By Sean Radican, Torch Columnist

-Former ROH booker Gabe Sapolsky recently updated his Myspace blog with his thoughts about "The Wrestler." He also talks about what it was like working with the cast and crew back in March of 2008 and tells an interesting story. He also talks about which ROH talent he inadvertently got removed from a role in "The Wrestler."

Key excerpt:

"Back to the actual filming of "The Wrestler" at ROH's "Double Feature" weekend last March. We knew it would be an unusual and potentially trying live environment since we had to accommodate the filming schedule. After all, the movie people were so impressed with what they saw at our Manhattan Center show a couple of months earlier that they gave ROH the grand finale, wrote ROH into the script and promised a lengthy scene. I had a lot of worries about the live show after I heard numerous complaints from fans after the movie filmed a scene at the CZW show. Some people even reported to me that the movie looked like a disaster with fake blood and a corny scene with Rourke and Necro Butcher (and this scene turned out to be anything but corny). However, I knew in the end it would be worth it. The philosophy going into Dover, NJ was that we would give the fans a couple of fun shows that didn't really go overboard. They would also be part of the movie taping. So, we figured they would get their money's worth. We would then take both shows and put it on one DVD so the fans got some value there and a chance to see their favorites wrestle twice. When the filming began at the building a few days before the actual shows I began to get complaints from the wrestlers that the movie looked bad and the taping sucked. I told everyone that we had to grin, bear it, accept it and weather the storm because in the end the payoff would be great. After all, Aronofsky is a true artist and he wasn't about to produce any crap. This movie was going to be something the wrestling world has never seen before since it would be Aronofsky's vision. So now that I've watched it was the payoff there?"

You can read Sapolsky's entire blog at Myspace.com/ROHGabe.

Contact Sean at PWTorchSean@Gmail.com

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