky attended the Runkle Elementary School and later Brookline High School , graduating in 1990 . He received his B . A . in Communications from Temple University . Career . Sapolsky began his career behind - the - scenes with Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) arranging the programs for their live events in 1993 , prior to Eddie Gilbert ' s departure from the company as booker . Sapolsky developed merchandise for the stars of ECW , as well as shipping merchandise , printing tickets and taking over the ECW hotline . He was also associated with RF Video throughout his tenure in ECW , as he aided with both the RF Video booth and the filming of the ECW Fan Cams series . He became an official RF Video employee in 2001 , shortly after ECW closed . In 2002 , Sapolsky and RF Video founder / owner Rob Feinstein opened Ring of Honor ( ROH ) , an independent wrestling promotion . Feinstein was the owner , while Sapolsky was given booking duties . In March 2004 , Rob Feinstein publicly sold his share of Ring of Honor to Cary Silkin . Sapolsky was also the booker for Full Impact Pro , an independent promotion in Florida that is considered to be the sister promotion of Ring of Honor and includes many ROH stars . Sapolsky also used the alter ego Jimmy Bauer for commentary . On October 26 , 2008 , Ring of Honor made an announcement stating that Gabe Sapolsky was no longer working with Ring of Honor . ROH released the following statement : " Ring of Honor is announcing that Gabe Sapolsky will be leaving the company effective immediately . Everybody at ROH would like to thank him for his contributions and wish him well in all future endeavors . Going forward Ring of Honor will be focusing on the stories and the talent in the ring . The company will have no further comments on this issue or a replacement for Mr . Sapolsky . We would like to thank all of the fans and media who have supported us over the years and look forward to bringing you more great wrestling excitement in the future . " After Gabe ' s release from Ring Of Honor , he also ceased his roles with Full Impact Pro . Gabe then did a series of blogs on his My Space page discussing his booking styles . On April 14 , 2009 Gabe Sapolsky announced the launch of Dragon Gate USA with himself as its Vice President . The promotion ' s first show was held July 25 , 2009 at The Arena in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Gabe Sapolsky has also began helping with the booking duties of the relaunched FWA in England . Other media . Gabe Sapolsky was featured in a " Newsday " article concerning the potential slump in professional wrestling in the wake of the Chris Benoit double murder and suicide . Sapolsky was featured alongside Roderick Strong , also representing Ring of Honor , Brimstone , representing Pro Wrestling Revolution , and John Cursie of NYWC . Sapolsky stated , " " Chris Benoit was a wrestler ' s wrestler . It was devastating . . . we saw our hero fall from grace in the worst way possible . WWE does not represent the entire industry , just because someone is a professional wrestler doesn ' t automatically put them in this category that they ' re going to be a drug user . " "