Gabe Sapolsky, who is the co-founder and booker of Evolve, recently spoke with Sports Illustrated about various topics. Here are the highlights.
On Evolve’s relationship with WWE:
“We’re in unchartered waters with WWE. The WWE relationship has made for a very exciting time, which makes everything very unpredictable, so we’re taking it one day at a time. The relationship with WWE originally started with a few discussions,” explained Sapolsky. “We’re still in the getting-to-know each other phase, and they’re very careful about what they go into. They do their research, they don’t just jump into anything, and they did their research on us.”
On Daniel Bryan:
“Bryan made my career as a booker,” said Sapolsky. “He was the ace pitcher, he was the Tom Brady, and he made me. I always recognized that and appreciated it. Bryan had a lot of special moments, but the one that stands out for me is the match he had against Shingo at Dragon Gate USA,” said Sapolsky. “That really gave us a shot in the arm and gave new life to the promotion in 2010.”
You can read the entire interview here.
