Gabe Sapolsky
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| Born | Gabriel Sapolsky September 26, 1972 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Temple University |
| Occupation | WWE Consultant |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Known for | Founder of Evolve Wrestling, Style Battle, WWN Supershow. WWN VP of Talent Relations, Creative & Marketing |
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| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) |
| Billed from | Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Debut | 1994 |
Gabe Sapolsky (born September 26, 1972) is an American professional wrestling promoter and booker. He is signed to WWE, where he oversees WWE ID (Independent Development), a talent identification and development initiative.
Sapolsky began his wrestling career in 1993 with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), working under Paul Heyman and contributing to the promotion’s creative and marketing efforts. He later became closely associated with RF Video before co-founding Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2002. As ROH's inaugural booker, he introduced the "Code of Honor" and helped shape the modern American independent wrestling scene, earning four consecutive Best Booker awards from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
He went on to launch several influential promotions, including Dragon Gate USA and Evolve Wrestling, and was instrumental in expanding the World Wrestling Network (WWN) brand internationally. His partnership with WWE, beginning in the mid-2010s, facilitated talent exchanges, scouting, and developmental programming, ultimately leading to Evolve airing the first live independent wrestling special on the WWE Network.