ROH News ROH booker Gabe Sapolsky apologizes for controversial angle Feb 25, 2008 - 02:47 AM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing ROH booker Gabe Sapolsky apologized on the promotion's message board for a controversial angle that took place during Saturday’s show in New York. Dot Net reader Jon Scott described the segment as follows in his review of the the event: “They brought out Allison Danger and ran her down for being a slut and sleeping her way into pro wrestling. Danger was about to leave the ring when Sweeney knocked her down/out. He pushed Dempsey onto her to ‘make a man’ out of him. The crowd was cheering for Dempsey, of course. With Sweeney's delivery and Dempsey's innocent expressions, it was funny.” The angle sparked criticism and debate on various message boards, which inspired Sapolsky to issue the following statement: “I am sorry if you are offended by this. I can assure you that this will never happen in ROH again. Thank you for all your support.” Powell’s POV: I wasn’t in New York so I did not see the segment in person. However, I can say that I laughed out loud while reading Jon’s description of the angle before I was aware there was any controversy. I knew going in that the Sweeney character is sleazy and Dempsey is portrayed as a naive comedy figure. I can only assume that everyone in the building understood that this was a scripted segment and recognized it as comedy. It’s not as if this was portrayed as a serious segment and ROH tried to make it seem like Danger was at risk of being violated in a more serious manner. I’m sure the fans who cheered did so because they recognized it as comedy and knew there would be a limit to how far the angle would go. Again, I can only tell you what my reaction was to reading about the angle. Either way, Gabe made the right business move by apologizing. BOOKMARK DOT NET AND ADD US TO YOUR RSS • HELP DOT NET: TAKE OUR ADVERTISER DEMO SURVEY CLICK TO RETURN TO MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY ROH News Latest Twelve Articles No Ring of Honor on HDNet television show this weekend ROH in Chicago Ridge: The full lineup for tonight's show with Nigel McGuinness challenging Austin Aries for the ROH Title, plus a Ric Flair autograph appearance (correspondents needed) ROH on HDNet preview: The American Wolves defend the ROH Tag Titles in the main event (no spoilers) ROH in Detroit preview: Ric Flair autograph signing, former X Division Champion appearing, Tyler Black vs. Jimmy Jacobs in a steel cage match, Colt Cabana vs. D-Lo Brown (correspondents needed) Ring of Honor cancels the next set of HDNet tapings 6/20 ROH TV taping in Philadelphia, Pa.: Bryan Danielson unable to wrestle due to a staph infection, full results of three more weeks of HDNet tapings (spoilers) VOTE IN OUR LATEST POLL Are you more likely to watch WWE Smackdown because Vince McMahon is advertised? Yes. Big things tend to happen when Vince is on the show. No. Advertising Vince won't change my viewing habits. I'm actually less likely to watch the show because Vince is advertised.