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MIKE JOHNSON AND ROH BOOKER GABE SAPOLSKY DISCUSS THE ROB FEINSTEIN INCIDENT AND THE FUTURE OF ROH

By Mike Johnson on 2004-03-06 20:59:00

JOHNSON: The obvious next question now then is If Feinstein has been removed, who owns Ring of Honor and RF Video now?

SAPOLSKY: The fact is that Rob has been a minority owner in ROH for a while and has not backed the company for a year. I'm not going to say who owns it now because we are still figuring out how to handle everything, but we will prove to people that when you support ROH or RF Video, which will soon be renamed, you are not supporting Rob.

JOHNSON: How do you feel about those online who say that Rob isn't gone and the pair of announcements are a smokescreen to protect the company while Rob stays in the background? When do you plan on showing any documentation regarding the changes?

SAPOLSKY: From my understanding we will have something to show people next week. Rob is gone. That's not a lie. That's not a smokescreen. I'll say it again- he is not benefiting from either company now. We are doing everything as fast as we can to get documentation on that.

JOHNSON: Do you think the initial statement from Rob about stepping down "while the allegations were ongoing" came back to bite ROH in the ass? It seemed like everyone took that as Rob would be gone until the heat died down. Even now the announcement that Doug Gentry, who has been long associated with Rob was met with criticism by some. Do you think it could have been handled different looking back over the last week?

SAPOLSKY: We've handled everything as best we can considering the circumstances. We are all mentally beat up. We are all hurting. We are doing the best we can to let people know Rob is gone and as the days pass we'll have more concrete proof. We are trying our best and this has been tougher than anyone can imagine unless you go through it. We are trying to fight and stay tough and get through this. There are lots of good quality people that need ROH and RF Video and depend on it myself included and we are determined to go on and not let something that has nothing to do with us or ROH or RF Video stop us. It is very difficult.


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