Sal Hamaoui, who had been editing and duplicating Ring of Honor's DVD releases for several years (and the current promoter of Full Impact Pro) in Florida and ROH have parted ways.
While it may not seem like a major change on the surface to some, Hamoui had been one of the hardest working people behind the scenes when it came to the turnaround for the ROH DVD editing process.
He came on board in late 2003 during a time when the company wasn't getting the title done quick enough at a time when the DVD sales were their primary revenue source. Since that time and up until the debut on ROH on HD Net (as HDNet produces those shows), Hamaoui had overseen all of the company's DVD and PPV production and as one person said to me, "No one will ever truly understand how much he did for the company".
Hamaoui also locally promoted ROH's excursions into Florida several years ago.
Ring of Honor sources stated that going forward, they would be bringing the editing process "in-house" as opposed to having Hamaoui's company do it in Florida.
What this means for ROH's relationship with FIP, I don't yet know but I suspect it has also come to an end.
This change may also signal changes in ROH's current announcing team for DVD released, as neither Lenny Leonard and Dave Prazak are based in the Northeast and the company would have to bring them in, but I am told that situation has yet to be determined and its entirely possible ROH may just fly the team to the Northeast to do voiceovers.
