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This morning, independent wrestling star EFFY tweeted out a video where he had some words to say about current WWE creative team member Gabe Sapolsky. Recently, Sapolsky has mentioned EFFY during Twitter Spaces complimenting him on how successful he is, after attending GCW The Collective events during the course of WrestleMania week.
EFFY didn’t take to kindly to the compliments and responded with a video where he calls Sapolsky a gaslighter and manipulator. He goes on to say that he underpays talent and the reason why EFFY is successful is because he never listened to Gabe’s advice.
Gabe responded by saying that EFFY is doing the gaslighting and is lying and exaggerating, in a tweet that is now deleted. You can see the transcript and video below.
“Hi, this is EFFY. I’m a world traveled independent professional wrestler and recently some things have been brought to my attention that sound complimentary but I take a little issue with them. Gabe Sapolsky, you’ve been holding seminars online and discussing things about how EFFY is wonderful at branding, and selling myself, and making money, and of fucking course I am. But I politely ask that you keep my name out of your fucking mouth because you’re the problem with the entire industry today. For years with Evolve because you did something good with CM Punk in Ring of Honor, you could manipulate and gaslight and carrot dangle and underpay and lie to people about pay and give them t-shirts or let them set up your ring for two years and then never really give them opportunities and most egregiously of all, making more money on seminars than any of those shows ever actually drew on their own ticket making foundation. You sir are the problem with what’s holding indie wrestling down. You sir, are the creative control to keeps people from having agency over themselves. Of course I’m successful because I never listened to you. You tried to stop me from doing things that said, would give me blackballed, and I only got bigger and better. And I know you had to run away to sell NFTs, and you got fired for a minute but now, the Triple H has you back, everyone seems to have fucking forgotten, that you are a fraud, a fool and beyond all the pay issues, I’ve heard all the stories of you yelling and screaming and acting like a petulant child in an environment that should be wonderful, nourishing and uplifting to those that are there. So if you’d like to hear a real seminar, you can come talk to me, I’m happy to do it, but I imagine that listening to Gabe at this point is probably not your best bet. I’m sorry to go off on a rant, but I had to say something because this is the ninth time someone has brought up that Gabe said EFFY doesn’t like me, but look how good he is. Well, a fucking course.”
Dear @bookitgabe, I know EFFY is successful.
It's because I didn't listen to you.
Now, please keep my name out of your mouth going forward.And to all, Be wary of whose advice you take!
See you at 8pmEST for #MondayNOTRaw pic.twitter.com/QWumnUZ2R7— EFFY. (@EFFYlives) April 17, 2023
— EFFY. (@EFFYlives) April 17, 2023