Gabriel Sapolsky (born September 26, 1972) is an American professional wrestling promoter, creative writer, and booker signed to WWE.
Sapolsky has also held various creative and marketing positions in the professional wrestling industry, notably as Paul Heyman's personal assistant with Extreme Championship Wrestling, the co-founder and head of talent relations (booker) at Ring of Honor, the vice-president of Dragon Gate USA, vice-president of talent relations, creative and marketing of the World Wrestling Network (WWN) and creative writer (booker) and founder of EVOLVE.
Sapolsky also worked in a booking capacity for various other promotions including Full Impact Pro and Style Battle, as well as for special events like the WWN Supershow and the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup.
Sapolsky was hired full-time shortly after graduating from Temple University, about the same time that ECW opened its first office in Philadelphia.
Sapolsky became a protege of Paul Heyman and handled many different responsibilities, including marketing, promoting and public relations throughout his tenure with the company.
In 2002, Sapolsky co-founded Ring of Honor (ROH) with RF Video owner Rob Feinstein and employee Doug Gentry.
On April 14, 2009, Sapolsky announced the launch of Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA) with himself serving as its vice-president.
The promotion's first show, Open the Historic Gate was held July 25, 2009, at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 2011, WWN launched its live iPPV streaming service, www.WWNLive.com, where Sapolsky helped market and produce the infrastructure in order to start up WWNLive.com.
The FloSports deal allowed Sapolsky to co-found Style Battle, a promotion based on tournaments on every event.
The relationship saw EVOLVE present the only live independent wrestling special ever on The WWE Network on July 13, 2019.
Former ROH World Champion, Daniel Bryan, prominently mentioned Sapolsky in his book Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania.